In its grand 16th century church a sprinkling of worshippers gathers to hear Mass.
That was the first of many times I would hear mass rape in Congo dismissed as "cultural".
St. Andrew in Sag Harbor was where he heard Mass on Sundays when he was at Silver Barn.
Some traditionalists attend the Latin Mass at the Church of St. Agnes in Midtown, and foreign language speakers often go distances to hear Mass in their mother tongues.
Her group would meet each Sunday at the church of Santa Rita in Miramar, Havana's grandest district, say the rosary, hear mass, and then walk ten blocks in silence along Quinta Avenida on the green verges under the palm trees.
At 5 p.m. Sunday, under a Byzantine dome, a full orchestra, an 80-voice choir and four soloists will perform this rarely heard mass at Holy Trinity Cathedral, 319 East 74th Street, between First and Second Avenues.
After this feat of concentration, the cardinal heard mass, ate dinner and supper together to save time, and went to bed early, ready for another lucrative and thoroughly gratifying day.
In those that do, parishioners are increasingly likely to hear Mass said in thickly accented English by a prelate from Nigeria or the Philippines.
Ever since I've been in Silicon Valley, I've heard mass anxiety about the state of higher education, particularly when it comes to training the next generation of tech thinkers, innovators and worker bees.
