Mass Card

I'm not certain that they are both RC, but try Holy Name (I think it might be Holy Name of Jesus) on PPW around Windsor or St. Saviour, which is 8th around 5/6/7th St.

My landlord is old-school Irish/RC and a long-time Sloper, and I'm thinking that her local church (Holy Name) would have them

It's been a longgggggggggggggg time since I've been in a RC church, but if I remember correctly, mass cards are sent when somebody Catholic dies (there are also mass cards for other occasions like birthdays, saint days, etc., but most common are for funerals, I think).

They're usually laminated and contain a prayer and can have the name of the person that the prayer is for so that it's personalized.

I think churches also sell them so that the proceeds can go back to the church.

Basically a way of letting a practicing RC know that you are saying special prayers for whatever their occasion/need is.

Are you looking to have a church mention someone specific on a mass card, or are you just interested in finding one in general? Because if you don't need one that mentions someone specific, you can find some on eBay, even vintage -- I just did a quick search and they have a lot of them.

Subject: RC churches in PS

St Thomas Aquinas - 9th St. & 4th Ave
St. Savior's - 8th Ave & 6th Street
St. Augustine's - 6th Ave & ?St. John's?
Holy Family - 13th st - bet 4th & 5th
St. Francis Xavier - Carroll Street (?)

steveo wrote: Anybody here been in that religious shop on 5th Avenue? Maybe they'd have mass cards.

I think I mean this:
http://maps.citysearch.com/location/37268823?

This site says it's called Botanica:
http://www.smalltownbrooklyn.com/parkslopeN/northsouth/5thave/5thave5.html

Stevo - a mass card is given at a specific church because that church is saying a mass in the person's name.

A botanica is used mostly for Santeria