Interesting article about Eastern congregation reviving a shuttered Latin church

[ToeInTheWater]

lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2016/05/06/shuttered-catholic-church/83919346/

The story is behind a “survey wall” (you have to answer a 1 question survey to read the whole article). So here are some choice quotes:

The Rev. Sunny Mathew, 43, the new congregation’s pastor, said the move to Yonkers realizes a longtime dream for his parishioners, who began their congregation in 1984 in New York City. Most Holy Trinity Church at 18 Trinity Plaza will be occupied by St. Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church, an Indian congregation that for 17 years worshiped in the chapel at Salesian High School in New Rochelle.

“It is a realization of our almost 32-year dream. At the same time, we hope it will increase the self-esteem of our people and it will help them to establish their own identity here,” Mathew said. “This will help them to witness more to the rich Eastern tradition.”

The website has a video of an interview with the priest, as well.

Most Holy Trinity dates to 1909, according the cornerstone at the church, but the Slovak-immigrant congregation that built it formerly had a church in the late 19th century where Most Holy Trinity’s former parochial school now stands. Most Holy Trinity closed July 31 after a merger with St. John the Baptist on Yonkers Avenue under the New York Archdiocese’s Making All Things New consolidation program.

Most Holy Trinity was one of eight Catholic churches in Westchester and Rockland counties closed last summer by the archdiocese. The church’s adoption by an Indian Christian congregation is the latest example of a population shift occurring in Yonkers.

As someone who had no idea Eastern Catholic Churches existed until I came to CAF, it’s nice to see them being mentioned in secular media;

 

[Casilda]

Thanks for sharing. Eastern Catholics revive people, too.