tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post4222813117937815602..comments2024-01-25T16:19:18.396-05:00Comments on Catholic Churches of Manhattan: 73. St. Columba (Now Parish of Guardian Angel/St. Columba)Andrew the Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518557627354558389noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-18152217093415015752014-11-06T11:37:24.820-05:002014-11-06T11:37:24.820-05:00I AM THE LAST ONE IN MY FAMILY TO GET MARRIED AT ...I AM THE LAST ONE IN MY FAMILY TO GET MARRIED AT ST. COLUMBA CHURCH ON APRIL 26TH 1975. WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2015. MY ENTIRE FAMILY WENT TO ST. COLUMBA SCHOOL MY GRANDFATHER, ALL MY AUNTS AND UNCLES AND MY MOTHER WHO WAS BORN IN A BROWNSTONE RIGHT ACROSS FROM ST. COLUMBA AND STILL LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ST. COLUMBA.OUR FAMILY OWNED THE FAMOUS J MOLLOY AND SONS FUNERAL HOME ON 23RD STREET AND DONATED THE ST JOSEPHS ALTAR WHICH YOU CAN STILL SEE IN THE CHURCH. YES CHELSEA WAS AN IRISH NEIGHBORHOOD. ITS A SHAME THEY CLOSED THE SCHOOL AND I BET YOU ALL DON'T KNOW THE ST COLUMBA SCHOOL SONG.<br /> AS FOR GUARDIAN ANGEL IT WAS THE SEAMANS CHURCH FOR THE LONGSHOREMEN. ITS A GREAT CHURCH TOO. THANK GOD THEY WILL NOT CLOSE THEM AND MERGE THEM TOGETHER. ST COLUMBA IS 0VER 150 YEARS OLD. DID YOU KNOW WOOPIE GOLDBERG WENT TO ST. COLUMBA SCHOOL? I GRADUATED IN 1964 FROM ST. COLUMBA. HOPE THE CHURCH LASTS FOREVER.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-68752957373084428892013-03-08T21:17:31.801-05:002013-03-08T21:17:31.801-05:00Andrew! What a great blog! In case you might be in...Andrew! What a great blog! In case you might be interested in reading about NYC churches see the book at http://archive.org/details/catholicchurches01shea which was published in 1878. I'm the webmaster of the soon to go live for St. Columba Church. May I use the photo showing the altar on the SC website? It was taken before the beautiful paiting now gracing the church. I'll naturally give you credit for it.Julia Sosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340781400315410747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-86138721715563410412013-03-08T21:13:10.029-05:002013-03-08T21:13:10.029-05:00Thank you so much for posting this trivia. I'm...Thank you so much for posting this trivia. I'm the webmaster for the soon to go live website for St. Columba Church. I cam across your posting in my research and have used it to locate specifics on those tidbits for the website.Julia Sosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340781400315410747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-64769238884702154452013-03-08T21:10:43.090-05:002013-03-08T21:10:43.090-05:00Just in case you are still looking for some info, ...Just in case you are still looking for some info, check out page 205 of the book at http://archive.org/details/catholicchurches01shea. I came across the book doind some research for St. Columba Church's website.Julia Sosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340781400315410747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-15672713463570305052012-04-30T21:48:34.883-04:002012-04-30T21:48:34.883-04:00what happenedwhat happenedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-34096680609778319712012-04-30T21:47:55.161-04:002012-04-30T21:47:55.161-04:00St. Columba Trivia Jackie Gleason married for the ...St. Columba Trivia Jackie Gleason married for the first time at St. Columba. During the 1970's Father Dispenza was Chaplain for the New York Yankees for a time and brought MVP Bucky Dent to the school. Us Altar boys used to get amazing seats for games every once in a while. One last thing the TV show Kojak filmed an episode there. WHO LOVES YA BABYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-16950083195178478352012-03-18T21:19:04.975-04:002012-03-18T21:19:04.975-04:00does anyone know if there will be an Easter Eve se...does anyone know if there will be an Easter Eve service on the night of Saturday 7th April? And at what time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-86360469394211202172012-03-16T16:53:05.813-04:002012-03-16T16:53:05.813-04:00Your stories are deeply moving. You speak of unsp...Your stories are deeply moving. You speak of unspecified debaucheries that remind each one of us of the guy in the mirror, but with a heart that strives for the wings to soar above and beyond the broken human condition. Your writing seems to effortlessly unite these general longings and disappointments of humanity with a specific moment in a church, a sentence in a homily, a beam of light through colored glass.