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Catholic Archdiocese names parish mergers: see list
By Elizabeth Ganga
The Archdiocese of New York announced Sunday that it will merge 112 parishes into 55 new parishes, with less than half of the merged parishes continuing to celebrate masses and sacraments at both churches. Of the new parishes, 31 will only use one of the church buildings on a regular basis. In Westchester, 12 churches will be merged and the Salesian community will keep two active churches in Port Chester at sites to be determined. In Rockland, four churches will be affected. No parishes are merging in Putnam. At St. Bernard Church in White Plains, which had been told it might merge but in the end was not on the list, parishioners Danuta and Don Zamora were happy and relieved as they walked into 9 a.m. Mass Sunday. They had sampled several churches before picking St. Bernard. They liked its diversity and that it seemed to be growing and thriving. "We just moved into the area and we were just extremely hopeful that the church would stay open," Danuta Zamora said. Sunday's announcement was in the works for several years. The church initiated a reorganization process called Making All Things New that involved self-evaluations by parishes and recommendations from an Archdiocesan Advisory Board. The 10-county Archdiocese, which includes Putnam, Westchester and Rockland, now has 368 parishes. Cardinal Timothy Dolan has said the restructuring is necessary because of shifts in the Catholic population and a dwindling number of priests. "We no longer have the priests to serve 368 parishes," he wrote in Catholic New York on Thursday. In 2007, the Archdiocese closed or merged 21 parishes and in 2013 it reorganized its schools. The decision was originally expected to be announced in September. The churches to be closed will no longer be used on a regular basis by Aug. 1. 2015. Westchester now has 83 parishes, Rockland has 18 and Putnam has five. Parishes that will merge, with the starred church becoming the parish church. Masses will not regularly be celebrated at the second church: Westchester County 1. *Saint John the Baptist 670 Yonkers Avenue Yonkers, New York 10704 Most Holy Trinity 18 Trinity Plaza Yonkers, New York 10701 2. *Saint Peter 91 Ludlow Street Yonkers, New York 10705 Saint Denis 470 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue Yonkers, New York 10705 3. *Saint Peter and Paul 129 Birch Street Mount Vernon, New York 10552 Saint Ursula 214 East Lincoln Mount Vernon, New York 10552 4. *Our Lady of Victory 28 West Sidney Avenue Mount Vernon, New York 10550 Sacred Heart 115 Sharpe Boulevard South Mount Vernon, New York 10550 5. *Saint Mary 23 South High Street Mount Vernon, New York 10550 Our Lady of Mount Carmel 10 South Tenth Street Mount Vernon, New York 10550 6. *Saint Vito 816 Underhill Avenue Mamaroneck, New York 10543 Most Holy Trinity 329 East Boston Post Road Mamaroneck, New York 10543 7. The Salesian community will minister to the faithful in Port Chester with one Parish Church and another Church for Mass and Sacraments. Sites to be determined. Rockland County 1. *Saint Peter 115 Broadway Haverstraw, New York 10927 Saint Mary of the Assumption 46 Conklin Avenue Haverstraw, New York 10927 Parishes that will merge but will continue to celebrate masses and sacraments at both churches. The starred church will be the parish church: Westchester County 1. *Our Lady of Perpetual Help 559 Pelham Manor Road Pelham Manor, New York Saint Catharine 25 Second Avenue 10803 Pelham, New York 10803 2. *Saint Gabriel 120 Division Street New Rochelle, New York 10801 Saint Joseph 280 Washington Avenue New Rochelle, New York 10801 3. *Immaculate Conception 53 Winter Hill Road Tuckahoe, New York 10707 Assumption 100 Pleasant Avenue Tuckahoe, New York 10707 4. *Annunciation 470 Westchester Avenue Crestwood, New York 10707 Our Lady of Fatima 5 Strathmore Road Scarsdale, New York 10583 5. *Saint Christopher 3094 Albany Post Road Buchanan, New York 10511 Saint Patrick 240 11th Street Verplanck, New York 10596 Rockland County Parish Church 1. *Saint Joan of Arc 32 Eagle Valley Road Sloatsburg, New York 10974 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Orange Turnpike Tuxedo Park, New York 10987 Contact: eganga@lohud.com
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