tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25739848561956854712024-03-13T15:47:54.767-04:00Catholic Churches of Manhattana young man's turmoil in discovering 96 houses of GodAndrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-28110501611223158322016-04-24T18:59:00.000-04:002016-04-24T18:59:07.030-04:00Welcome to Catholic Churches of ManhattanThis blog comprises a 2 1/2 year journey where I visited each of the 96 Roman Catholic churches of Manhattan for a single Mass each. I have taken photos, gathered church contact info, collected Mass, confession, and prayer times. Oh, and written some thoughts down that were going through my head at the time. Here are those journeys and that info for you, the casual church goer, devout Catholic, pilgrim, atheist, priest, nun, drunk, coward, hero or whatever you may be to use for the benefit of also finding and discovering these very holy places, these houses of God, these Catholic churches of Manhattan...<br />
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A note from the author.</a><br />
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<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aMj32BM_sJw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aMj32BM_sJw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-29773928143678215482016-03-07T21:44:00.005-05:002016-03-07T21:44:48.336-05:00Horarios de Misa / Mass Schedule App!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is a new Mass Schedule app out there (created in 2014) that is slowly building a database of every Catholic church in the world and they need your help! The developers of <a href="http://horariosdemisa.com/" target="_blank">Horarios de Misa</a> have built in an interface where users can upload churches not currently in the database and add Mass times as well as confession times. This seems like a very useful tool and one that I certainly could have used 10 years ago when I was beginning my journey with this blog.<br />
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The app is called <a href="http://horariosdemisa.com/" target="_blank">Horarios de Misa</a> (or Mass Schedule in English) and has thus far focused on churches in Latin America. But it now seems that they are growing their database to include North America and points beyond. The app can be downloaded from the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ar/app/horarios-de-misa/id789923520?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4" target="_blank">Apple Store here</a>, or from <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.itsharedservices.hdsmyc.app" target="_blank">Google Play here</a>.
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So, go <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ar/app/horarios-de-misa/id789923520?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4" target="_blank">download</a> it and see if your neighborhood churches are on it and find out when your local Mass times are. Don't see your church? Then go ahead and add it and add your parish details including Mass and confession times, as well as the church contact info.
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Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-85978311928734291062015-08-24T13:32:00.001-04:002016-04-24T18:58:24.333-04:0097. St. Brigid-St. Emeric<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(mass times & church info last updated 03/08/2016)</span></i><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></i> </span><br />
<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Address:</span></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">119 Avenue B (@ E. 8th St.)</span><br />
<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Phone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> (646) 476-5617</span><br />
<b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Weekend Mass Times:</span></b></b><br />
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Sat: 6pm (English)<br />
Sun: 10am (English), 11:30am (Spanish)</div>
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Mon, Wed, Thu: 9am (English)<br />
Tue: 7pm (Spanish)<br />
Fri: 9am (English), 6pm (Spanish)</div>
<span class="Apple-style-span"><b style="color: #990000;">Constructed:</b> 1839</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><b style="color: #990000;">Renovated:</b> 2013</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b style="color: #990000;">Links:</b> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://saintbrigidsaintemeric.org/" target="_blank">Official Website</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/01/84-st-emeric.html" target="_blank">My original post about St. Emeric's Church</a></span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/StBrigidRC.html">About the Organ</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Brigid%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church,_New_York">Wikipedia</a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02784b.htm">St. Brigid</a></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #990000;">Articles on the renovation: </span></span></b></span></span><br />
<a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/donor-gives-20-million-to-save-st-brigids/">Donor Gives $20 Million (NY Times)</a><a href="http://www.nylandmarks.org/programs_services/grants/sacred_sites_program/projects/st_brigids_demolition_halted">The New York Landmarks Conservancy</a><br />
<a href="http://gvshp.org/blog/2013/01/28/st-brigids-church-re-opens-but-the-historic-east-village-still-needs-your-help/" target="_blank">Greenwich Village Preservation Society</a><br />
<a href="http://thevillager.com/2013/01/31/its-a-real-miracle-on-avenue-b-as-st-brigids-church-reopens/" target="_blank">The Villager</a><br />
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With this very last Catholic church of Manhattan, I now pronounce this blog officially complete!<br />
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Because of the numerical order of this post's title, it may seem the subtitle of this blog is now somewhat obsolete. I considered changing it from 96 churches to 97, but have decided against that. In truth, this blog was a bunch of stories about a young man's turmoil in discovering 96 houses of God. However, this 97th finds me (certainly!) no longer a turmoiled man and (even more certainly!) no longer a "young" man. My life has moved on since I began this journey.<br />
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The parish of St. Brigid's has been on a journey too. <br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Here's what is looked like with scaffolding covering the church just a few years ago...</span><br />
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According to the links above, the simplest story goes that the church of St. Brigid's was old, dilapidated and falling apart a few years back and was in danger of being closed, torn down and sold until a mysterious donor stepped up offering twenty million dollars to save it. That's when the renovations began. And since that process started, the Archdiocese of New York went ahead and closed the nearby parish of <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/01/84-st-emeric.html" target="_blank">St. Emeric's</a>, merging it with St. Brigid's in the new, renovated, pristine church building, to become the new parish of St. Brigid-St. Emeric.<br />
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All these new photos come from when I visited the church this past April during Holy Week (hence the covered up statues). I went to the Wednesday morning daily Mass (daily Mass always being my favorite and preferred over the pageantry of Sundays). The church was nice, peaceful, and quiet. Although it is a little far east for my liking, it's a good place to stop by when you're in the neighborhood of the East Village / Lower East Side.
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Since taking these photos I have departed the awesome and awful metropolis of New York City, to begin a new life with my wife in a land both cleaner and greener. The sun shines bright here during the summertime and the air generally just smells better. Life is good, the way it should be.</div>
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Much like this parish, I am renewed and regenerated. Writing one last time in this blog gives me the opportunity to look back on my journey with incredible thoughts of gratitude. I am very thankful that I was able to take such a pilgrimage as this in such an incredible city as is New York. And I'm very happy I was able to do so when 96 parishes still existed, because as you probably are aware, many of those I visited are now <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/12/more-manhattan-church-closings.html" target="_blank">closed or in danger of closing</a>, or at least merging very soon.</div>
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But we can all look at St. Brigid's as an example of darkness turning light. Yes, it can be argued that this parish got very, very lucky because of the kindness and generosity of a very rich person. However, it's still a tale of a parish and its people overcoming the odds of an unforgiving city and reality closing in and being reborn as something new.</div>
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I, myself, am now new again thanks to many people and many things. Not least because of many of my experiences, wandering around this city, exploring these sacred spaces and places, and yearning, looking and praying for a better (no, that's not the right word), a <i>different</i> state of being that what was my status quo. </div>
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If your own parish is one of those unfortunates that the Cardinal has closed down, I am so, so sorry. You have probably lost a bit of your identity and history and being. But I urge you not to let your mind and soul linger in some darkened old building now locked to you, but to walk a few blocks north, west, south or east and find a new church to call your own. And if you don't like the priest or the people there for whatever reasons (and trust me, I have been to so many churches, I know there's a lot of bad ones out there), you should feel free to walk outside and head to another one. Because the city is filled with churches and choices. Or do me one better. If you get to a new church and don't like it, or someone there, or the music or the smell, do something about it. Change it. Make it better. Make it more accepting. Teach it love and forgiveness. As you know, much of the institution that claims a monopoly on those two teachings has forgotten all about them. Invest yourself in it and help transform it into what it should be.</div>
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Much love to you, reader, and anyone out there that has graced these ramblings or entered any of these holy places in yearning or torment. Please take care of them for me. I do miss them now and then.</div>
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Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-33397379922069275452015-01-22T15:47:00.003-05:002015-01-22T15:47:42.284-05:00Mob Mass: This Sunday at Our Lady of Peace!Just heard about the upcoming <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxWYPfKyH22vYW1nUXoyOEsxYW8/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Mob Mass</a> planned for this Sunday January 25 at 12:30pm at the <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/06/32-our-lady-of-peace.html" target="_blank">Church of Our Lady of Peace</a> (237 East 62nd Street). This <a href="http://olpchurchnyc.typepad.com/my-blog/2014/09/a-pilgrims-progress-visiting-96-manhattan-churches.html" target="_blank">lovely parish</a> is one of the churches in danger of closing because of <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/12/more-manhattan-church-closings.html" target="_blank">the Archdiocese's current machinations</a>.<br />
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If you're interested in attending, just show up. Or click the images below for more details about the Mass and the church. If we can support these parishes, maybe so many wouldn't be in danger of being closed by the number crunchers, yes men and lifers of the Archdiocese.<br />
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<br />Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-67651947291553898122015-01-06T12:59:00.001-05:002015-01-06T13:03:05.023-05:00* STATEN ISLAND: St. Peter's Church<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Address:</span></b> <span class="Apple-style-span">53 Saint Marks Place, New Brighton - Staten Island<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Phone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> 718.727.2672<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Weekend Mass Times:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 5pm</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sun: 9am, 12pm<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Weekday Mass Times:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Mon-Fri: 7am, 12:10pm</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 12:10pm</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Confession:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 11:30am-12pm; 4pm-4:45pm<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Baptism:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">1st and 3rd Sundays of the month (call to make arrangements)</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Constructed:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> 1839</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #990000;">Post-Mass Activity: </span></span></b></span>Took a cab to the faraway but excellent restaurant of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://basilioinn.com/" target="_blank">Basillo Inn</a> for a delicious Italian lunch</span><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Church_(Staten_Island,_New_York)" target="_blank">Wikipedia Article</a><br />
<a href="http://www.preserve.org/stgeorge/stpeter.htm" target="_blank">Historical Facts about St. Peter's</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nycago.org/organs/si/html/stpeterrc.html" target="_blank">About the organ</a><br />
<a href="http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/03/cardinal_timothy_dolan_celebra.html" target="_blank">175th Anniversary Celebration of St. Peter's</a><br />
<a href="http://snug-harbor.org/" target="_blank">Snug Harbor</a> - <i>a beautiful garden and cultural center, and a great excuse to visit Staten Island</i><br />
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We actually visited this church in November but I've only just had the time to edit the images and write out a few thoughts. Because of the time lapse, I can't really remember what was going through my head at the time — certainly not the crazed and dark thoughts of posts past. This time my wife accompanied myself as well as the Catholic priest who married us last summer.<br />
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I chose this out of the many Staten Island churches for two main reasons: 1) it was actually suggested to me by someone from the island; 2) it's the closest church to the S.I. Ferry terminal and about a 20 minute (uphill) walk to the church once you land on Staten Island.<br />
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Approaching it by foot, St. Peter's appears like a fortress on a hill. Because the uphill walk took a little longer than expected, we entered Mass late (will I ever be on time for Mass?!?!), in the middle of the priest's homily. None of us were too thrilled by the words that day, but the church itself was pretty — lots of art, sculpture, glass and statues — and must take a lot of work to keep up.<br />
