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Victory for St. Mary's Church!

St. Mary’s Friends has announced that the appeal made to the Vatican for St. Mary’s Church to remain as an independent parish has been successful. The Holy See has revoked the decree issued last year by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, which had eliminated Immaculate Conception Parish in Yonkers.


March 26, 2025, 7pm Zoom Meeting Re: Cuál es el estado actual de la Iglesia de Santa Maria?

Vamos hacer un reunión especial patrocinada por St. Mary’s Friends!  La reunion se realizara via Zoom el 26 de marzo, 2025 a las 7:00 PM. Las instrucciones para acceder a nuestra reunion de Zoom se enumeran a continuacion. Durante esta reunion vamos hablar de el estado de nuestra parroquia. Además también vamos hablar nuestro esfuerzo continuo para evitar que la iglesia de Santa Maria sea vendido y demolida.


March 26, 2025, 7pm Zoom Meeting Re: What’s the Current Status of St. Mary’s Church?

Please join us for a special meeting sponsored by St. Mary’s Friends! The meeting will be held via Zoom on March 26, 2025 at 7pm. Instructions to access our Zoom meeting are noted below. During this meeting we will discuss the status of our parish. In addition, we will also discuss our continuing effort to keep St. Mary’s church from being sold and demolished.


The Hymn in Her Heart

The Reverend Anne Saunders almost died when she was a child. Scarlet fever ran rampant, afflicting children everywhere, regardless of the color of their skin or how much money their families had. In the late 1930s, most children stayed home to heal, but Anne Saunders was so sick that her father wanted to take her to the hospital. He was told that if he took her to the hospital, she wouldn’t be alive when she got there.


NOTES FROM THE WORKING CLASS: A Sacred Place

We all want to go home. Even when we leave and go to parts unknown, there is a longing to return to the place where we came from. We can return to our home in our hearts and minds, but it is never as satisfying as actually going home. St. Mary’s Church has been home for many generations for nearly two centuries. The impending closure of St. Mary’s Church has prompted many of us to think about what it means to have a relationship with a Sacred Place.