This vintage postcard of Staten Island's St. Sylvester Catholic Church is housed in the New York Public Library's Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy and is also viewable online at the NYPL Digital Gallery. It reads:
Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto of St. Sylvester's Church Concord, S.I. Rev. B.H. Clark, [Rector]
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"Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto of St. Sylvester's Church Concord, S.I. Rev. B.H. Clark, [Rector]." NYPL Digital Gallery. Web. 3 Feb 2010. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=140234&imageID=104648&total=71&num=40&parent_id=448914&word=&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&lword=&lfield=&imgs=20&pos=45&snum=&e=w#_seemore
Thank you. I grew up in St.Sylvester's parish and my parents still live there. Unfortunately the church has been ruined by a former pastor who turned it into a religious junk shop. The school is scheduled to close in June. RIP ST.Sly's.
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