Nearly 1,000 people attended the final Sunday Mass at Irondequoit's St. Thomas the Apostle Church Nov. 14. In May Bishop Matthew H. Clark accepted a recommendation to consolidate five Irondequoit churches into one parish and to discontinue regularly scheduled Masses at St. Salome and St Thomas the Apostle churches. Basilian Father Norman Tanck, pastor of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, the newly formed parish that has three Irondequoit worship sites, celebrated the Nov. 14 Mass. (Click here to view more photos from this event and/or buy prints.)
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- The large, sprawling church opened on St. Paul Blvd. in 1965.
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- A cluster of crosses near the front of the church.
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- Joe Madonia greets his grandchildren before the Mass.
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- People make their way into the church.
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- People stand at the end of the Mass.
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- Donna Slaybaugh lingers after the Mass ended.
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- Nearly 1,000 people attended the Mass.
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- The Hayes family prays outside the sanctuary doors.
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- Father Norman Tanck talks to media members after the Mass.
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