History & Significance
Shrine · Est. Parish established 1935; church dedicated October 11, 1936
The Shrine Church of St. Bernadette is a Roman Catholic parish in the Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, in the Diocese of Brooklyn. It was founded in 1935 when Bishop Thomas E. Molloy appointed Rev. Francis P. Barilla as founding pastor of the new mission; the brick church was built in 1936 and dedicated on October 11, 1936. Named for St. Bernadette of Lourdes, the church features a stone reredos and an outdoor grotto evoking the shrine at Lourdes, France, and added St. Bernadette School in 1953.
Brick cruciform church with Art Moderne touches, including elliptical arches
- •Parish established in 1935 by Bishop Thomas E. Molloy; Rev. Francis P. Barilla was founding pastor
- •Church dedicated October 11, 1936, in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn
- •Serves the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
- •Named for St. Bernadette of Lourdes; grounds include a grotto replicating Lourdes, France
- •St. Bernadette School opened in September 1953
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