Cradle of the Church in New York / St. Peter’s Church
A clipping of an article providing a short historical profile of St. Peter’s Church on Barclay Street, the oldest Catholic parish in New York City. It credits Rev. Charles Whelan, an Irish Capuchin and former chaplain in Admiral De Grasse’s fleet (recommended by Lafayette), with leasing the land where the church stands in the summer of 1785.
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- c.1923
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- 3
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- 1 p.; clipping
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- A clipping of an article providing a short historical profile of St. Peter’s Church on Barclay Street, the oldest Catholic parish in New York City. It credits Rev. Charles Whelan, an Irish Capuchin and former chaplain in Admiral De Grasse’s fleet (recommended by Lafayette), with leasing the land where the church stands in the summer of 1785.
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- Irish Capuchin Archives
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- Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the United States > Newspaper Clippings
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- The cradle of the church in New York, it is called. In the summer of 1785 an Irish Capuchin, Rev. Chas. Whelan, was sent to New York and leased the land where the church stands. Fa…
- An interesting reminiscence is a story of the death of Rev. John Ury, an English non-Conformist preacher, who was executed by bigots on the site of St. Peter's church in 1741, on t…
- An interesting reminiscence is a story of the death of Rev. John Ury, an English non-Conformist preacher, who was executed by bigots on the site of St. Peter's church in 1741, on t…
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Cradle of the Church, New York, Has Many Fine Reminiscences St. Peter's church, Barclay St., New York, celebrated last Sunday 138 years of the faith in that city. The cradle of the church in New York, it is called. In the summer of 1785 an Irish Capuchin, Rev. Chas. Whelan, was sent to New York and leased the land where the church stands. Father Whelan had been chaplain in De Grasse's fleet and was recommended by Lafayette. An interesting reminiscence is a story of the death of Rev. John Ury, an English non-Conformist preacher, who was executed by bigots on the site of St. Peter's church in 1741, on the supposition that he was a Catholic priest. The Right Reverend Monsignor McGean, 80 years of age, has been rector of St. Peter's for over forty years.