2/21/6, Lunchtime, in 10 minutes by subway, I'm downtown. I'm home.
World Trade Center Site
Consecrated Ground
Field Trip
Photo Op
Serenity, Peace, Tranquility
St. Paul's Chapel was completed in 1766 and it is Manhattan's oldest public building in continuous use.
http://www.saintpaulschapel.org/about_us/
Trinity Church parish was founded 1697, the current Neo-Gothic church was consecrated in 1864. It's spire was opened to the public and it was the tallest building in New York. It stands at the entrance to Wall Street.
http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/history/
St. Peter's is my favorite church in the city. The first solemn Mass was celebrated in 1786. When I was there, the pastor Father Kevin Madigan was serving mass. I have been to mass with him many, many times.
http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Sep2003/Feature2.asp#F6
The three churches are beautiful within, but lunch hour mass was being held, so I could not take photos. I'll be back here soon to photograph the interiors.
