 There was no need for the church to remain open, although it closed to great protest by the parishioners of Our Lady of Good Counsel.There was a long established church, St. Paul, in the same area but it was an Irish parish.The Archdiocese of Philadelphia made St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church an official parish church by transferring the parish records of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church to St. Nicholas of Tolentine.