Mary of Nazareth Parish (Brooklyn)
The Church of the Sacred Heart at 41 Adelphi Street in Brooklyn, New York was founded in 1871.
History
Sacred Heart
The church began in an old primary school building on Vanderbilt Avenue, which Rev. Thomas f. McGivern remodeled. He said the first mass on December 3, 1871. He then purchased property between Adelphi and Clermont Streets. Bishop of Brooklyn, John Loughlin laid the cornerstone on May 10, 1872. The church was dedicated in June 1877.[1] The organ, installed in 1877, is one of the last large and intact Jardines extant in New York City; it was the organ repaired and restored in 2001.[2]
One of the first official acts of newly appointed Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell was the conferring of Confirmation on 600 individuals on May 18, 1892.[3]
Sacred Heart Academy was founded by pastor John F. Nash and opened on September 7, 1888. The parish, which in 1871 had 600 parishioners, numbered 6,000 by 1914.[1]
Church of St. Michael and St. Edward
The parishes of St. Michael and St. Edward merged in 1942 to form the Parish of St. Michael and St. Edward located at 108 St. Edwards Street.
St. Michael the Archangel
St. Michael the Archangel was founded in 1891 as an Italian national parish. The first pastor was Rev. Pasquale de Nisco. In 1905 Rev. Joachim Garafalo opened Immaculate Conception kindergarten in a house on Front St. The original St. Michael's was built in 1848 as a Baptist Church. It was converted into a Catholic church in 1880 by Polish residents of the area. As the neighborhood changed, it then served a predominantly Italian-speaking congregation. In 1913 Rev. Joseph R. Agrella began construction of a new church.[4] In 1942, St. Michael's was merged with St. Edward.
St. Edward the Confessor
St. Edward the Confessor was established in 1891 due to overcrowding at St. James, Our Lady of Mercy, and Sacred Heart, on the corner of Canton and Divisions Streets. Canton was renamed St. Edwards Street, and Division St. Leo Place, after Pope Leo XIII. Work on the Romanesque Revival church, designed by John J. Deery progressed slowly and was completed in 1906.[5] It was constructed of gray brick trimmed with terra cotta. During construction, mass was held in the completed roofed basement.
References
- ^ a b Lafort, Remigius. "Sacred Heart, Brooklyn, /n.Y.", The Catholic Church in the United States, New York. The Catholic Editing Company, 1914, p. 585
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Church of the Sacred Heart", NYC AGO
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XII. New York: James T. White & Company. 1904.
- ^ Lafort, p. 573.
- ^ Lafort, p. 551.
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