Religions & Spirituality
By JACKIE LIEBERMAN
May 16, 2022WESTFIELD, NJ — COVID may have rained on Westfield’s Memorial Day parade for the past two years, but this May the town's observances are back and bigger than before.
The events May 30 honoring fallen heroes and those who served will begin with a Memorial Day service at the North Avenue Circle at 9 a.m., followed by a parade ending at Mindowaskin Park.
A service ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Holy Trinity Catholic Church started holding Mass at the train station in Westfield 150 years ago. Today, the church is a thriving parish and school community that also runs a food pantry assisting hundreds of people each month.
The Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity was founded in September 1872, with its first services held in the south side train station to ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was celebrated here with song, prayer and speeches supporting social justice Monday.
Around 200 people marched from the MLK Monument in Westfield to Mindowaskin Park, where supporters prayed and listened to local leaders speak against hate and in support of social justice. Marchers carried signs with the words “Black ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — As the saying goes, sunshine is the best disinfectant.
And the Westfield Clergy Association agrees.
Such is the motivation behind a video from the coalition of religious leaders in Westfield, which discusses common themes throughout the faiths in a message of hope, solidarity and healing following recent acts of hate in the community, which have come in the form ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Steel pipes filled with concrete were installed in front of a synagogue on East Broad Street earlier this month in what is the latest of security measures intended to keep congregants and staff of Temple Emanu-El safe, the religious institution said.
The bollards have been cemented into the ground on the front lawn of the temple and line its driveways. Funded by a 2020 ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The north side of the Westfield Train Station was a bit brighter Monday evening as community members gathered to light a menorah for the second night of Hanukkah.
In an event that drew around 150 people, families listened to the story of Hanukkah, noshed on jelly doughnuts, known as sufganiyot, and danced to traditional tunes at the 24th annual such lighting in ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Not everyone can say they've completed a pilgrimage. But you can count among them Westfield's Lynne Ainge.
Beginning in St. Jean Pied-du-Port, France, Ainge traveled 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago, 330 of which she completed on foot, to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, completing an ancient pilgrimage that has attracted people from all over the world ...
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