[NYer]

Stephen Schmalhofer studied history at Yale University and formerly blogged at "For God, For Country and For Yale." He resides in New City where he works in finance and is a parishioner at the Church of Our Saviour.

[NYer]

If you are ever in NYC, make it a point to visit this church.

[cloudmountain]

What a nice article. It's good to read "positive" about NYC and the efforts of the Church.
Thanks for posting it.

[stonehouse01]

Thank you!!! Perfect timing - I and two other daughters are going to NYC tomorrow to visit a third daughter who goes to Pace in Manhattan. She has been seeking a parish, and does like St. Joseph’s near NYU. She has a sensitive soul and feels the daily emptiness mentioned, and realizes and is grateful that mass is the antidote. She does love living in NYC - she just needs that spiritual nourishment to counteract the material emptiness that prevails from the sheer number of atheists about.

Anyway, we will stop by the Church of Our Savior tomorrow in our travels - Thank you again!!

[Oratam]

Fr. Rutler shot up in my esteem when I read about the exchange he had with Christopher Hitchens in 2007 at the Union League Club.

It's covered here in detail. Warning! Not suitable for all audiences.

[firebrand]

I used to work in the office at this church in the glory days of Monsignor Fleming (one m or 2? the Irish one, anyway). And the musical direction of Johannes Somary. Charles Quinn was there too, a sophisticated presence always—wonder where he is now. I did the newsletter, ran church suppers, etc., too. A great parish in those days (1970s).