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19 Jan

2014

The Lord Giveth, the Lord Taketh Away

Posted by Stuart Chessman 

 

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The Old Altar: “God forgive me, but I hope the ones responsible for that altar are still in purgatory.”

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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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