Most Holy Trinity Church, Mamaroneck

Holy Trinity

Most Holy Trinity Church is a Roman Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of New York, located on the Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck.

Parish history

Most Holy Trinity Church began as St. Thomas Church, built in 1867. It was a mission of Blessed Sacrament church in New Rochelle N.Y..The mission became a parish 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 windows. The windows depict the following.

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Left side of the church (from front to rear): The Annunciation (Tabernacle area),

Holy Trinity Altar

Saint Stephen of Hungary, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Joseph with the child Jesus, 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 Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Peter, Saint Gertrude the Great, and Saint Philip.

Above the altar (from left to right): Saint Athanasius, Saint Jerome, Saint Augustine, Saint Ambrose, The Holy Trinity (center), Saint Matthew, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Isidore of Seville, and Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Roof Level (Left side, front to back): Handing of the keys to Saint Peter, The Sermon on the Mount, and Jesus healing the sick.

Roof Level (Right side, front to back): The Annunciation, The Nativity, and the finding of Jesus in the Temple

Pastors

The first pastor 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, who served there in the early part of the twentieth century(Duffy was known as the chaplain of the Fighting 69th Regiment in World War I), and also Father Thomas Kelly, 1942 to 1952, who had been the confessor of Rose Hawthorne, daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne 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^[1] was appointed to Mamaroneck in 1989.

Present day

Upon Fr. Irwin becoming pastor, 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."

Holy Trinity Tabernacle

Most Holy Trinity Parish School(1st-8th grade) run by the Sisters of Charity of New York was closed in 1987.

The four weekend Masses are attended by an average of 550 persons. The church has Adoration Fridays, 8:30 a.m. until Benediction 8 p.m. The Parish gives 10% of its collection to the poor^[2].

References

1. ^ http://www.archny.org/parish-search/index.cfm
2. ^ http://cny.org/stories/Parish-of-Life,3006?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=Father+Irwin&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id=

External links

• The Archdiocese of New York
• Catholic Encyclopedia article