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I apologize in advance if this post lacks that certain desperation that typically overflowed in most of my others. The simple fact is, I just don't feel that desperation anymore (or at least, as much). Without much more drama or shenanigans to discuss here, I offer some random
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St. Peter's is the oldest of the 36 Roman Catholic churches on Staten Island.<br />
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Before the establishment of this church in 1839, Mass was not regularly
celebrated on Staten Island and Islanders had to travel to either
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In the late 1890's, the original church burned down, so a new one was constructed and completed and standing by 1903.<br />
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St. Peter's is one of the many churches that will be <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/11/church-closings.html" target="_blank">merging</a> this August with other churches in the great diocese shakeup of 2015, compliments of Cardinal Dolan. Specifically, St. Peter's is merging with the churches of the Assumption and St. Paul of Staten Island. More detailed info can be found <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/03/nyregion/new-york-catholics-are-set-to-learn-fate-of-their-parishes.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/nyregion/new-york-archdiocese-appears-likely-to-shutter-more-churches.html?mabReward=RI%3A5&_r=0" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Thus ends my foray into visiting some churches of <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/12/other-boroughs.html" target="_blank">the other boroughs</a>. Just like the longer Manhattan journey, it was a fun, interesting and enlightening adventure visiting these holy houses. However, I feel I've lost some steam. One cannot go on wandering forever, even in a city as great and terrible as this. With that said, my wife and I are planning our exit from New York city this year. But by my count, I actually have one last Manhattan church to visit before I go.<br />
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<br />Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-21057715575040038362014-12-15T13:43:00.002-05:002014-12-15T15:23:13.766-05:00More Manhattan Church Closings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/nyregion/new-york-archdiocese-appears-likely-to-shutter-more-churches.html?mabReward=RI%3A5" target="_blank">reported yesterday</a> that <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/11/church-closings.html" target="_blank">the original list of church closings</a> released last month may have a few additional names added to it. The new Manhattan churches now in danger of closing or merging are:<br />
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<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/08/36-st-gregory-great.html" target="_blank">St. Gregory the Great</a> would close and be merged with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/12/8-holy-name-of-jesus-church.html" target="_blank">Holy Name of Jesus</a>. </li>
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<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/04/59-st-thomas-more.html" target="_blank">St. Thomas More</a> would close and be merged with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/02/55-st-ignatius-loyola.html" target="_blank">St. Ignatius Loyola</a>. </li>
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<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/10/75-st-john-martyr.html" target="_blank">St. John the Martyr</a> would close and be merged with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/10/74-st-john-nepomucene.html" target="_blank">St. John Nepomucene</a> and <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/10/2-st-francis-xavier-church.html" target="_blank">St. Frances Xavier</a> (both of which would remain open). </li>
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<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/12/10-st-joseph-of-holy-family.html" target="_blank">St. Joseph of the Holy Family</a> would merge with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/01/12-st-aloysius.html" target="_blank">St. Aloysius</a> (both would remain open). </li>
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<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/05/29-st-vincent-ferrer.html" target="_blank">St. Vincent Ferrer</a> would merge with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/05/28-st-catherine-of-siena.html" target="_blank">St. Catherine of Siena</a> (both would remain open). </li>
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From the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/nyregion/new-york-archdiocese-appears-likely-to-shutter-more-churches.html?mabReward=RI%3A5" target="_blank"><i>The New York Times</i></a> </td></tr>
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Click <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/11/church-closings.html" target="_blank">here</a> to read my post that includes the entire previous list of closing/merging Manhattan churches, and pray for these churches and their parishioners. Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-739905608973107822014-11-04T13:54:00.000-05:002014-11-04T13:54:04.473-05:00Church Closings (UPDATED)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It's a sad day for New York City churches. Yesterday, Cardinal Dolan announced that in the Archdiocese of New York, 112 parishes will be merged to create 55 new parishes. In 31 of those new parishes, one of the two churches will no longer be used for regular services, meaning those churches will effectively be closed by August 2015. <i>(<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/03/nyregion/new-york-catholics-are-set-to-learn-fate-of-their-parishes.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a>)</i><br />
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The nine churches in Manhattan that are essentially closing (that I have previously mentioned in this blog) are as follows:<br />
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<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/11/5-church-of-holy-agony.html" target="_blank">Church of the Holy Agony</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/02/56-holy-rosary-church.html" target="_blank">Church of the Holy Rosary</a></li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/06/31-church-of-nativity.html" target="_blank">Church of the Nativity</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/06/32-our-lady-of-peace.html" target="_blank">Church of Our Lady of Peace</a></li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/11/81-our-lady-of-scapular-st-stephen.html" target="_blank">Our Lady of the Scapular and St. Stephen</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/07/68-st-elizabeth-of-hungary.html" target="_blank">Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-joseph-church-chinatown.html" target="_blank">Church of St. Joseph (Chinatown)</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/05/62-st-lucy.html" target="_blank">Church of St. Lucy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/08/71-st-stephen-of-hungary.html" target="_blank">Church of St. Stephen of Hungary</a> </li>
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/03/nyregion/03churches-merge-list-close.html" target="_blank">Click here for a complete Archdiocese list.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/03/nyregion/03churches-merge-list-open.html" target="_blank">And here is a complete Archdiocese list of churches that will be merging where both churches will remain open. </a><br />
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The twelve churches in Manhattan that are merging to create six new parishes are as follows:<i> (each of these churches will remain open for the regular celebration of Masses, etc.) </i><br />
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<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/02/15-st-peter.html" target="_blank">St. Peter</a> + <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/04/26-our-lady-of-rosary-shrine-of.html" target="_blank">Our Lady of the Rosary</a> = <u>new parish</u>. </li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/10/76-our-lady-of-victory.html" target="_blank">Our Lady of Victory</a> + <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/11/7-st-andrew-church.html" target="_blank">St. Andrew</a> = <u>new parish</u>.</li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/01/54-old-st-patricks-cathedral.html" target="_blank">Old St. Patrick's</a> + <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/03/93-church-of-most-precious-blood.html" target="_blank">Most Precious Blood</a> = <u>new parish</u>.</li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/07/67-church-of-guardian-angel.html" target="_blank">Church of the Guardian Angel</a> + <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/09/73-st-columba.html" target="_blank">St. Columba </a>= <u>new parish</u>.</li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/02/17-church-of-holy-cross.html" target="_blank">Church of the Holy Cross</a> + <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/05/63-st-john-baptist.html" target="_blank">St. John the Baptist</a> = <u>new parish</u>.</li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/12/50-church-of-our-saviour.html" target="_blank">Our Saviour</a> + <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/11/80-chapel-of-sacred-hearts-of-jesus.html" target="_blank">Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary</a> = <u>new parish</u>.</li>
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And finally, here is that first list of nine churches closing from above, but below indicating which church they are merging with:<br />
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<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/11/5-church-of-holy-agony.html" target="_blank">Holy Agony</a> [will merge with <u><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/08/37-st-cecelia.html" target="_blank">St. Cecelia Church</a></u>] </li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/02/56-holy-rosary-church.html" target="_blank">Holy Rosary</a> [will merge with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/09/45-st-paul.html" target="_blank">St. Paul (Spanish Harlem)</a>]<u> </u></li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/06/31-church-of-nativity.html" target="_blank">Church of the Nativity</a> [will merge with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/03/92-church-of-most-holy-redeemer.html" target="_blank">Most Holy Redeemer</a>] </li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/06/32-our-lady-of-peace.html" target="_blank">Our Lady of Peace</a> [will merge with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/06/65-st-john-evangelist.html" target="_blank">St. John the Evangelist</a>]<u><br /></u></li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/11/81-our-lady-of-scapular-st-stephen.html" target="_blank">Our Lady of the Scapular & St. Stephen</a> [will merge with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/12/50-church-of-our-saviour.html" target="_blank">Our Saviour</a>]</li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/07/68-st-elizabeth-of-hungary.html" target="_blank">St. Elizabeth of Hungary</a> [will merge with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/07/66-st-monica.html" target="_blank">St. Monica Church</a>] </li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-joseph-church-chinatown.html" target="_blank">St. Joseph (Chinatown)</a> [will merge with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/02/87-church-of-transfiguration.html" target="_blank">Transfiguration</a>]<u> </u></li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/05/62-st-lucy.html" target="_blank">Church of St. Lucy</a> [will merge with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/01/13-st-ann.html" target="_blank">St. Ann Church</a>]<u> </u></li>
<li><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/08/71-st-stephen-of-hungary.html" target="_blank">St. Stephen of Hungary</a> [will merge with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/07/66-st-monica.html" target="_blank">St. Monica Church</a>] </li>
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Cheers to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2014/11/03/nyregion/20141103CHURCHESss.html" target="_blank"><i>The New York Times</i></a> for such great coverage of these events.
Here's a new slideshow showing the aftermath at some of these holy houses of worship:<br />
<i><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2014/11/03/nyregion/20141103CHURCHESss.html" target="_blank">Parishioners Mourn as Mergers are Announced</a></b></i>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-25051042574883328232014-09-29T12:54:00.000-04:002015-01-06T13:02:27.371-05:00The Other Boroughs<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/10/brooklyn-st-francis-xavier-park-slope.html">Brooklyn</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/11/williamsburg-st-stanislaus-kostka.html">Williamsburg</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/02/queens-st-mary-gate-of-heaven-ozone.html">Queens</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/09/bronx-st-nicholas-of-tolentine.html" target="_blank">The Bronx</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2015/01/staten-island-st-peters-church.html" target="_blank">Staten Island</a>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-36265018689329175482014-09-14T18:00:00.000-04:002014-09-29T12:52:23.617-04:00*BRONX: St. Nicholas of Tolentine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(mass times & church info last updated 09/15/2014)</span></i><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></i> </span><br />
<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Address:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> 2345 University Ave., Bronx, NY<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Phone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> 718.295.6800<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Weekend Mass Times:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 7pm (Spanish) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sun: 8am (English), 9:30am (Spanish), 11:15am (English), 12:45pm (Bilingual Family Mass Sept-June), 4pm (Vietnamese) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Weekday Mass Times:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">M-F: 8:30am (Spanish), 12:10pm (English)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Thu, Sat: 7:45am (Vietnamese)</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Confession:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 4-5pm and at the Parish Office by appointment</span><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sun: 3:30-4pm (Vietnamese)</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span><b style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #990000;">Constructed</span>:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> 1906-1907</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><b style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #990000;">Post-Mass Activity</span>:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> Walking a mile and a half to the <a href="http://www.nybg.org/" target="_blank">New York Botanical Garden</a> located in the Bronx</span> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.nycago.org/Organs/Brx/html/StNicholasTolentine.html">About the Organ</a><br />
<a href="http://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com/search/label/Saint%20Nicholas%20of%20Tolentine">Bronx Catholic Review </a><br />
