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Catholic Church

purple rain
purple rain
edited November -1 in Park Slope

After many many years, I am thinking about attending mass again. Can anyone recommend a nice Catholic church in PS? What I'm looking for is a caring priest who delivers engaging and meaningful sermons.

Thank you!

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  • trumystic
    trumystic

    I did a little church shopping when I first moved to Brooklyn. And went to a few places that were within 20 minutes walking distance of my apt.

    St Augustine's is pretty good. I think its on 7th Ave. Very active congregation though I wouldnt say the sermons are all super meaningful and engaging. Sometimes they were and sometimes not. In Fort Greene at Queen of All Saints--another big and engaged congregation though the sermons were a bit too cerebral for me. Pastor Vacchari seems to be caring. And that was the church I went to when I lived in Fort Greene.

    If you are willing to go to Prospect Heights I suggest my church St Joseph's on Pacific between Underhill and Vanderbilt. The pastor Monsignor Harrington is young and fired up and always delivers meaningful homilies that make me think and want to live better and more faithfully. The other priest Father Ortiz is also really dynamic as well. The congregation is very small and the church is under repair but we are very blessed as a congregation to have such caring and accessible clergy.

    Not sure how many responses you will get as the Brooklynian crowd might not be down with the RC church.

    Hope you find what you are looking for.

  • stacey
    stacey

    There was a previous discussion about this:

    http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/churches-in-park-slope

    Also I second St Josephs.

  • briggs
    briggs

    Father Murphy at St. Saviour's (8th Ave, 6th St). He's the best!

  • anniebach
    anniebach

    Try the Jazz Mass at St Saviour's on Sunday's at 5.

    Usually very engaging and upbeat. On 8th Ave and 6th St as mentioned above.

  • purple rain
    purple rain

    Thank you all for your suggestions!!

  • moominpapa
    moominpapa

    St. Saviour's is quite excellent. Fr. Murphy is a terrific speaker and very friendly.

  • mad_lucky
    mad_lucky

    St. John the evangelist 20th st 5/6.

    Mass: weekdays 830 am

    Sat 530 pm

    Sun 9am English, 1030 Spanish.

  • prodigalson
    prodigalson

    Not to unnecessarily change the subject on you but, has anyone considered conducting church services at home?

    That's the way it is often done here in the upper midwest where the weather can be terribly hazardous in winter. It is so much more convenient and safer to have service at home which, strangely enough, is how services were conducted in New Testament times.

    Back in the 50s and 60s when I was growing up in God's Country, Brooklyn used to be known as the Borough of Churches - a name that is well deserved. There can be no question that churches created many schools which benefited the communities and made Brooklyn a nice place to live in. But sometimes you have to be a bit more practical than going somewhere in bad weather. Often, when it comes to religious services, as with so much of other things in life, there's no place like home! :)

  • purple rain
    purple rain

    Attended mass at St. Saviour's on Sunday and agree with the posters that said Fr. Murphy was a great speaker!! Down to earth, friendly...will go back for sure!

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