Church of St. Brendan
333 East 206th Street | also 3229 Perry Avenue | Norwood | built 1965
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- 1908
Father Denis O'Donovan becomes first rector of the new St. Brendan's parish in Norwood
Norwood's Catholics had gone to St. Mary's in Williamsbridge until St. Brendan's parish was created in 1908 with Fr. Denis O'Donovan as rector. Services began in a small frame building at Webster Avenue and 205th Street, converted into a chapel, and a larger stone Gothic church was dedicated on November 21, 1909.
“St. Brendan's parish was established in 1908. Fr. Denis O'Donovan was appointed Rector.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1966
Belfatto & Pavarini shape the new St. Brendan's like the prow of a ship
The present church at Perry Avenue and East 207th Street went up in 1966 to a Modernist design by Belfatto & Pavarini. Its form recalls a ship's prow, a nod to its patron, Saint Brendan the Navigator. The parish rectory uses the address 333 East 206th Street.
“…built 1966 to Modernist designs by the architectural firm of Belfatto & Pavarini to resemble the prow of a ship.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2015
St. Brendan's becomes the church of the merged parish of St. Ann and St. Brendan
In a broad consolidation of parishes ordered by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, St. Brendan's was combined with the nearby Shrine Church of St. Ann on Bainbridge Avenue, founded in 1927. St. Brendan's was chosen as the parish church of the new parish, which held its inaugural Mass on August 1, 2015; St. Ann's church was later deconsecrated.
“The former St. Brendan's Church was designated to serve as the parish church of the new parish. The inaugural Mass of the new parish took place on August 1, 2015.”
Source: Wikipedia
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