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  • St. Augustine Hunger Center

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  • Palm Sunday at St. Augustine Parish

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020; St. Augustine Church, 2486 W. 14th Street: St. Augustine Parishioner Tonja Barnett, who grew up in the neighborhood around St. Augustine Church, makes a trip in to pick up blessed palms.  

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  • Palm Sunday at St. Rocco Parish

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  • Palm Sunday procession

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  • Reader weighs in with objections to coverage of Metanoia Project Shelter at Denison Avenue United Church of Christ

    Reader weighs in with objections to coverage of Metanoia Project Shelter at Denison Avenue United Church of Christ To the Editor: (Plain Press, April 2020) Re: February 2020 Plain Press article by Bruce Checefsky titled “Neighbors and homeless advocates defend Denison Avenue United Church of Christ’s offering of hospitality to the homeless” To all, I…

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  • A wide variety of venues found a home on Denison Avenue over the years

    A wide variety of venues found a home on Denison Avenue over the years by Matthew Johns (Plain Press, March 2020) A wealthy businessman’s house, a massive roller rink and Transylvanian cultural center may seem like an odd combination, but they all found their place along a small strip of a road on Cleveland’s west…

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  • Neighbors and homeless advocates defend Denison Avenue United Church of Christ’s offering of hospitality to the homeless

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, January 18, 2020; Women’s March Cleveland 2020 Rally, Cleveland City Hall, E. 6th and Lakeside: Rosie Palfy and her boxer Blue protest Ward 11 Cleveland City Council Representative Dona Brady’s opposition to the use of Denison United Church of Christ as a Metanoia Project night time refuge from the cold…

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  • Max Hayes Food Drive collects donations for St. Augustine Hunger Center

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, November 26, 2019; St. Augustine Church, 2486 W. 14th Street: Max Hayes student Christian Harris unloads a box of donated food from the truck. Students and staff from Max Hayes High School brought donations to the St. Augustine Hunger Center from their school’s food drive. Max Hayes High School’s food…

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  • Forest City Singers — Good Tidings – St. Stephen’s Church

        PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, November 17, 2019; Good Tidings, St. Stephen’s Church, 1930 W. 54th Street: Members of the Forest City Singers sing the compositions of Franz Schubert, David Dickau, J.S. Bach as well as a variety of arrangements of Christmas music. Forest City Singers is a 15- member choral group which…

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  • St. Stephen Parish celebrates 150th Anniversary

        PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, November 17, 2019; St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church, 1930 W. 54th Street: The main altar at St. Stephen’s church. The altars and statues at St. Stephens were carved from oak and most were imported from Munich, Germany. The parish, which was founded in April of 1869, celebrates its…

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