Church of Santa Maria

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Santa Maria Church

In 1926, Patrick Cardinal Hayes entrusted Fr. Edward Marcuzzi the mission of establishing a parish for the Italian-speaking immigrants of Westchester Square area. Fr. Marcuzzi, with pioneering faith proceeded with a handful of parishioners to open a small chapel, under the patronal tutelage of the Blessed Mother, in an empty store located at1605 Parker Street, where the first Holy Eucharistic Mass was celebrated on July 8, 1926. A few months later, in November, the present church was erected and received the State Certificate of Church Incorporation on February 1, 1927. With Fr. Marcuzzi's death, from 1932 to 1947, Fr. Anthony Profilio, a latin scholar who, like his predecessor, was born, educated and ordained in Italy, served as the second pastor of Santa Maria. Fr. Profilio beautified the church and established many parish societies, such as the Holy Name Society, League of the Sacred Heart, Ladies Auxiliary, St. Theresa and St. Aloysius Societies, Third Order of St. Francis and the Holy Rosary Society. Fr. Profilio also sold several parcels of property to the Apostles of the Sacred Heart Private School and Convent on Zerega Avenue in 1934. After his tenure, Fr. Profilio returned to Sicily as the Vicar General of his Diocese. Francis Cardinal Spellman... read more at http://www.santamariaparish.us/history.html