Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church in Midwood celebrated 95 years on Sunday.
The parish marked the occasion with a Mass led by Bishop Neil Tiedemann and continued their fellowship over at Garguiluo’s for a special luncheon.
The anniversary also served as a reunion for alumni of the parish’s school, which closed its doors back in 2005.
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By John Lavenburg & Jessica Easthope
MIDTOWN —The NYPD Hate Crime unit is searching for a vandal who threw a wrench through an outer glass door of St. Patrick’s Cathedral shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28.
Speaking to Currents News about the incident on Oct. 31, Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said, “You can’t help but be a little apprehensive” after something like this happens, but also noted the perspective it provides.
“Compared to what’s happened to so many citizens of this city, this wasn’t so bad, so I try to look at the bright side,” he added. “Maybe it’s good for me to have more of a sensitivity to some of the apprehension that our people are feeling.”
In a surveillance video released by police, a man steps onto the sidewalk and scans the area before pulling the wrench out of his pocket and throwing it at the cathedral. He then casually walks away northbound on Madison Avenue.
Responding officers recovered the wrench at the scene, according to the NYPD. The Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force is now investigating the incident.
The portion of St. Patrick’s Cathedral where the vandal threw the wrench is part of the residence of clergy members of the parish. Cardinal Dolan was not home at the time of the incident.
He told Currents News that the culprit likely needs help.
“Part of my gut says they ought to throw him in jail. The other [part] says he’s probably some mentally challenged guy that needs some help,” Cardinal Dolan said. “That doesn’t mean he should be out on the street … but darn it, he needs some compassion and care.”
Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the Archdiocese of New York, thanked the department for its quick response.
“We’re grateful that nobody was hurt and that the individual did not enter the residence,” Zwilling said. “Also grateful to the New York Police Department, which responded immediately, as they always do.”
As of Oct. 23, there were 21 religion-related hate crimes in New York City so far in 2022, according to NYPD data. The number is a marked uptick from last year when there were eight religion-related hate crimes across New York City, the data shows.
The NYPD asks anyone with information about the incident to call their Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). All calls are confidential. People can also submit tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks exclusively to Currents News about an act of vandalism at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
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By Jessica Easthope
It’s been a decade, but Marty Ingram can still see it when he closes his eyes. The chaotic scene playing out in front of him, water surging through the doorway of the Point Breeze volunteer firehouse where he was chief, survivors in lifejackets and a firestorm in the sky.
“Going into the clubhouse for civic meetings and occasionally to talk publicly that video tape is running in the back of my head, it’s difficult,” said Marty.
The night hurricane sandy made landfall an electrical fire started in one home and within hours it had spread to 134 others, carried by the storm’s powerful wind. The damage to the Rockaways was already unimaginable for Marty – and now he was fighting the biggest residential fire in Queens history.
“It was truly a combat scene, it was surreal, the wires, the power lines were on fire and it looked like a ruby necklace and if it was a Disney movie it would have been beautiful but this thing was real and it was scary,” he said.
The peaceful peninsula – now a far cry from that moment on October 29, 2012. Since then the Rockaways have been rebuilt; elevated more than 100 homes, undergone beach restoration and erected protective sand dunes, but sometimes Marty says it feels like they’re frozen in time.
“Once the event is finally over, nobody trains you on how to handle it after the fact. Everything resurrected, it brought me back to that moment in time,” Marty said.
Amid the devastation a statue of Mary stood unharmed. Over the years martyr says it’s come to symbolize what he called a miracle.
“With all the people that were down here and all the devastation and destruction, nobody died so as bad as it was it could have been a lot worse, we said our prayers and they were answered.”
The storm couldn’t wash away his faith, just like Breezy Point – it’s been built back stronger.
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