Reopen St. Veronica's Church

The St. Veronica’s Moving Forward Committee has been petitioning the Archdiocese of New York and His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan to reopen our parish Church.  Our cause is now in front of the Vatican Courts. ****It has been accepted for adjudication. **** This is equivalent to our US Supreme Court accepting a case to be heard.  
St. Veronica’s Church, a Landmarked building, built in 1887, was locked on June 25th, 2017.  Since that time, with the invaluable help of the St. Joseph’s Foundation,  non profit experts in Canon Law who work pro bono, we have been working to have the Church reopened.  We need to raise $10,000 – 15,000 to pay for  the Signatura case and for Italian legal council.

 Why do we want to reopen St. Veronica’s?

 1)     St. Veronica’s is the only Catholic Church west of 7th Avenue from West 14th Street south to the Financial District.

a.       The elderly & families with children have a long distance to travel to receive sacraments             

2)    The first AIDS Memorial in New York City lives here

a.       Loved ones now have no access                                                              

 3) The Gift of Love, an AIDS hospice administered by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of      Charity is in the former rectory.

a,     The residents, who are very ill, cannot walk the 10 blocks to the next nearest Catholic Church

 Why do we keep fighting?  We fight because the Church, which is in the deepest crisis, needs its small parishes more than ever.  We have been neglected and ignored for too long.  The parishioners are the body of the Church, and the Church will not recover or repent without us.

Your donation will pay for:  Italian/Vatican legal representation.  It will pay for airfare and hotel in Rome for one or two members of St. Veronica’s Committee if necessary.  Any unused donations will be given to St. Joseph’s Foundation in gratitude for their unstinting and always excellent advice and help.  For more information:
 www.stveronica10014.org

Your contributions to St. Veronica's Moving Forward Committee are not tax deductible.