Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholic Church - Brooklyn (NY)

Wanda Thompson My home church. People are warm and friendly. Great spirit!

katie dwyer Walking through the doors to the choir was what I imagine Heaven to be like. I was brought up Catholic, but after truly giving my life to Christ I felt uneasy in my spirit while in Catholic mass. I felt too much idolatry and its repetitive nature felt like just going through the motions. At First Baptist I truly felt the presence of God his children here. I was moved to tears multiple times during their Father’s day service. I was greeted by many members and welcomed with open arms. It truly feels like a tight knit community and everything I have been yearning for in a church. Blessed to find this home.

Phoebe Yarbray I really enjoyed myself. The secretary is a really sweet humble and authentic person. She showed our cast so much love.

Cmw Cmw This is truly the place to be if you are looking for a church where you can/will experience the move of God, you can learn and grow in your Christian walk, I am so thankful to be a part of such a wonderful place of worship where the praises go up & the blessings come down! Bishop Hezekiah Walker our founder, & leader of the Love Fellowship Tabernacle the Kingdom Church, Is a true Man of God what he preach/ teach is biblical, its truth and as he follows Jesus Christ...I will follow him.

Ayita Barackin I Attend The Open Door Church As A Girl. My Family Lived In Those Projects & Thats The Church We Attended As As A Family. Ms Stamford was Our Leader In Girl Scouts, So Was Ms Fletcher I Learned So Much From This Church As A Child Growing Into A Teenager Into A Young Lady. Thank You To The Most High & The Open Door Church.

Connor Burruss A truly beautiful church as well a beautiful Mass. Fr. Smith and the parishioners were incredibly welcoming as well.

shelly yastagirl Im graceful for what they do times are hard so there help and what they do for the community is appreciated.

Baub Bidon If you value sincerety, integrity and a place where everyone is welcome, this is the place for your soul. If you feel that you are too saved and sin free, to sit amongst sinners... then, this might not be for you. But if you would like to enter, then the doors are always open. This Pastor, is one of the Greatest Person of God to ever set foot on a pulpit, Preach and Speak with the Hard Loving and Honest TRUTH.

M T I still miss St. Teresa of Avila. I was the Director of Music & Liturgy there for 16 years (1992-2008)...music director(organist-cantor-choirmaster 16 years & liturgist 13 years). Some of the most beautiful and exquisite pictorial stained glass windows anywhere in greater NYC. The late Fr. Don Kavanagh told me they were appraised in early 1990s & just the side windows worth over a million dollars back then. One of the great church architect, Patrick Charles Keely, designs. It was altered many times, with the front open portico added & then enclosed as church vestibule. Bits art deco added so it became a mix of designs. It has a rich history. The church originally had not one but two pipe organs, one in front and the big Midmer gallery organ which was replaced by a truly wonderful Casavant in 1934, with a small keyboard attached for playing the 10 tower bells from the Meneely Bros. Foundry of Troy, NY. The carillon at West Point was fashioned after St. Teresas tower bells. The Commandant visited and was so taken with the St. Teresa bells that he asked that they be model for West Points bells. The organ was placed back into the care and curatorship of Casavant in 1996 and prior to my departure, we were close to a full restoration of this beautiful organ, under the pastorship of the wonderful Fr. Tom Ahern. Sadly, he was transferred & less than a year later, I was gone. I hope and pray the organ and that gorgeous church have been receiving care, restoration and renovation since becoming part of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. I have so many, many fond memories of too many folks to list, but the late Fr. Don Kavanaugh, Fr. Phil Pizzo (retired) who become a kind and loyal friend, and the amazing and very, very kind Fr. Tom Ahern, also the late great St. Teresa School principal, Dr. Ken Cottrell. I enjoy socializing many times with him and Fr. Pizzo. So many lovely and wonderful people there during my 16 years. How I miss it and that beautiful pipe organ. Ive forgotten the names, but each tower bell was cast with the name of a saint and a scripture passage, the largest bell being the St. Teresa of Avila bell. I hope they got the bells & tower clock restored and bells singing again. It was a joy to play them for weddings and feasts and the sad knell of the St. Teresa Bell for funerals and solemn times. The church is worth a visit to see the unique architecture and, most especially the gorgeous windows. In the vestibule area where the choir door is, there are two visible and two not visible non-religious ornamental stained glass windows that are stunning. They are the same design but each in different color palate. Also on the front wall of the vestibule & what was originally the baptistry (religious articles & book shop when I was there) are other glorious stained glass windows.

Sofia Rivkin-Haas Very welcoming place! Lovely service.