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Corpus Christi Church

Corpus Christi Church, West 121st Street, New York: perhaps my favorite Catholic church interior in all New York, and one which simply cries out for a traditional Mass.

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7 Comments so far
  1. 9 October 2007
    7:54 am

    Much better than Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane in London by a long shot!!!

    Ottaviani
  2. 9 October 2007
    7:59 am

    As you can see, though, the exterior leaves much to be desired.

  3. 10 October 2007
    7:19 am

    Andrew -

    I thought Corpus Christi offered the Extraordinary Form of the Mass? Or, do they offer the Ordinary Form in Latin?

    Harold

    Harold
  4. 11 October 2007
    5:22 am

    What a peculiar, small door!

    andrew
  5. 11 October 2007
    1:28 pm

    Unfortunately, Corpus Christi does not offer the Mass in Latin in either form. However, at the 11.15 Mass on Sunday, the choir does sing some propers from the Graduale (usually Introit & Communion) and sometimes choir and congregation sing Gregorian commons.

    Stan Metheny
  6. 19 August 2009
    5:25 am

    Where did you find those “archival” pictures?

    Francis
  7. 23 April 2011
    1:09 pm

    What wonderful memories are brought forth by those pictures! I grew up in that parish thru the 40s, 50s and up to 1963. I was a member of the choir and remember the solemn processions through the aisles on special Sundays. Thomas Merton became a Catholic there while a student at Columbia. The grammar school occupied the upper floors and the convent for the teaching nuns was on the top floor.

    Thank You!

    Phil Gilson
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