In the midst of the hot New York summer, members of Sant’Egidio in NYC, together with a group of our unhoused friends, explored the historic museum of Ellis Island. Ellis Island was the first port of arrival for millions of immigrants entering the United States until it was abandoned in 1954. Among those 12 million […]
The morning of Monday, August 6th, 1945, while was still Sunday evening in New York City, the first atomic bomb was dropped by the US Air Force on the people of Hiroshima, Japan at 8:15 AM. On Thursday morning, August 9th 1945 at 11.15 AM the second, and far more powerful, atomic bomb was dropped by the US Air […]
Befriending Those Who Have No Home | EWTN News In Depth March 8, 2024
On Saturday, March 9th the Community of Sant’Egidio gathered in the Church of Our Saviour with many unhoused friends. Together they remembered the many friends and relatives who passed the last year in New York. It was a moment full of tenderness and familiarity in a city that seems to care only about statistics and has lost the dignity of each person’s name. […]