March 07, 2012
By:
Al Sullivan / Hudson Reporter
With the sun going down and the wind picking up, the temperature at the 45th Street light rail station dropped to more normal February levels. But The Rev. Rose Cohen Hassan of Trinity Church in Bayonne did not shiver or shirk from the duty she had come to perform, waiting for the next train of commuters to arrive.
“I wore layers,” she said, turning up the sleeve of her white religious garb to show the arm of the sweater she wore.
She and Andrew Balik, an assistant, had come here as members of Trinity Church to administer ashes to those commuters who wished to partake.
“If they can’t come to the church, we’ll bring the church to them,” Rev. Hassan said. “We can’t just stay in the church building, so we’re bringing the gospel to the people.”
