New York City Parish Installs First-Ever Perpetual Adoration Chapel in Manhattan

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Father Endorf said the chapel will only be accessible to those who have a key card, which they can sign up for at the parish during office hours.

The first-ever perpetual eucharistic adoration chapel in Manhattan, New York, has been installed at the Dominican-led Church of St. Joseph in the Greenwich Village neighborhood.

The idea for the chapel was that of Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who desired opportunities for perpetual eucharistic adoration in the city, where there was none, according to Dominican Father Boniface Endorf, pastor of the Church of St. Joseph.

More than 500 people were present at Sunday Mass on July 30, 2023, at the Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, which ended in a procession to the new eucharistic adoration chapel.

When Father Endorf became the pastor at the church five years ago, a staff member from the Office of Young Adult Outreach contacted him about the cardinal’s wishes and he responded: “Sure, we could do that!”

“And that was the beginning of this whole process,” Father Endorf said.

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