St. Roch members continue fight for their church
The Archdiocese’s decree states that the church would remain “open for public worship,” but that “Masses and other sacraments will not be celebrated on a regular basis at the church of Saint Roch.”
Church of St. Roch
Parishioners prepare for popular Pope’s visit
A visit to St Anselm’s and other Catholic churches in Mott Haven showed how the excitement over Pope Francis’s visit to New York City is spreading through the neighborhood.
St. Roch Church’s appeal delayed
Parishioners from the Church of St. Roch are still waiting for the Vatican’s final decision on whether the church will be merged as part of the Archdiocese of New York’s “Making All Things New” campaign.
Congregation prays to keep its church
Elderly churchgoers at a Mott Haven church slated for closure say its disappearance would hurt the community.
St. Roch on the chopping block
St. Roch’s parishioners are deeply distraught that their church on Wales Avenue is slated to close , after the Archdiocese of New York announced the largest reorganization in its history.