Blessed Sacrament Church (New Rochelle, New York)

Church of the Blessed Sacrament
June 2016 view of the church
40°54′21.8″N 73°47′0.2″W / 40.906056°N 73.783389°W / 40.906056; -73.783389
Location15 Shea Place,
New Rochelle, New York
CountryUnited States
DenominationRoman Catholic
WebsiteBlessed Sacrament Church
History
StatusParish church
Founded1874
DedicationBlessed Sacrament
Architecture
Functional statusActive
StyleGothic Revival
Completed1897
Administration
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of New York

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament is a Roman Catholic parish located in New Rochelle, New York. Blessed Sacrament was founded in 1874, and its present-day church building was constructed in 1897. Its predecessor, St. Matthew's Church, was founded in 1848. Blessed Sacrament Church is listed as a New Rochelle Historic Site.

As of 1998, the church served 2,000 families. It educated students in the Blessed Sacrament School until a 1985 merger with St. Gabriel's High School to form Blessed Sacrament-St. Gabriel High School, which closed in 2013. Blessed Sacrament Church also serves four local nursing homes and maintains Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.