A Brief Historical Sketch of the Catholic Church on Long Island (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ... ber, 1860, by Bishop Loughlin. It was formerly a Presbyterian church. CHAPTER III. Church of St. Vincent De Paul--St. Joseph's Enlarged--St. Stephen's--New Church of St. Charles Barromeo--Young Men's Catholic Association--The New Cathedral--Dimensions. The corner-stone of the Church of St. Vincent De Paul was laid on the 17th of July, 1868. The church was dedicated on the 17th of October, 1869, by Bishop Loughlin. St. Joseph's Church, corner of Pacific street and Vanderbilt avenue, enlarged and beautified, was dedicated on the 17th of March, 1861, by Bishop Loughlin. The length and breadth of the old church were more than doubled. St. Francis' (German) Church was opened in 1857, by Rev. Bonaventure Keller, who attended it for two years. In 1866, Rev. N. Balleis, 0. S. B., became its pastor. St. Stephen's Church, Carroll street, was dedicated on the 15th of July, 1866. It was orginally built and occupied by the Episcopalians, from whom it was purchased by Rev. A. Dorris. On the 8th of March, 1868, the historic old Church of St. Charles Barromeo, corner of Sydney Place and Livingston street, was destroyed by fire. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Freel, immediately purchased seven lots of ground on the north-east corner of Sidney Place and Livingston street, and the cornerstone of the new church was laid on the 12th of July, 1868; it was dedicated on the 23d of May, 1869, by Bishop Loughlin. The church is built of Philadelphia brick, in the old English style of architecture. It is sixty feet front on Sydney Place, and extends one hundred and thirty feet on Livingston street. The side walls are fifty feet high, and the front sixty. The site and building cost over eighty thousand dollars. The average daily attendance of pupils, male and female, is six...