Saturday, November 18, 2017

NYC Church Surprises

On Tuesday I took the train into New York City for work. I don't remember exactly the last time I went into NYC, maybe it was three years ago. Same with the train. This time I also took the subway, from Grand Central Station to the upper East Side.

As I was walking to the meeting, I was surprised to encounter a Roman Catholic church, St. Catherine of Siena Church. I was surprised because I had been on this street before but never traveling from that direction. Suddenly, I realized that there was a church there. It was inconspicuous because it was not the front entrance (but the altar side). Since I was early for my meeting, I went in.

This is what I encountered.
Main Entrance-Exterior

There are a lot of good pictures and background of the church here and here. Sadly, it is one of those "consolidated" parishes consisting of two churches.

This is what the interior looks like.  More pictures at here.

This is my picture of the "Mary " side altar.
I assume St. Dominic is at the left and
St. Catherine of Siena is at the right.

After my work was done and I was heading back to the subway, I stumbled across another spectacular RC Church, St. John Nepomucene, which, similar to the church above is a parish consisting of three churches.

Front of St John Nepomucene RC CHurch

More pictures and information can be found here and here. Some shots of the exterior that I took are below.

This Sacred Heart of Jesus is above the main door in the vestibule into the church. 

This is located on the exterior above the main doors into the church.

As you may have guessed, I enjoy visiting churches and wandering around New York City.

I couldn't believe this is a real police car.
(But it is).
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