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Church in the United States
Sacred Heart Church is a historic church and former
Roman Catholic
parish church on MLK Drive at Bayview Avenue in the
Greenville section of
Jersey City, New Jersey , United States. It is within the
Archdiocese of Newark .
History and 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 .
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[2]
The complex is listed on the
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
[3] but is considered threatened.
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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.
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[6] The affiliated Sacred Heart School remains open.
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The priory of the church become home of the Jersey City Employment & Training Program (JCETP) re-entry program, headed by
Jim McGreevey , in 2015.
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During the
2019 Jersey City shooting the school was on
lock-down and used as defensive position during the incident.
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[11] That school was taken over by law-enforcement agencies and used during the incident.
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See also
References
^
"Dreaming in Technicolor" . Architectural Media. Retrieved 2014-08-21 .
^ Gomez, John (2009),
Legendary Locals , Arcadia Publishing,
ISBN
9781467100922
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"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. Archived from
the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-09-20 .
^ 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. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-05-10. 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 .
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"Sacred Heart School" . Sacred Heart School. Archived from
the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-21 .
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"Local politicians hail new prisoner re-entry center" . 22 July 2015.
^ Heyboer, Kelly (December 10, 2019).
"Thousands of kids on lockdown in schools as gunman opens fire in Jersey City" . NJ Advance Media . Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
^ Heyboer, Kelly (December 10, 2019).
"Jersey City schools lift lockdown, let thousands of kids go home after fatal shooting" . NJ Advance Media . Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
^
"Police body cam videos show fierce gun battle after fatal shooting at Jersey City kosher market" . Associated Press. February 21, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via
NJ.com .
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