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St. Benedict the Moor Church (New York City)

St. Benedict the Moor Church was a Black Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of New York, located at 342 West 53rd Street, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan (Clinton), New York City. The property was sold to a developer in 2023. Parish In 1883 a Black Catholic mission parish named after St. Benedict the Moor was established, based on a $5,000 bequest by Fr Thomas Farrell to serve the African-American community in Lower Manhattan; his will and testament specified that if the Catholic Church was unable to spend funds for this purpose, it would instead go to the Protestant Colored Orphan Asylum. It was the first church in the city for black Catholics and the first north of the Mason–Dixon line. In 1892, the parish took over the former Third Universalist Church at 210 Bleecker Street, at a time when many African Americans lived in southern Manhattan. It renamed that church for its parish. Upon leaving the church on Bleecker Street, the building became occupied by Our Lady of Pompeii Church. Fr Augustus Tolton, the first openly-Black Catholic priest in the United States, celebrated his first Mass in America at this parish in 1886. A little over a decade later, the first openly-Black Catholic seminarian, William Augustine Williams (who entered the seminary in Rome in 1853 and departed in 1862), became the parish sacristan. As the black population moved north, in 1898 the parish took over the former Second German Church of the Evangelical Association at 342 W. 53rd Street in Hell's Kitchen, renaming it as St. Benedict the Moor Church. More change came by the end of the next two decades. In the 1920s, many of the parishioners moved with other African Americans to Harlem, which became a center of African-American life. After 1953, the church was staffed by Spanish friars of the Third Order of Saint Francis and was rededicated in 1954. The parish was later reduced to mission status, and is maintained by members of the new Lumen Christi congregation. Although recommended for closure during an initial review, the Archdiocese announced on January 19, 2007, that the church would retain its parish status. On June 30, 2017, the church was deconsecrated. It was sold to a developer in 2023. Buildings The Italianate-style red brick pedimented church was built in 1869, designed by R.C. McLane & Sons for the Second German Church of the Evangelical Association. A three-storey rectory at 338–342 West 53rd Street was built in 1965 to the designs of Joseph Mitchell, of 355 West 54th Street, for $220,000. That rectory reused the statue of the Virgin Mary with outstretched arms from the church. References
St. Catherine of Siena Church (New York City)

The Church of St. Catherine of Siena is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 411 East 68th Street, Manhattan, New York City. The parish was developed from that of St. Vincent Ferrer in 1896. It is staffed by the Dominican Fathers. The church built a two-story convent and penthouse at 416 East 69th Street, built 1957 to designs by Starrett & Van Vleck of 267 Fifth Avenue for $100,000 ($1,150,000 in current dollar terms). On May 8, 2015, the Archdiocese of New York announced the merger of parishes between St Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena Church. Both churches remain open. References
Church of St. Catherine of Genoa (Manhattan)

The Church of St. Catherine of Genoa is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 504 West 153rd Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The AIA Guide to New York City calls the gabled church "a unique star" of the Hamilton Heights neighborhood. History The parish was established in 1887 from Annunciation and St. Elizabeth parishes south and north of it. Services were held in a local movie theater until a church could be built. The church was constructed between 1889 and 1890 in an Eclectic style, to the designs by Thomas H. Poole. The design is particularly marked by the building's wide crow-stepped gable and ogee-headed openings, very similar to Poole's more compact Our Lady of Good Counsel (1892), and a predecessor to Poole's grander-scaled St. Thomas the Apostle in Harlem, now closed. The facade is "golden-hued brick", and the building features a "deep porch sheltered by a bracketed entryway." School A parish school run by the Sisters of Mercy, opened in 1910. In 1937 the Rev. John J. Brady had a four-story brick schoolhouse built at 508-510 West 153rd Street to designs by Jules Lewis known as the Annex, it opened in 1938. In 1946, all classes were consolidated in the Annex and the original school became Bishop Dubois High School. The parish school finally closed in 2006. Rectory The rectory next door at 506 West 153rd Street was built c.1926. Parish The parishioners of St. Catherine of Genoa were Irish immigrants when the church was established. Today there is a mix of African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Haitians. Services are held in English, Spanish, French and Haitian/Creole. References External links Media related to Church of St. Catherine of Genoa (Manhattan) at Wikimedia Commons
Église Sainte-Cécile de New York

