In ‘Nomadland’ and at Easter, what’s remembered lives | Faith Matters NJ.com 11 hrs ago Rev. Alexander Santora, nj.com Even in COVID 2021, Lent can be a busy season so I usually try to take a mini, mini retreat for a few hours to prepare for the Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter vigil, whose liturgies are rich and unique. The acclaimed movie “Nomadland” intrigued me so for this year’s mini, mini retreat, I was off to Manhattan for the first time in over a year. After a brisk walk to the Hoboken PATH, where I had an entire train car to myself, I emerged from the 9th Street station shocked at what I discovered. At 7:45 p.m., the Village-Little Italy neighborhoods had few people walking around. There seemed to be more homeless beggars on the streets. And so many storefronts were vacant with even more businesses closed or shuttered for good.