Assumption Church celebrates 175th year of its founding
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church last Saturday marked the 175th anniversary of the parish’s founding and the dedication of the original church that took place on June 10, 1842.
At that time, Brooklyn was still part of the New York Diocese, as the Brooklyn diocese would not be established for another decade. Assumption Church was the first Roman Catholic parish in the area, and the third in Brooklyn.
The Jubilee Mass brought back a number of former pastors and administrators including the Rev. Michael Carrano, the Rev. Joseph Hugo and the Rev. Edward Doran.
Parishioners view each other as a close-knit family —and one that increased last year when the Brooklyn Oratory of St. Philip Neri was invited to begin pastoral care and oversight of Assumption Church in January 2016. Since that time, the number of priests available to provide ministry has increased and some new ministries have developed, including a recently formed Family Choir.