Sacred Heart Church (Jersey City)

Sacred Heart Church is a historic church and former Roman Catholic parish church located in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. It is within the Archdiocese of Newark.

Description

Built between 1922 and 1924, it was designed by Boston architect Ralph Adams Cram with a mixture of Spanish Gothic and Moorish architecture. Its stained glass windows were designed by the then 18-year-old Harry Wright Goodhue.^[1]^[2]

Sacred Heart Church closed in 2005 when the number of parishioners dropped to a few hundred from the 4,000 it had at its peak. The Archdiocese of Newark has no plans to reopen the church.^[3]^[4] The affiliated Sacred Heart School remains open.^[5]^[6] The complex is listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places^[7] but is considered threatened.^[8]

The priory of the church become home of the Jersey City Employment & Training Program (JCETP) re-entry program, headed by Jim McGreevey, in 2015.^[9]

References

↑ "Dreaming in Technicolor". Architectural Media. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
↑ Gomez, John (2009), Legendary Locals, Arcadia Publishing
↑ Fernandes, Nicolas (June 27, 2014). "Preservationist thinks reopening Jersey City church will improve MLK Drive area". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
↑ Gomez, john (2008). "Sacred Heart Church in Jersey City, New Jersey A HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF RALPH ADAMS CRAM'S SEMINAL SPANISH GOTHIC MASTERWORK" (PDF). Columbia University. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
↑ Thorbourne, Ken (June 26, 2014). "Amid economic challenges, Jersey City's Sacred Heart School continues mission". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
↑ "Sacred Heart School". Sacred Heart School. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
↑ "Sacred Heart Church". Preservation New Jersey. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
↑ http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2015/07/lt_gov_guadagno_fulop_mcgreeve.html

External links

HPN Network Harry Wright Goodhue

Archdiocese of Newark

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Newark

Bishops	James Roosevelt Bayley Michael Corrigan Winand Wigger John O'Connor

Archbishops	Thomas J. Walsh Thomas Aloysius Boland Peter Leo Gerety Theodore Edgar McCarrick John J. Myers

Coadjutor Archbishop	Bernard Hebda

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Churches in the Archdiocese of Newark

Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart

Parishes	St. Henry's Church, Bayonne Madonna Church, Fort Lee Church of Our Lady of Grace, Hoboken St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City St. Antoninus Church, Newark St. Casimir's Church, Newark St. Columba's Church, Newark St. John's Church, Newark St. Joseph's Church, Newark Pro-Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Newark St. Rocco's Church, Newark St. Mary's Church, Plainfield Former parishes Sacred Heart Church, Jersey City

Abbey	St. Mary's Abbey Church

Education in the Archdiocese of Newark

Higher education	Seton Hall University Caldwell University Felician College Saint Peter's University

Seminary	Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology

High schools	Bergen County Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Ramsey Immaculate Conception High School, Lodi Immaculate Heart Academy, Washington Township Paramus Catholic High School, Paramus Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale St. Mary High School, Rutherford Essex County Christ the King Preparatory School, Newark Immaculate Conception High School, Montclair Lacordaire Academy, Upper Montclair Mount Saint Dominic Academy, Caldwell St. Benedict's Preparatory School, Newark St. Vincent Academy, Newark Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange Hudson County Hudson Catholic Regional High School, Jersey City Marist High School, Bayonne St. Anthony High School, Jersey City St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City Kenmare High School, Jersey City Union County Benedictine Academy, Elizabeth Mother Seton Regional High School, Clark Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit Oratory Preparatory School, Summit Roselle Catholic High School, Roselle St. Mary of the Assumption High School, Elizabeth Union Catholic Regional High School, Scotch Plains

Former	Holy Family Academy, Bayonne

Grade Schools	St. Anne School, Fair Lawn All Saints Catholic Academy, Bayonne

Clergy of the Archdiocese of Newark

Auxiliary bishops	Thomas Aloysius Boland Paul Gregory Bootkoski Joseph Arthur Costello Edgar Moreira da Cunha Manuel Aurelio Cruz Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Gaetano Aldo Donato John Joseph Dougherty John Walter Flesey Joseph Abel Francis Robert Francis Garner William A. Griffin Dominic Anthony Marconi Justin J. McCarthy Charles James McDonnell James T. McHugh Thomas Henry McLaughlin Jerome Arthur Pechillo David Arias Pérez Michael Angelo Saltarelli Arthur J. Serratelli John Mortimer Smith Martin Walter Stanton

Priests	Peter Baldacchino Harold P. Darcy Robert Seton

Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Newark

Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange

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Coordinates: 40°42′24″N 74°05′00″W / 40.7066°N 74.0832°W / 40.7066; -74.0832

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Sacred Heart Church (Jersey City)

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