Religious News

Religious News

Religious News, by Laura Eng

Wave of Vandalism Hits Local Churches Several local churches were hit with unrelated acts of vandalism in recent weeks. On the evening of June 8, before the start of a weeklong novena, a man attacked the statue of St. Michael the Archangel inside Sacred Hearts/St. Stephen Church on Summit and Hicks Streets. Father Cletus Forson, Parochial Vicar at SHSS, had […]

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Brooklyn Made and Brooklyn Restored: An 1891 Wissner Concert Grand Piano

Saint Agnes Church (1913) in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn is embarking on a crowdfunding campaign to rebuild its antique concert grand piano. When this gorgeous instrument is restored, the church will launch a community concert series in its majestic German inspired neo-Gothic style church designed by Brooklyn ecclesiastical architect, Thomas Francis Houghton (1842-1913). Located at the corner of Sackett and Hoyt […]