<br /><br />My Great-Great Grandfather lived in that parish, took his second wife at that altar after burying the thirty-one-year-old bride of his first marriage, and if the old top-hatted longshoreman had ever staggered into Mass sober and on time, the clouds would have parted to reveal the weeping of angels.<br /><br />You're a real pro, My Brother. Keep up the writing.Michael McKeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-36561854407436169302011-12-28T17:17:14.105-05:002011-12-28T17:17:14.105-05:00Thank you so much for the pictures of this church....Thank you so much for the pictures of this church. My great grandparents were married here in 1919 its nice to see it!Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-66376014493920651512011-02-16T12:13:15.327-05:002011-02-16T12:13:15.327-05:00Can anyone help with history of St. Bernard's ...Can anyone help with history of St. Bernard's and the neighborhood? My grandmother was Irish and baptized there in late 1889 or early 1890. I thought at that time most Irish were still living south near 5 Points and the Bowery. Were the people in Chelsea more affluent? Do you know of any good resources for info specifically on this church and timeframe? Thanks in advance to any help.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307734982713291214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-66513800381160037372011-01-29T17:46:53.954-05:002011-01-29T17:46:53.954-05:00@Christine are you Irish? My grandfather was bapti...@Christine are you Irish? My grandfather was baptised there also in 1899. I thought the area was predominately Irish at the time.<br /><br />Awesome Blog by the way!!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12281608811669248546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-40347698559285782952010-07-26T23:37:04.892-04:002010-07-26T23:37:04.892-04:00my grandfather we baptised there in 1890. it is on...my grandfather we baptised there in 1890. it is on my list to travel to. thanks for the post and photoschristinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-85272308584630169142009-11-05T23:40:39.618-05:002009-11-05T23:40:39.618-05:00Thank you for posting the pictures of St. Columba ...Thank you for posting the pictures of St. Columba Church in Manhattan. My parents were married, I was baptized, had my first holy communion, confirmation and baptized my children, all at St. Columba. I attended St. Columba School (sadly now closed) and so did my children. I don't live in Chelsea any more but I do have many, many fond memories of my childhood spent there. Thank you again and God bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-82743577404997270432009-09-28T17:04:26.357-04:002009-09-28T17:04:26.357-04:00As always, thanks for this post! I appreciate the...As always, thanks for this post! I appreciate the tour. God bless youPaul Snatchkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15095161921742904453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-80418437144098839572009-09-28T16:05:56.363-04:002009-09-28T16:05:56.363-04:00This is a very cool blog!
Thanks much!This is a very cool blog!<br /><br />Thanks much!Brianhttp://www.abookofeverything.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-35730225409302852242009-09-24T12:14:25.911-04:002009-09-24T12:14:25.911-04:00I stumbled across your site today looking for the ...I stumbled across your site today looking for the church I see every morning and evening on West 41st: Sts. Cyril and Methodius and St. Raphael's. Thanks for that. It was nice to know, read, hear that I am not the only one who is fascinated with churches and what they bring to the masses. A place of refuge, peace, hope, joy--the place to recharge in such a world in which we live today. Thank you for bringing it all together. <br /><br />I'm surprised you don't have a picture or bio that we readers could connect the face behind the pen. Perhaps your readers would have an opportunity to converse with you during a chance encounter after mass. If you ever feel up for it, might I suggest St. Catherine's of Alexandria on Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn. It's a church I went to when we visited my Nonnie, and my grandparent's thereafter, growing up. It still stands alive and tall when I last visited a couple years ago. Beautiful. So beautiful.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081408801606473863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573984856195685471.post-61000172043492009662009-09-22T07:07:54.274-04:002009-09-22T07:07:54.274-04:00Thanks for this and all your posts. I have always ...Thanks for this and all your posts. I have always wanted to go to Storm King. Have you tried Kykuit? Take the garden tour. House tour is nice too.dellbabe68https://www.blogger.com/profile/11874918282465730082noreply@blogger.com