1.0Rod Dreherhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/roddreherRod Dreherhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/roddreher/author/rdreherChanging churches, changing communities - Rod Dreherrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bqOetB9D4M"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/roddreher/2010/04/changing-churches-changing-communities.html">Changing churches, changing communities</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/roddreher/2010/04/changing-churches-changing-communities.html/embed#?secret=bqOetB9D4M" width="600" height="338" title="“Changing churches, changing communities” — Rod Dreher" data-secret="bqOetB9D4M" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The Catholic writer John Zmirak went back to his favorite Catholic haunts in his native New York during Holy Week, and published this beautiful but deeply melancholic reflection on the loss of the world he once knew. Excerpt: St. Vincent Ferrer Church on Lexington and 66th, the most exquisite church I’ve seen in America —…