Resistance Cinema Documentary

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Resistance Cinema DocumentaryTONIGHT December 1st at 7pm, FREE film series presented by Resistance Cinema and Ascension Outreach, Inc. in the Parish House at 12 West 11th Street. “Fed Up”, 2014 documentary film on the causes of obesity in the US and points to the monied lobbying power of “Big Sugar” in blocking attempts to enact policies to address the issue.

Please join us for this timely and topical event. Refreshments will be served, and a free-will donation will be gratefully received. For further information, please contact Fr. Ed Chinery at (212) 254-8620 or by email at fatherchinery@ascensionnyc.org.

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In this week’s newsletter, Mother Liz shares how a historian’s request about Pete and Toshi Seeger’s 1943 wedding led to a discovery: the couple married in Ascension’s All Saints Chapel. The marriage register also revealed the officiant, Edward George Harris, a former assistant priest here who later became a distinguished Episcopal leader. As we celebrate our bicentennial, the parish is collecting stories of its saints and its place in New York and Episcopal history, sharing these findings in the weekly newsletter.

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