Framing Faith: March 2012

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Pennsylvania Magazine

Pennsylvania Magazine
March/April 2012

Book Reviews
by Publisher Al Holliday

Regional History
Framing Faith - Remembering 10 Catholic Churches

Ten Catholic churches have been closed in the Scranton Diocese in recent years. The author has written historical profiles of them with special notes about the Irish, German, Polish, Italian and Austrian ethnic origins of each. Ivana Pavelka worked with students in the local Arts Engage program to photograph special attributes of each site. The book serves to tell the story of immigrants and their descendants in our northeast area.

About the Photography

IVANA PAVELKA is a co-founder and co-manager of the photographic gallery Camerawork in Scranton and is a professional photographer who has had many solo and group shows. Her professional career includes teaching in the art department at Keystone College (La Plume, PA), giving workshops and residencies as a rostered artist in schools, and working as a commercial photographer. She is also a professional bookbinder who was trained in European methods in Prague, where she grew up. When she came to the United States in 1980, she free-lanced as a bookbinder for such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has lived in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, since 1991.

Email: ivana@tribute-books.com

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About the Book

Framing Faith tells the story of the faith of immigrants and their descendants, spotlighting ten Catholic churches in the Diocese of Scranton that were closed due to restructuring. The churches, SACRED HEART, MAYFIELD; ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, SCRANTON; ST. JOSEPH, SCRANTON; HOLY FAMILY, SCRANTON; ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, SCRANTON; ST. MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION, SCRANTON; ST. MARY CZESTOCHOWA, SCRANTON; ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, TAYLOR; IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAYLOR; AND ST. MICHAEL, OLD FORGE have rich ethnic heritages. They are Polish, Slovak, Italian, German, and Lithuanian parishes with long traditions and deep roots. Each church was founded by immigrant groups who came to the coal fields of the Lackawanna Valley with little more than their faith in God. Their churches served as the center of the community and touchstones of the Old Country. Framing Faith traces their histories from small beginnings through baptisms, weddings and funerals to their final celebrations. Throughout the text are images from each church, visual reminders of what was for many an important part of their lives.

$24.95
96 pgs., 8.5" x 11"
paperback
ISBN 9780982256589

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

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