The Catholic Underground on Long Island is on Friday, October 24th and November 14th. Starting in December it will be the fourth Friday of every month until May. It starts at 7:00 pm with Adoration in the Church for about an hour, followed by featured artists performances in the Church's hall downstairs directly below the Church starting at about 8:20 pm. and ending at 10:00 p.m.

Catholic Underground © is a direct response to a call
that began with Pope John Paul II, and is continued by
Pope Benedict XVI. JPII said that because the Gospel
lives in conversation with culture, we must be
fearless in crossing cultural threshold of the
communication and information revolution now taking
place.

The first part of the evening is Eucharistic
adoration, and begins with Vespers (Evening Prayer).
This is the universal prayer of the Church - prayed by
the Catholics throughout the world in every time
zone and in every language. After Vespers, there is a
time of simple praise. This provides a window for each
person to personally encounter Jesus Christ. The
beauty of the darkened Church illumined by candles
helps us enter the mystery of our Lord's presence in
the Eucharist. The holy hour ends with solemn
Benediction.

The second part showcases Catholic artists. Here we
experience the “new evangelization”. The Underground
includes music, poetry, visual art, dancers, film,
drama, etc.

We end our evening as we began. With the prayer of the
Church. Compline (Night Prayer) is simple and
beautiful. It concludes with a hymn to Our Lady,
Daughter of Zion. Mother of the New Jerusalem.