I was born and raised in Newburgh. When I was growing up the predominately Irish churches were St. Patrick's on Grand St. and St. Mary's on South St. The Protestant Irish tended to go to St. George's on Grand St. or Good Shepherd on Broadway. The Italian Catholic church tended to be Sacred Heart on Rt 9w. St. Francis of Assisi on Benkard Ave. tended to have a lot of Eastern Europeans. St. Patrick's and St. George's have been around since the mid1800s. I believe St. Mary's started around 1875 and Sacred Heart was a little later. Back in the 1800s most of Newburgh was limited towards the waterfront and people went to church close to where they lived. My Prostestant Irish always lived on lower Broadway so they went to St. George's. When Good Shepherd opened in the early 1890s on upper Broadway, they went there cause it was closer to them. Hope this helps you. Robin From: kristine theisen-brown <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [NYORANGE] Catholic Church in Newburgh?? Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:38:26 -0800 (PST) Does anyone know if there was a Catholic Church in Newburgh that had a predominately Polish, Irish or German congregation?..Thanks... --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message