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Social and Behavioral Sciences

City University of New York (CUNY)

Capstones

2015

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Leaving Home, Keeping The Faith, Damian J. Geminder Dec 2015

Leaving Home, Keeping The Faith, Damian J. Geminder

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This capstone explores how outreach to immigrant and non-English-speaking communities is vital to the health of the American Catholic Church.


Stepsisters, Patrick Donachie Dec 2015

Stepsisters, Patrick Donachie

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This story details how parishioners in several New York City Catholic parishes responded to news that their churches would be shuttered by the New York Archdiocese. Parishioners appealed to the Vatican to overturn Cardinal Timothy Dolan's decisions, and the story details their struggle with church hierarchy and their own personal challenges.