St. Mary - St. Joseph Church (Poughkeepsie, New York)

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41°42′0.8″N73°55′26.1″W / 41.700222°N 73.923917°W / 41.700222; -73.923917 Coordinates: 41°42′0.8″N73°55′26.1″W / 41.700222°N 73.923917°W / 41.700222; -73.923917
Location 231 Church Street,
Poughkeepsie, New York
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Founded 1873
Administration
Archdiocese Archdiocese of New York

The Church of St. Mary is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York City. It was established as a parish in 1873. [1] In November 2014, the Archdiocese announced that St. Joseph's Church on Lafayette Place would merge with St. Mary's. Although remaining a church which may be used on special occasions, Masses and the sacraments will no longer be celebrated on a regular weekly basis at St. Joseph's as of August 2015. [2]

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History

The congregation was organized in 1873 when the Rev. Patrick McSweeney, D.D., pastor of St. Peter's, Poughkeepsie purchased a former Universalist church building on Cannon St. The church was dedicated on July 20, 1873 by Cardinal McCloskey, and Father McSweeney's brother, the Rev. Dr. Edward McSweeney was appointed pastor. On May 18, 1886, Rev. Terence J. Earley was appointed pastor of St. Mary's. During his pastorate, John McCann, a feed and grain dealer and a founding member of the parish, deeded his property on South Hamilton Street to St. Mary's, and a Gothic-style church built there was dedicated in 1893. [3] A stone which had been removed from Poughkeepsie Bridge, Pier No.2 served as cornerstone, presented by The Bridge Committee. [4] The new church was built and dedicated on October 22, 1893. [1]

Church of St. Peter is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York. It was established as a parish in 1837. It is the second oldest Catholic Church on the Hudson and is considered the Mother Church of the Hudson Valley because from it all the parishes in Ulster and Dutchess counties were founded.

The church was destroyed by fire in 1968. Msgr. Matthew J. Cox, pastor of St. Mary's from 1970 to 1982, guided the parish through the four-and-a-half-year process of rebuilding. James McCann, whose father had given the land for the church, died a year after the fire. Before his death, the younger McCann, who had been successful in the stock market, set up a philanthropic foundation. One of its first donations was $330,000 for the new church, which was more than matched by parish donations.

John J. Gartland, an attorney and president of the foundation, salvaged the baptismal font, the only item from the old church still in use. He and his wife also donated a 34-foot-high mosaic of Christ Triumphant that serves as a backdrop to the altar. Incorporated into the mosaic design are the original church and the Mid-Hudson Bridge, which parishioners see as a symbol of their call to build bridges with others and spread the faith. [3] The work was designed by American artist Lumen Martin Winter, who also sculpted the marble statue in front of the church depicting Mary holding the Christ Child above her head.

Pastors

School

A Sunday school was conducted since the early days of the parish. In 1871, an industrial school for girls was established, which gave instruction in sewing, and was supervised by the ladies of the Sunday School. The parish school was erected on Hamilton Street in 1880, staffed by the Sisters of Charity. [6]

Sisters of Charity of New York

The Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of New York, most often known simply as the Sisters of Charity of New York, is a religious congregation of sisters in the Catholic Church whose primary missions are education and nursing and who are dedicated in particular to the service of the poor.

Merger

In November 2014, the Archdiocese announced that St. Joseph's Church on Lafayette Place would merge with St. Mary's. Although remaining a church which may be used on special occasions, Masses and the sacraments will no longer be celebrated on a regular weekly basis at St. Joseph's as of August 2015. [7] [8]

St. Joseph's

Church of St. Joseph
Location 9 Lafayette Place,
Poughkeepsie, New York
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Founded 1900
Administration
Archdiocese Archdiocese of New York

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. In 1900 the societies joined to form their own parish with assistance of Rev. Franz Fabian, pastor of Immaculate Conception, the Polish church at Rondout. The building, a former Baptist church, was purchased from the Germania Singing Society. The first Mass was celebrated on March 17, 1901 by Father Fabian. The following October, Cardinal John Murphy Farley appointed Father Charles Galuzka, Father Fabian's assistant in Rondout, as the first pastor. During his tenure, a building was purchased for a rectory. [9] Father Galuzka was followed by Rev. Ignatius Bialdyga, former pastor of St. Anthony's on Staten Island. [10] In 1914 Rev. Theodore Jozwiak from Immaculate Conception in Rondout was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's.

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References

  1. 1 2 Lafort, S.T.D., Remigius. The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.427.
  2. ↑ Timothy Cardinal Dolan. "decree on the Merger of the Territorial Parish of St. Mary, Poughkeepsie, NY and the Personal Parish of St. Joseph, Poughkeepsie, NY", November 2, 2014
  3. 1 2 Burger, John, "It's a Family, Catholic New York November 13, 1998
  4. ↑ Hasbrouck, Frank, ed. The History of Dutchess County New York, S.A. Mathieu, Poughkeepsie, NY 1909
  5. ↑ Hasbrouck p.627.
  6. ↑ Smith, James Hadden, History of Dutchess County with Illustrations and Biographical Sketch, p. 429, Syracuse, D. Mason & Co., 1882
  7. ↑ Parish mergers, Archdiocese of New York
  8. ↑ Schutzman, Nina. "Dutchess, Ulster churches among those merging in N.Y.", Poughkeepsie Journal, November 2, 2014
  9. ↑ Hasbrouck, p.634.
  10. ↑ Lafort, p.426.
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