The Rev. Myra Brown believes in living the Scriptures by standing up for the oppressed and confronting hate.
Catholicism
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The good shepherd of Linden Street
The St. Boniface statue in the South Wedge has a new staff dedicated to Margaret Nordbye, who was ‘a shepherd of the neighborhood.’
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The stained-glass ceiling
Not everyone can talk about God and get others to listen. But there’s something about the Rev. Myra Brown’s voice that perfectly suits her line of work; her calm and reassurance connects. Brown, 51, is a fixture in the Rochester-area spiritual scene, spanning everything from being a young altar worker at black Catholic revivals to […]
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Theater Review: GRRC’s “Agnes of God”
The story behind John Pielmeier’s play “Agnes of God” will be familiar to most Rochesterians who lived here in the 1970’s and early 80’s. According to the playwright’s introduction included in the program to Greater Rochester Repertory Companies’ current production of the show, Pielmeier — interested in writing a play through which he could explore […]
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Unholy alliance
After retiring from his position as a New York State Family Court judge, Anthony Sciolino has published “The Holocaust, The Church, And The Law Of Unintended Consequences: How Christian Anti-Judaism Spawned Nazi Anti-Semitism.” The book paints a scathing picture of the Catholic Church’s anti-Jewish bias over many centuries, a bias that Sciolino says helped create the conditions that allowed the Holocaust to happen.
