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The parish was established in 1852 on Union Street, Poughkeepsie, as the Church of the Nativity for the German community of the city. Prior to that they attended services at St. Peter's Church conducted by German priests from New York City. That same year, the first church was started and a cornerstone laid.
In 1893 members of the Polish community in Poughkeepsie formed the Joseph Society. At that time they attended the Church of the Nativity on Union Street, which had been founded in 1852 to serve the German community. In 1897 the Maria of Czenstochan Society was formed, whose members attended St. Peter's on Mill St.
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church was founded in 1884 by Catholic settlers from Belgium. Father D.L. De Ceumynck, an immigrant from Belgium, served as the church's first priest. [1] The first church building was erected in 1885. In 1893 a new church was built and the older building was then used as the school.
Father Issa Thaljieh, a 40-year-old Greek Orthodox parish priest at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, kneels at the spot where tradition says Jesus was born. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times ...
Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...
John J. Burke (June 6, 1875 in New York City [1] –1936) was a Paulist priest and editor of the Catholic World from 1903 to 1922.
The parents of two teenage girls accused him of masturbating in his car in view of the girls. A visiting priest from Poland, Barszcz was immediately removed from ministry by the Diocese of Buffalo. [76] In 2011, Bishop Kmiec suspended Art Smith, a priest who taught at St. Mary of the Lake School in Hamburg, from ministry.
It proposed more than 80 new feasts to the calendar, including new major feasts for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Saint Mary Magdalene and Holy Cross Day. Prayer Book Study XVI was published in 1964 as Lesser Feasts and Fasts . [ 23 ]