tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23978570001715617822024-03-10T20:24:06.775-07:00Bronx CatholicThis is an attempt to index references to The Bronx in "The Archdiocese of New York: the Bicentennial History," a marvelous 624-page book written by Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley. The 2007 book may still be available on Amazon or other book dealers. Use the alphabetic list of labels to the right or the search box at top left. The blog format places new posts at the top, but I also edit old posts with new photos from my travels around The Bronx.
Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-70475214372271479082024-02-22T14:19:00.000-08:002024-02-25T15:08:49.143-08:00Visitation church, sold and demolished<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Visitation church on Van Cortlandt Park South was sold and demolished in 2023, according to this article in the Riverdale Press. </span></p><p><a href="https://www.riverdalepress.com/stories/van-cortlandt-church-property-fetches-29-million,80028"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.riverdalepress.com/stories/van-cortlandt-church-property-fetches-29-million,80028</span></a></p><p>For photos of the now-demolished buildings, please see <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2397857000171561782/5082645937491801225">this link.</a></p><p><br /></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-44327730365764289382024-01-17T18:33:00.000-08:002024-01-18T12:07:34.473-08:00Moving the chancery in 2025<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Linked below is a message from Cardinal Timothy Dolan about moving the archdiocesan offices now at 1011 First Avenue to an office building at 488 Madison Avenue, close to the cathedral and the Cardinal's residence. Cathedral High School for Girls has already moved to 116 East 97th Street, behind the church of St. Francis de Sales. The Cardinal's announcement says nothing about the parish church of Saint John the Evangelist, which has been inside the East 55th Street portion of 1011 First Avenue since about 1973. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>---</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Both 1011 First Avenue and 488 Madison Avenue are huge. I presume that the archdiocese will need less space, maybe a floor or two. As the Look Building, 488 Madison was built in 1949 with 447,000 square feet on 23 stories. 1011 First Avenue has 20 stories and 398,214 square feet. I count <a href="https://archny.org/ministries-and-offices/">85 archdiocesan departments</a> headquartered at 1011 First Avenue</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>---</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>In 1948, the archdiocese purchased three of the four Villard houses at at 455 Madison Avenue for a chancery. As an 8th grader in the fall of 1949, I got dressed there as an imitation Columban Father to participate in Mission Sunday. We then filed along East 50th Street, boy "missionaries" next to faux religious sisters in various child-size habits, as my Dad took at least one photo, now lost. It was the Religious of Jesus and Mary (RJM) from Kingsbridge who provided the cassock I wore. A girl classmate was in a RJM imitation habit. Twenty years later, some religious sisters, looking for a dispensation from vows, went to the Villard House for a required interview with a cleric. The archdiocese leased the Villard House property when it built 1011 First Avenue about 1973. The Villard House and its tall new building have had several renters or owners and different hotel names over the past fifty years. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://thegoodnewsroom.org/cardinal-dolan-announces-relocation-of-new-york-catholic-center/">https://thegoodnewsroom.org/cardinal-dolan-announces-relocation-of-new-york-catholic-center/</a></b></span></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-58201772455543491532023-09-17T08:20:00.003-07:002023-09-18T15:59:30.766-07:00St. Ann, Bainbridge Avenue<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> The Norwood News of 9.14.2023.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Montefiore Hospital owns the former school of St. Ann on Bainbridge Avenue. It has now leased the school to a non-profit middle school. Please see the article linked below. Because the parish never got around to building a church, what is now a school gym was for years fitted out as a church.</span></b></p><p><a href="https://www.norwoodnews.org/norwood-charter-middle-school-opens-at-former-st-ann-site/">https://www.norwoodnews.org/norwood-charter-middle-school-opens-at-former-st-ann-site/</a></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-81816933419548855362023-08-27T13:17:00.001-07:002023-08-27T13:17:29.507-07:00Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools<p> <span style="font-size: large;">The Archdiocese of New York (seven counties), the Diocese of Brooklyn (two counties), and the Diocese of Rockville Centre (two counties) generally require the test offered on the website </span><a href="https://tachsinfo.com/" style="font-size: large;">https://tachsinfo.com/</a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">----</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The test is taken by computer at home. It costs $71. The student selects three high schools to which the testing company will send results. The test is apparently scheduled for early November, 2023. Apparently there is some way the downloaded program knows that is is the registered eighth grade student and not a learned grandma answering the test questions.