St. Lucy's Church is a historic church at 19-27 Ruggiero Plaza at the intersection of Seventh Ave.in
Newark,
Essex County,
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, United States. It is home to the American National Shrine Of
Saint Gerard Majella.
It was built in 1925 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The church is in the Old First Ward near Branch Brook Park, a historically Italian parish in what was Newark's
Little Italy
Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the Italian culture. There are ...
, features an annual October procession and festival for St.
Gerard Majella
Gerard Majella (; 6 April 1726 – 16 October 1755) was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
His intercession is sought for children, ...
, the patron saint of childbearing, that is heavily attended by the New Jersey Italian diaspora. The October Feast of St. Gerard "became so popular and so widely-known for producing miracle babies for hitherto childless women that in 1977 the National Conference of U.S. Bishops made St. Lucy's the National Shrine of St. Gerard."
The church holds a monthly mass in honor of St. Gerard at which expectant parents and others hoping to become expectant venerate the saint.
See also
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References
External links
* https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/10/nyregion/city-life-how-a-church-brings-life-to-newark-s-little-italy.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1925
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
Roman Catholic churches in Newark, New Jersey
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Newark, New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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