St. Joseph School
1 Monroe Street | also 53 Catherine Street | Two Bridges | built 1924
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- 1923
Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo open St. Joseph parish for Italian immigrants on Monroe Street
The parish was opened around 1923 by the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, a congregation founded in 1887 by Bishop John Baptist Scalabrini to serve Italians emigrating to America. The first pastor, Rev. Vincent M. Januzzi, laid the cornerstone of the new church that year. The Italian form, San Giuseppe, is carved into the masonry to set it apart from St. Joseph's in Greenwich Village.
“The cornerstone of the new church was laid in 1923 by the first pastor, the Rev. Vincent M. Januzzi.”
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- 1926
Teaching sisters from Italy take charge of the new St. Joseph Parochial School
St. Joseph Parochial School opened in 1926 and was run by teaching sisters from Italy, the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The parish church, with twin domed towers rising above the surrounding tenements, was designed by architect Matthew W. Del Gaudio.
“St. Joseph Parochial School opened in 1926, administered by the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a congregation of teaching sisters from Italy.”
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- 1957
The parish merges with St. Joachim and is designated a national parish for Italians and Chinese
In 1957 St. Joseph merged with the neighboring parish of St. Joachim. The parish was also designated a national parish serving both the Italian and Chinese communities of the area, and Masses came to be celebrated in English, Spanish and Chinese.
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- 2007
St. Joseph's school merges with St. James Elementary as the parish consolidates
Declining congregations and changing demographics led St. Joseph parish to merge with nearby St. James in 2007, and the school joined St. James Elementary School at the same time. In 2015 the combined parish was merged again, this time with the Church of the Transfiguration. The change drew objections from members of its active, predominantly Chinese-American congregation.
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