<a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2465296/posts">Suspicious Blaze Breaks Out</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_of_Tolentine%27s_Church_%28Bronx,_New_York%29">Wikipedia Page</a><br />
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Over four years ago when I finished my Manhattan journey and began thinking about visiting one or two churches from each of <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/12/other-boroughs.html" target="_blank">the other boroughs</a>, having no knowledge whatsoever of Bronx churches, I contacted the man behind <a href="http://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com/">Bronx Catholic</a> and asked his opinion of which one church I should select and attend in the Bronx. He replied naming four different Bronx parishes that would be very much worth my while, with the caveat, "<i>It is the worshiping community that gives a church its resonance, a resonance of praise. Some Bronx church interiors may be bland or boxy, but that is secondary to the worship."</i><br />
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It's obviously taken me a great deal of time to follow his advice, but I finally decided to make the journey to the Bronx and attend <a href="http://www.tolentinebronx.org/index.html" target="_blank">St. Nicholas of Tolentine</a>. (See a few brief notes about the other 3 choices at the bottom of this post.)<br />
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<u>For starters, here's what <a href="http://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com/search/label/Saint%20Nicholas%20of%20Tolentine" target="_blank">Bronx Catholic said</a> about the church of St. Nicholas of Tolentine:</u><br />
<i>The upper church was completed after World War II. Given the opportunity, I would choose a Vietnamese Mass or a trilingual Mass.</i><br />
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This church is massive! Just approaching it on foot from the west, it suddenly seems to appear out of nowhere, and then towers above everything else.<br />
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My wife and I, (yes, in the past 4 years I did indeed meet a beautiful and lovely lady who did me the honor, favor and privilege of saying "yes" to me, and who occasionally joins me on some Sunday morning ventures,) walked here from our place in uptown Manhattan. It was a great walk on one of the first cool and crisp days this fall. We arrived at the enormous structure, made our way around the building to the front where the doors were open and Mass was about to begin.<br />
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Oddly enough, it turned out that they were actually celebrating the feast of their patron saint, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_of_Tolentino" target="_blank">St. Nicholas of Tolentine</a>, this weekend and the intro procession included some beautiful and pretty cool kites that appeared to be either angels or spirits or the Holy Spirit or all of the above:<br />
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After the Mass ended, in honor of the feast, there was a 30 minute organ concert performed by the parish's organist on the enormous and breathtaking <a href="http://www.nycago.org/Organs/Brx/html/StNicholasTolentine.html" target="_blank">organ</a>:<br />
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This was such a picturesque and beautiful early fall/late summer day. The sun was shining. Mass was nice. And my wife and I enjoyed our walks around the city and through the Bronx.<br />
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She has been a light in my life and has taught me the importance and joy of love and affection, kindness and sweetness. It's nice to have her with me at the very tail end of this journey. For it is truly and finally coming to a close. Most of the churches have all been viewed. And we are probably not long for this great and terrible city, this monstrous metropolis.<br />
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<i>Here are the other churches suggested by <a href="http://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com/">Bronx Catholic:</a></i> <br />
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<a href="http://www.stjeromebronx.org/">St. Jerome</a><br />
<u>Here's what Bronx Catholic said:</u><br />
<i>The </i><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clarisel/2053425239/"><i>eye of the Lord </i></a><i>was blue and is now brown. Some parishioners and former parishioners saved the church from closure. (St. Jerome's is the easiest to reach from midtown: #6 train to Third Avenue and 138th Street.)</i><br />
<i></i>For the Bronx Catholic review, click <a href="http://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com/search/label/Saint%20Jerome">here</a>. For the NYCago organ page, click <a href="http://www.nycago.org/Organs/Brx/html/StJeromeRC.html">here</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.parishesonline.com/scripts/hostedsites/org.asp?ID=10139">St. Anselm</a><br />
<u>Here's what Bronx Catholic said:</u><br />
<i>Interior that it is romanesque.</i><br />
<i></i>For the Bronx Catholic review, click <a href="http://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com/search/label/Saint%20Anselm">here</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://citysquares.com/b/immaculate-conception-church-1121356">Immaculate Conception</a><br />
<u>Here's what Bronx Catholic said:</u><br />
<i>The interior is ornate, but not baroque. Off-hours, one can visit the church by passing through the rectory. A glass wall blocks one from moving forward into the pews (off-hours, that is,) but one can see the church. This parish is German, Bavarian, or Austrian in heritage. Do not confuse this parish with Immaculate Conception, Gun Hill Road. (This is the Redemptorists church, in Melrose, one block north on East 150th Street, just north of the 149th Street (Third Avenue station of the #2 and #5 train.) The intersection of 149th Street, Third Avenue, and Melrose Avenue is known as The Hub (of The Bronx.))</i><br />
<i></i>For the Bronx Catholic review, click <a href="http://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com/2009/11/ic-melrose.html">here</a>.</div>
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Special thanks to <a href="http://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com/">Bronx Catholic</a> for all his help.<br />
Ok, so that's enough Bronx churches for me.</div>
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And ahhhh shit...<br />
Now I have to go to Staten Island...</div>
Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-7831588218999440392014-08-24T14:49:00.000-04:002014-08-24T14:49:49.384-04:00Updated Photos<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/09/43-our-lady-of-lourdes.html" target="_blank">Our Lady of Lourdes </a></span><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/12/10-st-joseph-of-holy-family.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span">St. Joseph of the Holy Family (Harlem)</span></a> <br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/11/6-all-saints-church.html" target="_blank">All Saints </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/07/66-st-monica.html" target="_blank">St. Monica </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/01/14-st-francis-of-assisi.html" target="_blank">St. Francis of Assisi </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/11/5-church-of-holy-agony.html" target="_blank">Holy Agony</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/01/13-st-ann.html" target="_blank">St. Ann</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/02/56-holy-rosary-church.html" target="_blank">Holy Rosary</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/01/12-st-aloysius.html" target="_blank">St. Aloysius</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/02/18-st-anthony-of-padua.html" target="_blank">St. Anthony of Padua</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/02/16-church-of-annunciation.html">Annunciation</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/09/44-church-of-incarnation.html">Incarnation </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/10/76-our-lady-of-victory.html">Our Lady of Victory </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/12/9-st-jean-baptiste.html">St. Jean Baptiste </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/03/20-grotto-church-of-notre-dame.html">Grotto Church of Notre Dame </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/12/8-holy-name-of-jesus-church.html">Holy Name of Jesus </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/11/4-our-lady-of-good-counsel.html">Our Lady of Good Counsel </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/02/17-church-of-holy-cross.html">Holy Cross</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/12/11-church-of-blessed-sacrament.html">Blessed Sacrament</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/03/19-sacred-heart-of-jesus.html">Sacred Heart of Jesus </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/02/15-st-peter.html">St. Peter </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/11/7-st-andrew-church.html">St. Andrew </a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/10/2-st-francis-xavier-church.html">St. Francis Xavier</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/03/93-church-of-most-precious-blood.html">Most Precious Blood</a> <br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/10/1-st-agnes-church.html">St. Agnes</a> <br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/06/33b-st-frances-cabrini-shrine-and.html">Mother Cabrini Chapel and Shrine</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/10/3-st-paul-apostle-church.html">St. Paul the Apostle</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-joseph-church-chinatown.html">St. Joseph (Chinatown)</a><br />
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I'm still in the process of going back to take new photos of some of the churches I visited near the beginning of this venture when I was armed only with a Blackberry camera (or churches that I revisit for whatever reason and feel moved to reshoot and upload different kinds of images). I've seen my site listed on other blogs as a "photo site" which made me laugh as that was never the intention, and at the beginning taking pictures of these churches was just an afterthought. Anyways, here is a rolling list of my posts that have new images that were not part of the original posts. All new images will appear at the bottom of posts, as I want to preserve the original posts as they appeared initially.Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-87806209741023981382011-05-09T12:08:00.001-04:002011-05-09T12:08:00.143-04:00*Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington D.C.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Was in D.C. this past weekend. This place is amazing. It's a little much, kinda overwhelming, almost a Disneyland or Vegas of Catholicism, but still pretty cool. There's something futuristic about it too. Take a look...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I just heard that one of his old pals, <a href="http://www.monks.org/chron_20110218_fr_matthew.html">Fr. Matthew Kelty</a>, passed away yesterday.<br />
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Fr. Matthew was the guest chaplain for a number of years for Gethsemani retreats, and I was fortunate enough to hear him give a number of nightly talks where he included art, poetry and literature references in discussing the human endeavor and interaction with the divine. He also used to do an early morning 4am Mass. He was brief and direct saying this Mass and it would last all of 20 minutes.<br />
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Here is Fr. Matthew reciting (nearly) everyone's favorite Merton prayer (and then my pics below that...)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Email:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> information@smghparish.org</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 5pm</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sun: 8am, 9:30am, 11am, 12:30pm (Spanish)<br />
</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Weekday Mass Times:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Mon-Sat: 8:45am (in Chapel)</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 12:30pm-1:30pm</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">First Fridays: 6:15pm-7:15pm (Spanish)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">6pm: Exposition</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">7pm: Rosary</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">7:30pm: Mass</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Do you know what it's like to fall on the floor,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">and cry your guts out 'til you got no more?</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hey man, now you're really living.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Have you ever made love to a beautiful girl,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">made you feel like it's not such a bad world?</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hey man, now you're really living.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Now you're really giving everything and you're really getting all you gave.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Now you're really living what this life is all about...</span></i><br />
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Have you ever sat down in the fresh cut grass,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">and thought about the moment and when it will pass?</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hey man now you're really living...</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Now what would you say if I told you that everyone thinks you're a crazy old cat?</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hey man now you're really living...</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Just saw the sun rise over the hill, never used to give me much of a thrill,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">But hey man, now I'm really living."</span></i><br />
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God never lets us down; the cross never fails.<br />
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But everyone else down here besides us on this miserable planet always will.<br />
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I use "miserable" affectionately, often loving this place, especially during the winter: barren, dark, frigid, snow falling. The night forever cold and lonely, yet the falling snow brings hope, as if it's very manna from heaven. It's only on those hot summer nights when I truly despair; perhaps the winter's cold keeps me from going completely rotten, like some bad fruit forgotten in the back of the fridge.<br />
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I've begun snapping out of whatever fog, or hiding, or hole I had actually climbed down into after that last relationship ended, that whopper, that doozy. <br />
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A few weeks ago I dated the sister of a friend. It's an understatement to say I was disappointed with my friends' reactions, in fact I was goddammed angry. The brother felt it would all end badly for him. Three of my closest friends told me pretty much the same thing: it was reckless and I was being lazy for dating within my friend circle as opposed to... (What? Fucking internet dating? Having such and such dot com tell me who to sleep with?) I was in complete shock at the lack of sympathy and support. What had been feeling like excitement quickly turned into a thick sickly ball right in the pit of my stomach. Sadness and fear ensued (as they always do,) and then just general pissed-off-ness.<br />