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">---</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The abbreviated name for the test is TACHS. Much more information is at <a href="https://tachsinfo.com/">https://tachsinfo.com/</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-27717758472436169242023-04-05T08:00:00.007-07:002023-04-05T08:00:53.804-07:00Leasing space at St. Brendan's school<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">The NYC Board of Education has signed up with St. Brendan's parish to lease its school part-time for a charter school. The parish will be able to use it for religious education, apparently on weekends. Please see the Norwood News article linked <a href="https://www.norwoodnews.org/update-success-academy-charter-school-to-open-at-st-brendan-catholic-school-site/">HERE</a>.</span></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-57297616893929016582023-02-16T09:25:00.002-08:002023-02-16T13:55:13.680-08:00Twenty-four Catholic elementary schools in The Bronx<p> <b><span style="font-size: large;">The February 15, 2023, news of upcoming closures was severe, but a list of parish schools still providing elementary education shows strength. I will attempt to list by geography the twenty-four Catholic elementary schools of The Bronx open in September. If readers find errors, I will edit this post.</span></b></p><b><span style="font-size: large;">---</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Schools north of Fordham Road and Pelham Parkway:</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://smcsriverdale.org/">St. Margaret of Cortona</a>, West 260 St., Riverdale</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.stbarnabasschool.org/">St. Barnabas</a>, East 241 St., Woodlawn.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://sfabx.com/">St. Francis of Assisi</a>, Baychester Ave., Wakefield.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://school.stphilipneribronx.org/">St. Philip Neri</a>, Grand Concourse and East 202 St.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.olrbronx.com/">Our Lady of Refuge</a>, East 196th St., Fordham.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://holyrosaryschoolbronx.org/">Holy Rosary</a>, Arnow Ave., East Gun Hill Rd.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://olgschoolbronx.com/">Our Lady of Grace</a>, Bronxwood Ave.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.stlucys.org/">St. Lucy</a>, Mace Ave.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">---</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Schools south of Fordham Road and to the east.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.stsimonstockschool.org/">St. Simon Stock</a>, Valentine Ave., East 182 St.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.olmcsbronx.org/">Our Lady of Mount Carmel</a>, Bathgate Ave., East 188 St.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.stclareofassisischool.org/">St. Clare of Assisi</a> and St. Francis Xavier, 1911 Hone Ave., Morris Park, near the corner of Rhinelander Avenue. In other words, the merged schools will be at St. Clare's. This explanation comes from the St. Francis Xavier website.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.vma-ny.org/#">Villa Maria Academy</a>, Pelham Bay.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://sttheresaschoolbronx.org/homepage.htm">St. Theresa</a>, Pelham Bay.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.stbenedictschoolbx.org/">St. Benedict</a>, Throggs Neck.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://sfdchantalschool.org/">St Frances de Chantal</a>, Throggs Neck.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">---</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Schools south of Tremont Avenue:</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.shhighbridge.org/">Sacred Heart</a>, Highbridge.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://christthekingbronx.org/">Christ the King</a>, Grand Concourse, below 170 St.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.sjchrysostom.org/">St. John Chrysostom</a>, Hoe Ave. near East 166 St.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.straymondelementary.org/">St. Raymond</a>, East Tremont Ave.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://sthelenaelementary.org/">St. Helena</a>, Benedict Ave., Parkchester.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Elementary-School/Holy-Cross-School-Bronx-242688875754844/">Holy Cross</a>, Soundview</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.stathanasiusbronx.org/">St. Athanasius</a>, Southern Boulevard</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.stanselmbx.org/St_Anselm/Welcome.html">St. Anselm</a>, Tinton Ave., near East 152 St., Morrisania</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.icsfamily.org/">Immaculate Conception</a>, East 151 St., Melrose.