These Churches Have Been Closed, but Their Artifacts Live On
On Christmas Eve the New York Times has gifted us with a breezy and informative article about the fate of the patrimony belonging to the numerous closed parishes of the Archdiocese of New York. When these objects were in their churches, they were invested with recognition, memories and loving care by parishioners. Now they are displayed cheek by jowl in an impersonal commercial setting. They seem forlorn, like patients waiting alone in examining rooms, naked under their hospital gowns.
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