Sheen Center to Host Special Discussion on New Commemorative Book

New York, NY (April 29, 2016) – THE SHEEN CENTER FOR THOUGHT & CULTURE
( www.SheenCenter.org ) will host His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, and a panel of experts for a lively discussion on the fascinating history and historic restoration of one of the American Catholic Church's crown jewels, as commemorated in the new book, St. Patrick's Cathedral: The Legacy of America's Parish Church . The evening will be moderated by WPIX’s Emmy Award winning reporter Magee Hickey. The event will take place in the Loreto Theater at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, May 3rd, at The Sheen Center (18 Bleecker Street).
 
Cardinal Dolan will be joined at the event by Reverend Monsignor Robert T. Ritchie, current rector of St. Patrick’s , which features a panel with: Irish-American Historian and one of the book’s contributing authors, Dr. Terry Golway ( Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics), Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor-at-large at National Review and a nationally syndicated Our Sunday Visitor columnist, and Andy Bast, Senior Principal of Zubatkin Owner Representation, who was responsible for the overall project management of the Cathedral’s restoration.
 
Since 1879, Saint Patrick’s has provided the faithful of New York, and the world, a place to find God amidst the hustle and bustle of Manhattan. The beautiful coffee table book St. Patrick's Cathedral: The Legacy of America's Parish Church explores the cathedral’s narrative as told by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Stephen Colbert, and many others. Flip through decades of photos, from pictures collected by the Archives of the Archdiocese of New York to never before seen images of the newly-restored cathedral. Featuring multiple pullouts including historic postcards and two posters, the history of Saint Patrick’s has never been easier to share with friends and family.
 
THE SHEEN CENTER FOR THOUGHT & CULTURE Named after the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, best known for his popular radio and TV ministry in the 1950s and 60s, The Sheen Center is a project of the Catholic Archdiocese of New York and showcases works that affirm the highest values of the human spirit through the performing and visual arts, lectures and exhibits. The state-of-the-art complex has a 270-seat proscenium theater equipped with five-camera high-definition Livestream capability and a multi-track recording studio with thirty-two onstage inputs; an 80-seat black box theater; four rehearsal studios; and an art gallery.
 
Tickets to the event are $10. For a ticket and the book, the price is $30 (50% retail discount). Tickets can be purchased at www.SheenCenter.org or by calling 212-925-2812.
 
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