New York City Archives

High rent may doom Catholic chapel that survived 9/11
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- April 30, 2017
St. Joseph’s Chapel in Battery Park City, serves as a memorial to 9/11 in several ways. It was undamaged during the attacks and thus was used as a command center by rescue workers and volunteers. There are statues of the patron saints of firefighters and policemen. But though it survived the destruction of 9/11, it might not be able to hold out against the high rents of the resurgent neighborhood, and its parishioners are hoping to save it.
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In a changing city, look back at the Irish archbishops who built the Church in New York
- Church in the US, Interviews
- March 17, 2017
Ireland has played an important role in the life of the Catholic Church in America, and nowhere is this more apparent than in New York City, where every archbishop has been of Irish heritage. A new book – ‘Sons of St. Patrick: A History of the Archbishops of New York from Dagger John to Timmytown’ – looks at this history.
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N.Y. Archdiocese sets five-year, $100 million goal for Catholic Charities
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- February 5, 2017
In announcing the campaign, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said Catholic Charities agencies anticipate raising nearly $250 million overall “on behalf of the kids, families and vulnerable adults we’re honored to serve.” Since 1917, he added, the archdiocese had “invested a lot of sweat, muscle, heart, brains, soul and wallet” into strengthening New York’s families and our children.
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Encounter 2017 gathering in NYC blends talks, music, spirituality

New York City will host a cultural event organized by members of the Catholic lay ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation starting January 13. The three-day event will be featuring lectures, music and socializing as well as talks by scientists, writers, economists.

Dolan says one year later, pope’s message of mercy endures in NY

New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan says that when Pope Francis visited the Big Apple one year ago, he was probably expecting a cold metropolis with people only interested in making a buck, and what he found instead was a warm, exuberant milieu filled with deep faith.

Time will tell if Pope Francis’ visit has truly changed America

ROME — By any reasonable standard, the keenly awaited Sept. 22-27 visit of Pope Francis to the United States, his first outing to the country in his entire life, has to be judged a massive short-term triumph. The pope wowed crowds everywhere he went, whether it was leading the “Mass