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See pages 488 and 489 for the creation in 1949 and merger in 2007 of the parish of St Francis of Assisi, at Baychester Avenue and Pitman Avenue, seven blocks inside the city line. The rectory phone number is 718-324-5340. With St. Anthony (Richardson Ave.) and St. Frances of Rome (Barnes Ave.), St Francis of Assisi is one of three Wakefield parishes with the same pastor and associates. There is another parish named St. Francis of Assisi in High Bridge, but that has been merged with the larger parish of the Sacred Heart.
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This parish offers an elementary school at 4300 Baychester Avenue, Bronx NY 10466, telephone 718-994-4650. With about 300 students, it appears that there is one section per grade. Adjacent to the church is an early learning center, the sign for which appears above.
I was an altar boy at Saint Francis back in the 1950s when the parish was on Seventh Street and Tenth Avenue in Mount Vernon. Our wonderful paster, Father James D’Ascoli talked about building a new church and we even had fund raisers as I recall. We were in a small building but it was a warm, loving parish with a holy priest to guide us.
ReplyDeleteFr. D’Ascoli’s picture in on the wall at Saint Joseph’s seminary along with his ordination class. I think that was 1932. I was ordained a Deacon 66 years later as a result (in part) of growing up in that small but beautiful parish.