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St. Thérèse Chapel and Academy

Coordinates: 44°42′15″N 74°39′23″W / 44.704107°N 74.656262°W / 44.704107; -74.656262
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St. Thérèse Chapel
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44°42′15″N 74°39′23″W / 44.704107°N 74.656262°W / 44.704107; -74.656262
LocationNicholville, New York
CountryUnited States
DenominationRoman Catholic (In Schism)
Religious instituteSSPX
Weekly attendance170 (January 2000)
Websitewww.sspx.org/Chapels_Pages/nicholville_ny.htm http://sspx.org/en/st-therese-church-priory
History
StatusChurch
Founded1986
Founder(s)Fr. Wolfgang Goettler
Consecrated1999-12-25
Architecture
Functional statusActive
GroundbreakingOctober 1997
Administration
DivisionSociety of Saint Pius X
CircuitUnited States, SSPX
Clergy
Bishop(s)Bernard Fellay
Priest(s)Father Steven Soos
Assistant priest(s)Father Nicholas Stamos and Father Thomas Tamm
External images
image icon http://www.sspx.org/Chapels_Pages/chapel_pages_images/Exterior%20St.%20Therese's%20Nicholville,%20NY.JPG
image icon http://www.sspx.org/Chapels_Pages/chapel_pages_images/St.%20Therse's%20-%20Nicholville.JPG
image icon http://www.sspx.org/Chapels_Pages/chapel_pages_images/St.%20Therese's%20Academy.JPG

St. Thérèse Chapel and Academy is a Traditionalist Catholic church and children's school in Nicholville, New York, operated by the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX).

The parish community got started in 1986 with SSPX's Father Goettler saying Mass in Lawrence Town Hall. Education of children by the parish also began immediately. Once the parish grew to about 50 people, a temporary chapel was established in 1989. Construction of the academy building also began in October 1989.

The school building was finished in 1992 and opened with 20 students. In October 1997, the current church began construction, and the first Mass was celebrated in the new building on Christmas Day, 1999.

Today, the school has an enrollment of about 50 students.