Sunt Lacrimae Rerum….

When a church dies – the end of the parish of Mary Help of Christians on East 12th street. Only the wreckage of the church itself is left – the surrounding buildings have aleady been razed.

(Above and below) The inscription greeting the congregation as it left Mary Help of Christians: “This is my House from here my Glory will go forth” (In latin: Hic Domus Mea inde Gloria Mea”). This is the motto given to the original basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin, Italy by St. John Bosco (this New York parish was also a Salesian parish)