tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333038322024-03-16T16:48:31.450-07:00Our Lady of Vilnius, NYC<center>Our Lady of Vilnius Roman Catholic Church stood on Broome Street in Manhattan at the Entrance to the Holland Tunnel since 1910 Cardinal Egan locked it on February 26, 2007. It was demolished in 2015. I live here even though it is gone</center> <br><br>"An intelligent person fights for lost causes, realizing that others are merely effects."<br>e.e. cummingsNiekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.comBlogger889125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-84336144202637712122024-03-16T09:38:00.000-07:002024-03-16T09:51:44.443-07:00RIP Harry Kresky, Defender of Parishes<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6vs21JrdE64NcFOxHDmFAUY9721slCFjXaqQGpluyCUyShLsEQEwkJ4cpozWN5x_jJAwr3RvEGu61blvFmVX5fYfk1GsUFJcPMmRKKPd9pDVsiMaZA5n_UWhrOebhV3mVLph-o5WHrCEE9wt9-ZXWWnBc3VtN4KANq0XcW7J537N_fkkrbBMZQ/s900/OLV_HarryK_Retired.jpeg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6vs21JrdE64NcFOxHDmFAUY9721slCFjXaqQGpluyCUyShLsEQEwkJ4cpozWN5x_jJAwr3RvEGu61blvFmVX5fYfk1GsUFJcPMmRKKPd9pDVsiMaZA5n_UWhrOebhV3mVLph-o5WHrCEE9wt9-ZXWWnBc3VtN4KANq0XcW7J537N_fkkrbBMZQ/s320/OLV_HarryK_Retired.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span><br /></span><div><span>Harry Kresky, the attorney who crafted the argument that saved St. Brigid's church in Manhattan from further whacks from the wrecking ball, has passed away. The Save Our Lady of Vilnius Committee was impressed with the elegance and effectiveness of his creation and hired him to help save the church and parish. I thought about him (coincidentally?) on the date of his death as I was cleaning up my act and my apartment and came upon the stack of legal papers.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>I am still haunted by the mysteries of the closure of the parish and the ensuing case, which stayed alive from 2007 to 2011 until it was lost at the highest court in NY state. Kudos to Harry for getting us there against Roger Ailes' personal attorney and Fox and Friends personality, Peter Johnson, Jr.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>For the past year I had toyed with the idea of calling Mr. Kresky and hiring him to at least educate us re Neutral Principles and go on to explain how both he and Mr. Johnson invoked them, but Mr. Johnson won. W</span>hen I floated this idea to my friend Elaine, who had co-chaired the Committee, she cautioned "if he's still alive." Sadly for us and many others, we Googled him and found his very recent obituary.</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>My significant other of 27 years, John, passed away on January 9th of this year, so my heart goes out to Harry's loved ones. As usual, the obituary revealed things about the deceased that I did not know during the period of our acquaintance. The simplicity and elegance of his argument should have suggested to me that he was a poet, but it didn't. I am now going to read his poems.</span></div> <div><span>The entire obituary is available here: <a href="https://www.gariepyfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Harry-Kresky">https://www.gariepyfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Harry-Kresky </a></span></div>Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-88513116094919252002021-12-24T08:37:00.001-08:002021-12-24T08:37:13.684-08:00The Analects of Joseph Zwilling: On Patrimony<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px;">"In addition to storing sacred items like altars and incense censers, which according to canon law are permitted to be only in places of worship, the warehouse is a repository of secular artifacts like stained-glass windows. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Such objects “</span><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><b>could still have other value, such as artistic or historical</b></span><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">,” or simply monetary, said </span><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><b>Joseph Zwilling</b></span><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, a spokesman for the archdiocese. These artifacts “</span><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><b>help tell the story of the history of a church that is important to people who, back when the church was being built, contributed either monetarily or through their labor,”</b></span><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> he said. “</span><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><b>So we wanted to honor that contribution</b></span><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Commentary: Nothing honors the contribution of spiritual ancestors who contributed to a parish monetarily or through labor like locking the church and engaging appraisers to evaluate and remove treasured contents from their historical and cultural context.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; 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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.