VESPERS AT ST. PATRICK'S OLD CATHEDRAL

Cardinal Dolan will celebrate Vespers at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, 263 Mulberry Street, on Sunday, November 22 at 3:30 pm to commemorate the arrival of Bishop John Connolly, OP, the first resident Ordinary of the Diocese of New York. He arrived on November 24, 1815 to take canonical possession of the cathedral that had recently completed construction. The Vespers will include a blessing of a memorial to Archbishop John Hughes. The Basilica is completing a restoration that reveals many features unseen since the 19th century, including the crypts of the first two Ordinaries of New York.