The Rev. Alesia Ford-Burse spoke from the sanctuary of St. Paul AME Church on Thursday, reflecting on the historic parish that she began leading in December. During the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr.
The mission inside St. Augustine Church now has a tangible symbol outside, reinforcing the idea that not everything is as it first appears.
On Christmas Day, while many families gathered around their own tables, hundreds of people found a warm meal and a welcoming ...
The history of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Treme is personal for longtime members like Sandra Gordon, 62, whose enslaved great-grandmother, Mary Belle Weadd, received permission to be baptized at ...
When Hurricane Ida swept through southeast Louisiana nearly two years ago, it left destruction in its wake. As residents slowly returned to the area, some found their homes, schools, workplaces and ...
Philadelphia’s Old St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church is a very historic church. Recently, Old St. Augustine’s received another historic recognition, this time by the Philadelphia Historical ...
For a church whose ministry preached looking forward, members of St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church took a pause Sunday morning to look back over its shoulder to see what brought them here. ...
St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church is now officially recognized as a historic city site. It happened in a circuitous way. On Tuesday, the city Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted ...
When the streets around St. Augustine Catholic Church filled with tear gas and National Guard troops after Rev. Martin Luther King's assassination 50 years ago this week, Sr. Barbara Spears didn't ...
The city of St. Augustine plans to spend about $1.5 million to rehabilitate two churches significant in the civil rights movement, and more projects are planned for buildings connected to Black ...