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And so my melancholia sets in, or perhaps it's madness, which gets me thinking about another thing. Much how the craziest person in the room often turns out to be the psychologist, having felt drawn to the study of psychology to figure their out their own crazy shit, I realized recently that the Church, too, is full of a different sort of crazies. I know this because I now work for the Church and I know I am one of those crazies. We are drawn to it, those of us who know we need God the most, seek Him more than anything else on the planet, even that calming manna that falls when we most need a sign. It's true that everyone down here needs God the most, but those of us actually drawn to it in the day-to-day were fortunate (or unfortunate, not yet sure,) enough to catch a glimpse of something somewhere in our past that pushed us a little harder than most. Or maybe we're just weaker. </div>
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I love the Church. At least I thought I did. Recently I attended a Lutheran service at a <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/04/st-john-st-matthew-emmanuel-lutheran.html">Brooklyn church</a> with friends. It was <a href="http://www.lcna.org/ric">Reconciling in Christ Sunday</a>, and there was a wonderful girl preaching, an openly gay female friend of mine. It got me to thinking about how backwards the Church is, and how discriminating. Against gays. Against women. Against married men. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before in this blog, but if priests were allowed to marry I would sign up in a heartbeart. </div>
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And so like my friends sometimes do, I realized that the Church, too, has let me down. And I have to wonder in that scenario of the afterlife when we reach the pearly gates and St. Peter stands greeting us, won't he ask, (us Catholics,) "how could you be part of an institution that so openly and adamantly persecuted your brothers and sisters?" And what will we be able to say?<br />
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Don't I, as a Catholic, let down those as a Church we persecute? And in my own personal scenario where I feel my friends have let me down, haven't I possibly let them down by jumping recklessly into relationship after relationship, sinning from the heart, awkward consequences and fallings out that ensue? All of us, other men and women, my friends, those I admire most, and the Church will always let me down, let us down, but God shall never. That being said, when all of us let each other down and seem to forsake one another, isn't this is all part of the Divine Will anyway; an intricate part of the works; all in God's plan? Should we seek to find God in the hardships as well as the happy?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>'The king's taken back the throne. The useless seed is sown.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>When they say they're cutting off the phone, I'll tell 'em you're not home.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>No place to hide. You were fighting as a soldier on their side.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>You're still a soldier in your mind, though nothing's on the line.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>You say it's money that we need. as if we're only mouths to feed.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>I know no matter what you say, there are some debts you'll never pay.</i></span><br />
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Working for the church while your family dies.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>You take what they give you and you keep it inside.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone."</i></span><br />
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I can taste the fear. Gonna lift me up and take me out of here.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Don't wanna fight, don't wanna die, just wanna hear you cry.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Who's gonna throw the very first stone? Oh! Who's gonna reset the bone?</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Walking with your head in a sling, wanna hear the soldier sing.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
Working for the Church while my family dies.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Your little baby sister's gonna lose her mind.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone."</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
I can taste your fear. It's gonna lift you up and take you out of here.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>And the bone shall never heal, I care not if you kneel.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>We can't find you now. But they're gonna get their money back somehow.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>And when you finally disappear, we'll just say that you were never here.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
Been working for the church while your life falls apart.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Singing hallelujah with the fear in your heart.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone."</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone."'</i></span><br />
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Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-68148292869333503962010-11-14T11:50:00.000-05:002010-11-14T13:08:54.936-05:00*WILLIAMSBURG: St. Stanislaus Kostka (Greenpoint in Brooklyn)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsi-ehRtcrjyi6f_B4Wz_hLzoTGoNfimEze_7oZlU6LdsvqhpFHXS9TSZEEGbWmLQEhI30pUhpPbCrExMTwfoh6wWM3TAYp8Cg37VvCZDVhj5IH30xvBRjY5oO4j9Wg38iNtsm3LyFVY9r/s1600/IMG_3667.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsi-ehRtcrjyi6f_B4Wz_hLzoTGoNfimEze_7oZlU6LdsvqhpFHXS9TSZEEGbWmLQEhI30pUhpPbCrExMTwfoh6wWM3TAYp8Cg37VvCZDVhj5IH30xvBRjY5oO4j9Wg38iNtsm3LyFVY9r/s400/IMG_3667.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Address:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> 607 Humboldt St.<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Phone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> 718.388.0170<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 5:30pm (English), 7pm (Polish) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sun: Polish - 7:30am, 10:15am, 11:30am, 1pm, 8pm</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sun: English - 9am, 11am</span><br />
<div style="color: #990000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Weekday Mass Times (all Polish except where noted):</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span">Mon: 6:30am, 7am, 8am (English), 9am, 7pm (English)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Tue-Sat: </span><span class="Apple-style-span"> 6:30am, 7am, 8am (English), 7pm</span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Miraculous Medal Novena:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> Monday 7pm</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Matki Bozej od Cudownego Medalika:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> Monday 9am</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Matki Bozej Nieustajacej Pomocy:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> Wednesday 7pm</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Koronka do Milosierdzia Bozego:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> Friday 7:30pm</span><br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Confession:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Mon-Sat: 7am-8am</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 4pm-5:25pm, 6:30pm-7:30pm</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">First Friday: 6pm-8pm</span><b style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/realestate/31living.html">NY Times article about the neighborhood</a><br />
<a href="http://cmnewengland.org/2010/04/greenpoint-mourns-sunday-mass-at-st-stanislaus-church/">Solemn Mass for President Kaczyński</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihB6OKhAnSJxsgUh-7WdkL2swpA6Nd5WcAhqCn-qPrNxrHkhyphenhyphenvjOSmQB_Boeua5vjVP_m2p1gxa07RBC9frQizdVw1aXmfglieYF9_NqGHDOvmj5Hw9iyN8ZsBqx5MUh-Byy6jkjn-hxcR/s1600/IMG_3682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihB6OKhAnSJxsgUh-7WdkL2swpA6Nd5WcAhqCn-qPrNxrHkhyphenhyphenvjOSmQB_Boeua5vjVP_m2p1gxa07RBC9frQizdVw1aXmfglieYF9_NqGHDOvmj5Hw9iyN8ZsBqx5MUh-Byy6jkjn-hxcR/s400/IMG_3682.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">St. Stanislaus Kostka in Greenpoint is a very pretty church and an experience to go to Mass there. The only unfortunate thing is I believe all the Polish Masses are held in the main (beautiful gorgeous) church, and all English Masses are celebrated down below in the (not nearly so nice) basement chapel. When I arrived for the 11am English service I noticed a Mass already in progress upstairs and what looked like English speakers headed downstairs. So I went downstairs too. Having trouble paying attention, I kept trying to figure out how I was going to get pictures of the main church upstairs without interrupting Mass in progress.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Address:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> 225 6th Ave. (Brooklyn - </span><i>Park Slope</i><span class="Apple-style-span">)</span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Phone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> 718.638.1880<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Email: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span">franxrc@gmail.com</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Weekend Mass Times:</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 5pm</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sun: 9:30am (Children's Liturgy), 12:15pm</span><b style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></b><br />
<b style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Weekday Mass Times:</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Mon-Thurs: 9am</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Fri: 9am (Communion Service)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Sat: 9am</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Confession:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> Sat: 4:30-4:45pm</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Constructed:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> 1886</span><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier">Brooklyn Catholic Entry</a><br />
<a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233b.htm">Wikipedia: St. Francis Xavier</a><br />
<a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233b.htm">Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Francis Xavier</a><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Well she drug me down, Tossed me 'round,<br />
Slammed my name all over town,<br />
My good gal ain't no good to me, She makes true love more like misery<br />
Now I'm walkin' hunched, I get drunk a bunch,<br />
So would you sucker up and take a punch<br />
My good gal ain't no good to me, And I think I've acted reasonably<br />
Ah, but I miss her, And all that I wish from her</span></i></div>
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Its been awhile since <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/04/finished.html">my last post</a> and I've been intending to visit the other boroughs all summer long, but now it's fall and I'm only just finally getting around to it. Choosing just one church per borough is tough, because I don't know the neighborhoods as well as Manhattan, and so have begun choosing churches at random or based solely on having walked by buildings of interest. <br />
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Back at the tail end of last year I walked by Park Slope's St. Francis Xavier on my way to a party. Keen to places of worship, as soon as I noticed the stone exterior in the cold of a December snow storm, I looked up, immediately overwhelmed by this behemoth. Towering and intimidating it stood, and yet was intriguing and inviting all at once. And so I headed there this evening, intending to hit the 4:30pm confession (something I'm in overwhelming need of at the moment) and stumbled in (due to irritating weekend train traffic and my own procrastination) a half hour late to Mass, wondering what I would come up with to write, in the first of these final, supplemental posts of this blog.<br />
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It's a beautiful church, and though does not rival any of the masterpieces I discovered in Manhattan, is very pretty all the same, a classic late 19th century cruciform church. The congregation (not coming close to filling up the pews during this Saturday Vigil Mass,) was what one might expect to find on a Saturday in a church in Park Slope: older people and young couples and families, strollers, etc. <br />
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It's been a nice break since <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/04/96-st-james.html">my last church post last Easter</a>, in which I had time to organize these pages to allow visitors ease of search and had the chance to <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/09/updated-photos.html">take better photos</a> of some of the destinations visited early on. I suppose my life ain't too bad right now - my job continues to go well, I am much happier in that department than I was <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/11/81-our-lady-of-scapular-st-stephen.html">a ye</a><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/10/74-st-john-nepomucene.html">ar ago</a>. My romantic life, though, is in the toilet. My girlfriend, now ex, the only person in the world I have shared the secrecy of this blog with (besides those friends of mine who I become <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/07/66-st-monica.html">paranoid from time to time</a> may have discovered it through other means,) though I do not believe she has actually ever read it, nor intends to, fearing what I may have said about her or others in this online diary (diarrhea,) and I broke up over the summer. Truly the worst break-up I've ever been through (and still going through.) I did the breaking, at least officially, realizing our 9 months together had subjected me to daily rejection on scales both minimum and max. I really couldn't take the pain of that relationship any longer. It was so dark there. Painful. The trauma of which I am still getting over.<br />
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Someone asked me the other day if I was still in the process of licking my wounds, or starting to look again. I responded, neither, that I was somewhere in between. I would no sooner hurry into something so agonizing again than I would throw myself off a steep cliff or onto a bed of daggers. But I am lonely. It sinks in deeper each day, days I don't know what to do with myself. But as I see girls out on the streets, or in subways, or restaurants and bars, my first reaction, after being initially attracted to them, is to wonder if down below their pretty looks or sweet eyes, down deep somewhere, lurks more pain. My trust in others and in my own judgment of them dwindles, evaporating with my feelings of mistrust toward those in my past and phantoms of my future, and I wonder and fear if some day a ways away it will have died out completely.<br />
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I use this blog to pour out my thoughts feelings and fears into the websphere (hopefully) anonymously, always somewhat over-exaggerating my mindset and woes. In life I am not so depressed or melancholy, though am prone to what a good friend recently described as artistic brooding. The trick, he said, is to be able to find God in this brooding, or more appropriately labeled, contemplation. So recently in my sadness, I look for a quiet place in which to seek the Almighty.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 9pt;">winter comes and snow, i can't marry you, you know<br />
