Most Holy Trinity Church, Mamaroneck
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Parish
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in the Archdiocese of New York, located on the Boston Post Road
Boston Post Road
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in Mamaroneck
Mamaroneck (village), New York
Mamaroneck is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 18,929 at the 2010 census. It is located partially within the town of Mamaroneck and partially within the town of Rye. The portion in Rye is unofficially called "Rye Neck"...
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Parish history
Most Holy Trinity Church began as St. Thomas Church, built in 1867. It was a mission of Blessed SacramentBlessed Sacrament
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church in New Rochelle N.Y..The mission became a parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in 1874, then the present church was built by 1885 and renamed Most Holy Trinity.
Church art and stained glass windows
Most Holy Trinity Church is known for its beautiful stained glass windowsStained Glass Windows
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. The windows depict the following.
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Left side of the church (from front to rear): The Annunciation (Tabernacle area),
Saint Joseph
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with the child Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
, Saint Ann with the child Mary, and Saint Isidore the Farmer.
Right side of the church (from front to rear): Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Baptismal area), Saint Bridget of Sweden, Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints....
, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Peter
Saint Peter
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, Saint Gertrude the Great, and Saint Philip
Philip the Apostle
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Above the altar (from left to right): Saint Athanasius, Saint Jerome
Saint Jerome
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, Saint Augustine, Saint Ambrose, The Holy Trinity (center), Saint Matthew, Saint John the Evangelist
John the Evangelist
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, Saint Isidore of Seville, and Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Roof Level (Left side, front to back): Handing of the keys to Saint Peter
Saint Peter
Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
, The Sermon on the Mount, and Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
healing the sick.
Roof Level (Right side, front to back): The Annunciation, The Nativity, and the finding of Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
in the Temple
Pastors
The first pastorPastor
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of Holy Trinity was Father Christopher A. Farrell. Other former pastors include: Bishop Joseph P. Donahue, 1913 to 1924, who eventually became vicar general of the archdiocese of N.Y., Father Francis P. Duffy
Francis P. Duffy
Francis Patrick Duffy was an American soldier, Roman Catholic priest and chaplain. As the chaplain for the "Fighting 69th", he became the most highly decorated cleric in the history of the U.S. Army. Duffy Square, the northern half of Times Square, is named after him.-Early life and...
, who served there in the early part of the twentieth century(Duffy was known as the chaplain of the Fighting 69th
Fighting 69th
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Regiment in World War I
World War I
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), and also Father Thomas Kelly, 1942 to 1952, who had been the confessor of Rose Hawthorne, daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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and the founder of the Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer. More recent pastors have included Msgr. Thomas Darby, 1969 to 1976, and Msgr. John Mulroy, 1976 to 1989.
Current pastor Father Joseph F. Irwin was appointed to Mamaroneck
Mamaroneck (village), New York
Mamaroneck is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 18,929 at the 2010 census. It is located partially within the town of Mamaroneck and partially within the town of Rye. The portion in Rye is unofficially called "Rye Neck"...
in 1989.
Present day
Upon Fr. Irwin becoming pastorPastor
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, he brought the tabernacle back into the church from a Eucharistic chapel. Father Irwin said he was aiming for Holy Trinity to be the "first parish in America where people don't leave before the end of Mass." He requests that parishioners "respect the integrity of the Mass."
Sisters of Charity of New York
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was closed in 1987.
The four weekend Masses are attended by an average of 550 persons. The church has Adoration
Adoration
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Fridays, 8:30 a.m. until Benediction
Benediction
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8 p.m. The Parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
gives 10% of its collection to the poor.