St Nicholas of Tolentine, Philadelphia
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The St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church is a Roman Catholic parish located in the South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. St. Nicks is one of two remaining ethnically Italian parishes in Philadelphia, the other being St. Donato's of West Philadelphia. Both parishes give mass in Italian, as well as English, and consist of a heavily Italian-American congregation. The church is located on 9th and Watkins' Streets in South Philadelphia.
[edit] History
The St. Nicholas of Tolentine parish was founded in 1912 by Italian Augustinian priests, who founded the church to serve the growing community of Roman Catholic Italian immigrants in the area.