without you the winter grows, i can't marry you, you know<br />
love me the way i love you, love me the way i love you<br />
take a year in your hands, you can find another man<br />
let your unloved parts get loved, i will be your man<br />
love me the way i love you, love me the way i love you<br />
places you should be afraid, into the river we will wade<br />
love me the way i love you, love me the way i love you</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 8pt;">-Bonnie "Prince" Billy</span></i></div>
Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-49987681403176354542010-10-08T21:09:00.000-04:002011-01-25T21:36:59.585-05:00* C.S. Lewis slams meA friend pointed out this passage to me recently from C.S. Lewis' <i>The Screwtape Letters</i> in which a demon from hell is writing to another demon, explaining ways in which it is possible to tempt humans towards sin, and direct them to activities that lead to sin, including even, it seems, church hopping (from chapter 16):<br />
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<blockquote><i>Surely you know that if a man can't be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighbourhood looking for the church that 'suits' him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches...</i></blockquote><blockquote><i>The search for a 'suitable' church makes the man a critic where the Enemy [GOD] wants him to be a pupil. What He wants of the layman in church is an attitude which may, indeed, be critical in the sense of rejecting what is false or unhelpful, but which is wholly uncritical in the sense that it does not appraise—does not waste time in thinking about what it rejects, but lays itself open in uncommenting, humble receptivity to any nourishment that is going...So pray bestir yourself and send this fool the round of the neighbouring churches as soon as possible.</i></blockquote>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-8019529686693705192010-10-07T06:20:00.000-04:002011-01-25T21:38:05.367-05:00*Art Show at Church of St. Paul the ApostleThere is currently an art exhibit through the rest of the month at the <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/10/3-st-paul-apostle-church.html">Church of St. Paul the Apostle</a>, near Columbus Circle. This video was originally posted on <a href="http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/naked-measures-in-nyc">bustedhalo.com</a>. There are some really beautiful shots of the church here.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ocqk7iROz8k?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ocqk7iROz8k?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="385" width="425"></embed></object></div>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-63126224083899019432010-04-17T15:46:00.002-04:002010-04-17T15:49:24.227-04:00*The Church Sex Abuse ScandalLooks like <a href="http://www.bustedhalo.com/">BustedHalo.com</a> has done it again with a great video piece interviewing young Catholics (roughly my age) from <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/03/21-ascension-church.html">Ascension Church</a> about their thoughts and feelings on the scandal. You can view the <a href="http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/street-seekers-the-never-ending-story/">article page here</a>, below is the embedded video:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DnuN1eG3dk4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DnuN1eG3dk4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="385" width="425"></embed></object></div>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-25134491660154926012010-04-12T22:46:00.001-04:002010-04-12T22:47:49.534-04:00Trouble at St. Joseph School (Chinatown)I've just learned there are some major things happening at St. Joseph school in Chinatown regarding the dismissal of Sr. Deborah Lopez as principal. Admittedly, I do not really know or understand the entire story but if you know these parishes or want to learn more, check out the comments and additional entry <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-joseph-church-chinatown.html?showComment=1271119438254#c6228908551003867282">here</a>.Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-88907168163353128882010-04-08T00:00:00.002-04:002010-04-08T00:00:00.875-04:00*Happy EasterAs a kind of closeout to this blog, I decided to make this little video montage using all the great images I've seen over the past 2 1/2 years. Happy Easter. Enjoy.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aMj32BM_sJw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aMj32BM_sJw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /></div>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-40155476457465970642010-04-07T00:00:00.001-04:002010-04-07T00:00:03.559-04:00Finished!It's done.<br /><br />I breathe a sigh of relief and offer a prayer of thanksgiving to God for allowing me to selfishly spend two to three years on such an amazing task. For giving me the idea, the time here in New York, and the resources to follow through.<br /><br />I realize that, unlike the <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/10/supplemental-my-quest.html">post</a> where I mentioned visiting these churches was "my quest," that what I have indeed been doing here is some kind of crazy two and a half year pilgrimage. A quest is an adventure where you go specifically seeking something, a goal, a treasure, something you know about before setting off. What I have accomplished here is so very very short of a quest, merely wandering about the city (nearly) blindly visiting houses of worship. And I have enjoyed it. Immensely.<br /><br />I hope that post about "my quest" gets lost out there on the internet (amidst all the other trash, dirt and porn,) along with a few other self-indulgent posts I am guilty of writing. I intend, in the next few weeks to organize these postings, to make it easier for the church-goer, tourist or pilgrim to locate these churches easier by location, name and neighborhood. I plan on highlighting the facts about each church, and (hopefully) downplaying my often tedious whining and musings. I may even go back and add better photographs to some of the posts of churches I visited earlier on, as I've done with <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2007/10/3-st-paul-apostle-church.html">St. Paul the Apostle</a> and <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-joseph-church-chinatown.html">St. Joseph (Chinatown)</a>.<br /><br />If you attend any of these churches, or are privy to info about them and find that any of my information listed about them (Mass times, websites, phone numbers, etc.) are out of date, please let me know the new, true information so I can update.<br /><br />Additionally, if there are any churches or chapels in Manhattan that I have missed, please let me know and I will make every effort to visit.<br /><br />I'm certainly not done posting, I'm going to tool around with some organizational formats for awhile, and of course, there is always the reopening of <a href="http://www.savestbrigid.com/">St. Brigid Church</a> to look forward to (I intend to visit there and hopefully post about it, #97!) Also, because this blog has dealt mainly with only Manhattan churches, I am making plans to visit one church from each of the other boroughs sometime soon.<br /><br />So, my posting is not yet fully complete, but it is close, and eventually will wind down to a slow (if not altogether immobile) crawl.<br /><br />Thank you for reading this, these posts, my shenanigans.<br /><br />God bless you.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvH2dq9v9KHiTBtimV9L-Ixgs77ymAVnQiw_PQ7fiOGjei0JCB5E4PaeC772D4-4rbsQ6fvnkbmpEYVSimI22flskFh1dQLxm3RwVtmZuxSnTmUXBp_QtuuanZFgyqjVTt4HZ7P4Sk3mmc/s1600-h/IMG_1641.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvH2dq9v9KHiTBtimV9L-Ixgs77ymAVnQiw_PQ7fiOGjei0JCB5E4PaeC772D4-4rbsQ6fvnkbmpEYVSimI22flskFh1dQLxm3RwVtmZuxSnTmUXBp_QtuuanZFgyqjVTt4HZ7P4Sk3mmc/s400/IMG_1641.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448687754732856082" border="0" /></a>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-80781230835317015352010-04-04T12:00:00.024-04:002016-04-07T15:49:04.277-04:0096. St. James (CLOSED)<b><i>NOTE: It seems as though this church was <a href="https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141104/lower-east-side/catholic-churchs-closure-stuns-lower-east-side-parishioners" target="_blank">closed and shuttered</a> in 2014 and merged with the nearby church of <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-joseph-church-chinatown.html" target="_blank">St. Joseph (Chinatown)</a> much to the <a href="https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141104/lower-east-side/catholic-churchs-closure-stuns-lower-east-side-parishioners" target="_blank">sadness and dismay of its parishioners</a>. Then, in 2015, a</i></b><b><i>s part of the Archdiocese of New York's great </i></b><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/11/church-closings.html"><span class="s2"><b><i>closings</i></b></span></a><b><i> & </i></b><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/12/more-manhattan-church-closings.html"><span class="s2"><b><i>mergers</i></b></span></a><b><i> of that year, this combined parish was</i></b><b><i> closed down and merged into the <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/02/87-church-of-transfiguration.html" target="_blank">Church of the Transfiguration</a>. </i></b><b><i>Only Transfiguration will remain open for regular Masses and other events. This combined parish is called <a href="http://transfigurationnyc.org/parish/index.php" target="_blank">Parish of Transfiguration and of St. James/St. Joseph.</a></i></b><br />
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<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #990000;">Add</b>ress:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 32 James St. (Rectory at 23 Oliver St.)<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Phone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 212.233.0161</span><br />
<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Constructed:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 1835-1837</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Links:</span></b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/StJamesRC.html">About the Organ</a><br />
<a href="http://www.catholicvoteaction.org/americanpapist/index.php?p=742">Sacrilege at St. James in NYC</a><br />
<a href="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=59">St. James</a><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-joseph-church-chinatown.html">St. Joseph (Sister Church)</a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LsoODfDmCeX-JNE1mCgF7Syq67GptsLz7dGC2T_5FK5lL7Cb3L2Dr82cwsqQjW_GsBtz-St2fo5cpnjj35EvDSIQkWkaP2zaJwGRLiVE-J0Ty2DR2kg3ivzUXKWHn0z9dne9SY2iweUu/s1600/96-03-IMG_2003.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456855021914650594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LsoODfDmCeX-JNE1mCgF7Syq67GptsLz7dGC2T_5FK5lL7Cb3L2Dr82cwsqQjW_GsBtz-St2fo5cpnjj35EvDSIQkWkaP2zaJwGRLiVE-J0Ty2DR2kg3ivzUXKWHn0z9dne9SY2iweUu/s400/96-03-IMG_2003.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>EASTER SUNDAY<br />
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From <a href="http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/StJamesRC.html">nycago.org</a>...<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">"In 1835, <a href="http://www.stjamesnyc.org/staff">Father Varela</a> purchased property for a new church on James Street, and the name was changed to St. James Church. Built from 1835-37 and dedicated by Bishop Dubois in 1836, St. James Church has the distinction of having the second oldest Roman Catholic church building extant in Manhattan. No one is certain who designed the noble Greek Revival edifice, although its pedimented facade is similar to designs published by architect Minard Lafever. As originally built, the fieldstone building had a domed cupola above the roof, and the facade included the inscription "D.O.M. S. JACOBO DEO OPTIMO MAXIMO" (To God, the Best and Greatest). In 1966, the church was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.<br />
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Since its founding, the church has been home to many notables, including Alfred E. Smith, who served as an altar boy before becoming Governor of New York State and the first Roman Catholic candidate for the presidency. In the 1880s, Smith described the church as the "leading Catholic parish in New York, not excepting the cathedral itself."<br />
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The Ancient Order of Hibernians, an Irish fraternal organization, is also associated with St. James Church, as their first chapter in the United States was established in 1836 at this church. The Hibernians organized in response to the burning of St. Mary's Church on Grand Street, and other acts of violence against Irish clergy and property. In 1983, the Hibernians financed the restoration of St. James Church after city officials ordered it closed when the roof was in danger of collapsing."</span></blockquote>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rBTNuSZIZJDKZPOmygCI0yf-uk9869c90aLZjqfqc4UqcqY2yf-RpcWO4_vz4mnA1TFitTyodz28nNfiTQlRPtCE8JfGHpzIo_REv0Vxcu4B33yxK2JC9GRFBuFWrzRy-nay44yd5Rw6/s1600/IMG_1953.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456855206896120402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rBTNuSZIZJDKZPOmygCI0yf-uk9869c90aLZjqfqc4UqcqY2yf-RpcWO4_vz4mnA1TFitTyodz28nNfiTQlRPtCE8JfGHpzIo_REv0Vxcu4B33yxK2JC9GRFBuFWrzRy-nay44yd5Rw6/s400/IMG_1953.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>I was told a few weeks ago by <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/02/88-st-stanislaus.html?showComment=1266754682080#c8742166827472826498">Tali, the organist</a> of St. James, that I should make sure to include this church on my journey. Of course, it was always on my list, but she intrigued me further by saying, St. James is "the oldest surviving Catholic structure in the city and state of New York in original condition (<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/01/54-old-st-patricks-cathedral.html">Old St. Patrick's</a> and <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2008/06/30-st-joseph-greenwich-village-nyu.html">St. Joseph on 6th Ave</a> that had disastrous fires that gutted them, being officially older.)"<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcZautz_-LkOtlnGWvZryOG5t12PjWxJL18ZHff8NivaQSoV092x_Xfhn6vqs-VIx8vhv9M89pcIfUYG4_S5Q10gaU7C7-Ju_wTYiyAAZsSuouCoNv7T9uhW9Dp_UBQNSYUe4VMKN9CEj/s1600/IMG_1960.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456861262438986690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcZautz_-LkOtlnGWvZryOG5t12PjWxJL18ZHff8NivaQSoV092x_Xfhn6vqs-VIx8vhv9M89pcIfUYG4_S5Q10gaU7C7-Ju_wTYiyAAZsSuouCoNv7T9uhW9Dp_UBQNSYUe4VMKN9CEj/s400/IMG_1960.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 301px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Something else that recently interests me about St. James is a pilgrimage I have followed via the website, <a href="http://www.bustedhalo.com/">BustedHalo.com</a>. It is the journey of <a href="http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/a-laptop-pilgrimage/">the Camino</a>, or "Way of St. James," that follows a path through Northern Spain to the Cathedral de Santiago de Compostello, where St. James the Apostle is apparently buried. Even though <a href="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=59">www.catholic.org</a> states "Legends have sprung up that James evangelized Spain before he died but these stories have no basis in historical fact," the Camino has captured my attention and imagination, and I think, realizing that my pilgrimage (because, that is in fact, what it is) of New York Churches is at an end, someday I'd very much like to do something like this. Perhaps the last 60 kilometers that many thousands of pilgrims travel each year, or even, if I'm feeling exceptionally ambitious, the 480 kilometers from France.