| Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary | |
|---|---|
 Facade of the former church | |
 Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary | |
| Location | 309-315 East 33rd Street,Manhattan,New York, |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Founder | Right Rev.Msgr. Joseph Congedo |
| Dedication | Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary |
| Dedicated | October 1, 1916 |
| Associated people | Nazzareno Formosa |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Nicholas Serracino |
| Style | Greek Revival |
| Years built | 1915 |
| Groundbreaking | October 3, 1915 |
| Completed | December 1915 |
| Construction cost | $35,000 |
| Closed | January 2007 |
| Demolished | 2007-2008 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 700[1] |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | New York |
| Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary | |
|---|---|
 Sacred Hearts Chapel (2011) | |
Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary | |
| Location | 325 East 33rd Street,Manhattan,New York, |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | CardinalEdward Egan |
| Dedication | Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary |
| Dedicated | May 2010 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Mission church |
| Architectural type | Chapel |
| Years built | 2008-2009 |
| Completed | 2009 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 150[2] |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Our Saviour |
TheChurch of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary was a former Roman Catholicparish church, primarily serving Italian-Americans, that has been demolished. The church was located on 309-315 East 33rd Street, in theKips Bay area ofManhattan,New York City. It has since been replaced by achapel under the same name.
The parish was established in 1914, to serve an estimated population of 10,000 Italian Americans living in the area. The first rector was Joseph M. Congedo, an Italian-born priest that came to the United States in 1905 before he was ordained as a priest at theSt. Joseph's Seminary in 1907. Congedo was first assigned toSt. Philip Neri's Church in the Bronx and was transferred in 1913 toSt. Gabriel Church on East 37th Street in Manhattan to establish a new church in the area.[3][4] Services for the new parish were initially held in the basement of St. Gabriel's.[5][6]
A plot of land at 309-315 East 33rd Street with a frontage of 64 feet (20 m) and a depth of 98.9 feet (30.1 m) was acquired for the new church in May 1915 and demolition of the four dwellings that had occupied the site began in the following month.[7][8] In June 1915, architectNicholas Serracino completed preliminary plans for a stone and brick church with an estimated cost of $35,000.[9][10][11] The adjacent lot at 317 East 33rd Street was also acquired in the same month, which would serve as the church's first rectory.[12][13]
The cornerstone for the church was laid on October 3, 1915, byCardinalJohn M. Farley, theArchbishop of New York; the event was attended by more than five thousand Italian Catholics.[3][14] The structure was completed in December 1915 and the first mass was held in the new church on January 30, 1916.[1][15] The church was dedicated on October 1, 1916, byArchbishopGiovanni Bonzano,P.I.M.E.,Apostolic Delegate to the United States at the time.[3][15] There were a few little changes later with the replacement of the original oak doors with cruciform windows with black metal doors with square windows.[16]
In 1939 St. Gabriel Church was closed to make way for theQueens–Midtown Tunnel and part of the congregation was directed to Sacred Hearts.[17][18]
A four-story school building designed by architectMatthew Del Gaudio was constructed at 317-323 East 33rd Street in 1925.[19][20] The parish operated the School of the Sacred Hearts from 1925 through 1937. The parish also operated Immaculata High School, which was run by theSisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.[3] The high school was closed in June 1989.[21][22] After the closure of Immaculata High School, the building served as the temporary home ofSt. Agnes Boys High School from 1989 to 1992 and later housedThe Child Grade School and Legacy High School until 2003.[19][23]
The parish was closed in January 2007, one of several closed that year by the then-archbishop, CardinalEdward Egan. It was then merged with theChurch of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen[24] and the church and school were demolished.[25] In November 2014, it was announced by the archdiocese that the existing parish was to be merged intoOur Saviour Parish as of the following year.[26]
The former sites of the church, school and rectory were sold to a private developer, who erected a 12-story condominium building in 2009.[2][27][28]
After the demolition of the parish church, a small chapel and residence for the clergy, also dedicated to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, was built on the former site of the parish convent, 325 East 33rd Street, with "A.D. 2009" prominently carved into the cornerstone of the building.[2] The firstMass was celebrated on May 18, 2009. It served as the residence of the same Cardinal Egan who ordered the closing of the parish, after his retirement as archbishop, until his death in 2015.[29] He himselfdedicated the chapel in May 2010. The organ in the chapel is from St. Stephen's; it was refurbished in 2012. "The Chapel serves a home for the Immaculata High School Alumni as well as a meditation place for the local medical facilities ofNYU Langone Health,Bellevue Hospital, theOffice of Chief Medical Examiner, and the VA Hospital."[3]
In May 2015, the segment of East 33rd Street adjacent to the chapel was co-named "Father Damien Way" in honor ofFather Damien, a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium who dedicated his life to helping people withleprosy (Hansen's disease) that were forced to live in exile on the Hawaiian island ofMolokai. A ceremony celebrating the co-naming of the street was attended by CardinalTimothy M. Dolan andMinister-President of FlandersGeert Bourgeois. A prayer service was held at the chapel following the ceremony, which was led by Cardinal Dolan and attended byBernardito Auza, theApostolic Nuncio to the United Nations. The chapel shares the name of Father Damien's religious order—theCongregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary—and is also located near the New York Regional Hansen's Disease Center at Bellevue Hospital, which at the time was the location of the only treatment center for Hansen's disease in the New York City area.[30][31]
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