Built between 1922 and 1924, it was designed by Boston architect Ralph Adams Cram with a mixture of Spanish Gothic and Moorish architecture. Its stained glass windows were designed by the then 18-year-old Harry Wright Goodhue.[1][2]
Sacred Heart Church closed in 2005 when the number of parishioners dropped to a few hundred from the 4,000 it had at its peak. The Archdiocese of Newark has no plans to reopen the church.[5][6] The affiliated Sacred Heart School remains open.[7][8]
The priory of the church become home of the Jersey City Employment & Training Program (JCETP) re-entry program, headed by Jim McGreevey, in 2015.[9]
During the 2019 Jersey City shooting the school was on lock-down and used as defensive position during the incident.[10][11] That school was taken over by law-enforcement agencies and used during the incident.[12]
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