</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Most of the above websites followed an archdiocesan template, but there seems to be inconsistency about how pre-K and UPK enrollments are included. High enrollment numbers may be bloated by high numbers in pre-K. More important for the survival are the grade-by-grade numbers, especially grades 2 to 8. The websites fail to disclose these numbers, just as many websites ignore tuition rates.</b></span><br />Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-66743147259950806052023-02-02T12:58:00.003-08:002023-02-02T12:58:49.367-08:00New address for donations to Catholic Relief Services<p> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">Mailed donations to Catholic Relief Services now go to a processing firm in the small city of Harlan, Iowa. Instead of Baltimore, the donation address is now Catholic Relief Services, Post Office Box 5202, Harlan, Iowa 51593-0702. This is a Hearst-owned corporation that handles incoming payments for many magazines and non-profit organizations.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-3440403991170205242022-12-03T13:41:00.000-08:002022-12-03T13:41:07.974-08:00The loss of Catholic print media<p> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pilot is the official weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, published from offices in Braintree, Massachusetts. On December 3, 2022, it published an article, "Loss of print media seen as posing challenges to U. S. church communications." The link to the thirty-paragraph analysis is <a href="http://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.php?ID=193718">HERE</a>.</span></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-18471559284943011342022-11-16T17:11:00.000-08:002022-11-16T17:11:01.047-08:00Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley, 1937-2022<p><span style="font-size: medium;">With sadness, I report the death of Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley, author of several books on the history of Catholics in the Archdiocese of New York. He died yesterday. The Mass of Christian Burial will take place at Ascension church, 221 West 107th Street, Manhattan, 10 a.m., Friday, November 18, 2022. Please see an encomium on the website of America Magazine, linked <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2022/11/15/cbc-column-thomas-shelley-historian-244149">HERE</a>.</span></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-38514539285997206052022-05-20T09:33:00.005-07:002022-05-21T10:09:23.617-07:00In Six Months, Catholic New York Gone<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Shocking and disappointing news arrived this morning. The archdiocese has announced the closure of the bimonthly (every other week) Catholic New York, which will cease publication in November.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Please see the link <a href="https://www.cny.org/stories/catholic-new-york-to-publish-last-issue-nov-17,23892">HERE</a>.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>About 1985 , the archdiocese established the weekly Catholic New York to replace the family-owned Catholic News. T</b></span><b style="font-size: large;">he Ridder family published the Catholic News since 1886, when it was founded by Herman Ridder. The Catholic News Publishing Co. of Mamaroneck still publishes an annual <a href="https://www.catholicguides.com/">Catholic Telephone Guide</a>, a valuable list of the parishes, schools, personnel and works of archdioceses and dioceses in vast metropolitan New York (New York, Newark, Bridgeport, Brooklyn, Rockville Centre, Camden, Trenton, Metuchen, Patterson).</b></p><p><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-88036024802501710012021-11-04T07:17:00.005-07:002021-11-20T16:52:58.360-08:00Appointment of deans<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yesterday, <a href="https://www.cny.org/stories/deans-appointed-in-the-archdiocese,23016">this list</a> was posted on Catholic New York. Msgr. John Graham has been named dean for the Bronx East, Fr. Enrique Salvo for Bronx West. However, Fr. Salvo has just been named rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral, news <a href="https://www.cny.org/stories/father-enrique-salvo-named-rector-of-st-patricks-cathedral,23024?">HERE</a>. He replaces Msgr. Robert Richie.</span></p>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-55658579529673261202020-07-09T11:39:00.000-07:002020-07-09T13:00:50.281-07:00Parish schools sudden closure 7.9.2020<b><span style="font-size: large;">Link to article in The Riverdale Press <a href="https://riverdalepress.com/stories/coronavirus-lack-of-attendance-closes-st-johns-school,72158">HERE</a>.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">St. John's, Kingsbridge Avenue</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Our Lady of the Assumption, Pelham Bay.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Sts. Philip and James, East 213th St. and Boston Road.