page_title: Church of St. Luke in the Fields
section_title: Activism
hierarchical_section_title: Church of St. Luke in the Fields / Activism
caption_attribution_description: This photo is of Wikis Take Manhattan goal code F4, Church of St. Luke in the Fields, Greenwich Village.
context_page_description: The Church of St. Luke in the Fields is an Episcopal church located at 487 Hudson Street between Christopher and Barrow Streets at the intersection of Grove Street in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The church was constructed in 1821-22 and has been attributed to both John Heath, the building contractor, and James N. Wells.
  The church is affiliated with the St. Luke's School, an elementary school located on the same block. Both are located within the Greenwich Village Historic District, designated in 1969.
context_section_description: For many years, the church distributed bread to the poor after the 10am service on Saturdays.  This "Leake Dole of Bread" was provided for in the will of John Leake.
  Starting in the 1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic deeply affected the Village community, hitting the congregation hard. The AIDS Project of St. Luke's was founded in 1987, providing Saturday dinner and weekend teas to tens of thousands of afflicted persons. One of the priests ministering to AIDS patients then was former actress Molly McGreevey.  St. Luke's is actively involved with the gay and lesbian community, participating with its own contingent at the annual Gay Pride March. Every year, the church also holds a Festive Choral Evensong after the Pride March.
caption: A close-up of the tower
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