Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen
The Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen | |
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Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen, Manhattan | |
New York City Landmark | |
Designated | October 28, 2008 |
Reference no. | 2259 |
The Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen is a
St. Stephen the Martyr
The parish of St. Stephen the Martyr was formed in 1848 and was originally located on
Cummings died in January 1866 after a long illness that incapacitated him for active service. He was succeeded by assistant pastor Rev. Edward McGlynn. Future Bishop of Buffalo, Charles H. Colton's first assignment after his ordination in 1876 was as a curate at Stephen's. He remained there for ten years, his duties including the chaplaincy at Bellevue.[8] In 1879, Charles Edward McDonnell, (later Bishop of Brooklyn) was also curate at St. Stephen's.
No less plain spoken than his predecessor, Rev. McGlynn was reprimanded by Archbishop John McCloskey, who required McGlynn to refrain from defending in public the views of Henry George, which some considered bordering on socialism. McGlynn subsequently ran afoul of Archbishop Michael Corrigan for McGlynn's open endorsement of George's mayoral campaign. In January 1877, Corrigan removed McGlynn from the pastorate of St. Stephen's for insubordination. Father Colton became pastor in February 1877 and founded the parish school. On June 10, 1903, Colton was appointed the fourth Bishop of Buffalo. He was succeeded by Thomas Francis Cusack, auxiliary bishop of New York, who served as pastor of St. Stephen's Church from 1904 to July 5, 1915, when he was named Bishop of Albany. At that time, the parish maintained the Presentation Day Nursery on East 32nd St., which allowed mothers to work; and St. Stephen's Inn at East 31st St., an affordable residence for young working women.[9] Fr. Francis Cummings became pastor in 1919; he installed electric lighting in the church.[7]
The Carmelites took over administration of the parish in 1988. In 1990, the parish of Our Lady of the Scapular merged with the parish of St. Stephen the Martyr.[7]
Church of St. Stephen the Martyr
The parish's current church, the
On March 2, 1916, Spanish poets Juan Ramón Jiménez (Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956) and Zenobia Camprubí got married in this church. Their six-month stay in the United States is in the origin of Jiménez's book Diario de un poeta recién casado (1917), which was an inflection point for his poetry and for Spanish contemporary poetry.
The 29th Street facade is fully developed.
This church is not operational since its merging in 2014.[12]
St. Stephen Parish School
The St. Stephen Parish School on 28th Street was built from 1897 to around 1902 to the designs of
staffed the school until 1967.It is now the St. Stephen's campus of the Epiphany School, one of their two facilities, the other being on East 20th Street near the Epiphany Church.[15]
Our Lady of the Scapular
The parish of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel was founded in 1889 by the Irish Carmelites.
In popular culture
The church briefly appears in the 1989 television movie Kojak: Fatal Flaw.
References
Notes
- ^ The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p.390.
- ^ ISBN 0-231-12543-7., p.168
- ^ "Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen (Roman Catholic)" Archived April 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine on the New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists website
- ^ Otterman, Sharon (November 2, 2014). "Tears and Heartache for New York's Catholics as Cardinal Shuts Churches". The New York Times.
- ^ "List of Merging Churches and Those That Will Cease Regular Services". The New York Times. November 2, 2014.
- ^ Meehan, Thomas. "Jeremiah Williams Cummings." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. December 15, 2017
- ^ a b c St. Stephen's Church", Landmarks Preservation Commission, October 8, 2008
- ^ "Bishop C.H. Colton of Buffalo is Dead". The New York Times. May 10, 1915.
- ^ Lafort, Remigius. The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X., Catholic editing Company, 1914, p. 374 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p.214
- ^ "Manhattan NB Database 1900–1986" Archived February 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine on the Office for Metropolitan History website. (Accessed December 25, 2010).
- ^ Musumeci, Natalie; Prendergast, Daniel (November 4, 2014). "Church's closure could be the end of its treasured murals". New York Post.
- ^ Architectural League of New York Year book of the Architectural League of New York, and catalogue. Vol 12 (New York, 1897), p.115.
- ^ “St. Stephen’s Parish School, New York, NY” The American Architect and Building News Vol. 84 (Boston: S.J. Parkhill & Co., Printers, 1904), p.20
- ^ Epiphany School website
External links
- Media related to Church of Our Lady of the Scapular-St. Stephen at Wikimedia Commons