</span></p>Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-80354735350040397932021-12-23T15:11:00.006-08:002021-12-24T05:20:51.953-08:00The Analects of Joseph Zwilling: On Public Health<p> <span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">From Deseret.Com: </span><a href="https://www.deseret.com/faith/2021/12/23/22848433/the-unique-pain-of-church-closures-at-christmas-covid-omicron-variant-new-york-online-worship" style="font-family: times; font-size: large;" target="_blank">The unique pain of a COVID-19 surge at Christmas</a></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #faf9f7; color: #1a1a19;">"A spokesman for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York told </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/12/20/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests#cathedral-of-st-john-the-divine-moves-all-christmas-services-online-amid-surge" style="background-color: #faf9f7; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(26, 26, 25); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; vertical-align: inherit;">The New York Times</a><span style="background-color: #faf9f7; color: #1a1a19;"> that the safety measures already in place for in-person worship, including a mask requirement, will reduce infection risk.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #faf9f7; color: #1a1a19;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">“<b>These measures have been working and effective,” said the spokesman, Joseph Zwilling. “There are no additional measures being put in place at this time</b>.”"</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">It is true that the measures in place will reduce risk. But will it reduce risk enough in light of Omicron to justify Cardinal Dolan's assurances of safety?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I don't know how Joseph Zwilling can say the the measures are effective. I would like to see the data. I had no idea that the Archdiocese of New York had a Department of Health that tracked cases and exposures associated with St. Patrick's Cathedral and individual parish churches in the archdiocese. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-83932992674205879482021-12-23T06:15:00.003-08:002021-12-23T06:18:11.710-08:00Christmas 2021: Are Christmas Masses at St. Patrick's Cathedral Really Safe?<h1 class="entry-title display-4 display-2-lg mt-2" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: raleway, roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.75rem; margin-top: 0.5rem; outline: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;">‘Full Speed Ahead… We’re Safe, We’re Secure, We’re Taking All The Precautions’ - Cardinal Dolan</span></span></h1><div><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have not yet heard a public health expert characterize any setting as safe at any time during the pandemic. Safety is always couched in relative terms: progressive layers of precaution add up to increased, but never absolute safety. Risk is reduced, but never eliminated. Some people, by reason of age or other health attributes, are at higher risk than others at the same level of precaution. This is why I question the safety of attending these Masses:</span></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Omicron is the dominant variant and it is many times more contagious than previous variants.</span></span></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cases in NY state and NYC are extremely high.</span></span></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vaccination is not being checked. This aspect of prevention is left to the honor system.</span></span></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The unvaccinated are on the honor system to sit in a socially distanced section. I doubt that all will comply. Even if they do, they are exhaling into a common sanctuary.</span></span></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Masking is required, but will compliance be encouraged or enforced beyond providing masks at the door? I watched a livestream Mass in our archdiocese on Sunday when the NYS mandate was in place. Two blatantly unmasked in the front row and numerous people with nose out or mask under the chin.</span></span></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Even among the mask compliant, not all masks are equal in containing exhaled droplets. There are issues of fit, design and materials. If you are sitting next to a person wearing a bandana, a buff or a cloth mask alone, you are at greater risk than if you are next to someone who is double masked or wearing one of the approved N95's or equivalent.</span></span></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Mass will be long and there will be congregational singing, factors that generally increase the likelihood of infection.</span></span></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Even though Communion will be distributed in the hand, every recipient will be lowering the mask and putting their hand near their mouth to receive. As the cathedral has a large capacity, this creates a lot of drops in the bucket.