- April 18, 2024
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Also: Byzantine Catholics get feasting, local writer releases internationally published mafia book and restaurant owners put on soup clinic.
BY THE OBSERVER STAFF
Homeless-prevention center moves, expands
The Halifax Urban Ministries Ormond Beach Service Center, previously located on Granada Boulevard, relocated Jan. 7 to a larger space at the Emmanuel Church of the Living God, 54 S. Ridgewood Ave.
The new partnership will allow HUB to increase homeless prevention and intervention service to residents of Ormond Beach and Holly Hill, according to officials. They also have added computer access and employment help at this location. Distributed services at satellite locations with scheduled remote distribution of food is planned, as well.
The center is open 8 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Call 615-1326.
Byzantine Catholics feast for Christ's baptism
Holy Dormition Byzantine Catholic Church, located at 17 Buckskin Lane, celebrated the Feast of Theophany Jan. 6.
Commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist, the feast has roots in the very beginning of Christianity, according to Associate Pastor Vince Brady. Dating back to the Fourth Century, it predates the celebration of the Nativity.
After this feast, the church’s holy water is used throughout the year for blessings, from homes to caskets. It’s also customary for the priest to visit the homes of each of his church’s parishioners for the new year, for blessings.
Email Pastor Vince Brady at [email protected].
Ormond writer releases book internationally
Richard Cagan, of Ormond Beach, released his latest book, “Mafia Cop: The Two Families of Michael Palermo,” internationally this month, through Skyhorse Publishing Inc., in New York.
Cagan’s book tells the story of an undercover cop navigating the mafia underworld, in 1960s and 1970s New York. It is now available everywhere.
Frappes North owners get cooking for guild
Chef Bobby Frappier, of Frappes North, along with his wife, Meryl, demonstrated to members of the Guild of the Museum of Arts and Sciences how to make pasta fagioli at the guild’s January meeting.
Frappes North is located at 123 West Granada Blvd. Call 615-4888
