This week, the paths diverged for two New York City churches — one reopened and one stayed closed. But they have shared a tragic fate, together losing at least 134 members of their mostly Hispanic congregations to the coronavirus.
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“It’s great to see you again — you should give yourselves a round of applause,” said the pastor, the Rev. Rick Beuther. Saint Peter’s officials say 60 members of the congregation — which numbered about 800 before the pandemic — have died of COVID-19, almost all of them part of the community of some 400 who attend services in Spanish.
“They’ve been through a nuclear-like experience. ... Most of their families are in another place, and they’re coming to a church again that is like their second home,” Beuther said. Saint Bartholomew’s known COVID-19 death toll among parishioners is 74, a count based on emails from community members since March. But Beuther said they haven’t spoken with everyone in the large congregation, and he fears dozens more may have died.
“Saint Peter’s Church has been a holy example of how our buildings may be closed, but our church has always been open,” said Bishop Paul Egensteiner, who oversees New York City-area congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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