City of Newburgh

Interfaith Council hosts weekly Lenten Lunch Breaks

By Dae Vitale
Posted 2/25/21

Greetings from River City.     The COVID pandemic has caused increased stress for virtually all the world and even worse for some.  It has brought out the best and the worst …

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Interfaith Council hosts weekly Lenten Lunch Breaks

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Greetings from River City. The COVID pandemic has caused increased stress for virtually all the world and even worse for some.  It has brought out the best and the worst in human nature.  The words from Dicken’s, “A Tale pf Two Cities”, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times,” do suit these times.             
 
A snow emergency automatically goes into effect at any time there is a prediction of snow and/or ice of 2 ½ inches or more according to the National Weather Service atweather.com.  During a snow emergency, alternate side of the street parking regulations are in effect as follows: 
On North-South Streets, parking is permitted on the East side of the street for 24 hours, from 6pm, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Parking is permitted on the West side of the street for 24 hours from 6 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. 
On East-West Streets, parking is permitted on the North side of the street for 24 hours from 6pm, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Parking is permitted on the South side of the street for 24 hours from 6 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. 

On all other City streets, the Police Department will designate the side of the street on which parking is permitted, allowing parking on one side of the street on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and then on the other side, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.  Permitted parking on each side of the street will be from 6 p.m. at the time the Emergency is declared until 24 hours thereafter. 
From the Parish of St. Patrick’s - St. Mary’s - Our Lady of the Lake Church: Father Marco has tested positive for COVID. He is quarantining with minor symptoms. Until further notice both Saint Patrick’s Saint Mary’s and Our Lady of the Lake are closed for Masses and Confession. The masses are available on our website and on our churches Youtube Channel. Please keep Father Marco in your prayers.

The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands announces the debut of a virtual tour showcasing their headquarters, the Crawford House in Newburgh. Built in 1830, the home was commissioned by David Crawford and his wife, Fanny, who raised two daughters there. Crawford made a fortune in freighting goods on the Hudson River, contributing to the economic growth of Newburgh and Orange County.
  Guests can explore the first floor of Crawford’s neoclassical-style mansion, which has a 40-foot tall portico and elaborate wood carvings. Inside, clickable info boxes relate the stories behind the Society’s collection of Hudson River School paintings and 19th century decorative arts. Among the featured items are a pianoforte and Gothic chair, both crafted in the city during Crawford’s lifetime.
  The tour was filmed and edited by Seth Colegrove, a Newburgh native, who runs the Instagram @empireexplorer. Colegrove used drones and a 360° camera to create panoramas of the mansion’s rooms.

While the Crawford House remains closed during the pandemic, the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands is dedicated to preservation of the home, as well as the area’s history, architecture, and culture. The tour is free to all and available online at the Society’s website.
 
Michael McGuire, assistant professor of History at Mount Saint Mary College, will continue this semester’s Investigating Research on Campus (iROC) series with “Elective Citizens? The Radcliffe College Community’s Spectral Participation in World War I Activity, 1914-1926” on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 12:45 p.m. 
The talk will take place virtually via Zoom. It is free and open to the public, but you must register to attend. Register at www.msmc.edu/McGuireiROC. 
All totaled, more than 2,000 members of the Radcliffe College community assisted people impacted by World War I. However, according to McGuire, many students, faculty, administrators, and alumnae did not join in the war effort. In fact, the Radcliffe College community’s 1914-1920 war record shows that these women and men generally did not consider solicited patriotic action to be a civic duty during wartime. 
This upcoming iROC talk comes from McGuire’s article, “A War Generation? The Radcliffe College Community in the Great War Era, 1914-1926,” which was published in the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. In this research, he sought to determine whether a women’s college that traditionally represented itself as civic-minded got swept up in what one scholar called America’s World War I “culture of coercive voluntarism.” McGuire’s work established that some faculty, students, and alumnae did indeed involve themselves in war-related concerns, but that many, including Radcliffe’s president at the time, chose not to. 
 
Barbara Albrechtsen announced the Greater Newburgh  Interfaith Council  (GNIC) Lenten Lunch Break, “A Reawakening” on Wednesdays at 12 Noon via FCC, beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 24 with Rev. Dr. Jessica L. Anschutz of Gardnertown Trinity, and Vails Gate United Methodist Churches. 
On Wednesday, Mar. 3, Ken Sampson, Chaplain (Colonel) U.S. Army.  Rev. Dr. Mary Lou Baumgartner of King of Kings Lutheran Church, New Windsor.  Rev. Jeffrey Hooker of Grace United Methodist Church, Newburgh will lead on Mar. 17. Rabbi Jacob Rosner of Congregation Agudas Israel leads on Mar. 24. 
Join via Free Conference Call at /join.freeconferencecall.com/jeffreyhooker. Online service ID: Jeffrey hooker.  Dial-in number (205) 825-9200.   
 
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s firm belief, “God loves me. I’m not here just to fill a place, just to be a number. He has chosen me for a purpose. I know it.”  That belief is a message for each one of us because it applies to each one of us. 
As always, I close with my prayers for God’s blessings on your heads, my dears.