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13tb5gdr699SH59qmfRTU40B0wmqhydrOJW1O1KnU6Oon7Xod5W9gIyTozlwcye_qrXa6kDh9m-DPF0YZgJDC0NHfO3beZPoRLvZfVGVNRph0fe1H8yf3f3MO7OZDlhsASiHO1L9UbYtv/s1600/IMG_1963.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456861648660234594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13tb5gdr699SH59qmfRTU40B0wmqhydrOJW1O1KnU6Oon7Xod5W9gIyTozlwcye_qrXa6kDh9m-DPF0YZgJDC0NHfO3beZPoRLvZfVGVNRph0fe1H8yf3f3MO7OZDlhsASiHO1L9UbYtv/s400/IMG_1963.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Due to a miscommunication between the staff at St. James and their parish, nearly all the parishioners of St. James attended the 10:30am Easter Sunday Spanish Mass today or the vigil at <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-joseph-church-chinatown.html">St. Joseph</a> last night, and almost no one was present for the 12pm service.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50HCpx5SQqZfATqS-EyHo2KTHP8n9st0h59JjcAUCUs1pw70hhstZfsDjLrcjqhA_igFjYVfaUKSC1j56gopy0p2FuHNh11kIir_4vDNV0gHtWcRrpU_moqgq56-ztdJUtjVjIUQtuRPb/s1600/IMG_2000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456862077474663362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50HCpx5SQqZfATqS-EyHo2KTHP8n9st0h59JjcAUCUs1pw70hhstZfsDjLrcjqhA_igFjYVfaUKSC1j56gopy0p2FuHNh11kIir_4vDNV0gHtWcRrpU_moqgq56-ztdJUtjVjIUQtuRPb/s400/IMG_2000.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>But I was there, and almost as soon as I entered the place and started snapping pictures an older guy named George pulled me aside and asked me if I liked the place. Sure, I said, hesitating a bit. Good, he responded, then I'll show you around. Before I knew it he was leading me in and out of doorways, through the stairwells and balcony and showing me this church. It's a very old place that requires a lot of renovating and George is the one in charge of most of the work.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQN4VOKDBE56Aiy02sNk8zQaKndy2cXW4yDLwkF0coLP_ym6mENcACb34-uXzhz03QNGpnpNnOBBZajCVRxTGeedhtWwTm-X_jw6RmHJU1ctXK4JK1kj-04j5RT5rnJDfmxDyZZDlDPkTG/s1600/IMG_1989.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456862718318736338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQN4VOKDBE56Aiy02sNk8zQaKndy2cXW4yDLwkF0coLP_ym6mENcACb34-uXzhz03QNGpnpNnOBBZajCVRxTGeedhtWwTm-X_jw6RmHJU1ctXK4JK1kj-04j5RT5rnJDfmxDyZZDlDPkTG/s400/IMG_1989.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1MPT2VrWB-r5ksBw5Lj1oy6s9SCbcKPiWMVhqWA3HerFrIEr6CyCeEVm09HHSYDMg1gwf0sDZtQFDGYhbrrZtZvSUDR6YUvsZqQYt_oEOd0cHXS9w4jHrY0frfbzsOEStFmk2b32v3MD/s1600/IMG_2001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456862646902893570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1MPT2VrWB-r5ksBw5Lj1oy6s9SCbcKPiWMVhqWA3HerFrIEr6CyCeEVm09HHSYDMg1gwf0sDZtQFDGYhbrrZtZvSUDR6YUvsZqQYt_oEOd0cHXS9w4jHrY0frfbzsOEStFmk2b32v3MD/s400/IMG_2001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 349px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Slowly, day by day, bit by bit, molding by molding, George and staff are working to replace glass that is broken, repaint fading walls, fix leaks and continue to make this church more and more beautiful. Not that it's not already a site and pretty to begin with, but George showed me all the work to be done. He's very devoted and intent on his work, but most of all, he loves his church.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfg32ZdDy5kgay_6mEGHFMu-gI4AuHx-GRYLHTWo4I9qMDEnv7jiMUh72VEOikwcwsPbTuSDmlcil16Aqv5QkFnAHs1HvkeuDkizACOJNjWqpjgQuk_hgmlG312tR6A9QTN2JP8YHdnx0/s1600/IMG_1992.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456863203288200466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfg32ZdDy5kgay_6mEGHFMu-gI4AuHx-GRYLHTWo4I9qMDEnv7jiMUh72VEOikwcwsPbTuSDmlcil16Aqv5QkFnAHs1HvkeuDkizACOJNjWqpjgQuk_hgmlG312tR6A9QTN2JP8YHdnx0/s400/IMG_1992.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 231px;" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpeav3bVQ63kcfzlpfAbUzQUwe20FIr5g0fTeNExifRyrAqScPIWhy0yjBXf0miKW5OQAkugJkp08Jm5s6tD4rIfeK6GBzbAlR_FMc9KZENoQOWCK_ir4c-x5IXD6N-_XaAbrQrcd8VaT/s1600/IMG_1991.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456863135371700562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpeav3bVQ63kcfzlpfAbUzQUwe20FIr5g0fTeNExifRyrAqScPIWhy0yjBXf0miKW5OQAkugJkp08Jm5s6tD4rIfeK6GBzbAlR_FMc9KZENoQOWCK_ir4c-x5IXD6N-_XaAbrQrcd8VaT/s400/IMG_1991.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 289px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Everyone I talked to here at St. James was so friendly and welcoming: George, the priest, I think I even met Tali, the organist. (By the way, the music sounded great, the organ was terrific and the cantor had a strong elegant voice - really great church song that brought the Liturgy alive for me.)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYgw_PgwZaKB_10iZR2Bv9DidbTRUf7y7OJF3pKxOzU9cxfMrO6gRbmsPN7ERxe0E2trdMnwlkPaRYY12q8stZebqG9cw5LPv96sKwg2Qyp_Z4YHvuIrtGVmwLDklevhhc0L4Gsj4VI23/s1600/IMG_1997.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456860743827035122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYgw_PgwZaKB_10iZR2Bv9DidbTRUf7y7OJF3pKxOzU9cxfMrO6gRbmsPN7ERxe0E2trdMnwlkPaRYY12q8stZebqG9cw5LPv96sKwg2Qyp_Z4YHvuIrtGVmwLDklevhhc0L4Gsj4VI23/s400/IMG_1997.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPdL-xPheRY3OdvcADOCQj_CWJ-JD3GIuu0DjBC7ydxJHzdmBHWMeJ270yZrjmjMCINM3SLbdacuUP4m5gOb2CXSZoIZkcN9dS2Z9X4IV_Uhve9Ew0rcRWDDFMomOjB-iW02JAzmNWGZ0/s1600/IMG_1996.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456860686404729490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPdL-xPheRY3OdvcADOCQj_CWJ-JD3GIuu0DjBC7ydxJHzdmBHWMeJ270yZrjmjMCINM3SLbdacuUP4m5gOb2CXSZoIZkcN9dS2Z9X4IV_Uhve9Ew0rcRWDDFMomOjB-iW02JAzmNWGZ0/s400/IMG_1996.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 206px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Because there were so few of us in attendance, the priest delivered a more intimate sermon than (what I assume) is usual. He interjected thoughts and reflections during the readings, tied in the words of Paul with today's social justice issues and immigration, and really brought the Good News.<br />
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I'd definitely consider coming here regularly if it wasn't so far away.<br />
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Later in the day, I celebrated Easter with friends: the brightness of the day and the newness of life.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweprKYR5SwvOC8aVMZWqtnXRE2zaz6hweAJOmSQfFH537qQtRqK_a8p9JYpYQYVjOk4ZLRTnpfQTZs5XyAtrFmNL7ZgZgFPESNn9YI4bWTW5lB06y9n9cfpOZ2z2wPD1Tmf5NqPOCwd1r/s1600/96-04-IMG_2004.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456854482023036674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweprKYR5SwvOC8aVMZWqtnXRE2zaz6hweAJOmSQfFH537qQtRqK_a8p9JYpYQYVjOk4ZLRTnpfQTZs5XyAtrFmNL7ZgZgFPESNn9YI4bWTW5lB06y9n9cfpOZ2z2wPD1Tmf5NqPOCwd1r/s400/96-04-IMG_2004.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 251px;" /></a>Meanwhile, things with my girlfriend are not all right. We are both hard people to be with. I think I'm terrible at this. Maybe always have been, maybe always will be. It's anyone's guess whether we'll be together in the end. Or if we should be. But she knows how much this church journey has meant to me, knows what I have been doing and she handed me a card today, an Easter card, congratulating me on completing this journey. It meant a lot, more than can be imagined. As does she.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">"Why does she sing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Her sad songs for me? I'm not the one</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">To tenderly bring</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Her soft sympathy. I've just begun</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">To see my way clear and it's plain if I stop I will fall.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">I can lay down a tear for her pain, just a tear and that's all.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">What does she want me to do?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">She says that she knows that moments are rare.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">I suppose</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">That it's true.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Then on she goes to say I don't care and she knows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">That I do.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">She'd like to think that I'm cruel</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">But she knows that's a lie for I would be</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">No more than a tool</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">If I allowed her to cry all over me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">My sorrow is real even though I can't change my plans.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">If she could see how I feel then I know that she'd understand.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Does she actually think I'm to blame?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Does she really believe</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">That some word of mine</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Could relieve</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">All her pain?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Can't she see that she grieves just because she's been blindly deceived</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">By her shame?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">Nothin's what it seems.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Maybe she'll start someday to realize</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">If she abandons her dreams,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Then all the words she can say are only lies.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">When will she see that to gain</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Is only to lose?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">All that she offers me are her chains,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">And I've got to refuse.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">It's only to herself that she's lied.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">She likes to pretend</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">there's something that she should defend</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">With her pride.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">I don't intend to stand here and be the friend</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">From whom she must hide.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">(Townes Van Zandt)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-80483640137451569832010-04-02T15:00:00.014-04:002016-04-24T13:08:58.177-04:0095. St. Teresa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAbkfdUFQFyeKrkyc0mZVQsbDHwzvq_fQiy-Yc_jAWLoPg62JtFylMwqZqoab3AJhO65pBz0CUW6cb6jboYcD5Kos-rYirJuOUkOYTHotaKuE_GsXuVsSgb7X2_6Br_W-nha6BIBbKMpq/s1600/IMG_1921.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455790688502746978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAbkfdUFQFyeKrkyc0mZVQsbDHwzvq_fQiy-Yc_jAWLoPg62JtFylMwqZqoab3AJhO65pBz0CUW6cb6jboYcD5Kos-rYirJuOUkOYTHotaKuE_GsXuVsSgb7X2_6Br_W-nha6BIBbKMpq/s400/IMG_1921.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><i style="font-size: x-small;">(mass times & church info last updated 04/24/2016)</i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #990000;">Address:</b> 141 Henry St.<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Phone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 212.233.0233<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Weekend Mass Times:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sat: 5pm (English)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sun: 8am (English), 9am (Chinese-Cantonese), 10:15am (English), 11:30am (Spanish), 1:15pm (Chinese-Mandarin)<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Weekday Mass Times:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mon-Thu: 8:30am (Spanish, in main church)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fri: 7:30pm (Spanish, in main church)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sat: 12pm (Spanish, in main church)<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Holy Days:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span>8:30am (Spanish), 7:30pm (Bilingual)<br />
<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Exposition:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fri: 12pm-7:15pm (concluding w/ Solemn Benediction in Spanish)<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Constructed:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 1841</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Links:</span></b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.stteresany.org/" target="_blank">Official Website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/StTeresaRC.html">About the Organ</a><br />
<a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14515b.htm">St. Teresa of Avila</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rutgerschurch.com/about_us.html">Rutger's Presbyterian Church (first church located at site)</a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RVxQa1D4TCKg6LF2R7VZWkZi2nmxHCyAGpTzAvk_r8-9z1dQb9CtuCth0Gh060_rBHobNSUcgkVeM60KotqeiFctDcyrJqRxTxUVCbr3wZL7ijZyebrbdVYO4Bs4JOdtrMygbn0fH2k7/s1600/IMG_1917.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455791688599511010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RVxQa1D4TCKg6LF2R7VZWkZi2nmxHCyAGpTzAvk_r8-9z1dQb9CtuCth0Gh060_rBHobNSUcgkVeM60KotqeiFctDcyrJqRxTxUVCbr3wZL7ijZyebrbdVYO4Bs4JOdtrMygbn0fH2k7/s400/IMG_1917.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>HOLY WEEK: Good Friday<br />
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BILINGUAL ENGLISH/CANTONESE SERVICE<br />
