175th Anniversary Mass Homily
May 24, 2011 by National Hibernian Digest
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“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” These words from the sonnet “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus are uniquely identified with the Statue of Liberty and [...]
Pope Benedict chooses historic St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral as New York City’s first basilica
February 8, 2011 by National Hibernian Digest
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The original St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City was then, as the new one now, the center of religious life for members of the Archdiocese of New York and the seat of the Archbishop. The oldest Roman Catholic Church building in New York City, it played vital social and political roles in the lives [...]