</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cardinal Dolan is certainly a personable and affable shepherd, but I think in this instance he could have done much better to protect his flock from Covid.</span></span></div></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/12/22/timothy-dolan-christmas-mass-covid-precautions/" target="_blank">Cardinal Dolan's interview with CBS</a><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><br /></span></span></div>Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-75026143483677816932021-11-05T19:03:00.001-07:002021-11-06T13:31:21.341-07:00Our Lady of Vilnius Organ Bench Makes Cameo Appearance<p> The organ bench from Our Lady of Vilnius ended up in Old St. Patrick's Cathedral as part of the patrimony diaspora. The bench makes a brief appearance in Martin Scorsese's documentary "The Oratorio" airing tonight on PBS. The documentary weaves Scorsese's memories of the Basilica with the story of an oratorio performed there in 1826. In 2018 this oratorio was re-created and performed in a benefit concert for the restoration of the organ.</p><p><a href="https://untappedcities.com/2021/11/04/the-oratorio-martin-scorsese/" target="_blank">The Oratorio</a><br /></p><p>Here's Jared Lamenza playing at Old St. Pat's. The bench, like Our Lady of Vilnius, is barely visible but totally essential.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXoUrC55TtXxRtUMzb3TFM1GIjPF282QpNS6ldF_dMqvCurmauh80z6_y3Tb58wOMStX1ItyFTAcOJXg7eBpmMfnCLjONZp6yHycSDxPO7QTbstsxgS930shbAbYPbpyk_ppgeQ/s600/OLV_OBench.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXoUrC55TtXxRtUMzb3TFM1GIjPF282QpNS6ldF_dMqvCurmauh80z6_y3Tb58wOMStX1ItyFTAcOJXg7eBpmMfnCLjONZp6yHycSDxPO7QTbstsxgS930shbAbYPbpyk_ppgeQ/w454-h305/OLV_OBench.jpeg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-21868084599938627192021-10-22T11:20:00.001-07:002021-10-22T18:52:46.824-07:00Bishop Dennis Sullivan's Reminiscences Relevant to OLV<p><br /></p><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px 0px 7px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catholicstarherald.org/bishop-recounts-structural-spiritual-work-at-saint-teresas/">Bishop recounts structural, spiritual work at Saint Teresa’s</a></span></h1><p>Ten years have passed since Our Lady of Vilnius lost their legal case against the Archdiocese of New York, but the church, the parish and the parishioners live in my heart and imagination. There are still many mysteries associated with the parish and the circumstances of its extinction that perplex me and which I would like to see solved.</p><p>This article in the Catholic Star Herald is the sixth in a series of Bishop Dennis Sullivan's retrospective on his 50 years in the priesthood. </p><p>A Tale of Two Roofs</p><p>In this installment he looks back on the 1995 collapse of the roof of St. Teresa's on Henry Street. This church was the first home of Our Lady of Vilnius Parish before the church at 570 Broome Street was built. Bishop Sullivan recounts the factors considered in rebuilding St. Teresa's and the painstaking effort to restore it.</p><p>Salient quotes, er, clues:</p><p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px;">"A series of meetings with archdiocesan officials took place to determine the future of the old church building. </span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #222222;">It was decided that </span><b><span style="color: red;">money would be loaned to the parish (how much and from whom?)</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222;">to clear out the plaster and to fortify the ceiling in the lower church."</span></span></p><p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px;">"</span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px;"><b>The archdiocese began to study the need for 21 parishes on the east side of Manhattan below 14th Street</b>. Most of those parishes had their roots in the different Catholic ethnic groups that immigrated to New York City in the 19th century. Each parish formed a committee to evaluate the need for the parish. Lots of emotion accompanied those discussions. <b>Within blocks of Saint Teresa’s were four other parishes, and we had a church building with issues."</b></span></p><p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #222222;">"After a few years of discussions and evaluations, </span><b style="color: #222222;">the decision was reached that the parish was to remain and that the church building had to be restored for use.</b><span style="color: #222222;"> The monies to do this would come from the sale of </span><b><span style="color: #222222;">valuable properties the parish owned. " </span><span style="color: red;">(What properties and for how much?)