A window in St Veronica’s showing the patron saint of the Parish.
As we just wrote, Archdiocesan information on the subject of church closings is never complete or reliable. We now read that the beautiful church of St Veronica on Christopher Street will now be celebrating its last mass on July 23. It had received a reprieve in the process leading up to Making all Things New. But apparently neither that, nor the efforts of the Ecuadorian community (for which it served as a home) nor its alleged status as a “shrine to the victims of AIDS” could save it. The exterior is landmarked.
The Archdiocese places the onus on the pastor St Bernard’s / Our Lady of Guadalupe:
“The parish was merged a decade ago with Our Lady of Guadalupe parish and the pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe has decided that the church is no longer needed for Mass and sacraments on a regular basis,” Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, said.
Undoubtedly he, like all the other pastors of churches recently “relegated to profane use,” sent Cardinal Dolan the (same?) letter requesting the closing of a “superfluous ” church….
“378 Broome Street”(source: Ariel Property Advisors New York)
Meanwhile, no sooner do we hear that the Church of Most Holy Crucifix is to be “relegated to profane use” than we read the “three story structure” is already under contract:
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This church, in its most recent incarnation as the “Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz” – a mass celebrated in December 2015:
The Filipinos, like the Ecuadorians, will have to find a new home. Both communities have had extensive experience with that in Manhattan.
Thanks to our local (anonymous) sources….
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