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Suspicious blaze breaks out at Bronx church St. Nicholas of Tolentine
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| 03-05-10
| Mike Jaccarino AND Jonathan Lemire
Posted on 03/05/2010 8:36:26 PM PST by Salvation
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This is the church of a FReeper -- they sent me the link. If you know anything about this, please FReepmail me.
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posted on
03/05/2010 8:36:26 PM PST
by
Salvation
To: NYer
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posted on
03/05/2010 8:36:58 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: All
Before the blaze:
![St. Nicholas of Tolentine Catholid Church - Bronx, NY (photo: Daniel Kirk-Foster)](http://www.friendsoftolentine.com/StNicholasTolentineExt1.jpg) St. Nicholas of Tolentine 2345 University Avenue at Fordham Road Bronx, NY 10468 |
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St. Nicholas of Tolentine was established as a territorial parish in 1906, and its first Masses were said in a garage nearby. The record reports that 127 people attended the first Mass. The parish is situated in University Heights, as the neighborhood is called due to the presence in the area at that time of New York University. This developed into an attractive, middle-class neighborhood, predominantly of Irish parishioners at the second stage of their mobility upward from poorer sections of Manhattan and the South Bronx. It was a thriving parish, in the style of the best Irish parishes of New York City, and was staffed from the beginning by the Augustinian fathers. An elementary school was started in 1907 and continues to flourish. A high school was established in 1927 but had to be closed in 1991 because of financial difficulties. ![Interior of St. Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Church - The Bronx, NY (photo: David Oniffrey)](http://www.friendsoftolentine.com/StNicholasTolentineInt1_tmb.jpg) Construction on the present church began during the 1920s. The lower church, which served as the main church for many years, was dedicated in 1928. The present structure was completed in the 1950s and consecrated in 1957. The upper church seats 1,400 people. |
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posted on
03/05/2010 8:37:43 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: nickcarraway; Lady In Blue; NYer; ELS; Pyro7480; livius; Catholicguy; RobbyS; markomalley; ...
Prayer ping for the parishioners as well as the person who set the fire.
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posted on
03/05/2010 8:40:21 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation; AliVeritas
Praying for the church members.
FReepers want to help. Please advise Ali.
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posted on
03/05/2010 8:41:46 PM PST
by
mojo114
(Pray for FReeper Jeff Head)
To: Salvation
"Why would someone do something so evil?," wailed Marina Pietri, 46, as she picked up her son from the parish elementary school, which was evacuated during the fire. Lots of people.
Radical Muslims--buring churches with people inside is one of their favorite M.O.'s in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and other African battleground countries.
Also let's not forget Occultists and extremist homosexual "activists".
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posted on
03/05/2010 8:53:50 PM PST
by
lightman
(Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
To: Salvation
Prayers for the Parish.......and prayers that the culprit who may have started this fire be caught immediately and brought to justice.(Why would you pray for the person who may have started this fire?).
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posted on
03/05/2010 10:42:45 PM PST
by
NoRedTape
To: Salvation
From the pictures, a beautiful church. Altar rail seems mostly intact. Surprised to see it burn so extensively—isn’t that all stone?
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posted on
03/05/2010 11:00:59 PM PST
by
cmj328
(Filibuster FOCA--a/k/a ObamaCare--or lose reelection)
To: cmj328
Back in the day my mom would brag how our all stone home didn’t require insurance over 15 bucks a year. (it’s arson)
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posted on
03/05/2010 11:05:30 PM PST
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: cmj328
Some of it just might be smoke damage too. A lot of cleaning up and fixing up to do, but I’m sure parishioners will be up and running by the Easter Vigil. That’s a good goal.
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posted on
03/05/2010 11:05:43 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: NoRedTape
Aren’t we supposed to pray for our enemies too?
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posted on
03/05/2010 11:06:11 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: NoRedTape
(Why would you pray for the person who may have started this fire?)As long as he is alive, there is hope that his heart can be turned to the right direction.
Heck, I even pray for Obama, Reid and Pelosi.
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posted on
03/05/2010 11:08:18 PM PST
by
Allegra
(It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
To: Salvation
I was baptized at St. Nicks 67 years ago next month, I was born in a small maternity hospital down the street and lived a couple of blocks away until 1948. In the early 1960’s I attended NYU a couple of blocks away. The neighborhood has gone to hell since those days.
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posted on
03/06/2010 12:37:51 AM PST
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of.-- Idylls of the King)
To: Salvation
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posted on
03/06/2010 2:56:39 AM PST
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
To: Salvation
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posted on
03/06/2010 3:03:53 AM PST
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
To: Salvation
Plus there is a company that does that too, seen the ads.
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posted on
03/06/2010 3:05:35 AM PST
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
To: Salvation
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posted on
03/06/2010 3:06:22 AM PST
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
To: Salvation
Well that is what Our Lord told us to do.
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posted on
03/06/2010 3:07:21 AM PST
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
To: Allegra
"As long as he is alive, there is hope that his heart can be turned to the right direction."
--I only care that the perp is caught and imprisoned for their heinous crime.
"Heck, I even pray for Obama, Reid and Pelosi."
--So do I. I pray that their liberal policies fail epicly and that abortion ends during their priviledged reign of power.
To: Salvation
I’ve been to St. Nicks, and used to date a girl who lived in the area. Founded as an Irish parish, it is now (I believe) the largest Dominican (as in folks from Hispaniola, not the order) parish in the city. It is also where Rudy Giuliani married his first wife. Sad to see this happen.
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posted on
03/06/2010 7:33:11 AM PST
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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