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It operates under the direction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. The original school was housed in Our Lady of Mercy Parish Church, in an adjacent wing on Sunnyside Avenue. The school and church moved to the former Bishop McGuinness High School site on Link Road in 2005.
In 1914, the parochial school, Our Lady of Mercy School, was conducted by 7 Ursuline Nuns and 2 lay teachers, and had 132 boys and 193 girls. [5] The school, located on Webster Avenue, was built for $200,000 to the designs of architect John V. Van Pelt [1] The official address given for the elementary school is 2512 Marion Avenue, Bronx, New York City. [6]
The church complex consists of a church-and-school and separate rectory. The address is 1512 Webster Avenue, at East 171 Street, a block south of Claremont Parkway. [2] The present dark brown brick Lombardo Romanesque-style church building dates from 1911, apparently providing for a parish school above; the parish does not currently have a parish school but offers a vigorous CCD program. [2]
The fourth candle means peace and is also called the "Angel's Candle" because the angels announced that Jesus was coming to bring peace. Purple is used to symbolize the love that comes through Christ.
Our Lady of Mercy Academy, also referred to as OLMA, was a private Catholic College preparatory school for young women, founded in 1928 in Syosset, NY. [3] [4] [5] The academy was governed by a board of directors and it was operated by the Sisters of Mercy. [4] [6] Our Lady of Mercy Academy was Permanently Closed in August 2024.
A three-story elementary school was built in 1892-93 (demolished in 1960), with the high school following in 1924. The present elementary school building was built about the same time the old one was demolished. [2] The high school closed in 2012, and the space is now occupied by a secular private school.
The American Sisters of Mercy founded Our Lady of Mercy High School in Rochester in 1928, based in the tradition of the Roman Catholic sisterhood begun by Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy. The building was built in 1928, and designed by noted Rochester architect J. Foster Warner (1859–1937). It educated young women in grades ...
Our Lady of Pompeii Church, or more formally, the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Pompeii, [1] is a Catholic parish church located in the South Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, in the United States. The church is staffed by Scalabrini Fathers, while the Our Lady of Pompeii School is staffed by Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.