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Nativity of Our Lady, Dyre Avenue</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">St. Luke, East 139th Street</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">St. Thomas Aquinas, West Farms</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The press release from the archdiocese is linked <a href="https://archny.org/20-catholic-schools-in-archdiocese-of-new-york-will-not-reopen-three-will-merge-in-wake-of-covid-19-pandemic/">HERE</a>.</span></b>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-34761761134256561972020-01-20T11:08:00.000-08:002020-01-20T17:44:51.008-08:00Apartments at St. Philip NeriCatholic Charities has received approval for two apartment houses on Villa Avenue, the street that runs behind the church and school of St. Philip Neri. Please see <a href="https://newyorkyimby.com/2020/01/permits-filed-for-3054-villa-avenue-in-jerome-park-the-bronx.html">this January, 2020, article</a> in New York Yimby.<br />
Old photos of St. Philip Neri parish are in this blog at <a href="https://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com/2011/08/st-philip-neri-bedford-park.html">St. Philip Neri</a>.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-83799011147492766832019-11-24T13:40:00.000-08:002019-11-24T13:40:02.615-08:00Superintendent of Schools Michael Deegan<b><span style="font-size: large;">Since September, 2019, the Superintendent of the Schools of the Archdiocese of New York has been <a href="https://catholicschoolsny.org/about-us/superintendent/">Michael J. Deegan</a>.</span></b>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-73346447044024476032019-11-24T05:09:00.001-08:002019-11-24T05:15:32.855-08:00Bronx CCD or religious education<b><span style="font-size: large;">Fifty-five Bronx parishes reported enrollment numbers for their religious education classes to the Official Catholic Directory 2019. However, about half the numbers were exact repeats of older numbers, therefore incredible.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Using such poor data, I counted 10,492 in parish religious ed programs, in addition to the 12,883 enrolled in Catholic elementary schools.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The five programs reporting the largest enrollment with reliable numbers were St. Barnabas (590 plus school), St. Joan of Arc (439, no school, a parish serving the Bronx River Houses on East 174th Street). St. Lucy (318 plus school), St. Nicholas of Tolentine (296), and Immaculate Conception Melrose (285, plus school). The median parish enrollment was 163 at St. Athanasius. The five lowest religious ed enrollments were at Nativity of Our Blessed Lady, Dyer Avenue (25 plus school, in a parish the archbishop attempted to close in 2015), 31 at St. Michael in vast Co-op City (43,700 residents), 34 at Sts. Philip and James, 36 at St. John Nam, 40 at Our Lady of Grace (plus school).</span></b>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-34825594683464476652019-11-23T18:15:00.000-08:002019-11-24T13:35:06.851-08:00Bronx elementary school statistics<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Bethpage NY public library has just purchased a copy of the Official Catholic Directory 2019. This analysis is based on the figures reported to the OCD, with two caveats. Some figures are unreliable, as the same enrollment appears yearly, and is obviously not updated. Also, if the enrollment numbers are bloated by Pre-K 3 and Universal Pre-Kindergarten, city-funded programs, I have yet to learn how many students are being added to the enrollment. Thirty-one of thirty-nine Catholic elementary schools participate, so there is a chance the bloat averages out.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">When the count was made (now two years stale?), there were about 12,883 students in the Bronx Catholic elementary schools. The top five schools were St. Raymond (802), Immaculate Conception Melrose (510), St. Lucy (480), St. Theresa (471) and St. Clare of Assisi (466). The median was St. John Chrysostom at 319.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The lowest enrollments were at St. Thomas Aquinas (188), Nativity of Our Blessed Lady, Dyer Avenue (194), Sts. Philip and James (225 pupils, on East 213th Street near Boston Road</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">), St. Luke, East 139th Street (232), and St. Margaret Mary (234).</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-55753515027474146632019-08-30T19:20:00.001-07:002020-10-28T09:21:47.275-07:00Bronx parish closures & mergers, 2015 in 2019<b><span style="font-size: large;">It is four years since Cardinal Timothy Dolan closed or merged many parishes in the seven counties of the Archdiocese of New York. This post will attempt to review the status of the changes in The Bronx. Remarkably, some parishes clearly mark their merger. In others, the merger is ignored, and little information is available on the closed parish. None that I know of have been sold. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I begin with recent appointments at some parishes. