A post by EV Grieve on Curbed NY, Counting Down to the End of Mary Help of Christians confirms the terse message from a parishioner that I received and blogged on May 16th of this year, Mary Help of Christians sold to developers???.
The parish of Mary Help of Christians was suppressed as a result of the archdiocesan "realignment" in 2007. Our Lady of Vilnius was suppressed at the same time, though mysteriously outside the "realignment" process. Parishioners of Our Lady of Vilnius, Mary Help of Christians and Our Lady Queen of Angels shared the pain of losing their parish and many members of their community. We also shared the effort to stand up and voice our point of view to the blank wall of our archdiocesan hierarchy.
My heart goes out to the parishioners of Mary Help and all of those in the network of humanity that will feel and grieve this loss. Let us pray.
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I just noticed that this church bears an uncanny architectural resemblance to Our Lady of Vilnius on Broome Street.
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