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The church of St. Teresa in Chinatown is a neat, bright, clean and simple house of worship. It has an open airy feeling as one enters, and a nice gated area right out front that allows you to sit quietly on the church steps, praying or meditating, typing on your Blackberry, or just enjoying a beautiful day's sunshine and fresh cool breeze.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwP0iwdjfpSz4FCoSZQUZqidHpVdmCVgloPIIR6DXKKkosjqRl02d5S117bE6gOsY5cBnnFa4hGEt_kTch3w0IibCUU62U3EEqn_B3m70-godq6_Sg0FGDDVFetUZVgvDB5-W4z1eMZuZc/s1600/IMG_1915.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455792011827486642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwP0iwdjfpSz4FCoSZQUZqidHpVdmCVgloPIIR6DXKKkosjqRl02d5S117bE6gOsY5cBnnFa4hGEt_kTch3w0IibCUU62U3EEqn_B3m70-godq6_Sg0FGDDVFetUZVgvDB5-W4z1eMZuZc/s400/IMG_1915.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>The priest, shaved head and all, was a good preacher. He delivered his sermon in a loud, attention-grabbing, boisterous manner. I could tell he is good at what he does and cares about the meaning behind his words, his church and the Church.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2H2zUwh2HabTUdXG-cnljlTOzMUXivIsbCGn0dAvgy_lECYtzKy5YyX6OAK3qd__dioMzimTQ_8vb2q8Toy2viTPqg32BNR-FgMmPlkLU-ULPlXZp6fmh-qPk4T05QSSyHX3exCsQ0Hw/s1600/IMG_1931.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455792154645760258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2H2zUwh2HabTUdXG-cnljlTOzMUXivIsbCGn0dAvgy_lECYtzKy5YyX6OAK3qd__dioMzimTQ_8vb2q8Toy2viTPqg32BNR-FgMmPlkLU-ULPlXZp6fmh-qPk4T05QSSyHX3exCsQ0Hw/s400/IMG_1931.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>During the reading of the Passion, I looked up and stared at the painted mural that is the backdrop of the altar - it is a scene depicting the Crucifixion. It was wholly appropriate to fixate on this art as they sang/read the Gospel - the drama and the sadness of the story are very present in this work, as well as present in the church today.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmg_oft74DtQyiABacyUfI_32Yw5nLR-JNGSrWKXW1M6laJ6odZ_yaTnzWaewjncOJyOnJdr8LED2Jvxj1fWWYVu4Sxq26h2YBWwLKeI5ddxhQ-dL2_Mkh-Y0CxYU8w7fkTcWviWrckWE_/s1600/IMG_1936.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455792285723673538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmg_oft74DtQyiABacyUfI_32Yw5nLR-JNGSrWKXW1M6laJ6odZ_yaTnzWaewjncOJyOnJdr8LED2Jvxj1fWWYVu4Sxq26h2YBWwLKeI5ddxhQ-dL2_Mkh-Y0CxYU8w7fkTcWviWrckWE_/s400/IMG_1936.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Further up towards the ceiling I noticed the beautiful wood beams and pillars that hold this church up - renovated back in 1995 because the ceiling collapsed, dropping 60,000 pounds of plaster down, through the floor of the church, crashing into the parish hall below.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYphApYrfOHwThV0bB1r70zbnzx8y4AMXe33lqFezzQbceTvhGlc5jM2dCMWeGEcXjxBOKwxDaIp447UOuN7V76VtVlaA6lEFuReg35XC5lc2npKb2SRiwobdMy4qKsb1p2WW_v0bTSoRD/s1600/IMG_1933.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455792692858310322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYphApYrfOHwThV0bB1r70zbnzx8y4AMXe33lqFezzQbceTvhGlc5jM2dCMWeGEcXjxBOKwxDaIp447UOuN7V76VtVlaA6lEFuReg35XC5lc2npKb2SRiwobdMy4qKsb1p2WW_v0bTSoRD/s400/IMG_1933.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTr48NwVjwCtheKVOtnRftokCa5tqfSBtG3fqFua1NThIts-0JkM-wrpvwHN_tsPCk-Pr0ZFIUosA1ZacVkEeiBAnLXzRFVVASzNe2YubpQP87HZ3UO-YH8CUFJ-W186izPVwgNjcIj73/s1600/IMG_1929.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455792466851484930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTr48NwVjwCtheKVOtnRftokCa5tqfSBtG3fqFua1NThIts-0JkM-wrpvwHN_tsPCk-Pr0ZFIUosA1ZacVkEeiBAnLXzRFVVASzNe2YubpQP87HZ3UO-YH8CUFJ-W186izPVwgNjcIj73/s400/IMG_1929.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>It is now a very nice looking and peaceful place. Perfect for this Good Friday service for me.<br />
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Easter is next...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Gi-sIn3lyk89ofh0zpuZ4-DMqbSAvTLfrKmlW0imAfQhRcF6uuXgR6UhQpGW0QMlybXLeaFtuV37khzqym1sgbllHXG3dfLRJlIHCq6FuoOL3CgihyphenhyphenSHNkU8BO08MNbnQFsbJm0uEQ-R/s1600/IMG_1939.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455791901677872114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Gi-sIn3lyk89ofh0zpuZ4-DMqbSAvTLfrKmlW0imAfQhRcF6uuXgR6UhQpGW0QMlybXLeaFtuV37khzqym1sgbllHXG3dfLRJlIHCq6FuoOL3CgihyphenhyphenSHNkU8BO08MNbnQFsbJm0uEQ-R/s400/IMG_1939.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 345px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-40813755376264553062010-04-01T19:30:00.003-04:002016-04-29T12:49:23.455-04:0094. St. Cyril<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIjv0yEDIi-0VU9Cq3ud4ct6nZh-B-AFhW9JOLX0Nyl__87RjVGkOx4C0jkUHfIFfNxARZtOszbKwczFcUAIA92F7WDpG1Ej58jhRJvm9DXqcd2N9WMTDaEPGKqmerORfR-S7rSqgeTHp/s1600/IMG_1886.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455764017754136130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIjv0yEDIi-0VU9Cq3ud4ct6nZh-B-AFhW9JOLX0Nyl__87RjVGkOx4C0jkUHfIFfNxARZtOszbKwczFcUAIA92F7WDpG1Ej58jhRJvm9DXqcd2N9WMTDaEPGKqmerORfR-S7rSqgeTHp/s400/IMG_1886.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 294px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><i style="font-size: x-small;">(mass times & church info last updated 04/29/2016)</i><br />
<b style="color: #990000;">Address:</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span>62 St. Mark's Place<br />
<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Phone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 212.674.3442</span><br />
<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Weekend Mass Times:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
Sat: 6pm (English)<br />
Sun: 10:30am (Slovenian)<br />
<b style="color: #990000;">Confession:</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> before Masses</span><br />
<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Constructed:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (est. 1916)</span><br />
<a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/04/61-sts-cyril-and-methodius-and-st.html">Sts. Cyril and Methodius and St. Raphael on W. 41st St.</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_of_Alexandria">St. Cyril</a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBXjli2_gQvWexjJCwnHo8-qelx5kUSOFazxYPnaJ7Tq3-LK-VPGvrPWkEDfQNGWK5cgt5VEJr65anAL7FuAs-8Vsd_To8e0s-HzflHmqMakMNf-c-L5S-_JvTTK_8eDqS_cIYCSEHdcN/s1600/IMG_1711.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455764286048556978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBXjli2_gQvWexjJCwnHo8-qelx5kUSOFazxYPnaJ7Tq3-LK-VPGvrPWkEDfQNGWK5cgt5VEJr65anAL7FuAs-8Vsd_To8e0s-HzflHmqMakMNf-c-L5S-_JvTTK_8eDqS_cIYCSEHdcN/s400/IMG_1711.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>HOLY WEEK: Holy Thursday<br />
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SLOVENIAN MASS<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way; but the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all."</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">(Isaiah 53:6)</span></div>
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The only information I had about St. Cyril church going in today was this one sentence from <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=eN4A7rNCoScC&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=st.+ignatius+loyola+new+york+city&source=bl&ots=A07iI8fCh8&sig=KEE3bCxYqyaBIjWhw3i4smT2uPM&hl=en&ei=HSqaSfTZIZ3etgex-N21Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#v=onepage&q=&f=false">The Spiritual Traveler</a></span>:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">"Slovene Catholics have a small church - virtually a brownstone - St. Cyril, established in 1916..."</span></blockquote>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOD1vPx7s9YKH15ie0_9G9gwLl1TvYXltfrB7yzezp1PRigy_yHaklLYV2hoGhJCeI4ZFwRT1FpKJEx8joZFUoZU25H_X62PaS8knfbdNeHFdqI7T19WTz1NcyhCDZCAKUp94IBMvMwzQ0/s1600/IMG_1710.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455764662178068882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOD1vPx7s9YKH15ie0_9G9gwLl1TvYXltfrB7yzezp1PRigy_yHaklLYV2hoGhJCeI4ZFwRT1FpKJEx8joZFUoZU25H_X62PaS8knfbdNeHFdqI7T19WTz1NcyhCDZCAKUp94IBMvMwzQ0/s400/IMG_1710.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The entrance gate was open outside when I arrived and I ascended the steps of this "brownstone," entering the church. It was quiet and dark, no lights were turned on yet, only the light from the falling 7pm sun through the south facing windows and stained glass, and an open doorway near the altar provided any visibility at all to this small dark (nearly a) chapel. I heard voices upstairs. A few days ago I had called (an until very, very recently non-working number) and asked when Holy Week masses would be. I was told 7pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r7qXbkW4z_wjNsH2k5BmR3-RpGqhm-cStafeYdb7Aecfj48XNFw0asqVovM-8-qmJhUGiAjkE9jXsrHjBa3AF_Q5lXXi2QNBTXgUWcKeWVc4VVAAapES-n3vJ9mQ7jxcm6PBOBP3s8s8/s1600/IMG_1887.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455765237818358386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r7qXbkW4z_wjNsH2k5BmR3-RpGqhm-cStafeYdb7Aecfj48XNFw0asqVovM-8-qmJhUGiAjkE9jXsrHjBa3AF_Q5lXXi2QNBTXgUWcKeWVc4VVAAapES-n3vJ9mQ7jxcm6PBOBP3s8s8/s400/IMG_1887.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>After taking a few photos I sat down in the back, alone, Magnificat in hand, ready for the Slovenian language mass I knew was in store. Holy Thursday remains my very favorite Mass of the calendar - it's a special one, so mystical and holy.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7W_vq8TnuHBXBux0zwFy8hI9qUHIeM3GKmDg6aXwKuuMY4bSjLtaCClHD9ZANrXhmEGEvm6DgsQ73vnTlt43ifvSx5bhhYr0Fzg8dOiJpn0iukEAhpbhpIi0iRjRDGFFISWOUMoHSBuwR/s1600/IMG_1882.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455765589714456402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7W_vq8TnuHBXBux0zwFy8hI9qUHIeM3GKmDg6aXwKuuMY4bSjLtaCClHD9ZANrXhmEGEvm6DgsQ73vnTlt43ifvSx5bhhYr0Fzg8dOiJpn0iukEAhpbhpIi0iRjRDGFFISWOUMoHSBuwR/s400/IMG_1882.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Another man entered, heading toward the open doorway by the altar, and switched on the lights. Ten minutes later three others, his family, joined him and then a pretty girl, my age, in a leather jacket entered, sitting near the altar, followed by an older couple, followed by the priest, who saw me and shook my hand.<br />
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"Are you Slovenian?" he asked.<br />
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No, I said in a sad sort of tone, always feeling out of place in these non-English masses. Why go then, you ask? It removes me from my comfort zone and Mass is no longer some familar place I casually drop in on for an hour a week to hear the things I am expecting. This journey has, if nothing else, made going to church each week a difficult undertaking, something to be thought about proactively and planned, a task that is hard which places me in new intimidating situations constantly. It has vitalized me and strengthened my faith, turning the Mass into a living breathing and very real experience.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVWU-EWG1Kzal9r5egW3FqvpGo797m6cveDTmvD4QmwaOaGAUywKNhVBLe86ULczRs3tHp3M79Z0F4DCxoDVgb6iRdvQ7t1043fH4O-cE3BcOcG5oLMG5KQER_q9fDIAkZ-oMdd2EcJI-/s1600/IMG_1890.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455765832938602738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVWU-EWG1Kzal9r5egW3FqvpGo797m6cveDTmvD4QmwaOaGAUywKNhVBLe86ULczRs3tHp3M79Z0F4DCxoDVgb6iRdvQ7t1043fH4O-cE3BcOcG5oLMG5KQER_q9fDIAkZ-oMdd2EcJI-/s400/IMG_1890.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The priest made his way to the sacristy to prepare and a few other people trickled in until in all there were a dozen of us, as well as the priest - the teacher and his twelve, a very true last supper, but which of us was Judas, I wondered to myself. Me? All of us? No, me I supposed. I'm the outsider here. Filled with sin. There is no betrayal in my heart, however. But I do tend to fuck up so altogether largely all the time.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKVgeEUKv50jqHCKGTN37hlJGMHRIRkb8oUFl5-7oWNIuB13rRP4lgBDCWj4EAVOCVT2vi_1suwCeCw3k1CUR9BzlZn615wWoxfROEUHsTByKnC5YLXqhcgHRlc7qbHXjUxdZWfIBXCqr/s1600/IMG_1708.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455766490949193746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKVgeEUKv50jqHCKGTN37hlJGMHRIRkb8oUFl5-7oWNIuB13rRP4lgBDCWj4EAVOCVT2vi_1suwCeCw3k1CUR9BzlZn615wWoxfROEUHsTByKnC5YLXqhcgHRlc7qbHXjUxdZWfIBXCqr/s400/IMG_1708.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>I followed along with the readings and order of the Mass with the Magnificat. During the homily, I sat and listened. Of course, I could not understand the language, but I was listening for something else. A quote I read online the other day (and I'm perhaps slightly misquoting it here) reads: "Praying is when we ask God for something, meditation is when we listen."<br />
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This journey of (thus far) 94 churches has been amazing in so many ways and opened me to elements of the Mass and the Catholic faith that I never knew, but I have recently noted my prayer life during Mass is not as good as it could be. I don't spend a lot of time "listening." When I go to these new places there is always so much that I am aware of, so much stimulation and input, so much I am looking for or thinking about - art on the walls, the angle of the church that will make the best photo, what to write about. As I proceed in the future and attend one place regularly I plan on listening quite a bit more.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRhBcZwNnBnGZ8T5oHvXeRl6z4eEADwFBm1VqdrQqWdB_O3BCvU7VQ-_sALqsNK4x4MH6ubo0O-sxO8ytKSPHY4xdADY-xa8wdp5ZmzGMUdcLi6Tc5vE3yG5ZhpuB41sop9wViA-3Bw-5/s1600/IMG_1872.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455766596162745650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRhBcZwNnBnGZ8T5oHvXeRl6z4eEADwFBm1VqdrQqWdB_O3BCvU7VQ-_sALqsNK4x4MH6ubo0O-sxO8ytKSPHY4xdADY-xa8wdp5ZmzGMUdcLi6Tc5vE3yG5ZhpuB41sop9wViA-3Bw-5/s400/IMG_1872.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>Sadly, because I enjoy the Holy Thursday Mass so much, there was no washing of the feet here, nor was there the procession of the Blessed Sacrament at the end of Mass. Once Communion was finished, the priest did process down the small main aisle praying the stations of the cross, and then it ended. I was sad to have missed out on those parts of the Holy Thursday service I have come to love so much, as well as the singing of the Pange, lingua, and the Tantum ergo Sacramentum. But there is always next year.<br />
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Having taken all my photos beforehand, I headed out the doors before anyone had the chance to ask me why I was there.<br />
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Next, Good Friday service...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh463bmWXSD7TvI26vCbpgoJB8csK8sWKEAf-fO_6rMRhyphenhyphenNblMKPZ4tbcIY4Tg23_n9wphTMOsdi0WHsdVhgZ56-pRvjSJeTB_6AjGn-sMm2RYKwQqg0d8W5g1IaWzj46FiNOdEtm7B0OTi/s1600/IMG_1874.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455764951800193810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh463bmWXSD7TvI26vCbpgoJB8csK8sWKEAf-fO_6rMRhyphenhyphenNblMKPZ4tbcIY4Tg23_n9wphTMOsdi0WHsdVhgZ56-pRvjSJeTB_6AjGn-sMm2RYKwQqg0d8W5g1IaWzj46FiNOdEtm7B0OTi/s400/IMG_1874.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-78091787022318507802010-03-31T20:15:00.043-04:002016-04-24T18:54:48.996-04:0093. Church of the Most Precious Blood (Now the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood, part of the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral)<b><i>NOTE: In 2015 this church merged with</i></b><i><b> <a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/01/54-old-st-patricks-cathedral.html" target="_blank">Old St. Patrick's Cathedral</a> </b></i><b><i>as part of the Archdiocese of New York's great </i></b><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/11/church-closings.html"><span class="s1"><b><i>closings</i></b></span></a><b><i> & </i></b><a href="http://catholicmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/12/more-manhattan-church-closings.html"><span class="s1"><b><i>mergers</i></b></span></a><b><i> of 2015. </i></b><i><b>Both churches will remain open for regular Masses and other events. There is no new combined name for this parish as both churches will continue to be known by their separate names. However, this church is now known as the <a href="http://www.oldcathedral.org/mass-times" target="_blank">Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood</a>, a part of <a href="http://www.oldcathedral.org/" target="_blank">The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral</a>.</b></i><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSf6mIIHdiUqvOY_6_I6sNG4wmXCCswoNEdtknRdkJmngwvW_jzNJ6bH-TkzNkfIkOydonSKjY4zqsAhUM1u2gntBS2Im5AXfSz30sZtB9YvAXC5Ej8EdNt_DEbAM38ElV3J90SFfr-C_/s1600/IMG_1798.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454949888866857346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSf6mIIHdiUqvOY_6_I6sNG4wmXCCswoNEdtknRdkJmngwvW_jzNJ6bH-TkzNkfIkOydonSKjY4zqsAhUM1u2gntBS2Im5AXfSz30sZtB9YvAXC5Ej8EdNt_DEbAM38ElV3J90SFfr-C_/s400/IMG_1798.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;">(mass times & church info last updated 03/23/2016)</i></span><br />
