St. James 200 Years
Looking back at a major milestone in the Diocese of Brooklyn: the founding of the Cathedral Basilica of St. James 200 years ago. Starting from Jan. 1, 1822 when Peter Turner, and lay-men in Brooklyn, petition New York Bishop John Connolly for a church, a school, and a place “to bury our dead”…
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