St. Ann's Church (Bronx, New York)

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The Shrine Church of St. Ann was a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Bainbridge Avenue, just north of Gun Hill Road, in the Norwood area of the Bronx, New York. The parish was founded in 1927, and closed as of August 1, 2015. The parish was merged with the former Parish of St. Brendan, with the Church of St. Brendan being designated as the parish church of the new combined parish, which was named the Parish of St. Brendan-St. Ann.HistoryThe parish was founded in 1927 by Cardinal Patrick J. Hayes, the Archbishop of New York, to serve the growing population of the North Bronx, due to the recent completion of various subway lines which were being extended to that northernmost region of the City of New York. The first Mass was celebrated on Christmas Day of that year in the cafeteria of Montefiore Home and Hospital, located across the street from the planned site of the church.The new parish had from the outset the unique distinction of being designated as not a territorial parish church but as a shrine dedicated to its patron saint, Saint Ann, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the grandmother of her son, Jesus. From the time of its founding in 1927, an annual novena of Masses in honor of this saint was observed during the nine days leading up to her feast day.

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