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Fr. Stephen Malanga, A. J., was appointed pastor of Holy Family - St. John Vianney - Blessed Sacrament near the Unionport neighborhood along Bruckner Boulevard. He joins two other priests from Africa residing in the Holy Family rectory on Watson Avenue. There are five weekend Masses at Blessed Sacrament, four at Holy Family, none at St. John Vianney. The large building of St. John Vianney parish school now carries the name of a charter school. For the Apostles of Jesus, please see <a href="http://www.apostlesofjesusmissionaries.com/about-us/">this link</a>.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Father Michael Kissane is back at St. Simon Stock as pastor, appointed July, 2019. St. Simon Stock lists four weekend Masses, and St. Joseph on Bathgate Avenue one bilingual (presumably Spanish and English) and one for the Catholic Ghana Community. However, the Ghana Catholics may have moved to St. Luke, East 138th Street.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">St. Pius V parish was merged with St. Rita of Cascia, but the St. Rita website does not mention the closed church.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Visitation church and school are closed. In 2018, the yard seemed to have been rented to a fleet of medical vans. Visitation appears on St. John's website.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The merger of two Riverdale parishes means one pastor, two or three assistants, but two churches with worship, two schools of maybe 300 students (counting Universal Pre-Kindergarten), and two schools of religion. The parish website is </span><a href="https://stmargaretofcortona-stgabriel.com/">https://stmargaretofcortona-stgabriel.com/</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>St. Gabriel's church, inside its school, is two miles south of St. Margaret of Cortona. It appears that the priests reside at St. Margaret.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>On 9.7.2019 I drove by St. Ann's closed church-inside-school on Bainbridge Avenue. It appears that the nearby Montefiore hospital uses the corner playground as a parking lot. The church/school and the rectory continue north from the lot, but no change is obvious. A paper sign is on the front door. Clicking on the photo will enlarge it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>On 9.21.2019, I found the sign below on the church of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady on East 233rd Street. At that time, there were Sunday Masses in the church, but the elementary school, now closed, was also open.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">On November 12, 2019, an anonymous reader informed me that he saw St. Joseph's on Bathgate Avenue being demolished.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-55731909610031373502019-02-05T13:07:00.000-08:002019-02-05T13:09:05.714-08:00Dr. McNiff closes two more schools<b>The archdiocese of New York announced on 2.4.2019 that two more Catholic elementary schools in The Bronx will close in June. They are <a href="https://sntbronx.org/">St. Nicholas of Tolentine</a> as 2336 Andrews Avenue, one block west of the church, and <a href="https://saintjosephschoolbronx.com/">St. Joseph's elementary school</a> on Bathgate Avenue, opposite St. Joseph's church.</b><br />
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<b>For the official announcement from Dr. Timothy McNiff, please see <a href="https://catholicschoolsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/School-Closings-Announcement-Release-FINAL_02-01-19.pdf">THIS LINK</a>. Seven schools in five counties are being closed.</b>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-42410471395886432222018-09-02T09:49:00.000-07:002018-09-03T08:46:08.217-07:00Merger of St. Clare of Assisi and St. Francis Xavier parishesEffective today, September 1, 2018, is the merger of two parishes less than a half-mile apart on Hone and Haight Avenues in the Morris Park section of The Bronx. The records held at St. Francis Xavier parish will be moved to the rectory of St. Clare of Assisi. The merger is somewhat unusual because the territorial parish is St. Francis Xavier, which will set the boundaries, while St. Clare of Assisi is a personal parish (read: national or Italian). Judging from the bulletins, attendance and revenue at St. Clare may be a bit stronger than at St. Francis Xavier, but both parishes have schools. Until today, the pastor of St. Francis was also the administrator of St. Clare, so this merger has been in the works. Neither church will be closed.<br />
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The merger decree is linked <a href="https://archny.org/documents/2018/7/Parish%20of%20Saint%20Clare%20of%20Assisi%20and%20Saint%20Francis%20Xavier%20Bronx.pdf">HERE</a>.<br />
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My photos from St. Francis Xavier are <a href="https://bronxcatholic.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-francis-xavier-van-nest-ave-morris.html">HERE</a>.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-62094917678487486152018-09-02T09:43:00.001-07:002018-09-03T09:30:04.919-07:00Religated to profane use, 2017 and 2018Churches closed and readied for sale.<br />
