St. Vito's Church (Mamaroneck, New York)

St. Vito's Church
40°57′26.7″N 73°44′27.7″W / 40.957417°N 73.741028°W / 40.957417; -73.741028
Location Mamaroneck, New York
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website stvitochurch.com
History
Founded 1908
Dedication Saint Vito
Administration
Archdiocese Archdiocese of New York
St.Vito's interior

St. Vito's Church, located on Underhill Ave. in Mamaroneck, N.Y., is a Roman Catholic church in the Latin Right parish of Most Holy Trinity-Saint Vito

Pastor

Msgr. James E. White is the current Pastor of St. Vitos.[1]

Parish History

The parish was founded in 1911[2] and built by immigrants from southern Italy using plans supplied by architect Anthony J. DePace. It was named after the Sicilian Saint Vito (St. Vitus). To this day the parish still maintains a large percentage of Italian-American parishioners. There are monthly devotions to Padre Pio every 4th Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The parish also holds an annual Festa Italiana in honor of its patron saint. [3]

St. Vito's Parish School operated from 1960 to 1986 and was staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill. The church was heavily damaged in the flood that ravaged the Village of Mamaroneck in April 2007. The church has since been restored.

The parish is served by the Knights of Columbus, Council 2247, which also serves Most Holy Trinity Church, in Mamaroneck.

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