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| Rest in Peace Monsignor; you will be sorely missed |
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.Unable to attend the wake or funeral, a few of us visited Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church (259 Oliver St.) in Newark, New Jersey Tuesday morning to finally pay our respects and pray for the happy repose of the soul of the Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph F. Ambrosio, Pastor and Knight Official of Ecclesiastical Grace of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. Fortunately, we were given the opportunity to explore the church and rectory’s many treasures, venerate some of the relics, and recall our many fond memories with Monsignor. He will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him. Requiescat in pace.
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| (L) Santa Giovanna d'Arco (Jeanne d'Arc). (R) Santa Caterina d'Alessandria |
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| (L) Madonna di Constantinopoli. (R) Sant'Alfonso Maria de Liguori |
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| (L) A beautiful icon of Our Lady in the sanctuary. (R) Sacred Heart of Jesus bye-altar with Madonna del Rosario di Pompei |
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| (L) Monsignor's private shrine to the Madonna di Montevergine. (R) Bejeweled icon of Our Lady of Montevergine in the sanctuary |
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| (L) Bye-altar with the Bambino Gesu di Praga. (R) Monsignor's private shrine to the Infant of Prague |
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| Various Saints, including Santa Maria Goretti, Santa Lucia Filippini, Sant'Antonio da Padova, and San Sebastiano |
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| (L) Various Saints, including San Giovanni Bosco, Beato Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Sant'Ignazio di Loyola, and St. Marcellin Champagnat. (R) Several Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War |
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| Various Saints, including Santa Teresa di Gesù Bambino (St. Thérèse of Lisieux), Santa Teresa Benedetta della Croce (Edith Stein), San Simone Stock, Santa Filomena di Roma, and San Tommaso D'Aquino |
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| (L) Relic of the True Cross. (R) Veil of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
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| (L) San Gioacchino and Sant'Anna. (R) San Giuseppe |
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| (L) San Gregorio Magno. (R) San Giacomo il Maggiore |
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| (L) Beata Maria Maddalena della Passione. (R) Beato Bartolo Longo |
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| The church boasts several display cases filled with relics |
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| A collection of Carmelite relics |
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| Blessed Andrea Calle González, Sister of Charity martyred in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War |
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| (L) Maria SS. del Carmine detta "La Bruna." (R) A piece of the tree where St. Wolfgang preached and baptized in Thalmässing, Bavaria |
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| Monsignor's private shrine to Blessed Emperor Karl I of Austria and his beloved wife Servant of God Empress Zita |
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| (L) Infant of Prague being restored in the church workshop. (R) Monsignor's private statuette of the Bambino Gesu di Praga |
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| Sacristan Eric Lavin was kind enough to show us Monsignor's vestments with the coat-of-arms of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
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| Painted ceramic tiles from the Azores depicting St. Joseph with a young Jesus and San Michele Arcangelo in the church gardens |