Saint Anthony, Wakefield, Bronx, May 2018. It was said that the pastor donated much to this Italian national parish.<br />
Our Lady of Grace, Bronxwood Avenue and East 226 St., Bronx, May, 2018.<br />
St. John Vianney, Castle Hill Avenue, May, 2018. Francis Cardinal Spellman several times overestimated the number of Catholics entering Housing Authority projects. Boston-style segregation was not replicated in our city's public housing. In several instances, Cardinal Spellman purchased property for new parishes before the projects were constructed. With regard to the Marble Hill houses, he dropped plans for a new parish of St. Philomena at the corner of West 225th Street and Kingsbridge Road, and sold the plot to the Board of Education.<br />
Our Lady of Pity, East 151 St., Bronx, demolished 2018.<br />
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St Veronica, Christopher St., Greenwich Village, Manhattan, 2018. My parents wed there in 1935.<br />
St. Joseph, Lower East Side, Manhattan, May, 2018.<br />
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St. Sylvia, Tivoli, Dutchess County, May, 2018. This was the northernmost church of the archdiocese east of the Hudson River.<br />
St. John the Baptist, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, May 2018.<br />
Chapel of Christ the King, Staten Island, May 2018.<br />
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, Westchester County, May, 2018.<br />
Most Holy Trinity, Mamaroneck, Westchester County, May, 2018.<br />
St. Mary of the Assumption, Port Richmond, Staten Island, November, 2017.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-31611988663969883572018-09-02T09:32:00.002-07:002018-09-02T09:32:32.457-07:00Mergers 2018 with two or three churches openSt. Clare of Assisi and St. Francis Xavier in Morris Park, Bronx, effective 9.1.2018.<br />
St. John the Evangelist, Pawling, and St. Charles Borromeo, Dover Plains, both in Dutchess County, effective 9.1.2018.<br />
Sacred Heart and St. Francis of Assisi, Newburgh, effective July 1, 2018.<br />
St. Mary, St. Joseph, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Poughkeepsie, with 3 churches open, effective July 1, 2018.<br />
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<b>In the summer of 2018, I am catching up with neglected posts. On November 30, 2017, the archdiocese posted <a href="https://archny.org/documents/2017/11/Saint%20Roch%20South%20Bronx.pdf">this notice</a> that the church of St. Roch has been reduced to profane, but not sordid, use. That is, after the sacred objects are removed, confessionals, for example, the building is for sale.</b><br />
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<b>The Archbishop merged this parish with that of St. Anselm on Tinton Avenue, effective August 1, 2015. No Masses or sacraments are regularly celebrated at St. Roch's. The telephone number of the combined parish is 718-292-3834.</b></div>
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On the afternoon of September 4, 2010, I entered St. Roch's church and chanced upon the celebration of a Mass on what appeared to be a Quinceanera. A mariachi group played and sang the liturgical music, such as the Sanctus and offertory and communion hymns. Clicking on any photo will enlarge it.<br />
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See page 231 for the foundation of St Roch parish in 1899 by Father John Milo. The church is on the west side of Wales Avenue north of East 147th Street.<br />
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The church was dedicated in 1932. According to the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/AIA-Guide-New-York-City/dp/0195383869/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289270794&sr=1-5">A.I.A. Guide</a>, it was designed by the firm DePace & Juster, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_J._DePace">Anthony DePace</a> also designer of two churches at the parish of St. Theresa, Pelham Bay.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A photograph from the New York Public Library is linked <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-a971-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99#/?uuid=510d47dc-a971-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99">HERE</a>.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">An excellent photo of the corner site is <a href="http://www.ouroldneighborhood.com/bxpc/bxpc6/nycbronxursulineacad.jpg">HERE</a>. What a staircase! I used to think of it built atop a pile of rocks.