Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church - Altoona, Pennsylvania
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N 40° 30.328 W 078° 24.130
17T E 720118 N 4487103
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church is a beautiful sandstone church in Altoona, Pennsylvania
Waymark Code: WM13RB2
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 02/08/2021
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From The Church History page:
"The new immigration was largely Catholic, working class, and urban, making the American Catholic Church more than ever the church of the city, the worker, and the immigrant. And the Most Reverend Richard Phelan, Bishop of Pittsburgh, call the Reverend Thomas P. Smith, pastor of Holy Name Church, Ebensburg. to form a new congregation in Altoona. This new congregation was Sacred Heart Parish.
On July 13, 1890, Father Thomas P. Smith, formerly pastor of Holy Name Parish in Ebensburg, celebrated as the newly-appointed pastor, the first Mass in the newly established Sacred Heart Parish in a building on the corner of Seventh Avenue and Twenty-Fourth Street in Altoona. A combination Church-School was opened in the Fall of 1891. The Sisters of Saint Joseph, whose Motherhouse was then at Ebensburg staffed the school. At that time, our area was still part of the Diocese of Pittsburgh
Our current rectory (priest’s residence) was built in 1897. Our current Formation Center was built as a combination church and school. A church auditorium, on the first floor, was dedicated to Divine Worship of October 18, 1891. The second floor consisted of six large classrooms."
Type of Church: Church
Status of Building: Actively in use for worship
Date of organization: 07/13/1890
Diocese: Altoona - Johnstown Diocese
Address/Location: 511 20th Street Altoona, PA United States 16602
Relvant Web Site: [Web Link]
Date of building construction: Not listed
Dominant Architectural Style: Not listed
Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed
Archdiocese: Not listed
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