Margaret Ruta, 84, crowns the statue of Mary Help of Christians (Maria Ausiliatrice) at the last clebration of her Feast Day in the East Village. Parishioners at the church, an Italian national parish, celebrated their last Mass today. The 109 year old church was one of 21 closed by the Archdiocese of New York this year.28 May 2007
“Mary, we crown you,” she sang softly
Margaret Ruta, 84, crowns the statue of Mary Help of Christians (Maria Ausiliatrice) at the last clebration of her Feast Day in the East Village. Parishioners at the church, an Italian national parish, celebrated their last Mass today. The 109 year old church was one of 21 closed by the Archdiocese of New York this year.
