The Church of Our Lady Help of Christians is a parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Tottenville, Staten Island, New York City. The church was established in 1890 as a mission of St. Joseph's Church (Rossville) and became an independent parish in 1898. Its first church building was constructed later that year. It burned down in 1985 and was rebuilt in 1990.[1][2]
| The Church of Our Lady Help of Christians | |
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 The old church building as it appeared in 1914 | |
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| Location | 7396 Amboy Road Tottenville, Staten Island, New York |
| Country | United States of America |
| Website | http://olhcparish.org |
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| Archdiocese | New York |
Social activist Dorothy Day, now a candidate for sainthood, converted to Catholicism with her conditional baptism at Our Lady Help of Christians in 1927.[3]
School
editThe church formerly had a parish school, established in 1904, until it closed in 2019 with 166 students.[4] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it reopened as the James P. Murphy Staten Island Preparatory School, a private school operated by AHRC New York City for students with special needs.[5]
References
edit- ^ "History". Our Lady Help of Christians. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ Lore, Diane C. (March 3, 2016). "Vintage photos, facts about Staten Island churches". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ Hennessy, Kate (2017). Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty. Simon and Schuster. p. 50. ISBN 978-1501133961.
- ^ Knudson, Annalise (February 5, 2019). "Our Lady Help of Christians: School closure 'devastating' to families". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ Knudson, Annalise (June 8, 2021). "Amid pandemic, a new school serves Staten Island's special education students". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
External links
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