L'église Saint-Cécile (St. Cecilia Church en anglais) est une église paroissiale de l'archidiocèse de New York aux États-Unis. Elle est située à Manhattan à New York. Elle a été construite de 1883 à 1887. La paroisse rattachée à l'église a été érigée en 1873. De 1939 à 2007, les services religieux de l'église étaient exécutés par les pères rédemptoristes. En 1984, l'église ainsi que le couvent ont été classés dans le Registre national des lieux historiques des États-Unis. Description L'église Sainte-Cécile est sise sur la 106e Rue à Manhattan à New York. Il s'agit d'une église en briques et terra cotta conçue par l'architecte Napoléon Le Brun Histoire La paroisse Sainte-Cécile a été érigée en 1873 à partir de la paroisse Saint-Paul (en). La première église paroissiale a été consacrée le 20 août 1873. En 1881, un terrain a été acheté sur la 106e Rue pour la construction d'une nouvelle église. La pierre angulaire a été posée le 9 septembre 1883. La construction a été achevée en 1877. L'ancienne église a été donnée à une autre paroisse. Le 27 novembre 1887, la nouvelle église a été consacrée par l'archevêque Michael Corrigan. En 1984, l'église ainsi que le couvent ont été classés dans le Registre national des lieux historiques des États-Unis. En novembre 2014, l'archidiocèse de New York a annoncé que la paroisse de la Sainte-Agonie (en) allait être fusionnée à la paroisse Sainte-Cécile. Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « St. Cecilia Church and Convent (New York City) » (voir la liste des auteurs). Annexes Article connexe Archidiocèse de New York Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : Registre national des lieux historiques Ressource relative à la religion : GCatholic.org Portail de l’architecture chrétienne Portail du catholicisme Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail de New York
St. Charles Borromeo Church (New York City)

The Church of St. Charles Borromeo is a parish in the Archdiocese of New York, located at 211 West 141st Street in Manhattan, New York City. It was part of the Harlem Vicariate. The parish was established in 1888. On May 8, 2015, the parish was merged with that of All Saints Church. Buildings In 1892, the address listed for the church was at 2660 8th Ave. The church was built to the designs of George H. Streeton Pastor C. J. Drew had a four-story parish school at 216-228 West 142nd Street built in 1961 to designs by the architectural firm of Greenberg & Ames of 303 Park Avenue. History In 1962, part of the public housing project that was under construction adjacent to the church was named in honor of Pastor C. J. Drew; it is now called the Drew-Hamilton Houses. Eddie Bonnemère performed his "Missa Hodierna" at the church in 1966, the first ever Jazz Mass in a US Catholic church. Emerson J. Moore succeeded Father Edward Dugan as pastor in 1975, becoming its first African-American pastor. Moore became the first Black monsignor in the United States in 1978. In 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed Moore a bishop and vicar of the Black community, after visiting the parish personally three years earlier. References
St. Clements Roman Catholic Church (Saratoga Springs, New York)