</span></b></span></p><p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px;">"</span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #222222;">Cardinal O’Connor permitted me to sell the property, which was </span><b><span style="color: #222222;">contrary to archdiocesan policy. </span><span style="color: red;">(A policy or a custom? If a policy, would love to read it)</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222;">All of a sudden, we had money!"</span></span></p><p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #222222;">"</span></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px;">The necessary parish studies of the Lower East Side that the archdiocese had undertaken also required lots of attention. <b>No one wants to see their parish church eliminated.</b> I learned so much about the love of people for their parish, but also, I learned about the needs of the archdiocese." </span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>(Bishop Sullivan held meetings with all of the parishes identified for possible closure under Cardinal Egan's "Realignment. He never met with a delegation from Our Lady of Vilnius because it was not included in the realignment. It was summarily closed.)</b></span></span></p><p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span>In the early 2000's the roof of Our Lady of Vilnius was deemed unsafe and a scaffold was placed in the center of the sanctuary so that the roof could be monitored. There was a concern that a heavy snowfall could cause the roof to collapse. A heater was installed to melt snow and ice that might burden the flat roof. Mass was moved to the basement. Weddings and baptisms took place at other churches for reasons of aesthetics. Funerals could not be held in the basement because it was impossible to carry a casket down the narrow staircase.</span></span></p><p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span>Communications from the parish trustees inquiring about the roof and its repair were stonewalled. Insurance monies were never released and a generous offer by a parishioner to contribute significantly to the repair was not considered.</span></span></p><p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span>The condition of the roof was one of the reasons for closure cited by the Archdiocese, as was the paucity of weddings, baptisms and funerals resulting from the closed sanctuary.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">After the church was closed and slated for demolition the roof heater was disconnected. Despite record snowfalls the roof remained intact until it was demolished.</span></p><p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></p>Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-60651296515242622622021-10-22T10:27:00.004-07:002021-10-22T10:27:42.415-07:00RIP Donald Tangredi (1943-2021)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5JdRZ4IQhIz08_DKcEC9yXGEGJp6mZvsmUxyMtp0pT8ddApk_A6V7hQ__Hj73_JvO6RZ87BhodWotue_zvfLTemOwJlIs2-eWrce6BHmrSclJHgxb5UjUBPeJSEHcoqoy3Nr2A/s247/Richard_Cowboy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="190" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5JdRZ4IQhIz08_DKcEC9yXGEGJp6mZvsmUxyMtp0pT8ddApk_A6V7hQ__Hj73_JvO6RZ87BhodWotue_zvfLTemOwJlIs2-eWrce6BHmrSclJHgxb5UjUBPeJSEHcoqoy3Nr2A/s0/Richard_Cowboy.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><p>These are my cousins, Richard and Donald Tangredi. Richard is the big one dressed as a cowboy and Donald, his little brother, is looking up at him. They are standing in front of the garage behind the house where I grew up. </p><p>Their mother, Rosie, was my father's sister who died giving birth to Donald. I never had the privilege of meeting her. Family lore describes her as smart, playing the violin, being a great baker and ready with a fast comeback. I have no pictures, but people tell me that she resembled my cousin, Marilyn, and Donald's daughter Sarah.</p><p>I never had much contact with Donald, especially later in his life. He was always pleasant, but there was an ill concealed urge to squirm away.</p><p>He was a part of my family, my half-Lithuanian heritage, and I am sad that he is no longer with me on this earth.</p>Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-75790600072062446962020-03-19T06:54:00.002-07:002021-08-12T13:10:47.953-07:00Happy St. Joseph day, all you Joes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The only guy in the picture is my father, Joe. He was known as Joe Nak, Joe Nakki and, by some Italians who didn't know he was Lithuanian, Joe Nacchi. <br />
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He was a wonderful man, husband and father.<br />
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No sfingi and zeppoli this year, but we hope and pray for better days ahead.Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-42224727243368514652020-02-02T11:57:00.000-08:002020-02-02T11:57:04.504-08:00Experts Find Galapagos Tortoises Related to OLV Patron Tortoise, Lonesome GeorgeBecause he, too, was in danger of extinction, I declared Lonesome George, aka Jorge El Solitario, the Patron Tortoise of Our Lady of Vilnius NYC. A news items now describes how hybrid tortoises bearing some of his species' genes have been found: <span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(18, 18, 18); color: #121212; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/02/galapagos-experts-find-a-tortoise-related-to-lonesome-george" target="_blank">Galápagos experts find a tortoise related to Lonesome George</a>. Glad his genes live on, but no one can replace my lost love.</span><br />
