General Update and Planning Meeting
Réunion para planificar y actualizer
Tuesday, August 11, at 6 pm
Martes, 11 de Agosto, 6 pm
Trinity Lower East Side
Community Room, 602 E
9th Street at Avenue B
Hear updates from the Committee to save MHR, share your ideas, and help us promote upcoming events.
Escuchen los datos actualizados del comité para salvar nuestra Iglesia de Santísimo Redentor, compartan sus ideas y promover nuestros eventos.
Are you on our email list? Write to savemostholyredeemer@gmail.com and tell us to put you on.
Suscríbete a nuestra lista de correo: savemostholyredeemer@gmail.com
Most Holy Redeemer Closed “Temporarily”?
As of this writing, Most Holy Redeemer Church remains closed. For the first time since 1852, when the church was consecrated, there was no Mass celebrated in the church for its patronal feast day, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Redeemer, June 19.
No canonical decree has been issued to merge or eliminate Most Holy Redeemer parish. MHR remains the parochial church. In a letter of February 2026, Archbishop Ronald Hicks, who replaced Cardinal Dolan after his retirement, reiterated that the church is “temporarily closed” pending an assessment of alleged concern about the stability of the ceiling.
Nevertheless, parishioners have been instructed to redirect contributions to neighboring parishes!
Despite repeated assurances that funds from the sale of Nativity Church—in 2020 for $40 million—are more than sufficient to maintain Most Holy Redeemer and make any necessary repairs, since the church doors were locked on August 31, 2025:
No repair work has been observed.
No permits or plans have been filed.
No engineering report has been shared.
The parish council and finance committee have not been convened.
Long‑time parishioners have not been updated and have been excluded from decision‑making.
And parishioners have been told to direct their donations elsewhere.
Meanwhile...
The Archdiocese Needs to Raise Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Settlements or Face Bankruptcy
On April 17, 2026, Archbishop Hicks called archdiocesan pastors to an emergency meeting at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers (Dunwoodie) where he informed them that the archdiocese still needs to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to settle accounts with the victims of past sexual abuse—or else the archdiocese may be forced to declare bankruptcy. This announcement comes despite the fact that over the past two years the archdiocese has sold off $800 million worth of real estate. It seems that the archdiocese’s appetite for cash is insatiable.
You can read more about this meeting by clicking here.
Sober and Watchful
In light of the archdiocese’s pressing financial needs and since there are no updates and no evidence that any measures are being taken to assess and address MHR's alleged structural issues, we remain sober and watchful. (1Peter 5:8)
The Committee to Save Most Holy Redeemer is working with an attorney to thoroughly document the violations of canon law as they occur.
A Request for Evaluation for landmark status has been submitted to the Landmarks Preservation Commission by local preservation groups.
The committee continues to hold events to boost the visibility of Most Holy Redeemer, our beloved spiritual home and treasured cultural resource.