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View of the churchyard at St. Michael's Church. The initial church was destroyed in the Nativist Riots of 1844. The unrest began when the Catholic Bishop Francis Kenrick petitioned the Public School Board to allow use of the Douay-Rheims (Catholic) translation of the Bible by Catholic students, instead of forcing them to use the Authorized (King James/Protestant) Version as did other students.
St. Michael (Polish: Kościół Świętego Michała) is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The current church is located at E. 83rd Street and S. South Shore Drive in South Chicago, a neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called "Polish Cathedral style" of churches in both its opulence and grand ...
In 1907, the present St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church was built on what is now known today as Pulaski Street. [1] [3] The architect for the church was George P. B. Alderman of Holyoke, Massachusetts who also designed Sacred Heart Church, New Britain, CT.
Saint Michael's Catholic Church (Galena, Illinois) St. Michael's Catholic Church (Holbrook, Iowa) St. Michael's Catholic Church (Port Austin, Michigan), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Huron County, Michigan; St. Michael's Catholic Church (Tarnov, Nebraska), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Platte ...
In 1953 the former Passaic School No. 2 became St. Michael's School and classes began on September 9. The Eparchy of Passaic was established on July 31, 1963 and St. Michael's Church became the cathedral. Construction began in 1985 on the Cathedral Chapel of St. Michael and Social Center in West Paterson. [2] [3] It was dedicated on May 31, 1987.
Before the founding of St. Michael's parish in 1870, Catholics in the area had to travel to mass at either St. John the Evangelist at 21st St. or St. Patrick's in Fort Hamilton. The first pastor was Rev. Michael J. Hickey. [2] The current church was built 1905, and was designed by noted church architect Raymond F. Almirall. [1]
In 1904, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company began proceedings for the construction of the North River Tunnels and Pennsylvania Station, which would require the demolition of St. Michael's 32nd Street church and complex. At the suggestion of the pastor, John A. Gleeson, the Archdiocese sold the parish properties in exchange for a new church ...
St. Michael's church in Hammerfest, Norway, the northernmost Catholic church in the world. A large number of Roman Catholic churches around the globe are dedicated to Saint Michael, from Hammerfest, Norway, to Oeste Catarinense in Brazil. Saint Michael's feast day of September 29 has been solemnly celebrated in many locations since the fifth ...