In Jackson Heights most of the residents considered themselves being religious.XX Jackson heights now has three Roman Catholic churches one of them is St.Joan of Arc it was the first roman Catholic built in Jackson Heights, around the 1920's. St. Joan of Arc was the first catholic church in United States named in honor of a newly canonized French Saint. [1] Now this church is considered a NY landmarkNYC landmarks. On the other hand The United Methodist church a protestant is the oldest Church in Jackson Heights, built in 1919 only serving white middle and upper class is now the most diverse church in queens with Chinese, Korean,Spanish and English services.[2]
On the list of religion diversity in Jackson heights are Hinduism and Sikhism. Jackson Heights is the home of oldest Hindu-Sikhism temple in the United States.https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/jacksonsights/XXCite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
A population of Muslim in Jackson Heights are also active in the community, A Mosque named The Mohamed Community Center help its worshiper by providing services such A family counseling and weekend Islamic education. The Jewish community is also present. The Keliliah Jewish center provide services to the public.
https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/jacksonsights/
References
- ^ Blog, McNamara's (2014-05-30). "Queens Parish First One Named for St. Joan of Arc, 1920". McNamara's Blog. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ MIYARES, INES M. (2010-04-21). "FROM EXCLUSIONARY COVENANT TO ETHNIC HYPERDIVERSITY IN JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS*". Geographical Review. 94 (4): 462–483. doi:10.1111/j.1931-0846.2004.tb00183.x. ISSN 0016-7428.