There was a time in the not too distant past, before the “New Springtime for the Church” that over 90% of Catholics took their faith seriously enough, as though their eternal salvation depended on it, and went to Mass each and every Sunday and often during the week.
I can’t imagine, though, that with all those Masses on the hour and half hour that they had good liturgy. If they had the post-Vatican II ethos, no telling how many would be going to Mass. Oh, wait! We do know!
I hope they had more than one priest in this parish!
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This was the home of Fr. Mychal Judge who was killed by falling debris on 9/11 while providing care to the injured at the World Trade Towers.
Vatican II was a disaster, never should have happened. The Church's issues were primarily in Europe which suffered two disastrous world wars 20 years apart. The problem was their Eurocentric view of the World. Instead of a Universal Council, they should have had regional councils in Europe to figure out why things had gone so wrong in Europe.
Speaking of New York, this wonderful, Latin Requiem took place there recently. Father McDonald the photos are great!
https://sthughofcluny.org/2026/02/a-solemn-requiem-mass-in-new-york.html
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Even in recent years, St Francis of Assisi had incredible #s of daily Masses and even more incredible #s of daily confessions!
In the 1990s when I knew it best, it claimed to be the Church in the U.S. with the most daily confessions! It is right up the block from NYC's Penn Station (It shares such proximity with St John the Baptist).
A bit dubious to me. Bulletins were not a think in the 50’s yet. Definitely not with any color.
I don't think it's that unbelievable. The church has a history series on its website saying ~50 priests were stationed at the parish in the 1940s. (Uh oh, 1940s mentioned!) It also states the St. Anthony devotion was so popular they held it ~10 times each Tuesday, and that the parish was noteworthy for having "night worker Masses" in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
Nick
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