The Old Altar: “God forgive me, but I hope the ones responsible for that altar are still in purgatory.”
The “new” Altar – from a destroyed church.
PHOTOS: ANDREW THEODORAKIS/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
The restoration of a Brooklyn church….
And an Article in the New York Daily News about it.
We rejoice at the restoration of a Brooklyn church and at the rediscovery of the sense of the sacred and of the artistic heritage of Catholic Tradition underlying it.
“But when I heard how many people had strayed from Holy Name because of the modern altar, I got on board. It would be part of the evangelization of Windsor Terrace.” (The pastor of Holy Name parish)
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/new-altar-brooklyn-church-article-1.1581425#ixzz2qoVn9G7Y
Yet me must not forget that this success comes at a bitter cost: that altar came from a historic Brooklyn church recently destroyed. And sold to developers for a great sum.
(Thanks to Prof. Walter Petrovitz)
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