Gun Buyback a Great Success!
We thought you all would like to hear the results of the Gun Buyback last Saturday. We brought in 243 guns – more than 1/2 were hand guns and of those 150 only 10 were legally registered, in other words 140 illegal handguns! Also one assault rifle was brought in with its magazines of ammo. At least two young men bringing in their guns that were definitely coming from off the streets. One young man said he was making some changes in his life and didn’t want to be involved with guns anymore. Wow! It was an amazing day for us all. The Rochester Police Department says this is the...
Read MoreGun Buyback Prayer Walk
Community prayer walk promotes peace By: Joangel Concepcion | WHEC.com (Click here for video version) Enough is enough. That’s what the Rochester community is saying after a week of violence in the city. Residents took their mission to the streets Saturday morning in hopes of reaching Rochester’s youth. Six people have been shot, two of them killed, and it’s only the seventh day in September. This recent spike in violence began last Sunday when a man was shot on Resolute Street. On Wednesday two people were shot on Pullman Avenue. One of them died. The very next day there...
Read MoreTWISY Event Rocks!
RYO hosted another wonderfully successful youth-led and run all-ages TWISY music Event this Friday night at their space on Warwick Ave. The weather was perfect and all the preparations were in place when the first guests started arriving at 4. By suppertime, the space was packed with people, young and old, enjoying the live music, refreshments, and wholesome social atmosphere. By 8 pm as the sun was going down, it all wrapped up. Thanks to all who poured themselves into creating such a great evening for all of us! Let’s hope and pray that this is just the start of what will prove to be...
Read MoreMount Olivet Mass Choir
As our Block Party was reaching a climax Saturday afternoon, the Mount Olivet Mass Choir showed up in force with keyboards, backup musicians, choir leader, and their pastor singing along with them. What a wonderful way to close out a community celebration of God’s goodness, promises, hope, and provision for the future. ...
Read MoreBishop dedicates ultrasound
Knight Dean Hamingson speaking with Jann Armantrout and Bishop in background The Knights of Columbus and the Diocese of Rochester recently purchased a portable ultrasound machine that will be housed at Embracing Options, a local pregnancy care center that is part of faith-based care provider His Branches, Inc. The machine was dedicated and blessed by Bishop Matthew H. Clark during a June 20 ceremony attended by diocesan life-issues coordinator Jann Armantrout, Knights Supreme Council member Arthur J. Harris, His Branches CEO Dr. William Morehouse and other local dignitaries. Dr. Morehouse...
Read More“Pro-choice” at record low
A new Gallup poll shows the number of Americans who consider themselves pro-choice has dropped to 41 percent, which is a record low in the United States. Compare that number to July of 2011, where 47 percent of Americans viewed themselves as pro-choice. The previous record low was in 2009 when 42 percent considered themselves pro-choice. Fifty percent of Americans now call themselves “pro-life,” the poll also shows. In analyzing the data, Gallup notes: Gallup began asking Americans to define themselves as pro-choice or pro-life on abortion in 1995, and since then, identification...
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