Coney Island Church Dedicates New Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Tablet December 14, 2020 Knights of Columbus Donated $10,000 to Replace Statue Damaged by Vandal CONEY ISLAND — With a helping hand from the Knights of Columbus, parishioners at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace took part in the dedication of a new statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe in a ceremony on Dec. 12 that marked the start of a new chapter in the parish. The previous statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was seriously damaged by a vandal who toppled it from its perch and threw it to the ground on Sept. 11, according to police. A suspect was arrested a month after the incident ...
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