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Even though I am living underground in an imaginary basement, the marketers have me under surveillance. I bought some Pepcid the other day and lo! and behold: An ad for a homeopathic antacid appears on the margin of my e-mail. So creepy I feel like going off the grid.<br />
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<br />Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-79945535528965621572020-01-22T19:42:00.003-08:002020-01-22T19:42:44.942-08:00The Analects of Joseph Zwilling: Staten Island Edition Chapter 1From Silive.com an article by Maura Grunlund titled "<a href="https://www.silive.com/news/2020/01/whats-next-for-former-st-marys-rc-church-in-rosebank.html" target="_blank">St. Mary's RC Church in Rosebank is desanctified; but what comes next</a>" contains several interesting quotes from Joseph Zwilling.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Benton Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.234px;">“The building still belongs to the parish,” Zwilling said. “There have been no decisions yet made about the building’s future, although the parish does now have extra flexibility in deciding, in consultation with the Archdiocese, what future steps it might wish to take.”</span><br />
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The church of St. Stanislaus Kostka is located at 52 Main Street in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. <br />
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The building was purchased from the Archdiocese of New York by the Saul Silbert Charitable Trust after which it became the Purple Crayon Center for Learning and Social Innovation. Over the years it morphed into purpl, a self-development and co-working center.<br />
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The building is now on the market for an asking price of $1,250,000. <a href="https://www.compass.com/listing/52-main-street-hastings-on-hudson-ny-10706/273973007959984273/" target="_blank">Click here to view the listing.</a><br />
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Although the last Mass at St. Stanislaus took place in October, 2005, it hurts to hear the church described as "a prime Main Street commercial space."<br />
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I hope that it is purchased by someone who appreciates its aesthetic and history and dedicates it to the arts or religious practice.<br />
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This is one of the times that I regret not being wealthy.<br />
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The fight to save Our Lady of Vilnius provided me with an education that most Roman Catholic parishioners never receive. Here are the key nuts and bolts that came to light:<br />
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<li>"Parish Trustee" is a corporate title, not an ecclesiastical one</li>
<li>Each parish in the archdiocese is a separate corporation</li>
<li>The corporate board for each member is composed of the Cardinal, the Vicar General, the Pastor and 2 lay trustees appointed by the Pastor.</li>
<li>The above allows the archdiocese to control assets that they do not own</li>
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In his 1/9/2020 piece <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-01-08/the-catholic-church-s-strategy-to-limit-payouts-to-abuse-victims" target="_blank">Catholic Church Shields $2 Billion in Assets to Limit Abuse Payouts</a> Josh Saul describes strategies that the Church employs to protect its assets. Kudos for presenting information usually absent from articles about church closings and sales with such clarity.</div>
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The Catholic League's perpetually inflamed Bill Donohue identifies the above as an attack and offers his rebuttal/justification on Catholic News Service: <a href="https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/bill-donohue/bloomberg-media-target-catholic-church" target="_blank">Bloomberg Media Targets Catholic Church</a></div>
