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“April 25, a warm day... In the morning about 11 o’clock I went to see the Roman Catholic Church Yard of the Village (Brooklyn) consecrated - The ceremony was performed by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Connolly and two priests - one of the priests [Father Richard Bulger] delivered a handsome address, very apropos to the occasion - His only fault was that he could not pronounce the letter ‘H.’ He utterly denied that the worship of images, and buying the remission of sins of the priests, were tenets of the Roman Catholic belief - Saw a great many pretty faces.”
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In 1822, Brooklyn was the frontier of New York Catholic life. Peter Turner and compnay started the framework for Catholic life which lasted well into the twenty-first century. After the basic building blocks were in place, they petitioned Bishop Connolly for a resident pastor. In April 1825, Father John Farnan, native of Ireland, was assigned to St. James as pastor. Farnan remained there for four years.
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