Saint Jerome Church – Campus and Neighborhood

VIDEO to introduce you to the tour
BOOKLET for the Saint Jerome Church (Campus and Neighborhood) walking tour
Private GROUP TOUR (COSTS) is one hour long for this Saint Jerome Church (Campus and Neighborhood) walking tour. It is fully outdoors. Also a one hour indoor presentation can be given.
A free public tour comes up every five years.
A self-tour is available for anyone using the maps and text seen below. – LOCATION
Churches of Holyoke

stops	name	notes	LINKS
1	Saint Jerome Church	church	LINK
2	Saint Jerome Rectory	rectory	LINK
3	William Whiting School	school	LINK
4	Notre Dame Convent	convent	LINK
5	Saint Patrick’s Chapel	church	LINK
6	Saint Jerome’s Institute	school	LINK
7	Convent of the Sisters of Saint Joseph	convent	LINK
8	Father Harkins Home for Elderly Women	home	LINK
9	House of Providence Charity Home	hospital	LINK
10	Providence School of Nursing	hospital	LINK
11	Providence Maternity Home	hospital	LINK
12	Notre Dame School	school	LINK
13	Hampden Park Historic District	park	LINK

Other churches were started in Holyoke with Saint Jerome as the mother church. Sacred Heart, St Patrick’s in South Hadley, and Holy Cross are all direct ancestors of St Jerome. Rosary, Saint Anne in Chicopee, Blessed Sacrament, and Holy Name are indirect. Some would start schools like St Jerome’s did but none would have the full program and great impact of St Jerome’s Church.

Brightside and Ingleside were offshoots of St Jerome. Read about them at the LINK.

St Jerome’s Church was the most complete parish in the old Springfield Diocese. There was no institution that could be formed that was not formed. Its parish priest Patrick Harkins and its strong congregation formed a church campus without rival in the area.

Harkins was made Permanent Rector of Saint Jerome’s Church in 1892. In 1904 the pope conferred the title of Prothonotary Apostolic instar.