This is the fifth part of my series of images of Giuseppe Maria Abbate (1886-1963), the Italian-American Celestial Messenger. They are part of my collection of documents related to Abbate and his New Jerusalem Catholic Church. See part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4.
Most of the photos in the collection depict the Celestial Messenger, the Reincarnated Virgin Mary, and religious ceremonies or objects related to them. Copies of these pictures were held by Church members and were also part of Abbate’s missionary activities, distributed to potential adherents. Some were also printed in the Church’s newspaper, L’Araldo, published between 1926 and 1928, as well as in brochures and booklets.
However, the collection also includes other photos documenting members, both individuals and groups. There are, e.g., pictures of the Celestial Messenger’s honorary guard, members of the girls’ and boys’ groups, nuns, religious brothers, and ordinary faithful.
Magnus Lundberg 
Does this church still exist?
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Hi! No, not as an institution. At first, the independent Catholic bishop who took over the parish in the late 1980s did not realize that many parishioners believed in Abbate, and when he realized it, he tried to eradicate the veneration. The Abbate believers left or was forced to leave in the early 1990s, and his last nun died in 2020. However, I would say there are still believers.
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