Category Archives: Places of Worship

RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted to prayer.

RED BANK: Steamboats, segregation and a laugh you won't forget. Looking back on 106 years with Edith Blake. Video.

RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist Church's Martin Luther King Day celebration inspires a bigger audience in a new, larger venue.

RED BANK: Amid rising antisemitism, Jews and supporters gather in Riverside Gardens Park for traditional Menorah lighting.

RED BANK: With second warming center about to open, town spotlights "small but mighty network" of programs to provide shelter, nutrition and healthcare to those in need.

RED BANK: Council answers prayers from St. Anthony of Padua for official street name change to Oratory Way.

RED BANK: Two school choirs participate as Pilgrim Baptist Church hosts its annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration.

RED BANK: Lunch Break and Tower Hill Church paired up for holiday toy and gift-card giveaway earlier this month.

RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist teams up with local law enforcement and Salvation Army for Christmas festival that draws more than 500 attendees.

RED BANK: With antisemitism on the rise, several dozen Hanukkah celebrants gather for Menorah lighting in Riverside Gardens Park.

RED BANK: Celebrants mark start of Chanukkah with Menorah lighting in Riverside Gardens Park.

RED BANK: Men's fellowship congregants of two churches team up to prepare warming center on Shrewsbury Avenue for coming winter.

RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist Church wraps up its annual three-day Vacation Bible School & Bible Fitness Boot Camp.

RED BANK: Calvary Baptist on Bridge Avenue issues appeal for help restoring its aging sanctuary.

LINCROFT: Unable to sing in person, and frustrated by Zoom, the Chorus of the Atlantic finds a workaround: 'carbershop' rehearsals in a church parking lot.

RED BANK: Trinity Church takes it heavenward in an effort to raise funds for a renovation project to restore its bell tower.

RED BANK: Rock star Jon Bon Jovi spoke with Pastor Terrence Porter of Pilgrim Baptist Church for a Christmas Eve segment on NBC's Today Show.

FAIR HAVEN: Local volunteers help paint exterior of Fisk Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, where many congregants are senior citizens.

RED BANK: Reverend Henry P. Davis, former pastor of St. Paul's Baptist Church and president of the Greater Red Bank Area NAACP, has died.

RED BANK: Funeral service for Monsignor Philip Lowery, who served St. James Parish for three decades, attracts a sea of police blue.