Catholic New York City

by Richard Panchyk

Book Overview

Catholic New York City celebrates the religious and cultural life f one of the largest Catholic populations in the world. The first Catholic church was founded in the 1780s, and the diocese was subsequently founded in 1808, when there were only a few priests in the entire state. The 1879 completion of the country's best-known Catholic church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, was a crowning moment in New York City's Catholic history. Between 1850 and 1900,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738565512
• ISBN13: 9780738565514
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Preparing for a visit to Catholic New York City by Donald Costello July 2024

Any Catholic planning on visiting New York City could no better preparing for that visit by reading “Catholic New York City." The book takes you from Jesuit Father Isaac Jogues born in France who feared for his life as he attempted convert Native Americans. Then you are walked through the many Bishops and Cardinals that served New York City. The pictures of first Holy Communions bring back the memory of our own First Holy Communion. Pictures of the St. Patrick’s Day parade when most New Yorkers become Irish, brought back my own marching in that parade. There are neat pictures with accompanying stories that will hopefully prepare you for the visit to St. Patrick’s Cathedral.