East Village church saved by anonymous donor
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And now the good news:
St. Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church in the East Village, scheduled to be torn down, has been saved by an anonymous donor.
The Committee to Save St. Brigid, which has been putting on the full-court press to save the 1848 church, must be thrilled.
Mr. Donor has pledged $10 to renovate the church, $2 million to establish an endowment and $8 million to support St. Brigid’s School.
In a statement from the archdiocese, Cardinal Egan said:
This magnificent gift will make it possible for Saint Brigid’s Church to be fittingly restored with its significant structural problems properly addressed. The two additional gifts, to create an endowment for the parish and to support the parish school, are a powerful testament to the donor’s goodness and understanding. He has my heartfelt gratitude, as I recently told him at a meeting in my residence.
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