Corpus Christi Church (New York City)

Church in New York, United States

Church in NY , United States

Corpus Christi Church

A view of the church in March 2023

Corpus Christi Church

40°48′40.01″N 73°57′38.78″W﻿ / ﻿40.8111139°N 73.9607722°W﻿ / 40.8111139; -73.9607722
Location| 533–535 West 121st Street, New York City, NY 10027
Country| United States
Denomination| Roman Catholic
Website| corpus-christi-nyc.org
History
Founded| May 1906 (parish)
Architecture
Architect(s)| F. A. de Meuron (1906 church)[1][2]
Thomas Dunn and Frederick E. Gibson (1930 church& rectory)[2]
Wilfred E. Anthony (1935 church)[2]
Architectural type| English Baroque
Baroque Revival
Groundbreaking| 1906[1][2]
Completed| 1907[3]
1930[2]
1935[2][3]
Construction cost| $45,000 (1906)[1]
Administration
Archdiocese| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Clergy
Curate(s)| Rev. Michael Holleran
Pastor(s)| Rev. Peter Heasley
Laity
Organist/Director of music| Louise Basbas
Director of music| Louise Basbas
Organist(s)| Louise Basbas

The Church of Corpus Christi is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located on West 121st Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The parish was established in 1906.[4][3][5] In 2022, the parish merged with the nearby  .

## Buildings[edit]

The church, founded by Rev. John H. Dooley, was built in 1906–1907 as a brick and stone chapel and three-story parish house, all over the basement, to designs of F. A. de Meuron of Main Street, Yonkers, New York, for $45,000.[1] The structure was a five-bay three-storey Beaux-arts brick school house with a stone-quoined breakfront occupying the central three bays that contained a temporary church and rectory. The new church, school, and rectory cornerstone was laid on November 11, 1906, and the structure was dedicated on June 30, 1907 by Archbishop John Farley.[3]

These buildings were replaced in 1930 with a new church and rectory built 1930 to the designs by Thomas Dunn and Frederick E. Gibson.[2] The current church, school, and convent were dedicated on October 25, 1936.[3] The church was designed in 1935 by Wilfred E. Anthony.[2] The current baptistery survives from F. A. de Meuron's original 1906 church.[3]

Although the classical exterior of the church is not prepossessing, the interior is widely admired. Time Out New York calls it "gorgeous,"[6] while the AIA Guide to NYC urges passersby to enter and admire a sanctuary that looks as though it was designed by a disciple of Sir Christopher Wren.[7]

## Parish school[edit]

The parish school opened in September 1907, staffed by the Sisters of Charity of New York. The Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, Wisconsin, were welcomed to the school in 1936.

Corpus Christi School was closed in 2020 by the Archdiocese of New York citing the dangers of the COVID pandemic and very low school enrollment.[8]

## Notable events[edit]

On November 16, 1938, Thomas Merton was baptized at Corpus Christi Church and received Holy Communion.[9]

## Further reading[edit]

* Flegenheimer, Matt, "'Carlin Street' Resisted by His Old Church. Was It Something He Said?", The New York Times, October 25, 2011

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900–1986," (Accessed December 25, 2010).
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Dolkart, Andrew S. (1998). Morningside Heights: A History of its Architecture and Development. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 352\. ISBN 978-0-231-07850-4. OCLC 37843816.
3. ^ a b c d e f "Liturgy". Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2011. HISTORY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH] (Accessed January 19, 2011)
4. ^ Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 50\. ISBN 0-231-12543-7.
5. ^ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.323.
6. ^ "Reach out to a Higher Power," Time Out New York, April 1, 2009, p. 13
7. ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. p. 474\. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
8. ^ "Harlem's Historic Corpus Christi School Is One Of 20 Schools Being Closed", Harlem World magazine. July 2020.
9. ^ William Henry Shannon, Thomas Merton, Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey: Writings on Contemplation, (London and New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000), p.278

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