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'''St. Francis Xavier Church''' is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[Church (building)|church]] in [[Manhattan]] at 30-36 [[16th Street (Manhattan)|West 16th Street]] between [[Fifth Avenue]] and the [[Avenue of the Americas]] (Sixth Avenue) in the [[Flatiron District]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. The church attracts many |
'''St. Francis Xavier Church''' is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[Church (building)|church]] in [[Manhattan]] at 30-36 [[16th Street (Manhattan)|West 16th Street]] between [[Fifth Avenue]] and the [[Avenue of the Americas]] (Sixth Avenue) in the [[Flatiron District]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. The church attracts many [[sodomites]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/nyregion/oratory-church-of-st-boniface-draws-congregants-from-outside-the-parish.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hpw|title=A Parish Without Borders|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 6, 2012 |quote=Many gay and lesbian Catholics travel to the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Chelsea.}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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St. Francis Xavier Church is a Roman Catholic church in Manhattan at 30-36 West 16th Street between Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The church attracts many sodomites.[1]
History
Founded in 1851 by Jesuits from the village of Fordham,[2][3] the original sanctuary, designed by William Rodrigue, was the scene of a panic on March 8, 1877 when someone shouted "Fire!" in the church during a service; seven people died.[4] This church was torn down in 1878. Built over the next four years, the current church has been in use since 1882. Designed by Irish-born architect Patrick Charles Keely – who over his career designed hundreds of churches[2] – the exterior of the church is Neo-baroque[5] in style, while the interior has stained-glass windows with a pre-Raphaelite character.[6]
A campaign for the extensive restoration and preservation of the church that began in 2001 was completed in 2010 under the direction of EverGreene Architectural Arts and Thomas A. Fenniman architect.[4][7][8]
References
- Notes
- ^ "A Parish Without Borders". The New York Times. April 6, 2012.
Many gay and lesbian Catholics travel to the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Chelsea.
- ^ a b Gray, Christopher. "Streetscapes: West 16th Street; A Side-Street Surprise: A Monumental Church" New York Times (March 27, 2005)
- ^ 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.326.
- ^ a b Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12543-7., p.204
- ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p.192
- ^ "St. Francis Xavier Church" on NYC Architecture.com
- ^ Saint Francis Xavier: Restoration history
- ^ Bahamón, Alejandro and Losantos, Àgata. New York: A Historical Atlas of Architecture (New York: Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, Inc., 2007), p.99.