According to a report on WCBS-AM, "This Sunday a local parish church will officially be elevated as the New York Archdiocese's first basilica. The Catholic Church will honor St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in a special ceremony." The report adds, "Its new status also designates the historic church as the pope's home parish in the archdiocese." For the complete report (includes links to video and audio reports), "St. Patrick's Old Cathedral To Become Basilica", please go to: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/12/03/saint-patricks-to-become-nys-only-bas ilica/ If the above URL breaks up, then try: http://tinyurl.com/2ws9d9m The Archdiocese of New York currently includes 10 counties: New York County, Richmond County, Bronx County, as well as Dutchess County, Orange County, Putnam County, Rockland County, Sullivan County, Ulster County and Westchester County. The first three counties are coterminous with the New York City Boroughs of Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx, respectively. I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY </HTML>

Thank you very much for mentioning this event, Walter - I certainly will be there tomorrow, as I an the Chair of the History Committee of the Basilica's 200th Anniversary Campaign. More information can also be found at: http://oldcathedral.org/index.php . At that site is also an extensive pdf file on the history of the Old Cathedral and its environs. the pdf file is at: http://oldcathedral.org/occampaign/stpat-restoration.pdf Cheers, Jim Garrity Soyamaven@aol.com wrote: > According to a report on WCBS-AM, "This Sunday a local parish church will > officially be elevated as the New York Archdiocese's first basilica. The > Catholic Church will honor St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in a special ceremony." > > The report adds, "Its new status also designates the historic church as the > pope's home parish in the archdiocese." > > For the complete report (includes links to video and audio reports), "St. > Patrick's Old Cathedral To Become Basilica", please go to: > > http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/12/03/saint-patricks-to-become-nys-only-bas > ilica/ > > If the above URL breaks up, then try: http://tinyurl.com/2ws9d9m > > > The Archdiocese of New York currently includes 10 counties: New York > County, Richmond County, Bronx County, as well as Dutchess County, Orange County, > Putnam County, Rockland County, Sullivan County, Ulster County and > Westchester County. The first three counties are coterminous with the New York City > Boroughs of Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx, respectively. > > > I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. > > Regards, > > Walter Greenspan > Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY > </HTML> > > > ************************************* > Jim Garrity, List Administrator > jimgarrity@earthlink.net > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYNEWYOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >