Interfaith Cooperative Ministries Honors Yale in its Tercentennial Year

Yale University will receive an award on the occasion of its Tercentennial from the Interfaith Cooperative Ministries of New Haven in a ceremony at the United Church on the Green on May 10 at 5:30 p.m.

Rev. Howard Nash, co-president of ICM and pastor of St. Bernadette Church, said the award will be given to Yale “in appreciation for the commitment and contributions made by Yale to the local community. We recognize and salute the University as a good friend and neighbor.”

Nash said that ICM, composed of 38 religious congregations throughout the city, includes representatives of many faiths including Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Moslem and Quaker. Founded in the early 1970s as the Downtown Cooperative Ministries, the organization was renamed several years later and defined its mission to include all religious faiths working together for the common good, Nash added.

ICM founded Columbus House, a shelter for the homeless; the Community Soup Kitchen and the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, both of which feed the homeless; FISH, a self-help group; and New Haven’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

For more information, please contact Rev. Howard Nash, (203) 467-1007.