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St. John the Evangelist Church refers to churches honoring John the Apostle, also known as John the Divine or John of Patmos, as their patron saint, as distinguished from John the Baptist, whose namesakes are known as Saint John the Baptist Church. Thus, the designation may refer to:
In 1847, Henni laid the foundation of the new cathedral, St. John the Evangelist. Also designed by Schulte, the cathedral was built with Cream City brick that was fabricated locally. [11] St. John the Evangelist was consecrated by Archbishop Gaetano Bedini, the papal nuncio of the United States, in 1853.
St. John the Evangelist is a historic Roman Catholic Church at 2270 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The late Speaker of the House, "Tip" O'Neill, was a lifelong parishioner and graduated from St. John High School in 1931. [2] His Requiem Mass was held in the church on January 10, 1994. [3]
John the Apostle is traditionally held to be the author of the Gospel of John, and many Christian denominations believe that he authored several other books of the New Testament (the three Johannine epistles and the Book of Revelation, together with the Gospel of John, are called the Johannine works), depending on whether he is distinguished ...
Under instructions from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, the final mass was held at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, on June 26, 1966, and the congregation merged with that of St. James the Less Roman Catholic Church, just two block away. The church then became the New Central Social Hall.
The Society of St John the Evangelist (SSJE) is an Anglican religious order for men. The members live under a rule of life and, at profession, make monastic vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience. SSJE was founded in 1866 at Cowley, Oxford , England , by Richard Meux Benson , Charles Chapman Grafton , and Simeon Wilberforce O'Neill.
The Saint John's School, completed in 1906 and directly behind the new church, was staffed by the Sisters of Mercy and operated until its closure in 1973. [10] Saint John's Parish donated most of the funding for the construction and outfitting of Saint Joseph's Hospital, which opened its doors in Stamford in 1942 and served the community until ...
The parish of St. Joachim, in what was then the village of Matteawan, began in 1845 as an out-mission of St. Mary's in Wappingers Falls. At the time, it also included the area of the adjacent village of Fishkill Landing. Fishkill Landing grew such that it was deemed advisable that a second parish be formed. St. John the Evangelist was founded ...