At the invitation of the Most Reverend Robert Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, the Institute of Christ the King has been entrusted with St. Josaphat’s in the Bayside neighborhood of Queens.On November 9, the Prior General of the Institute, Monsignor Gilles Wach, celebrated a solemn Mass to mark the establishment of the new Oratory. Bishop Brennan has appointed Canon Andreas Hellmann, who celebrated the 25th anniversary of his priestly ordination earlier this year, as the Oratory’s first Rector.

stitute Opens St. Josaphat Oratory in Bayside, New YorkAt the invitation of the Most Reverend Robert Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, the Institute of Christ the King has been entrusted with St. Josaphat’s in the Bayside neighborhood of Queens.On November 9, the Prior General of the Institute, Monsignor Gilles Wach, celebrated a solemn Mass to mark the establishment of the new Oratory. Bishop Brennan has appointed Canon Andreas Hellmann, who celebrated the 25th anniversary of his priestly ordination earlier this year, as the Oratory’s first Rector.