Lifeblood of the Parish Marc Becker Becker professionalized

professionalized

she did not stop striving for the welfare of her three beloved children

The stunning monochromatic illustrations are deeply moving

" —Los Angeles Review of Books

You’re just imagining things

Lifeblood of the Parish Marc Becker Becker professionalizedA New York City ethnography that explores men's unique approaches to Catholic devotion Every Saturday, and sometimes on weekday evenings, a group of men in old clothes can be found in the basement of the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Each year the parish hosts the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and San Paolino di Nola. Its crowning event is the Dance of the Giglio, where the men lift a seventy foot tall, four