St. John’s in-the-wilderness Episcopal church was founded in 1880 (June 23, 1880 - the cornerstone was laid).
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St. John’s in-the-wilderness Episcopal church was founded in 1880 (June 23, 1880 - the cornerstone was laid).
The original stained glass windows reflect the German origins of the parish, which was founded as St. Joseph’s in 1889 to accommodate the overflow from the huge Passionist St. Michael’s Monastery nearby. When the Passionists closed St. Michael’s in 1982, St. Joseph took on St. Michael’s name as well. (Source)
For the first-time visitor, liturgy may be exhilarating… or confusing. Services may involve standing, sitting, kneeling, sung or spoken responses, and other participatory elements that may provide a challenge for the first-time visitor. However, liturgical worship can be compared with a dance: once you learn the steps, you come to appreciate the rhythm, and it becomes satisfying to dance, again and again, as the music changes.
On September 8, 2019, the Diocese of Portland will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, the mother church of the diocese. The cathedral was dedicated on September 8, 1869, by Bishop David Bacon, the first Bishop of Portland. (https://portlanddiocese.org/cathedral-150th-anniversary)
St. Dominic Parish celebrated the 100th Anniversary of its founding on October 9, 1930 and the 150th Anniversary on November 2, 1980.
Christ Church on the Common is the oldest Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Maine is the oldest known example of ecclesiastical Gothic Revival architecture in New England.
St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church is the oldest, largest and tallest public building on Mt. Desert Island. The church is named for the French Jesuit Mission, “Saint Sauveur,” which was established on the island in 1613.
St Peter's, the first Roman Catholic parish in New York, was established in 1785 on the site it now occupies, predating the first Bishopric in the United States, founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1789. The present church exterior was completed in 1840 and was ultimately declared a landmark by Federal, State and City agencies.
The Church of St. Vincent Ferrer is a Roman Catholic parish in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.
