Saint Joseph’s Church (avenue Hoche)

The English-speaking Catholic parish was founded by the Passionists; their church on what was then the avenue de la Reine-Hortense, today the avenue Hoche, was consecrated in June 1869, on the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. It came through the siege of Paris and the Commune; in 1905 the order was expelled under the law on associations, and the Passionists bought the property back. During the Second World War Irish Passionists served it. The present building was inaugurated in May 1987. The photograph shows one of its windows: a white dove among red flames, in a burst of colored glass.