A beloved and historic church in Queens caught fireplace simply hours earlier than Easter providers, prompting its parishioners to discover a new church to have fun the Sunday festivities.
The pews of St. Edmund’s Church in Breezy Level are charred and caked in particles after a 3-alarm fireplace engulfed the again of the church simply earlier than 2 p.m. Saturday. Greater than 100 firefighters, together with volunteers, rushed towards the church to place of the flames.
Two firefighters suffered minor accidents.
That is an previous constructing. From the historical past textbooks it is 100 years previous,” Tommy Nestor mentioned. Years earlier than he joined the FDNY, Nestor took Sunday faculty courses at St. Edmund’s Church.
Some relics had been saved within the fireplace, like an ornate statue of Jesus. Different gadgets of deep significance, just like the priest’s chair, had been charred past recognition.
“Our hearts are heavy for this sacred space has been a home of faith, prayer, and sacraments for so many. Please join me in praying for the parish community,” Bishop Robert Brennan of the Diocese of Brooklyn mentioned in a press release.
As a result of fireplace, Bishop Brennan moved Easter Mass to St. Thomas Extra Church on Rockaway Level Boulevard.
The FDNY continues to be investigating the reason for the hearth.
