The fight to save an historic church in Yonkers continues. News 12 has previously reported on this ongoing battle, but a decree from the archdiocese has parishioners concerned about what’s next.<\/p>\n
“There are so many of us that see this as our home, our worship home,” said Isidoro Acevedo, who has been going to St. Mary’s for years.<\/p>\n
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, also known as St. Mary’s, has been a pillar in the Yonkers community for more than 175 years.<\/p>\n
News 12 reported in 2024 on a possible closure of the church due to costly repairs. Then, it was set to merge.<\/p>\n
Parishioners sent an appeal to the Vatican for the parish to stay independent, which was successful.<\/p>\n
However, a decree on the Archdiocese of New York’s website from early July says, “the territorial parish of Saint Peter-Saint Denis, Yonkers, New York, and the territorial parish of Immaculate Conception, Yonkers, New York are merged.”<\/p>\n
“It’s very sad, very sad,” Acevedo told News 12.<\/p>\n
Acevedo says he’s concerned about what this means for the future of programs and services, especially because the church has offered various bilingual options through the years.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson with the archdiocese previously told News 12 that no further changes are planned at this time and Sunday Mass will continue.<\/p>\n
Parishioners are once again appealing to the Vatican.<\/p>\n
“We are faithful people and we believe in miracles. We are waiting for a miracle to happen,” said Acevedo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fight to save an historic church in Yonkers continues. News 12 has previously reported on this ongoing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-320463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}