Divine New York: Inside the Historic Churches and Synagogues of Manhattan Photographs by Michael J. Horowitz; Text by Elizabeth Anne Hartman Abbeville Press Publishers (New York and London 2022) 304 pages In 2022 Abbeville Press published Divine New York, a small-scale coffee table book about the churches and synagogues of Manhattan. Similar books have been published […]

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Regina Pacis Academy’s opening Mass of the academic year will be in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 8 at 9:00 am. at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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At St. Josaphat Oratory in Bayside, Queens: Praised be Jesus Christ! On Friday, Sept. 11th: we pray for the victims of 9/11; we offer reparation for this horrendous mass murder, which wounded so deeply the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the maternal Heart of Mary. Schedule: 7am & 7pm: Holy Mass with sermon 6pm: Holy […]

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Friday – Sunday September 25-27 The pilgrimage, now in its 31st year, is a journey of the faithful to Our Lady’s Shrine of the Martyrs in upstate New York, at Auriesville. Here, Jesuit Father Isaac Jogues and Companions were martyred, beginning with lay-brother René Goupîl  in 1642, and later layman John de LaLande and Jogues […]

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The annual Three Hearts Pilgrimage guides thousands of participants through a rigorous terrain for 35 miles over 2 days to their destination – the Benedictine monastery Clear Creek Abbey. The 2023 sacrificial walk of reparation had over 2000 pilgrims from 43 states walk a 2-day journey that culminated in a Pontifical High Mass offered by His […]

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A rally on Monday, August 31, on East 3rd Street to protest the continued closing of Most Holy Redeemer church, to demand its reopening and to support its designation as a landmark. The crowd was addressed by local politicians and activists, both Catholic and non-Catholic. Those who showed up seemed to be overwhelmingly from the […]

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Some pictures of Most Holy Redeemer Church on East 3rd Street, New York, taken over the course of two decades. Since August of last year, the Archdiocese has locked this magnificent church. As of today its fate is unknown. (Above and below): The chapel of relics with the “entire body” of St. Datian. (Above) The […]

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(Above) The tower of the church of St. John the Baptist. Thanks to an attentive reader, we recently learned that the Capuchin order had left Midtown Manhattan, effective June 30, 2026,  after 174 years. Their original mission at St. John the Baptist church had been expanded in 2013/15 to take over Holy Cross church on 42nd St. […]

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