St Lawrence – Sacred Heart

leadership

Our Clergy

Fr. Richard Gill

PASTOR

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Fr. Osvaldo Hernandez

Parochial Vicar

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Our Team

Denise Bassett

Director of Music

Savannah DeFelice

Director of Family Program

Karen DiTaranto

DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Brittany Gauriloff

Director of Early Childhood Learning Center

Maureen Herbstritt

Business Manager

Lynda Holler

Director of Discipleship

Beatrice Jacobsen

Director of Pastoral Outreach

Janine Kristensen

Religious Education Administrator

Julie Noce

Senior Leadership
Pastoral Assistant

Gabriela Ramírez

Director of Youth Ministry
Senior Leadership

Melody Salas-Curra

Sacred Heart Director of Music

Sally Silvestro

Director of Communication

Senior Leadership

Nick DeFelice

Senior Leadership

Tom Healy

Senior Leadership

Vinny LaRusso

Senior Leadership

Julie Noce

Senior Leadership
Pastoral Assistant

Joe Massimo

Senior Leadership
Parish Trustee

Gabriela Ramírez

Director of Youth Ministry
Senior Leadership

Wilda Rivadeneria

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Fr. Richard Gill

Fr. Gill grew up in Hicksville, Long Island, and graduated from St. John’s University in Queens in 1981 with a degree in Philosophy and a Master’s in Theology.   He entered religious life that year and was ordained a priest by Pope John Paul II on January 3, 1991, at St. Peter’s Basilica.   He earned a Licentiate in Moral Theology from Regina Apostolorum and a Licentiate in Philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.  His assignments as a priest in the Washington, DC area for the next 14 years were running retreats and marriage preparation and offering spiritual direction at Our Lady of Bethesda Retreat Center in Bethesda, MD.   He was the first president of the Institute for Psychological Sciences, which began in 2002 (now Divine Mercy University) in Northern Virginia.   Between 2005 and 2009, he was the Director of Our Lady of Mt. Kisco Retreat Center in Westchester.  In 2010, he joined the Archdiocese of New York and served at St. Barnabas in the Bronx.   He has been pastor of St. Lawrence O’Toole and Sacred Heart since 2015.  

Fr. Osvaldo Hernandez

Fr. Osvaldo Hernandez was born in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic in 1987 and ordained in 2018 for the Archdioceses of New York. He is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. Fr. Hernandez received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and two minors in Theology and Spanish Literature at St. John’s University in 2014. He also received a Master’s in theology at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, in 2018.  Fr. Hernandez served as a parochial vicar of St. Peter’s and St. Mary’s of the Assumption Parish in Haverstraw as his first assignment.  Fr. Hernandez has been a parochial vicar of St. Lawrence O’Toole and Sacred Heart Parish in Brewster since July 1, 2023. 

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Sacred Heart

414 Haviland Dr, Patterson, NY

Ascension of the Lord

Wednesday, May 8th
7:00 pm Mass 

 

Regular Schedule


Sunday

10:30 am Mass

Monday-Friday
9:00 am Rosary

Monday
6:30 pm Rosary via Zoom

For Assistance Call
(845) 279-4832

Saint Lawrence O'Toole

31 Prospect St, Brewster, NY

Ascension of the Lord

Wednesday, May 8

6:30 PM          

7:30 PM Spanish

Thursday, May 9

7:30 AM 

8:30 AM          

12:00 PM           

Regular Schedule

Saturday
5 pm Mass
7:30 pm Mass en Español

Sunday
8 am, 9:30 am, 11 am Mass
12:30 pm Mass en Español
5:30 pm Mass 

Monday-Friday
8:30 am Daily Mass

First Friday
7 pm Mass, Adoration, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Exposition

Monday – Friday
7:45 am Rosary

 

Monday
6:30 pm Rosary via Zoom

 

Saturday
8:30 am Rosary

For Assistance Call
(845) 279-2021

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9:30 am Sunday & Holy Day Masses plus Seasons of Praise, check calendar for dates & times

Saint Lawrence O'Toole

31 Prospect St, Brewster, NY

Confession

Monday
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm 

 

Friday
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Saint Lawrence O'Toole

31 Prospect St, Brewster, NY

Divine Mercy Chapel
Perpetual Adoration

 

For Assistance Call
(845) 279-2021