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.
During my Manhattan lunch hour, I find peace, tranquility and serenity in churches just blocks from my office. The three churches featured here were all originally built in the 1800s and stood as detached country churches. The first two churches have monasteries attached to them, span the entire block, have inside courtyard garden sanctuaries with fountains and have functioning soup kitchens that were established during the depression. All of the churches have masses everyday in the morning and during lunch hour.
