News From New York

Sr. Deborah Francis reads at services

Sr. Laura Katharine works with the staff and the Altar Guild

The Community Serves at the

Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Times Square

Sisters Laura Katharine and Deborah Francis have been active at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in New York. Sr. Laura Katharine continues to work with the altar guild, as they prepare for the many services that are held each week at the church. St. Mary’s is open every day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with three services each day and six on Sundays. The Sisters will be conducting a Bible sudy in the fall on the Apocrypha, the books of the Old Testament that cover the time between Malachi, the last prophetic book, and the New Testament. Both Sisters are spiritual directors, and Sr. Deborah Francis visits shut-ins and hospital patients. She also helps to collect food from parish members, which she takes to St. Clement’s food pantry on a regular basis.
To learn more about St. Mary’s, look online at http://www.stmvirgin.org/. Be sure to stop in if you are in New York. Noonday Prayer and Eucharist begin every day at 12.