St. Clement's Parish is a Roman Catholic parish in Saratoga Springs, New York in the United States under the authority of the Diocese of Albany. Founded under the patronage of Clemens Mary Hofbauer and was staffed by clergy of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists) from its founding in 1917 until 2018. History In 1916, the parish of St. Peter's, which had been established in 1834 to serve the whole of Saratoga Springs, was split along Broadway. The new parish of St. Clement's was formally opened the following year, when the first Catholic Mass in the parish church was celebrated on opening day, October 14, 1917. Bishop Edmund Gibbons dedicated the church, and thus the parish, to Clement Maria Hofbauer on November 25, 1918. Masses were originally held in the basement of nearby St. Clements School. The parish serves Catholics on the East Side of the City of Saratoga Springs, as well as in the neighboring Town of Wilton. St. Clement's created the mission church of St. Therese in Gansevoort out of the local Grange hall in 1965; the first Mass was celebrated there on September 18, 1966. After fifty years at its original location, a new building was constructed at its current location and opened in 1967, the 50th anniversary of the parish's foundation. School The Catholic school is first mentioned in parish records in August 1918. The school operated the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who lived in nearby buildings until a convent was constructed in 1931. St. Clement's Regional Catholic School continues to serve Pre-Kindergarten through fifth grade. The current principal is Jane Kromm. References External links Official website St. Clement's Regional Catholic School website
St. Dominic's Church (Bronx)

The Church of St. Dominic is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 1739 Unionport Road, Van Nest, Bronx, New York City. History The parish was established in 1927. The Romanesque Revival was built 1925 to the designs of Bronx-native architect Anthony J. DePace of the firm DePace & Juster. In 2007 the administration of the parishes of Our Lady of Solace Church (Bronx) and St. Dominic's merged forming a single parish with two churches. In May 2011, two of the three bells were removed in order to service the wooden supports which were waterlogged and had seepage problems. The goal is to replace the wooden supports and return the bells to their original location. The expected restoration cost of the bells is estimated at $30,000. The former convent was renovated to become the parish's Faith Formation Center. In keeping with tradition, the Morris Park Community Association hosted a breakfast at St. Dominic’s on Sunday, October 7, 2018 prior to the start of that year’s Bronx Columbus Day Parade. School The parish school was among 27 slated to be closed by Archbishop Dolan in the Archdiocese of New York as announced on 11 January 2011. The school, after 59 years was closed at the end of June 2011 resulting in its student body having to transfer to other local Catholic schools. See also Our Lady of Solace Church (Bronx) References External links Website of Our Lady of Solace - St. Dominic Parish
St. Dominic High School (Oyster Bay, New York)

St. Dominic High School is a private Catholic high school in Oyster Bay, New York. It is located within the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Background St. Dominic High School was established on September 10, 1928, by Rev. Charles J. Canivan, following the establishment of St. Dominic Elementary School September 8, 1924. Campus The campus consists of four buildings: Canivan and Marian Hall, the New Science building, and a gymnasium complete with three basketball courts. Classrooms are located in Canivan and Marian Hall, while the cafeteria and auditorium are located in Canivan Hall. Outdoor athletic fields with an estimated value of US$23,000,000 were donated by Charles Wang and consist of baseball, softball, lacrosse, and soccer fields, plus tennis courts nearby in Muttontown. The school also shares the street with St. Dominic's Church and a smaller chapel. Athletics St. Dominic High School offers the following teams: BOYS: Basketball, Bowling, Football, Baseball, Tennis, Soccer, Cross Country, Winter and Spring Track, Golf, Lacrosse GIRLS: Basketball, Softball, Bowling, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Lacrosse, Volleyball, Cross Country, Winter and Spring Track, Cheerleading. Boys New York State Federation High School Basketball Championships: 1980 (Class C), 1997 (Class B) Boys New York State CHSAA Championships: 1996 Girls New York State Federation High School Basketball Championships: 1989, 1996 (Class B), 2003 (Class D) Girls New York State CHSAA Championships: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003 Notable alumni Reiss Knehr, (born 1996), professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Lt. Joseph Mawad (March 19, 1998 - January 6, 2021.)Texas A&M Football, (Hero of Newburgh) Tim Kempton (born 1964), former (NBA) Basketball player. Jim Moran (born 1978), professional basketball player Todd Hodne (1959–2020), former Penn State Nittany Lions football linebacker and convicted rapist, robber and murderer. Rick Pitino (born 1952), Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as a coach Ralph Willard (born 1946), coached St. Dominic High School Basketball, 1973 to 1985. Mike Morgan (born 1978), 2018 & 2019 National Championship head coach at Merrimack College (Lacrosse) Jay Hernandez (born 1978), Assistant Coach - NBA Brooklyn Nets References External links School website
St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church (Oyster Bay, New York)

