Church of St. Michael (34th Street, Manhattan)

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St. Michael's Church (99th Street, Manhattan)
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Church of St. Michael the Archangel

The Church of St. Michael is a parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 424 West 34th Street, in Manhattan, New York City.

Churches

Original location

The parish was founded in 1857 as an offshoot of the

FAIA. During 1874–1884, the complex was the original home of the Presentation Sisters in the northeastern United States, and enrollment grew to become the largest parochial schools in New York. The Sisters and the parish also founded the Mount Saint Michael Home for destitute children, in Greenridge, Staten Island.[2] The Manhattan church contained an 1862 Henry Erben mechanical action organ.[3]
On May 4, 1892, a fire destroyed much of the church and the organ.

Second location

O'Connor was contracted to design a new structure which incorporated the original tower and acquired a new Indiana bluff limestone facade on 32nd Street. Other details include a roof elevated six feet (two metres) higher than the original church, a vaulted ceiling, aisles with groined arches, fourteen Munich stained glass windows, and a gallery in the form of a choir loft with a new 1893

Odell organ at the rear of the church.[3] The blessing Mass was scheduled for Sunday, January 28, 1894. The total dimensions were 75 feet (23 m) wide by 200 feet (61 m) long. In 1892, the address was listed at 408 West 32nd Street.[4]

Third location

In 1904, the

Napoleon LeBrun & Sons was responsible for the construction of the new complex, which involved the salvage and re-use of the altar, organ, stained glass windows, and limestone facade. The church was dedicated November 10, 1907. It was described at the time as Romanesque, 75 feet (23 m) wide by 200 feet (61 m) deep and 60 feet (18 m) high. It also had a 2,000-person basement chapel with an 18-foot-high (5.5 m) ceiling.[2]

In June 2018, Pastor George W. Rutler dedicated a shrine in the church to Our Lady of Aradin for persecuted Christians.

Institute of Classical Architecture and Art.[6][7]

Religious vocations

St. Michael's parish and schools have produced hundreds of priests and religious vocations, including at least two bishops: Daniel Joseph Curley and Thomas John McDonnell.[2]

References

  1. ^ Shea, John Gilmary, ed. (1878). The Catholic Churches of New York City. New York: Lawrence G. Goulding & Co. p. 514.
  2. ^ a b c Browne, Henry J. (1957). The Parish of Saint Michael, 1857–1957. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Church of St. Michael". New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
  4. ^ The World Almanac (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p. 390.
  5. ^ Abi Raad, Doreen (June 19, 2018). "Iraqi iconographer honors his Syriac roots", Catholic News Service.
  6. ^ Schmalhofer, Stephen (November 1, 2019). "A godly gem in Hell's Kitchen", New York Post.
  7. ^ "McKim, Mead & White Awards: Winners from 2019", ICAA.

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