St. Gerard Majella Shrine Church

History & Significance

Shrine · Est. Founded as a parish in 1923; later designated a Shrine Church

The Shrine Church of St. Gerard Majella in Hollis, Queens, was established as a parish with an attached school in 1923 at 188-16 91st Avenue, in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Named for the 18th-century Italian Redemptorist saint who is the patron of expectant mothers, the church holds relics of St. Gerard and offers blessings for expectant parents and women hoping to conceive. It now serves as a designated diocesan shrine and, following a merger, forms part of the combined Parish of Incarnation–St. Gerard Majella.

• •Located in the Diocese of Brooklyn, in Hollis, Queens, New York
• •Established as a parish with a school in 1923
• •Designated a Shrine Church honoring St. Gerard Majella, patron of expectant mothers
• •Holds relics of St. Gerard and blesses expectant parents and women seeking to conceive
• •Merged into the combined Parish of Incarnation–St. Gerard Majella