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BRONX SCENE
St. Angela Merici Church
opened on Morris Ave. in 1899
St. Angela Merici Church is located
on Morris Avenue at 163rd
Street. The parish was established at
the request of Archbishop Michael A.
Corrigan in 1899 by Father Thomas
W. Wallace. Father Wallace was ordained
on December 20, 1884 and assigned
as pastor of the new parish on
September 18, 1899. The fi rst Mass
was celebrated in their little wooden
church building on June 24, 1900.
That structure was replaced by the
current church which was erected in
1923 and dedicated in 1924.
Father Wallace was very close to
the Ursuline Sisters as two of his siblings
belonged to that religious order.
One of them, Mother Alphonsus,
became the fi rst principal of their
school when it was established in
1904. Due to his closeness to the Order
of the Ursulines, it was not surprising
that he chose to name the
parish after the founder of the order,
St. Angela Merici.
St. Angela Merici was born on
March 21, 1474 in Desenzano, Italy.
The small town is located in the foothills
of the Alps midway between
Venice and Milan. This area around
Lake Garda enjoys a Mediterranean
climate and has therefore become a
favorite vacation site in northern Italy
attracting not only Italians bur
also Swiss, French and Austrians.
Vineyards and olive groves abound
in this garden spot of southern Europe.
The house in which St. Angela
was born is still standing and bears
a plaque explaining its signifi cance.
She established the Order of St. Ursula
on November 25, 1535 and passed
away in Brescia fi ve years later on
January 27, 1540. Among her last
statements was “Do in life what you
would wish to have done at the hour
of death.” The saying holds true as
most of the things we regret as we
grow older are the things we failed to
do rather than the things we’ve done.
She was canonized by Pope Pius VII
on January 24, 1807 and her feast day
is celebrated on May 31st.
The current pastor, Father Nestorio
Agirembabazi, was installed as
pastor last year by Auxiliary Bishop
Josu Iriondo. The parish appears
to be thriving as in addition to the
daily Masses, there are two Saturday
evening Masses and two on Sundays
with one celebrated in English
and one in Spanish. There are also
two Masses said each month in the
Igbo Nigerian language. Their Holy
Name Society dates from January 21,
1900 and the parish also boasts of an
active League of the Sacred Heart,
Charismatic Prayer Group and the
school Parent/Guardian Association
is a great help in fund raising efforts.
They also have a parish website
which lists the Parish Council
members and their activities. The
school abuts the church on all sides
and Sister Lourdes Mercado serves
as the principal.
St. Angela Merici Church and School is located at 163rd Street and Morris Avenue in Melrose.
It was established in 1899 and now, after a hundred years, still holds a major infl uence in
the community.