On December 1, 2018 Cardinal Timothy Dolan assigned Fr. Lakmin Silva to be Parochial Vicar here at Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Our Lady Parish. We welcome him and ask God’s choicest blessings upon his priestly ministry among us. Click the title for a brief autobiography.

You are invited to join us on a 10-day choir pilgrimage to Italy, led by Fr. Anthony Sorgie from June 26 - July 5, 2019. There will be stops in Rome, Vatican City, Capri, Sorrento, and Amalfi. Click the title for more information.

You are invited to attend a special 10-day pilgrimage, which will be led by Fr. Anthony Sorgie, through Bavaria and Austria on Sept. 16 - 25, 2020. A highlight of the trip will be the 2020 Passion Play. Spaces are limited. Click the title for more information

At the request of Cardinal Dolan, our parish will be praying a Novena to Saint Michael the Archangel after every Mass beginning on Friday, September 21 through Saturday, September 29, his Feast day. Please click the title for the Prayer as well as an article from Cardinal Dolan.

Boys and Girls tryouts for the upcoming ICS CYO 2018-19 basketball season are 9/23-28. Click the title for more info and learn how to register for tryouts.

Timothy Cardinal Dolan and Msgr. Gregory Mustaciuolo, Vicar General, have appointed and approved Fr. Sorgie’s selections, who will serve as Parish Trustees for this Parish Year beginning September 1, 2018 until August 31, 2019. Ms. Jeanne Altenau, member of the Finance Council, and Mr. Gerard Colaio, President of the Pastoral Council, have been named.

Do it before August 15, when the $50.00, late fee applies! PREP Classes Are: * Tuesdays from 4:15-5:30 PM * Wednesdays from 4:15-5:30 PM * Wednesdays from 6:45-8:00 PM

August 13-17 Vacation Bible Camp! From 8:45 AM-11:45 AM in the Lower Church! Cost: $75.00 per child in Grades 1-6. Do Not Delay! Camper Registration will Remain open until July 24th! Teen Registration Has Been Closed! Adult Volunteers Welcomed!

You are invited to participate in a conference commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Blessed Pope Paul VI’s Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae, “On Human Life” on Saturday, July 21st.

Register at formed.org Use the Parish Code W8YK28. Create your own account. Enjoy!

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Don't be afraid, if you hear the call to be a catechist! Click for more information.

Join us to the Canadian Shrines of Quebec and Montreal from Friday, Sept. 8 through Monday, Sept. 11: Four Days and Three Nights! Celebrate Mass at St. Joseph Oratory, St. Anne de Beaupre, Notre Dame de Cap, and St. Francis Xavier Mission and Shrine of Kateri Tekakwitha! Price to be determined! Limited Seating! Interested? Call Ronnie at 914-771-7910 or Sr. Cora at 914-961-3643 or message her to receive updates and more detailed information as it becomes available. Be sure to include: Name Phone Number Email Address.

Each year on Holy Saturday during the Easter Vigil, thousands of are baptized into the Catholic Church in the United States. Parishes welcome these new Catholics through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). Listed below are some questions and answers about RCIA.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Click on the picture to see the video.

See the Church of the Holy Family, the Church of Cana, the Basilica of the Annunciation. See the outer doors, and the very place where the Word became flesh and the Yes of the Blessed Mother to God. The above image is from the interior of the Basilica of the Annunciation. It is reported to be the very spot where the Angel Gabriel appeared to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Morning visit to Caesarea where Herod built a seaport city on the Mediterranean. Pictures show remains of theater. Group picture taken on site where St Paul was imprisoned and appealed to the emperor to have him tried in Rome. See picture under group picture. Next stop was Mt Carmel where we attended mass. Last stop was Mt Tabor where the transfiguration occurred.

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated is Dorcas). She was completely occupied with good deeds and almsgiving. Now during those days she fell sick and died, so after washing her, they laid her out in a room upstairs.

Go on a virtual pilgrimage with Fr. Sorgie and 39 parishioners who flew last night to Tel Aviv! What is a Pilgrimage? A journey you make to holy places to draw closer to God. During the Holy Year of Mercy we celebrated two Parish Pilgrimages to Old St. Patrick's and St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. We walked through the Holy Doors, prayed for the Pope, celebrated Mass and on our own received the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession.) You can go on pilgrimage too without leaving your house!

Advent has a very interesting history; in the beginning it wasn’t even called “Advent.” After Christianity became legal,during the reign of the Emperor Constantine, there developed among the early Christians certain feasts that celebrated the different events during the life of the Lord. One of these feasts was the birth of Jesus, which was decided to be on December 25, although neither then, nor now was there an attempt to say this was the actual date of His birth. Although Epiphany is an older feast, Christmas spread throughout the Roman Empire reaching France and Germany rather quickly.