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Pope Leo XIII urged religious congregations that shared a common founder to reunite as Rome-centered groups. The Sisters of various Ursuline houses were asked whether they wished to join such a Roman Union, and the Bronxites agreed. Apparently, they needed a location for a provincialate, bought the Grand Concourse rock and created thereupon a convent and school. </span></b>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-69187808893182312512017-08-30T18:12:00.000-07:002019-11-27T13:56:07.906-08:00Choosing a Catholic High School<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools is accepting applicants now. Parents are urged to look <a href="http://www.tachsinfo.com/home.aspx">at this information site (link here) </a> and read each of the links in the left-hand column. You may have to print out some of the forms and directions. The list of schools is posted sideways on the PDF, so printing those pages would help you to read the information. It would appear that the thirteen Catholic high schools of The Bronx offer 2,295 places for incoming freshmen.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Please also note the dates of the Open House visitations and the Information Fairs.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>For students and parents intent on Catholic high school admission, the important point is to GET MOVING, as instructed above.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The following note is of less importance. Because of my interest in Catholic education in the metropolitan area, I list the number of seats available to freshmen in twelve counties:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Bronx leads with 2,295 openings.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Queens, with 2,140 openings.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Manhattan, with 1.249 openings.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Staten Island, with 1,325.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Brooklyn, with 1,210 openings.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westchester, with 1,150 openings.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dutchess, with 190 openings.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Orange, with 110 openings.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rockland, with 160 openings,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ulster, with 60 openings.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Putnam and Sullivan, with no Catholic high schools.</b></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06290657092471932129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397857000171561782.post-26842749389612108622017-07-29T10:45:00.001-07:002017-07-29T15:57:30.373-07:00Decrees of Relegation. June 30, 2017The archbishop has signed decrees relegating certain churches of the archdiocese for profane, not sordid, use. This canonically clears the way for their sale or lease. The list is linked <a href="https://archny.org/decrees-6-30-17">HERE </a>and may disappear soon from the archdiocesan website. Note that this list of properties "up for sale" is limited to churches. Properties other than churches do not require this type of decree.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>In The Bronx, the list includes</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>St. Ann</u>, Bainbridge Avenue, pastor Rev. Raul Miguez. This church is inside a school that was closed in June, 2017. Nearby Montefiore Hospital keeps buying up the neighborhood, so I would not be surprised if St. Ann's will go to Montefiore.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Visitation</u> (a relatively new church on Van Cortlandt Park South), pastor Father Michael Kerrigan.</b></span><br />
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Warning: I may have misread some of the decrees in this list, as both halves of each merger are named in the text but only one building is deconsecrated. Please inform me of any error!<br />
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In Manhattan: Nativity Church on Second Avenue between Second and Third Streets. I consider the "modern" design of this church a box used as a gathering place of worship.<br />
The church of Most Holy Crucifix on Broome Street.<br />
The church of St. John the Martyr, a former Presbyterian church on East 72nd Street, purchased for Bohemian Catholics in 1904.<br />
The church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary on East 83rd Street.<br />
The church of St. Lucy on East 104th Street.<br />
The church of St. Paul on East 117th Street, not St. Paul the Apostle at West 60th Street.<br />
The church of St. Gregory the Great on West 90th Street. One building contains the church, the school above the church, and the rectory above the school!<br />
The church of St. Benedict the Moor on West 53rd Street.<br />
The church of All Saints at the corner of East 129th Street and Madison Avenue, This landmarked Gothic Revival church may be the most imposing building on this list.<br />
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In Westchester: the church of St. Ursula, Mount Vernon.<br />
The church of Sacred Heart, Mount Vernon.<br />
The church of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Port Chester.<br />
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In Dutchess County, Immaculate Conception, Bangall.<br />
The chapel of St. Joseph in Clinton Corners.<br />
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In Sullivan County, the church of St. Thomas Aquinas in Forestburgh.<br />
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