Ste. Marie Church (Manchester, New Hampshire)

Ste. Marie Church
Ste. Marie Church
	Ste. Marie Church
	42°59′33″N 71°28′35″W / 42.99250°N 71.47639°WCoordinates: 42°59′33″N 71°28′35″W / 42.99250°N 71.47639°W
Location	378 Notre Dame Avenue, Manchester, New Hampshire
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.enterthenarrowgate.org
History
Founded	1880
Administration
Deanery	Amoskeag
Diocese	Diocese of Manchester
Province	Ecclesiastical Province of Boston
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Most Rev. Peter A. Libasci
Pastor(s)	Rev. Maurice R. Larochelle
Deacon(s)	Kevin C. Cody, Francis Burke

Ste. Marie Church is a Roman Catholic church on the West Side of Manchester, New Hampshire, in the United States. The church was founded to serve the needs of French-Canadian Catholic immigrants to New Hampshire. The Gothic Revival church building is a prominent feature on the Manchester skyline, and dominates the West Side skyline. The building is perched atop the plateau that makes up Rimmon Heights, and forms one of the focal points of the Notre Dame neighborhood, along with Lafayette Park across the street.

In 1908, while pastor of Ste. Marie, Monsignor Pierre Hevey organized the founding of St. Mary's Bank, which is still based at the foot of the hill beneath the church.^[2] Today, Ste. Marie is known, among other things, for its popular Midnight Mass each Christmas Eve and Pentecost Vigil. In September 2019, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Sainte Marie Roman Catholic Church Parish Historic District.^[3]

Ste. Marie Church as seen from Rock Rimmon

References[]

^ "Ste. Marie Church". Diocese of Manchester. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
^ "Our Story". St. Mary's Bank. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
^ Feely, Paul (September 25, 2019). "Manchester's Saint-Marie inducted into National Register of Historic Places". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "Ste. Marie Church". Diocese of Manchester. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

[2] "Our Story". St. Mary's Bank. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

[3] Feely, Paul (September 25, 2019). "Manchester's Saint-Marie inducted into National Register of Historic Places". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

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