The Church of St. Dominic is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, in Oyster Bay, New York. The parish was founded in the late nineteenth century. History This Gothic style granite building was first dedicated on Thanksgiving Day in 1897. The first resident Pastor of the Oyster Bay Catholic congregation, Rev. John Belford, had much to celebrate on Thanksgiving Day in 1897. It was on that day that he dedicated the completion of this beautiful gothic style granite church. It would seat almost twice as many parishioners as their first church building, a wood-frame structure which still exists as a private house on Summit Street. The new church had been finished in under a year, with a ground breaking in May and a November dedication. Construction had been no easy task, however; besides the many loads of giant timbers needed for the 40-foot vaulted ceiling, huge granite blocks quarried in Greenwich, Connecticut, had to be transported by barge across Long Island Sound and then hauled by horse drawn sled up the hill. This site, the highest in Oyster Bay, looked down on the village and the Sound, and when the golden cross was put atop the 33-foot spire, it was said that on a clear day you could see it shining from the shores of Connecticut. The original porte cochere affords a covered entrance to the chapel, and inside one can still listen to the original pipe organ. It is one of only three of its kind in the United States, an American-made Hook and Hastings Opus Tracker organ, built in 1901. The gothic interior features dark wood beams which in the 1950s were elaborately hand painted and accented with gold. Intricate stained glass, depicting biblical scenes, graces the windows, while floral art nouveau panels are featured in the entryway. The original altar is inlaid with mother of pearl tiles and jewel-like glass works which although not signed, are believed by many to have been made by Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose estate, Laurelton Hall was once in Oyster Bay Cove. The large stained glass windows on the front of the chapel facing the street had to be replaced after they were blown out by the Great New England Hurricane of 1938. St. Dominic's Roman Catholic Church has expanded greatly since that Thanksgiving Day over a century ago. In 1922, they established a grammar school and in 1928, a high school. To accommodate their growing congregation, in 1968, Fr. James E. Collins (Pastor) broke ground on a large contemporary church building, located across the street from this one. The current Pastor is Rev. Msgr. Thomas More Coogan and the Associate Pastor is Rev. Joseph Lettieri Today St. Dominic's six acre campus has eleven different buildings, including schools, offices, a sports complex, a rectory, a seminary and of course the two churches. See also Oyster Bay History Walk List of Town of Oyster Bay Landmarks National Register of Historic Places listings in Nassau County, New York References External links Oyster Bay Main Street Association - St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church

The Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary was a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 211 East 83rd Street, between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. St. Elizabeth's was founded by Slovakian immigrants on the Lower East Side in 1891, and the Upper East Side building was completed in 1918. The Archdiocese of New York issued a decree to close the church on June 30, 2017. History St. Elizabeth's was founded by Slovakian immigrants on the Lower East Side, with the first Mass celebrated on April 26, 1891, in the basement of St. Brigid's Church on 8th Street and Avenue B. The first church building was located 345 East 4th Street, which hosted its first Mass on August 7, 1892. A special feature of The New York Times in 1901, mentioned the church, listed as "the Hungarian church," among other Catholic structures on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, describing the group "for the most part...limit[ing] themselves to the functions of a parish church, in districts where social needs are otherwise supplied." Without comment on other facilities attached. As parishioners relocated, it became necessary to move the parish. The former Second Emmanuel Lutheran Church church on East 83rd Street, built in 1892, became the new home for St. Elizabeth's on June 7, 1917. It underwent several expansions in the following decades. As the local Slovak population declined later in the 20th century, Cardinal Cooke redesignated it as a church for the deaf Catholics of New York on July 1, 1980. In November 2014, the Archdiocese announced that the Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary was one of 31 neighborhood parishes which would be merged into other parishes. St. Elizabeth of Hungary and St. Stephen of Hungary were to be merged into the Church of St. Monica at 413 East 79th Street. The Archdiocese of New York issued a decree to close the church on June 30, 2017. This decision, along with the earlier decision to merge, was appealed to the Vatican by parishioners. While the appeals were still pending, the property was contracted for sale for $11.8M by the Diocese to Robert Saffayeh Development in 2024. Removal of religious items from the church began on May 28, 2024. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission had considered designating the church as a landmark but ultimately declined to do so. Building The 2010 edition of the AIA Guide to New York City neglects to mention an architect, describing the Gothic Revival church as "a classy, spired neo-Gothic exterior, but the treat is within: ascent the stairs to view a just heavenly groin-vaulted ceiling painted in the colors of Ravenna's mosaics." References External links Church of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary official site
St. Frances de Chantal's Church (Bronx)

