STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The steady rain and chilly winds did not stop scores of volunteers from participating in the distribution of the 34th annual Bread of Life Food Drive on Saturday at Monsignor ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island students have been helping feed their hungry neighbors for more than three decades through an annual food drive that has steadily grown into one of the biggest in ...

Sunday, Aug. 4, is the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15; Psalm 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54; Ephesians 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35. In the first reading, the Israelites in the ...

I came for the bread and a waft of yeasty aroma hit me as soon as I opened the door to Bread of Life, a bakery that opened last month. Co-owner Justin Urich was in the kitchen sprinkling sugar on ...

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