Church of Notre Dame (New York City)

Catholic church in Manhattan, New York

United States historic place

Church of Notre Dame and Rectory

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

New York State Register of Historic Places

New York City Landmark No. 0300 (main structure), 0301 (rectory)

Facade of the Church of Notre Dame

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Location| 405 W. 114th St. and 40 Morningside Drive, New York, New York
Coordinates| 40°48′18″N 73°57′38″W﻿ / ﻿40.80500°N 73.96056°W﻿ / 40.80500; -73.96056
Built| 1909
Architect| Daus & Otto; Cross & Cross
Architectural style| French Neo-classical
Website| Parish of Corpus Christi and Notre Dame
NRHP reference No.| 80002678[1]
NYSRHP No.| 06101.000092[2]
NYCL No.| 0300 (main structure), 0301 (rectory)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| May 6, 1980
Designated NYSRHP| June 23, 1980[2]
Designated NYCL| January 24, 1967

The Church of Notre Dame is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The church is located at 40 Morningside Drive and the rectory at 405 West 114th Street in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City. In 2022, the parish merged with nearby Corpus Christi Church.

## History

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Fathers of Mercy, a French community of priests, established the Church of Notre Dame in 1910 as a mission of the St. Vincent de Paul Parish on West 23rd Street. The church had been established after Geraldyn Redmond donated funds to the Fathers of Mercy, requesting they build a chapel to propagate devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes.[3] The first administrator of the parish was the Rev. Maurice Reynauld, S.P.M., who died in France during World War I.[4] While in France in 1913, he affiliated Notre Dame Church with the Sanctuary of Our Lady in Lourdes, thus enabling worshipers at the Church of Notre Dame in New York City to obtain the spiritual benefits of worshipers at Lourdes. From the beginning of the parish, a special arrangement was made with the ecclesiastical authorities in Lourdes that water from the miraculous spring there would be sent directly to the Church of Notre Dame. Since that time Lourdes water has been continuously available at the church.

The sanctuary completed in 1910 was the work of Daus and Otto. Cross & Cross designed the nave, facade, and rectory completed in 1914. A planned dome was never completed.[5] The expansion continued intermittently until completed 50 years later.

The chapel was officially dedicated on October 2, 1910, by Archbishop John Farley. Cardinal Farley dedicated the enlarged structure on February 11, 1915, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.[3]

Notre Dame became an independent parish in 1919 and grew from a small chapel to the present church in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It was still a center for New York's French community when Cardinal Charost of Rennes visited the church in June 1926[4] and when Bishop Alfred Baudrillart of the Institut Catholique de Paris presided at a ceremony in April 1927.[6]

In 1936, an organization of lay parishioners, the Notre Dame Study Club, was the first group of its type to call upon every Catholic parish to support the Catholic Church in efforts to provide for social justice for black people.[7][8]

In 1960, charge of Notre Dame was transferred from the Fathers of Mercy to the Archdiocese of New York.

In January 1967, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Church and the Rectory of Notre Dame as official city landmarks. The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1980.[9]

In 1988, some parishioners sued under canon law to prevent the remodeling of the sanctuary, specifically relocating the altar in accordance with liturgical reforms established by Second Vatican Council.[10]

## Notre Dame today

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Over the years, the French community was integrated with other ethnic groups. Calling Notre Dame home are many people of Irish, German, Italian, Black, Hispanic and Filipino descent. Today Notre Dame is still just as ethnically diverse as its neighborhood.[citation needed]

In 2003, the Archdiocese of New York entrusted the Polish Province of the Dominican Order with the responsibility of taking care of Notre Dame Parish and all its ministries. Control returned to the archdiocese in the fall of 2011.

Catholic Campus Ministry at Columbia University became a part of the parish mission of Notre Dame in 1988. Notre Dame's community includes ministry at St. Luke's Hospital and the nearby Amsterdam Nursing Home, part of NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System.

The Church is also home to Columbia's Thomas Merton Institute for Catholic Life, which opened in 2023.[11][12]

## References

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Notes

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ a b "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
3. ^ a b "P.S. INVESTIGATORS PROMISE NEW LAW; Senator Thompson Says He Will Consult the Mayor About Changes. WOOD A SIGNAL EXPERT Chairman Suggests "Crookedness" When Committee Examines into Signal System Contracts". The New York Times. February 12, 1915. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
4. ^ a b "Besiege Charost to Kiss his Ring". The New York Times. June 14, 1926. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
5. ^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1. p.193
6. ^ "Traces the History of Christian Altar". The New York Times. April 25, 1927. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
7. ^ "Help of Catholics for Negroes Asked". The New York Times. March 27, 1936. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
8. ^ "Catholics Condemn Lynching". The New York Times. January 28, 1937. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
9. ^ National Register of Historic Places: Annual Listing of Historic Properties, 10649 Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 9, 2011
10. ^ Goldman, Ari L. (July 11, 1988). "Plans to Split the Altar Split a Church". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
11. ^ Vance, Shea. "Columbia Catholic Ministry opens University's first Catholic center - Columbia Spectator". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
12. ^ "Columbia University gets its own Catholic center". Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-04-01.

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