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Maryland Historical Society
Library of Maryland History
201 W. Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-685-3750
Fax: 410-385-2105
E-mail: library @mdhs.org
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Maryland
History In Prints: 1752-1900
by Laura Rice
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Church of St. John the Evangelist
E. Sachse & Co.,
Baltimore, ca. 1856
Lithograph
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist, on the corner of Valley and Eager
streets in Baltimore, was the center of spiritual and social life for residents
of a neighborhood composed primarily of Irish immigrants. In addition to
regular worship services, the church provided a means of forming and maintaining
a sense of community, particularly important to newer immigrants. St. John
supported separate parochial schools for boys and girls, and a number of
organizations, including a temperance society, the Heart of Jesus, Society
of the Sanctuary, Society of the Rosary, St. John's Literary Institute
for young men, and the Society of Children of Mary for girls. The congregation
also supported two building associations, which provided funding needed
by members of lesser means to purchase the homes in which they lived.
Changes in the neighborhood during the twentieth century brought dwindling
attendance and decreased revenues. The congregation merged with that of
St. James the Less, just two block away. The final mass was held at the
Church of St. John the Evangelist, on June 26, 1966. The stucco-covered
brick church still stands, although it is not now used.
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