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On October 19, 1920 local hiking clubs gathered in the Log Cabin atop the Abercrombie & Fitch sporting goods store in New York City.The meeting was proposed by Meade C. Dobson of the Boy Scouts of America and organized by Major William A. Welch, general manager of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to plan a system of hiking trails to make Harriman-Bear Mountain State Park more ...
The New York Times reported that several thousand persons watched the ceremony, many from windows, fire escapes, and rooftops, "and the entire neighborhood was decorated with flags and bunting in honor of the event." [9] The church was designed by New York architect George H. Streeton [2] in the French Gothic style. [9]
Official website: Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A., Canada, and Australia; Exterior photo (day): Chessman, Stuart (March 23, 2014). "The Churches of New York LI: The Cathedral of the Lincoln Tunnel". Society of Saint Hugh of Cluny. Greenwich, Connecticut. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015
On April 8, 1808, Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of Philadelphia and the Diocese of New York, taking their territory from the Diocese of Baltimore. Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey became part of the Diocese of New York; The rest of New Jersey became part of the Diocese of Philadelphia. [4]
The Archdiocese of New York (Latin: Archidiœcesis Neo-Eboracensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the State of New York. It encompasses the boroughs of Manhattan , the Bronx and Staten Island in New York City and the counties of Dutchess , Orange , Putnam , Rockland , Sullivan ...
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States.Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC), it is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ordinary of ...
The Church of St. John the Evangelist is a parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 355 East 55th Street at First Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. [3] The archdiocese expects to close the location in 2025, merging the parish into the nearby Church of the Holy Family.
The Church of the Holy Family, also known as the United Nations Parish, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of New York, located at 315 East 47th Street in Manhattan, New York City. Originally established in 1924 for Italian-speaking immigrants, the church has adapted to serve the Turtle Bay neighborhood as well as the ...