Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii Church is located at 225 Seigel St., Brooklyn NY 11206, telephone 718-497-0614. For Mass schedules, see the link underlined in the previous sentence. The Pallottine Order of Priests and Brothers, S.A.C., or Società dell'Apostolato Cattolico, staff this parish. On the more general website of the Pallottines is a page describing the parish.
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A decorative plaza faces the church door. An office and instructional rooms are to the left, along Seigel Street. The cornerstone, visible above, is dated 1902. At that time, the parish was almost entirely Italian. The principal languages now seem to be English and Spanish.
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In the distant past, the church was a rope factory, an elongated building needed for the shipping industry.
Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii began in the late 1800's, only a few years before this church was built.
For decades, the neighborhood has been more Latin American than Italian, so it is appropriate that Vincenzo Pallotti is honored with his baptismal name in Spanish. As he lived 1795-1850, he predates the devotion to Our Lady of Pompeii. A brief history of the work he founded is linked here. But who is Herr Seigel?
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I love this church. I've always felt welcomed at Pompeii and I've participated in a few of their community events including a play production of Guys and Dolls with the Pompeii Players.
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On June 25, 1950, My Dearly Beloved Mommy and Daddy were Married in the Origianal Church. "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY" In Heaven, I LOVE you both so very much!
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I was going through my late father's papers today and found my father's parents' Certificato di Matrimonio at Chiesa della SS Vergine del SS Rosario di Pompei. Filippo Sanfilippo and Teresa Graffeo, both from Sicily. were married June 8, 1913. It is, for my family, a sacred place. Stephen Sanfilippo
ReplyDeleteI am organizing some family documents. My mother Crocifissa Pace (born on Oct 20, 1907) was baptized at Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei on Nov 10, 1907. She married my father Angelo Giangreco on Sept 7, 1941 at St Aloysius Church. Yes, the neighborhood was primarily Italian 'back in the day'. I graduated from Bishop McDonnell Memorial HS in 1960 and then CUNY-Baruch College in 1965.
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