The Red Hook Star-Revue / NY
Father Claudio Given One Year to Save the Church
source: http://www.redhookstar.com/Images/Star%20Revue%20May%202011%20for%20web.pdf
[...] That evening, the parishioners of Visitation Church experienced a style of worship that many were not used to. “It was a complete turn-around,” says John Savarese, who grew up on Beard Street and attended Visitation School (now the site of Red Hook Community Justice Center) in the 1960’s. “It felt free-spirited. I was able to worship God the way He should be worshipped, like relaxed and loving, and not having to be worried about getting hit with one of those pointers! When I was growing up everything was so strict. You couldn’t even talk in church, never mind sing.”
This new evangelical style is part of the repertoire of a Catholic community that arrived at Visitation Church last November to revive it from debt, low membership and structural deterioration. Ten consecrated members of Koinonia John the Baptist – an evangelical organization founded in Italy in 1979 – are currently living in the rectory and attempting to bring about the revival. Father Claudio Antecini – the new pastor and administrator – is determined to save the church from closure and make it a relevant community institution again.
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Birthday Dominika
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| December 27, 2011 |
