Church of St. Christopher
Church of St. Christopher
41°59′32.6″N73°52′43.6″W / 41.992389°N 73.878778°W /41.992389; -73.878778
Location	7411 South Broadway, Red Hook, New York
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	St. Christopher's Church
History
Founded	1975
Architecture
Functional status	Parish church
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of New York

TheParish of St. Christopher and St. Sylvia is aparish under the authority of theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located inRed Hook,Dutchess County,New York. In November 2014, the Archdiocese of New York announced that the parish ofSt. Sylvia's Church inTivoli, New York would merge with St. Christopher's. Although it would remain a church which may be used on special occasions, Masses and the sacraments will no longer be celebrated on a regular weekly basis at St. Sylvia's as of August 2015.^[1]

St. Christopher Church was founded as a mission ofSacred Heart Parish inBarrytown in 1910, and elevated to parish status in 1975. Sacred Heart parish was established in 1875 in Barrytown to serve immigrants settling in the area. As the area developed and the population grew, the little church could not hold all the Catholics who wanted to come to Mass. Hazardous travel conditions again played a role: Improved transportation had led to settlement farther inland, and the trip to Barrytown was difficult and even dangerous in winter. For a while the parish used a local theater for Sunday Mass. In 1925 it purchased property and laid the cornerstone for St. Christopher's Church, which was dedicated in 1926. When plans were under way to build St. Christopher's Church in Red Hook, parishioners hauled stones from their own yards and fields for its exterior walls.

The parish school, staffed by Sparkhill Dominican Sisters, opened in 1962, but chronic low enrollment caused it to close in 1985; the school building, now the parish center, houses the religious education program. Holy Spirit Chapel is in the parish center. Its stained-glass windows depict the evangelists, St. John Bosco, St. Maria Goretti, and four American saints: SS. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Elizabeth Ann Seton, John Neumann, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. Special Masses, Confirmation Class retreats and other events take place there.

Pastors who served St. Christopher's in Red Hook and the parish from which it developed, Sacred Heart in Barrytown, are:

• Rev. James Fitzsimmons, 1875–1885
• Rev. William J. McClure, 1886–1893
• Rev. Daniel J. Cronin, 1893–1899
• Rev. Hugh P. Cullum, 1899–1901
• Rev. Matthew J.F. Scanlon, 1901–1919
• Rev. Joseph B. Cherry, 1919–1922
• Rev. P. McAleer, 1922–1923
• Rev. Cornelius Fitzsimmons, 1924–1932
• Rev. John Kenny, 1932–1937
• Rev. Louis A. Jaudas, 1937–1940
• Rev. John A. Walsh, 1941
• Rev. Msgr. John R. Carroll, 1941–1969
• Rev. Hugh Devers, 1969–1974
• Rev. Theodore J. Schulz, 1974–1980
• Rev. Louis J. Mazza, 1980–1986
• Rev. Msgr. Charles P. Coen, 1986–2008^[2]
• Rev. Patrick F. Buckley, 2011–2021
• Rev. Douglas Y. Crawford, 2021–2022
• Rev. Jeffrey Maurer, 2023–present^[3]

In November 2014, the Archdiocese of New York announced thatSt. Sylvia's Church inTivoli, New York would merge with St. Christopher's. Although remaining a church which may be used on special occasions, Masses and the sacraments will no longer be celebrated on a regular weekly basis at St. Sylvia's as of August 2015.^[1][4]

Church of St. Sylvia
(2019)
Church of St. Sylvia
Location	Tivoli, New York
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Founded	1890
Dedication	St. Sylvia
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of New York

TheChurch of St. Sylvia is aRoman Catholicparish church under the authority of theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located inTivoli,Dutchess County,New York. The parish was established in 1890.

Tivoli's first Catholics were Irish and German, and arrived in 1852. Mass was said in their homes by Rev. Michael C. Powers of Saugerties, until the first church, a small wooden building, was constructed. After Father Powers, Fathers Michael Scully and Fitzsimmons of Rhinebeck tended the mission. In 1886, Tivoli became a mission of Barrytown, and in 1890 it was made a parish.^[5] Since February 2009, St. Sylvia's has celebrated Mass in both authorized forms of theRoman Rite, the ordinary and theextraordinary.

• Rev. James Fenton
• Rev. Michael Reinhardt
• Rev. P.F. Maughan
• Rev. Lenes
• Rev. J.H. Dooley
• Rev. Charles Joseph Parks
• Rev. Geissler
• Rev. Alfred Croke

The old church was replaced by a new memorial church and rectory in 1902 as a gift from Countess Carola de Laugier-Villars and her sister, Mrs. Geraldyn Redmond, in memory of their mother. The new stone church was consecrated on June 28, 1903, byCardinal Farley.

The parish school, also a memorial gift, was established in 1888. At one time St. Sylvia Church sponsored a cottage lace industry.^[6]

In 2015, the parish of St. Sylvia in Tivoli was merged with St. Christopher's Church in Red Hook.^[7]

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