By Currents News
A Tenebrae Service held at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday, April 16, marking the last stop on the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Lenten Pilgrimage.
It was the 37th church visited by pilgrims during this Holy Season of Lent – a stop just as important as their first on Ash Wednesday, when Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James.
“It’s amazing. It’s the best. It’s the best time. The pilgrimage is just, it’s so spiritually renewing,” parishioner Madeline Flood said.
Bishop Brennan led the pilgrims on most of the stops and welcomed them all, both new and returning.
On day three he was at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Astoria, Queens.
“There’s just so much devotion, so much faith. People are really longing to be closer to Jesus Christ, and that’s such an inspiration,” Bishop Brennan said.
Many pilgrims were inspired by Michele Guerrier a St. Therese of Lisieux parishioner who made it her mission to hit every stop on the pilgrimage.
“This diocese has the most beautiful churches,” Guerrier explained. “We tend to stay in our parish home and don’t realize what we have out there.”
Together the pilgrims grew in faith and fellowship, no matter their church, their borough, or their age.
Students from St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy in Astoria led the packed parish in praying the Rosary during the 18th stop of the pilgrimage.
“It was a blessing because I love to pray all the time. I pray before I go to bed, and I feel like it brings me closer to God,” Olivia Buscio, a 4th grader at the school, said.