The Church of St. Frances de Chantal is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Harding Avenue at Throggs Neck Blvd., Bronx, New York City. The parish was established in 1927. The present Brutalist-style church structure was built 1971 to designs by Paul W. Reilly. Colorful chunks of stained glass are set directly into the concrete in the style of the then-contemporary European post-war stained-glass work. Larry Lawton was once an altar boy there. The abstract style stained glass in the church was designed by Albinas Elksus. Correct spelling is Albinas Elskus. [1926-2007] Clergy and Staff Rev. Stephen A. Asomah - Administrator Rev. Dennis Iddamalgoda, O.M.I. - Parochial Vicar Rev. Michael McDonnell, OFM - Weekend Assistant Deacon George Coppola Sr. Joan Marie O’Leary, O.P. - Pastoral Associate Ms. Christi Chiapetti - Cantor/Coordinator of Religious Education References
St. Frances of Rome's Church (Bronx)

The Church of St. Frances of Rome is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 4307 Barnes Avenue Bronx, New York City. The parish was established in 1898. The current building, built on the foundation of the older cruciform church, was dedicated in 1967 by Francis Cardinal Spellman. Its architect was Paul W. Reilly of 393 Seventh Avenue, New York City, New York 10001. It opened with a new pipe organ made by the Delaware Organ Company. Its name honors St. Frances of Rome. References External links The Catholic Parishes of Wakefield: St Frances of Rome Rectory
St. Francis Xavier Church (Manhattan)

St. Francis Xavier Church is a Catholic parish at 30–36 West 16th Street, between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. It is administered by the Society of Jesus. History The original church parish was founded in 1851 by Jesuits from the village of Fordham. Its original sanctuary, designed by William Rodrigue, was the scene of a panic on March 8, 1877, when someone shouted "Fire!" in the church during Mass; seven people died. This church was torn down in 1878. Second church The cornerstone of the new church parish was laid in May 1878 on land immediately to the west of the old parish building. Built over the next four years, the current parish building has been in use since 1882. Designed by Irish-born architect Patrick Charles Keely in a "Roman Basilica" style, the church has a Neo-baroque exterior with a façade of bluish-gray granite quarried from Monson, Massachusetts, by the W.N. Flynt Granite Co. The main entrance is sheltered by a arcaded portico. The stained-glass windows in a pre-Raphaelite style are by the Morgan brothers, frequent collaborators of Keely. The church was dedicated by Archbishop Michael Corrigan on December 3, 1882. The jazz artist Mary Lou Williams first performed Black Christ of the Andes, based around a hymn in honor of the Peruvian saint Martin de Porres, and two other short works, Anima Christi and Praise the Lord, in November 1962 at St. Francis Xavier.. A campaign for the extensive restoration and preservation of St. Francis Xavier Church began in 2001 and was completed in 2010 under the direction of EverGreene Architectural Arts and Thomas A. Fenniman, architect. See also Xavier High School (New York City) References External links Official website