On August 13, 2019, the diocese of Brooklyn announced that the Catholic Academy named St. Francis Xavier and Queen of All Saints will close at the end of the month. You may view the story in the Brooklyn Reporter linked HERE. Our you may go to the Press Releases on the website of the diocese of Brooklyn.
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My take on this is geography. I know of a high school girl from Park Slope gladly attending Brooklyn Tech in Fort Greene, but the same trek for an elementary school child might be daunting. Bishop DiMarzio lives only a third of a mile from Queen of All Saints, but Catholic families able to pay tuition may be more scattered.
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I count thirty Brooklyn Catholic elementary Academies or Schools open in September, but the list of schools on the diocesan website includes other schools that have been closed! It takes an effort to update information on websites.
Showing posts with label Fort Greene. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fort Greene. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Monday, April 9, 2012
Sacred Heart, Fort Greene
Sacred Heart church stands on Clermont Avenue between Park Avenue (to the left and south) and Flushing Avenue (to the right, with the Navy Yard). The parish was established in 1871 and this church completed in 1877. About 2008 Bishop Dimarzio renamed the parish Mary of Nazareth parish, with the absorption of St. Michael - St. Edward parish, later closed. His decree dated 11.12.2010 suppressed the parish of St. Lucy - St. Patrick and merged it into the parish of Mary of Nazareth, 41 Adelphi Street, but St. Lucy - St. Patrick continues to show up on the diocesan list of parishes. When I took these photos of Sacred Heart church in April, 2012, I could find no exterior Mass schedule, but the diocesan website shows a Thursday 7:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish and a Sunday bilingual Mass at 10:30 a.m. The diocesan website also lists Mass four times a week at St. Patrick's church, Kent and Willoughby Avenues.
The rectory at the right is at 41 Adelphi Street, Brooklyn, New York 11205, telephone 718-625-5115.
The large school bears the name Sacred Heart Institute from an earlier era. From 1973 to 1985 it was Fort Greene Catholic. Now, the closest door has two signs, Greenhill School and Sacred Heart Religious Instruction Center. The 2011 edition of the Official Catholic Directory states that there were 125 students in religious education.
According to this document on Wallabout Cultural Resources, Thomas F. Houghton designed the church, the rectory, and the institute.
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On 5.8.2014, a reader wrote (see comment below) that she would like photos of the interior of the church. She also remarked about the organ. The New York organ project offers a description of the church and its organ, linked here.
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On 5.8.2014, a reader wrote (see comment below) that she would like photos of the interior of the church. She also remarked about the organ. The New York organ project offers a description of the church and its organ, linked here.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Queen of All Saints, Fort Greene
The church and school of Queen of All Saints are on the north side of Layfayette Avenue at Vanderbilt Avenue, with the postal address 300 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11205. The rectory telephone is 718-638-7625. An informative and inspirational parish website is linked here. The school telephone is 718-857-3114. The church was built about 1913 as a chapel for the planned cathedral across the street.
The parish school has been renamed Queen of All Saints Catholic Academy, but the website seems to be down (9.2.2016).
A friend tells me that the morning sun beautifully illuminates the windows. An interior photo from 1913 is linked here. The architect was Gustave Steinbeck, who also designed the impressive church of the Blessed Sacrament on West 71st Street, Manhattan.
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