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he 98th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of Peace will be held on Sunday, May 7, 2017.<br /><br />This special celebration will begin at 4:00 P.M. with a Holy Procession from the church around the Treadwell Farm Neighborhood. Participants are reminded to bring OLP blue sashes, portraits of founders, benefactors, and first families. The procession will take place, rain or shine.<br /><br />Led by the Patriot Brass Ensemble, the faithful will process into the church for the Mass at 5:00 P.M. The celebrant will be Father James Loughran, assisted by Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers who served at Our Lady of Peace for many years. The names of the founders and benefactors, as well as those who departed since the church was closed, will be read.<br /><br />The faithful will renew their Baptismal vows, and at the conclusion of the Mass, the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick will be offered.<br /><br />The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary Novena will conclude the solemnity of the celebration.<br /><br />Reminiscent of the 2015 Founders Day Mass, the 98th Anniversary reflects the solemnity of the occasion. We honor the dedication of a Roman Catholic Church created for an Italian immigrant population, and a parish struggling to maintain its community in a sea of change.<br /><br />All parishioners, neighbors, and friends of Our Lady of Peace are invited to participate. Please download and print your program in advance if you are able. A limited number of programs will be provided.<br /><br />We look forward to a blessed Sunday in Our Lady's house.</div>
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Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-82304469582617747282017-04-16T19:03:00.001-07:002017-04-16T19:03:23.035-07:00Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-38105576372919089842017-04-13T20:34:00.000-07:002017-04-13T20:34:26.274-07:00OLV Site Developer Files $149M Offering for Condos<a href="https://therealdeal.com/2017/04/13/agime-group-files-149m-offering-plan-for-570-broome-street-condos/" target="_blank">Read all about it at The Real Deal</a>. Recently home from the Mass of the Lord's Supper and having just sung Pange Lingua, I am speechless.Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-21519959567594917142017-04-10T19:35:00.002-07:002017-04-10T19:35:15.536-07:00Consolation from Joy of CookingHit it, Terry...<br />
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<br />Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-45240567343117297282017-04-10T04:54:00.004-07:002017-04-10T04:56:50.115-07:00Reverend Neil Connolly: David Gonzalez Pays Tribute to Really Good Shepherd in the New York Times<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In his Sidestreet column in today's New York Times titled <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/nyregion/rev-neil-connolly-activist-priests.html?_r=0" target="_blank">A Priest’s Legacy: Blessing His Flock, and Organizing It,</a> David Gonzalez gives us the life and mission of Father Neil Connolly.<br />
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Once again I was introduced to someone that I regret not knowing in their lifetime. He was granted long tenures at St. Athanasius and later, St. Mary's on the lower east side. He accompanied his parishioners through the difficulties and, in return, they followed him as their trusted and loved shepherd.<br />
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Curbed is also running a story about the dispute at the intersection of Broome and Varick: <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/6/15198252/hudson-square-dueling-developers-lawsuit" target="_blank">Hudson Square developers feud over views compromised by adjacent condo buildings: Both condos are planned near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel</a></div>
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They display the picture above (credited to Nicholas Strini/Property Shark) above captioned "The existing building at 111 Varick Street." I wish.</div>
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The Hudson Square BID and Trinity Realty are indeed creating open spaces. Agime, the developer of the Sousa and Our Lady of Vilnius parcels is duking it out with Madigan, the developer of the former garage on the corner of Broome and Varick. <br />
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It would be a great site for a small romanesque church.Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33303832.post-9112001755400968172017-03-06T17:29:00.000-08:002017-03-06T17:29:02.707-08:00RIP dotCommonweal Online CommunityA March 4th post announced that Commonweal was revamping its site, shades of Making All Things New. The dotCommonweal blog is being integrated into the magazine's site and the lively forum that followed each post will disappear.<br />
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I lurked more than I participated, regarding the regulars as the heavy hitters and myself as a lightweight. I enjoyed the conflict, the wit and the repartee. <br />
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We are losing our parishes, and now I am losing my virtual neighborhoods, too. Like the closing of Our Lady of Vilnius, I think the end of "Comments" is a big mistake.<br />
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I hope that the folks at Commonweal, unlike the Archdiocese of New York, will reconsider.Niekieno Zmonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900707624141333708noreply@blogger.com0