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Faith In Brooklyn for April 9

April 9, 2014 By Francesca Norsen-Tate, Religion Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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Milestones In Faith

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, originally founded in 1893, opened its new sanctuary 105 years ago, on April 11, 1909. It was Easter Sunday. This building, now called the Lower Church, is 240 feet long, beginning at the doors on Fifth Avenue; and 190 feet wide. The  exterior is solid granite and the interior is terra cotta. The seating capacity is 1,800. The parish counted nearly 6,000 members at Masses that day. The Upper Church was completed some 19 years later, in December 1928.
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Chameleonic Performs Rain Dance At St. Paul’s Church-Carroll Gardens

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The Brooklyn Sounds Concert Series at St. Paul’s Church presents Chameleonic’s Rain Dance. “We reap what we sow—and Chameleonic is sowing seeds of goodness and love in this concert of rain, growth, and harvest,” reads an announcement for the concert this coming Sunday, April 13. Chameleonic is described on the organization’s website, Choral Chamelon, as “an unrivaled chorus of volunteer singers from the five boroughs of New York City which is changing the way people think about hearing and singing choral music in the community.”

The concert will include choral works by Whitacre, Elgar, Morley, Schwartz and more. For more information, visit www.choralchameleon.com.

Vince Peterson, director of Chameleonic Concerts, wrote, “I’m so excited for Chameleonic’s upcoming concert, Rain Dance…This concert is particularly important to me ecause it sings about renewal, regeneration, and wiping the slate clean to start fresh—something that all of us can relate to!”

St. Paul’s Church will host Rain Dance starting at 5 p.m. on Sunday. The church is at 199 Carroll St. (intersection of Clinton St.) Advance ticket prices: $20 General Admission, $50 Prime Seating; at-the-door prices: $25 General Admission; $55 Prime Seating.

Tickets are available via http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/410768 Rain Dance is also presented on the preceding evening, Saturday, April 12 at the John Street Church in Lower Manhattan.
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Bringing Their Outreach Outdoors, St. Paul’s Church Welcomes Spring

The long-awaited spring has finally arrived in Carroll Gardens; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church celebrates a Sidewalk Sale and Lenten Food Drive outreach.

Neighbors are sure to find deals and fabulous finds during the Sidewalk Sale, running from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. along Carroll St. The Lenten Food Drive will benefit and support the Food Pantry at the First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn Heights. Any time of non-perishable canned or boxed food donations will be accepted. Especially needed are soups, canned vegetables, one-pound bags of rice, dried beans, cereal and protein items such as canned tuna and mackerel, chili and chicken.


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