St. Mary Star of the Sea
On the east side of Court Street in South Brooklyn or Carroll Gardens is the church of St. Mary Star of the Sea. The mailing address is 467 Court St., Brooklyn NY 11231, telephone 718-625-2270. The parish website is here.
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For decades, the Dominican Sisters staffed the parish school, which closed in 1988. Adjacent to the church is a building which appears to have been the parish school now signed "Blue Feather School." The parish was established in 1853, apparently by Fr. David Bacon, pastor at Assumption. In "Brooklyn by Name," page 70, the authors Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss point out that Al Capone married Mae Coughlin here in 1919.
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Please note the comment (link above photos) which states that the Sisters of Charity taught the girls and the Franciscan Brothers the boys. Thanks for the correction, June, 2013.
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I don't remember Dominican nuns--There were Franciscan Brothers for the Boy's Department and Sisters of Charity for the Girl's Department. and YES we were separated then-can you imagine??? I went through the school for eight years there - no middle school then///
ReplyDeleteWe did have Dominican nuns. 1965... The one year I attended, sister Mark Marie was my teacher.
ReplyDeletesister mark marie was my teacher also
Delete1964 there were Dominican nuns.
ReplyDelete1973-1976 Franciscan Brothers. Brother Arnold Principal -One of the best Teachers: Brother Gerald & 'Mr. Discipline', Brother Paul. Boys & Girls were indeed separated by Classrooms, although I NEVER Remember seeing Nuns at the School. Wonderful Memories. How I miss those days.
ReplyDeleteWow...i was there until 1975. There were nuns there but they no longer wore habits. I remember sister AnnMarie
DeleteWow...i was there until 1975. There were nuns there but they no longer wore habits. I remember sister AnnMarie
DeleteI was there for grades 1-3. Moved away for grades 4&5 then moved back for grades 6-8 and graduated in 1963. Back then we had nuns and I think they were Dominican nuns. And definitely Franciscan Brothers. There were 3 floors in the school. If memory serves me correctly,the ground floor were the younger girls grades 1-5, 2nd floor were the older girls grades 6-8, and the younger boys grades 1&2, and the top floor were the older boys grades 3-8. I also believe that John Bonanni, who posted a message on 6/8/13 was a classmate of mine.
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