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By Pat McCaughan
Posted May 11, 2021
The Rev. Yesenia Alejandro, the Diocese of Pennsylvania’s Hispanic missioner and vicar of Philadelphia’s Church of the Crucifixion, addresses worshippers before a Tuesday food distribution. The church, which was shuttered before Alejandro took over, provides food to some 1,000 people weekly. Photo: Courtesy of Yesenia Alejandro
[Episcopal News Service] Six months after making history as the first Latina ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, the Rev. Yesenia Alejandro is now feeding an average of 1,000 people a week at a South Philadelphia church that until recently had been shuttered.
“When I got ordained a priest, the bishop said to me, ‘We’re going to appoint you as Hispanic missioner,’” Alejandro told Episcopal News Service recently. “Right after that, they told me about this church that was closed and said, ‘Go there and reopen it.’ I said OK.”
How to volunteer and donate in New Jersey during the coronavirus outbreak (04/11/21) nj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How to volunteer and donate in New Jersey during the coronavirus outbreak (03/14/21)
Updated Mar 18, 2021;
Since the coronavirus gripped New Jersey last March, nonprofit groups and social agencies operating in the state have worked to help those who have been hit hardest.
This resource guide features groups that work to help those with the greatest need. For those so inclined, there are myriad opportunities to assist the nonprofits and agencies do their work. Organizations welcome volunteers as well as donations of money, food, clothing and other goods.
Information on how to contribute is detailed below. Readers are encouraged to check back frequently, as the list will be updated regularly. To add your nonprofit organization to the guide, email lobrien@njadvancemedia.com.
Sprinkled ashes, Q-tips and ‘ashes-to-go’: N.J. churches get creative to mark Ash Wednesday
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
Posted Feb 15, 2021
In 2020, the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey offered ashes on Ash wednesday at non-traditional locations, including train stations. This year, the pandemic has altered those plans.Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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More than 250 people of various Christian faiths rolled through the parking lot at the popular “Drive-Thru Ashes” event at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in New Providence last year.
The faithful marked Ash Wednesday by pulling up in their cars and rolling down their windows beside the Rev. Dr. Daniel Gunn, the church’s pastor. He placed ashes on their foreheads in the ancient tradition that marks the start of Lent.