Bronx Catholic: Our Saviour, Washington Ave. at E. 183 St.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Our Saviour, Washington Ave. at E. 183 St.

To enlarge any photo, please click on the photo.

See pages 472 and 474 for the parish of Our Savior, East 183 Street and Washington Avenue, in 1911. The present church dates from 1914. The rectory address is 2317 Washington Ave., Bronx NY 10458, telephone 718-295-9600. A website is under construction at this link, and it already shows strengths and information. At that website, the top left tab is particularly useful as it lists past and present bulletins, each available as a pdf file. Look for the current year (as -14) at the end of the date, then select the month and available issues.
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The bulletin of January 19, 2014, is the four-page sheet distributed this past Sunday at Mass. It highlights the Scripture of the Day (John's, "Behold the lamb of God .."), Mass and devotional schedules, one tweet from Pope Francis, several "tweets to God," and the parish itinerary of La Virgen de Altagracia, patroness of the Dominican Republic, and La Virgen de Suyapa, patroness of Honduras.
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In some lists, the name "savior" is spelled "saviour." The 2008 Official Catholic Directory shows no school. The priests are Yarumal Missionaries, M.X.Y., a Society of Apostolic Life founded in Colombia in 1927.
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Note that land in The Bronx was already so scarce that the church is within the school. When the above photo was taken in late 2009, the school floors, presumably above the church, were rented to a public school. Five stained glass windows of the church can be seen by enlarging the photo.
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A grandfather of a friend of mine was a young man in this parish when its pastor, the famous Father Francis P. Duffy, became chaplain of "The Fighting 69th" and went off to the Mexican border during the fight with Pancho Villa (1916?). It is said that the young man was with this regiment there.
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A comment follows:

franchot Richard said...: I plan on coming to NYC in April or May of this year. The memories of Ol continue to flood my mind and I did have some very nice memories of that school. I especially remember Frank Augart, Raymond Maldonado Patricia MCclave, Tony Spano, Robert Ross, David Smiley, Sister Rose Anthony,Sister Norbert, Sister Jerome, Father Carway, Father Sullivan, Mrs Ritter. I look forward to hopefully seeing some of these people again. I still remember some of the words to the school song, wow!!

January 18, 2012 at 10:49 AM

2 comments:

Kate said...: I attended the school from 1953 to 1961. There was a large picture of Father Duffy at the top of the first flight of stairs. He was in his WWI Army uniform. There was a famous movie out called The Fighting Sixty ninth which was Father Duffy's outfit and he was a prominent character in the movie. The parish was proud to have been founded by such a famous person.; September 28, 2017 at 11:13 PM
Michael Kerrs said...: I went to Our Savior from 1950 to 1958. I remember the photo of Father Duffy. I lived on 180 Street and Washington Avenue and would walk to school every day with my friends. This period in the local community life was one big melting pot.

In post World War II, the economy was booming and life was filled with promise. Our Savior was a springboard for all of us to explore the future possibilities. Most of my friends went on to Catholic High Schools, I went to Cardinal Hayes, H.S.

I eventually graduated from Pace University and had an extraordinary career working for IBM and Verizon in the U.S. and abroad.

Everything I have achieved started right here during my wonderful early years at Our Savior.

Michael Kerrs; February 6, 2021 at 3:06 PM