<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Address:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 109 Mulberry St. (front entrance at 113 Baxter)<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Phone:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 212.226.6427<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Weekend Mass Times:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sat: 5:30pm (English)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sun: 2pm (Vietnamese)<br />
</span><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Weekday Mass Times:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mon-Fri: 7pm (English, during Lent & Easter only)</span><br />
<b style="color: #990000;">Rosary of Mercy:</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mon-Fri: 12pm</span><br />
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<b style="color: #990000;"><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Constructed:</span></b></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 1888 (renovated 1995)</span></div>
<b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Links:</span></b></span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.oldcathedral.org/mass-times" target="_blank">Official Website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/MostPreciousBlood.html">About the Organ</a><br />
<a href="http://gonyc.about.com/od/autumninnewyork/a/san_gennaro.htm">San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy (2009)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/most_precious_blood_church_on_mulberry_street_postage-172643072183076648">Church Postage Stamps</a><br />
<a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12373c.htm">Congegration of the Most Precious Blood</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Gennaro">San Gennaro (St. Janarius)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/relic-of-san-genarro">The Relic of San Gennaro</a><br />
<a href="http://sangennaro.org/">Feast of San Gennaro (NYC Street Festival)</a><br />
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Okay, okay, one more daily mass before I go.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">"During the Feast of San Gennaro, which is held yearly in September, a celebratory Mass is held at [Church of the Most Precious Blood] on the last Saturday of September. Following this, the statue of San Gennaro is taken from its home within the church on a procession through the streets of Little Italy."<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Most_Precious_Blood,_Manhattan">wikipedia</a>)</span></div>
It was another morning enchantment where I felt I was altogether somewhere else in some other life in some other land. The main church entrance, above, is located at 113 Baxter (though I don't believe it's open during the weekdays, maybe Sundays.) The other entrance is on Mulberry, the cusp of Chinatown and Little Italy - stuck between two almost fantasy worlds. When you arrive there, it looks like no other church in the city.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEhySc-kjdTxf5CsiQpZvVB3xg0IXJ5vPunL5ujLeS-PmxwF-e-A_K7TXR2wcaNOIjeRlfauwgU8xWZW6aqTHyyJSND20jXwKEIyLqpKfbDSALV_40oCJrmr8Dx2k8JktOXGMcAY2XJsN/s1600/01-IMG_1793.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454950569240383122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEhySc-kjdTxf5CsiQpZvVB3xg0IXJ5vPunL5ujLeS-PmxwF-e-A_K7TXR2wcaNOIjeRlfauwgU8xWZW6aqTHyyJSND20jXwKEIyLqpKfbDSALV_40oCJrmr8Dx2k8JktOXGMcAY2XJsN/s400/01-IMG_1793.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>But you see the sign arching over the driveway entrance, so you know you're there, know everything is going to be okay.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywCDiJQEWkve-14TRifz99mOkvAsAB8YZellFUdjlmVsEtLRY-LOGV_wbKMX_dhfzJOn8f04QKjXKfEME7wfRDiNb6-zKXJWjma34Jn4sk1GtNLKjnoHBj9dOqzwROnbU_NmtUQXhY6U5/s1600/02-IMG_1791.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454950980878804978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywCDiJQEWkve-14TRifz99mOkvAsAB8YZellFUdjlmVsEtLRY-LOGV_wbKMX_dhfzJOn8f04QKjXKfEME7wfRDiNb6-zKXJWjma34Jn4sk1GtNLKjnoHBj9dOqzwROnbU_NmtUQXhY6U5/s400/02-IMG_1791.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Almost immediately you realize it's run by the Fanciscans.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kyvtq0QgwXQkLZ4szMqk_yCRZBhyphenhyphen8F6fFAceK-G3a75N00bXEy_ORkFxpz9BWdVeb0xs3j4d9l_MFSVQND6W2CAtO122eALnhxosVOmK3ZxV7wI37WJwLEPHuqVnrA-HPeSb-m0W5YxV/s1600/03-IMG_1790.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454951200744575042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kyvtq0QgwXQkLZ4szMqk_yCRZBhyphenhyphen8F6fFAceK-G3a75N00bXEy_ORkFxpz9BWdVeb0xs3j4d9l_MFSVQND6W2CAtO122eALnhxosVOmK3ZxV7wI37WJwLEPHuqVnrA-HPeSb-m0W5YxV/s400/03-IMG_1790.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>And then signs begin pointing the way to the church.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xLy5o3mSLB8zo8-6oWez_0xtvpyvT_i4AuSgYIlFECAkhMopQYM99t31S9p1FTcfGCYxhBT2A6Bix7kvP_7Z4s17VSBgCG_tGT4B3GVpDztuZN17r4O1DFZdmp767DhZ5sBnkTV7ObaH/s1600/04-IMG_1789.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454951446734046546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xLy5o3mSLB8zo8-6oWez_0xtvpyvT_i4AuSgYIlFECAkhMopQYM99t31S9p1FTcfGCYxhBT2A6Bix7kvP_7Z4s17VSBgCG_tGT4B3GVpDztuZN17r4O1DFZdmp767DhZ5sBnkTV7ObaH/s400/04-IMG_1789.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Signs...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKRHI3tdSiPhwz4KYqTWJvhpLm5xeO_j_ojF7sUcOcIqA3SRGPeQLqXpXCt5hEm8w-XFG5_p64rVU1WGuCx-683yQ-J6pDCQvUNWvqEkvMTOnBnOHa4aJAqYhtMedw_bLjO9OyQ5TZ2aN9/s1600/05-IMG_1788.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454952344333971874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKRHI3tdSiPhwz4KYqTWJvhpLm5xeO_j_ojF7sUcOcIqA3SRGPeQLqXpXCt5hEm8w-XFG5_p64rVU1WGuCx-683yQ-J6pDCQvUNWvqEkvMTOnBnOHa4aJAqYhtMedw_bLjO9OyQ5TZ2aN9/s400/05-IMG_1788.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>And statues...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjvcWqvkhZu5JZ62h-OVsZ6G0HetrW4YKBPMqXkkl68jrwNPRIxDAIKJrAGR36L0X5lGvM-kXU_X_iTEEnuedGWZXGY-ZmllVyINoE4E9FC100GjdUyA6R9Mh42KQ4N55GRfUd4y9lUzt/s1600/06-IMG_1785.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454952480979295090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjvcWqvkhZu5JZ62h-OVsZ6G0HetrW4YKBPMqXkkl68jrwNPRIxDAIKJrAGR36L0X5lGvM-kXU_X_iTEEnuedGWZXGY-ZmllVyINoE4E9FC100GjdUyA6R9Mh42KQ4N55GRfUd4y9lUzt/s400/06-IMG_1785.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>It's a nice walk into the church.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPMgPmGig_nNkQ0yOXTSDOczQrdI9Fko-BVjRx_nnuLEEVYRWLwCNowaas12YZFjnlRFtIdW3JeNc16Q-0wU15Fi7-gJHYHRxm3JLf8HPyYgFjVo6kDqtKF60-K2Efle_4qqbcDBZoZRP/s1600/07-IMG_1784.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454952744743864146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPMgPmGig_nNkQ0yOXTSDOczQrdI9Fko-BVjRx_nnuLEEVYRWLwCNowaas12YZFjnlRFtIdW3JeNc16Q-0wU15Fi7-gJHYHRxm3JLf8HPyYgFjVo6kDqtKF60-K2Efle_4qqbcDBZoZRP/s400/07-IMG_1784.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>It puts one at ease...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXUkixjffrwbt7GJP_j21tZIop6hRgef9fca9XvhmCGGzmETbLNkwAo2AJxGRhF1Cda5iImZ3HSQdTooox3Pe4YTm6geQKEjFHpAi_JI__0taRYxsPO5U8bf34IDJ_lTWy8p2IDpus60Ch/s1600/08-IMG_1783.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454953044931570946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXUkixjffrwbt7GJP_j21tZIop6hRgef9fca9XvhmCGGzmETbLNkwAo2AJxGRhF1Cda5iImZ3HSQdTooox3Pe4YTm6geQKEjFHpAi_JI__0taRYxsPO5U8bf34IDJ_lTWy8p2IDpus60Ch/s400/08-IMG_1783.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Gives one peace...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOQ_UavR2V9Y7ewmej8oFwwyd0zV5-BU55Tv8hyFjnBzQQDr0FlRZ_hxybCdC9kjwN5vWD3obU8xLO2DHcoFMNwJcONXtfQrUgGU7oCHdHYnq-b_wpCQDKnmk2S_u6HGd4l-_oR96fMUy/s1600/09-IMG_1779.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454953181032629970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOQ_UavR2V9Y7ewmej8oFwwyd0zV5-BU55Tv8hyFjnBzQQDr0FlRZ_hxybCdC9kjwN5vWD3obU8xLO2DHcoFMNwJcONXtfQrUgGU7oCHdHYnq-b_wpCQDKnmk2S_u6HGd4l-_oR96fMUy/s400/09-IMG_1779.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Relaxes and calms...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05j3M75WLFhAvH4ssvSctA5GsNTnWVdYJeF_Z1mAs7PPuCW4TmqG-WNVTwdbIFGTCxGLO8t6JU6nr-7Bx9Cy5ORjTTYARpufnx8yfhksLQYokCrpuF8QvjQKOGuestPNFjsh6wiY7ty_6/s1600/10-IMG_1778.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454953373206287554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05j3M75WLFhAvH4ssvSctA5GsNTnWVdYJeF_Z1mAs7PPuCW4TmqG-WNVTwdbIFGTCxGLO8t6JU6nr-7Bx9Cy5ORjTTYARpufnx8yfhksLQYokCrpuF8QvjQKOGuestPNFjsh6wiY7ty_6/s400/10-IMG_1778.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Hold on...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBptS3tVLaPbO4KiM0DLWLUj5n-yjV8iurHuEndEIoetfC3r0Mtz0tZNcdJ34rV1HVlTwfKmSqk1sfdtk1_52psyFi1RhzZ2v2Rp1GgSnfm_JfwRgNiZxUo0AeILatEowq_HORavnEah7/s1600/11-IMG_1777.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454953893363697890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBptS3tVLaPbO4KiM0DLWLUj5n-yjV8iurHuEndEIoetfC3r0Mtz0tZNcdJ34rV1HVlTwfKmSqk1sfdtk1_52psyFi1RhzZ2v2Rp1GgSnfm_JfwRgNiZxUo0AeILatEowq_HORavnEah7/s400/11-IMG_1777.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Almost there...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwl7pIFmD0gaUzpPvf1vPGV2u8WUmnfQprj1bnNscJvMKNu9sHKszDZra09Xo8n5rK8uzio4dMm4Dv6BTQj7Ggg7YsweeeuVdWW58nHObUzbP3cKczoOQr_mcJg5Xt9blyfVAKw8XNg5qC/s1600/12-IMG_1775.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454953994315179842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwl7pIFmD0gaUzpPvf1vPGV2u8WUmnfQprj1bnNscJvMKNu9sHKszDZra09Xo8n5rK8uzio4dMm4Dv6BTQj7Ggg7YsweeeuVdWW58nHObUzbP3cKczoOQr_mcJg5Xt9blyfVAKw8XNg5qC/s400/12-IMG_1775.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Wait for it...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gBPZwusxv_wu0DBy0vxwQwST0Qc4UBkZKFlb3p7_ubZQ8IISyWkrdN890LKoyasvNuKt48PgSPMn8cPSYkH4Umik9qkNJanlHgQ_UWqYumwvYqHCvqvXtn4DvqHFVWDzrKjJc40HGW18/s1600/13-IMG_1776.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454954116991006482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gBPZwusxv_wu0DBy0vxwQwST0Qc4UBkZKFlb3p7_ubZQ8IISyWkrdN890LKoyasvNuKt48PgSPMn8cPSYkH4Umik9qkNJanlHgQ_UWqYumwvYqHCvqvXtn4DvqHFVWDzrKjJc40HGW18/s400/13-IMG_1776.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>Then...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-t2ELRv1i2PiCS3aaJUajZt90UgPXXclcY5NISRngs5O_S5ZZs2nVgPI1VuIedEgVlTTHq8sIai9qIqzoxk8-9BIxiGzlx0Lhl43PulpSZqE1LvpCP941INWuM2gKf_0-ohfu2odJ-7D/s1600/14-IMG_1749.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454954365440313906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-t2ELRv1i2PiCS3aaJUajZt90UgPXXclcY5NISRngs5O_S5ZZs2nVgPI1VuIedEgVlTTHq8sIai9qIqzoxk8-9BIxiGzlx0Lhl43PulpSZqE1LvpCP941INWuM2gKf_0-ohfu2odJ-7D/s400/14-IMG_1749.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 311px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>You are there and it's a somewhat small, intimate place, good for morning prayer and reflection. It puts you in the best mood. You see another reminder of the Franciscans and remember what Jesus spoke to St. Francis, "Francis, repair My church..."<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDDMirpnQ-lm48BC2OwqLjJvkKXpFPv2t0FSZiQsgeWC3hEFV-_ALqq4SedB0ad7wfQTq5_IYWcYGRFdmoj_zyWtT2en_zQJl36kK0zAZfIJiOtrIjKURSmc9IM07k09j7-frnDzgVZQk/s1600/IMG_1754.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454955632531580930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDDMirpnQ-lm48BC2OwqLjJvkKXpFPv2t0FSZiQsgeWC3hEFV-_ALqq4SedB0ad7wfQTq5_IYWcYGRFdmoj_zyWtT2en_zQJl36kK0zAZfIJiOtrIjKURSmc9IM07k09j7-frnDzgVZQk/s400/IMG_1754.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>It's a Wednesday and there is a devotion after Mass to San Gennarro.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccvI8xCQwk3yrS29O_DEEmkPLmg2xQWknYRWh7IG77TZ944rtGYEmyjjhvgNINXTsbB655pNe8htTAmEO4VeTfyCj27Pg2ANfIKGSe0Pxapw8OTzeA0i6xD2GwAZNiXPv9C3mJD2Jm2sT/s1600/IMG_1756.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454956279797407970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccvI8xCQwk3yrS29O_DEEmkPLmg2xQWknYRWh7IG77TZ944rtGYEmyjjhvgNINXTsbB655pNe8htTAmEO4VeTfyCj27Pg2ANfIKGSe0Pxapw8OTzeA0i6xD2GwAZNiXPv9C3mJD2Jm2sT/s400/IMG_1756.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 292px;" /></a>You never realized what a big deal San Gennarro is, but there is much devotion to him in this parish, for on this earth he accomplished a great deal. And you wonder to yourself how much you will ever accomplish in life. You make a note to remind yourself to come back to this parish in September for the San Gennarro festival and street procession. After Mass, you walk to the back of the church and pay a visit to the National Shrine...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwDt_-3KhS6uG4W9ju6sfHRfJaeAgBLo1vueZKdEOpF1vXI7Prj-2fPGC3LWg_JTD5Iuepwxh0LOhyEfGw-LkBRL1hblnRXzxH8l0H4dUP5W9NytFjZa8MDkBSDrx1Lp8rOMu6yiiu1Zj/s1600/IMG_1746.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454957116497813890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwDt_-3KhS6uG4W9ju6sfHRfJaeAgBLo1vueZKdEOpF1vXI7Prj-2fPGC3LWg_JTD5Iuepwxh0LOhyEfGw-LkBRL1hblnRXzxH8l0H4dUP5W9NytFjZa8MDkBSDrx1Lp8rOMu6yiiu1Zj/s400/IMG_1746.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>You pray, you meditate, you hope.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml">first reading</a> sticks with you, and part of your prayer becomes asking the Lord to guide you to do the right thing with your life,<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; And I have not rebelled, have not turned back. I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.<br />
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The Lord God is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame. He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let him confront me. See, the Lord God is my help; who will prove me wrong?"<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Isaiah 50:4-9a)</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEW7-pZ9WyZ70xP3MMNdv2cm1MFmyQxxa56buslb6SiVL4iQ3P96tZrpHkQyDCDaW8Rk6mlx80_0uzegYtAwDEpfs_GCmvdhuQZVquTawhBeZ6RcbD1y8AHoScqOB6Dg8MxV3J8cQmmXE/s1600/IMG_1766.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454959980726211314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEW7-pZ9WyZ70xP3MMNdv2cm1MFmyQxxa56buslb6SiVL4iQ3P96tZrpHkQyDCDaW8Rk6mlx80_0uzegYtAwDEpfs_GCmvdhuQZVquTawhBeZ6RcbD1y8AHoScqOB6Dg8MxV3J8cQmmXE/s400/IMG_1766.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 256px;" /></a>This church and this Mass on this Wednesday of Holy Week has made you feel good, made you feel right, energized you. You chuckle to yourself quietly as you wander around this blessed place, someone has slipped Pio some money.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6JZ0NC8rph-p34-iSX0egyRmlaJkjz4T7h4t7U52PYL0TCINaZWsEBGWGG3H381If3h9v4JrXo9jK0aikJzh4B2b1OguCwnVaCLD3UuI4bivZySCI4qUwIiP9mejgfl4zsaAktYNHLJx/s1600/IMG_1757.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454961117005263058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6JZ0NC8rph-p34-iSX0egyRmlaJkjz4T7h4t7U52PYL0TCINaZWsEBGWGG3H381If3h9v4JrXo9jK0aikJzh4B2b1OguCwnVaCLD3UuI4bivZySCI4qUwIiP9mejgfl4zsaAktYNHLJx/s400/IMG_1757.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>- - -<br />
After Mass today, before jumping on the subway I stopped in the AT&T building on the Avenue of the Americas. If you've never been by there before, it's surely not to miss. Beautiful art deco decor in the lobby - another world altogether from what I had experienced but minutes before.<br />
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<i>(09/18/2010)<br />
additional photos...84th Annual San Gennaro Festival 2010...</i><br />
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