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Served by:
Rev. John J. Higgins,
Pastor
Rev. Vernon P. Wickrematunge,
Parochial Vicar
Rev. Louis Anderson,
Parochial Vicar
Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Ansbro, Pastor Emeritus
Mass Schedule:
Saturday Masses:
5:00 p.m. (Saturday Evening)
7:00 p.m (Mass in Spanish)
Sunday Masses
8:00, 10:00 a.m. and 12 Noon
7:00 p.m. (Mass is Spanish)
Rectory:
131 Union Ave.
Peekskill, NY 10566-3445
Tel: 914-737-2071
Fax: 914-737-1633
School:
920 First Street
Peekskill, NY 10566-3445
Tel: 914-737-0680
Fax: 914-737-1322
Pre K thru 8th grade
Mr. James Lyons, Principal
Religious Education (C.C.D.)
Catherine Bischoff, CRE
Tel: 914-737-2231
Fax: 914-737-1277
Office Hours:
Weekdays:
Grades 1 thru 5
4:00p.m–5:15p.m.
Grades 6 thru 8
7:00p.m-8:15p.m.
Spanish Apostolate:
Hispanic Ministry:
Carlos Campoverde
Tel:
914-737-2071
Holy Day Masses:
5:30 p.m. (Eve of Holy Day)
6:45a.m., 10:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Weekday Masses:
7:00a.m. & 9:00 a.m. (Mon – Fri)
9:00 a.m. (Saturday)
Sacrament of Penance:
Saturdays and Eves of Holy Days, The Thursday before First Fridays: 4:00p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Any time at the Rectory upon request.
Sacrament of Baptism:
Sundays–1:15p.m. by appointment.
Instructional class for Parents and Godparents on the second or fourth Friday of the month at 7:20 p.m. in the Rectory by appointment only.
Sacrament of Matrimony:
Engaged couples should contact the Rectory at least six months in advance in order to arrange for their participation in the marriage preparation program
Devotions:
Miraculous Medal Novena – Monday following Mass
Sacred Heart
FirstFriday–7p.m.
First Saturday– 8:15 a.m.
Our History
Assumption Parish was founded in 1859, seventy-four years after the first Catholic church in New York City and State. Peekskill was becoming a thriving manufacturing center, and the Catholics of Peekskill wanted a parish and resident priest of their own. They received assistance from Fr. Nicholas O'Donnell, O.S.A., the Pastor of Verplanck, under whom the enterprise was launched. Collection for the new Church began in 1860, and Mass was said in a rented room. The Church was opened in 1865, under the title of the Assumption, during the pastorate of Father Patrick L. Madden, who succeeded Father O'Donnell in 1863.
Under the pastorate of Father James T. Curran, plans were made for a building that would serve a triple purpose: one that would accomodate the school population of the parish, provide for crowds at Sunday Mass whom the Church could no longer accomodate, and serve as the center of the social, cultural, and recreational life of the town and parish.
On July 25, 1904, ground was broken across the street from the Church for the Guardian, with contruction being completed on October 31, 1909. The theatre had its inaugural performance on October 1, 1906, and the school graduated its first class in 1913.
Pastors of the Church of the Assumption
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Church of the Assumption
131 Union Avenue
Peekskill, NY 10566
(P) 914-737-2071
(F) 914-737-1633
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