Holy Family Roman Catholic Church

T Goto

Really beautiful church bells and a very unique/cool design

P. T.

Just had the most unpleasant of experiences (it's my family's personal experience) with Father Gerald Murray. Our eldest brother and this woman were rejected from their regular church for wedding. Our entire family has been objecting to their wedding. The original church would not conduct their wedding. But our eldest brother and this woman secretly came to Holy Family, without telling anyone in his family. We had notified Father Murray of our strongest objections much earlier, we even asked if there was going to be a wedding. Father Murray refused to answer. Unbeknownst to us, as we were told, Father Murray married my brother and this woman despite having received our objections via email prior. (this woman is not a Catholic, supposedly became pregnant last year before marriage. But most importantly, she is here to steal my brother's life savings, perhaps worse.) We came today to seek Father Murray's advice and help. Instead, Father Murray refused to talk. When my other brother was discussing this with other parishioners on the street, Father Murray tried to silence my brother and stop him from speaking. During mass, Father Murray also loudly singled out our mother for wearing a mask when she went up to get Communion. We have been Catholics for our entire lives, we had never had something like this happen. During his mass Father Murray, spent time talking about his low pay, how he couldn't get a full time job and then work in the church on weekends, how little vacation he gets. Thank goodness though he is now getting a vacation in August. Perhaps just my personal bias but I have never heard any Priest complain during mass about their 'low' salary or "having to work in the church full time". The questions we are pondering now are Father Murray's actions, motivations and the reasons for wedding being performed despite family objections.

Austin Smith

Latest Catholic mass in NYC (8:30pm Sunday). Beautiful spot to pray and refresh before starting your week

Rojo “Ng”

The post says it's open but it isn't.