Pope Benedict XVI will lead an ecumenical prayer service for national and local Christian leaders April 18 at St. Joseph's Church, a historic German parish in the Yorkville section of Manhattan. . . .[NY Archdiocese communications directer] Joseph Zwilling said St. Joseph's was selected for the service because "it's a beautiful church" that had recently been renovated and because it was founded as a German national parish that includes stained-glass windows with inscriptions in German.
Msgr. Lawrence Connaughton, a former pastor of St. Joseph's who is a site coordinator for the event, said the 113-year-old Romanesque-revival-style church holds about 350 people.
St. Joseph's was established in 1873 to serve the large German immigrant population of Yorkville as well as German-speaking people throughout the metropolitan area who traveled there for services in their native language.
- History of St. Joseph's in Yorkville - 404 East 87th Street in Manhattan
- St. Joseph's Yorkville - NYC Organ Project List
- Discovering a "Little Germany" in Yorkville NYC Immigrant Heritage Trail (Lower East Side Tenement Museum)
- Yorkville, Manhattan Wikipedia.com
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