Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Church of the Holy Apostles is an Episcopal parish located at 296 Ninth Avenue at 28th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Its historic church building was built from 1845 to 1848, [2] and was designed by New York architect Minard Lafever. [3] The geometric stained-glass windows were designed by William Jay ...
The Church of St. Paul the Apostle is a Catholic church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. [4] It is the mother church of the Paulist Fathers, the first religious community of Catholic priests founded in the United States.
The present church was built 1907 to designs by Thomas H. Poole & Company, and dedicated the same year.The interior was noted for its remarkable fan vaulting and celebrated German stained glass (from the still operating studio of Mayer of Munich, famed stained glass makers for the Holy See and Catholic churches around the world).
Church of St. Peter – Established in 1894. Merged in 2015. Church of St. Denis (Yonkers) - closed, merged in 2015. Church of Saint Pius X – Established in 1954. Formerly staffed by diocesan priests, currently staffed by the Religious Community of the Disciples of Mary.
The Soup Kitchen opened on October 22, 1982 as part of the outreach program of the Church of the Holy Apostles, founded in 1844 and designated a NYC Landmark in 1966. HASK is the largest feeding program in the Episcopal Church. [citation needed]
In 1974, in response to a need for housing in New York City, St. John's created a program that became the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB); [179] [371] by 1987, the program had helped residential tenants in over 500 buildings to renovate and take ownership of their houses. [372]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The friars of Holy Name Province currently staff Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church and St. Francis of Assisi Church (Manhattan) in New York City, as well as Holy Cross Church in Callicoon, N.Y. Their ministries include St. Francis Breadline and St. Francis Friends of the Poor. [5]