We Lovingly Offer our Prayers for You
The cloistered Carmelite Sisters of Rochester New York have adopted our parish.
Sisters of Life
St. Paul the Apostle Convent is home to a community of the Sisters of Life.
Hell, Heaven, the Particular Judgment, Final Judgment, the New Heaven and Earth
11-26-2023The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) offers the following explanation: We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against him, against our neighbor or against ourselves . . . To die in mortal sin without repenting and accepting God’s merciful love means remaining separated from him forever by our own free choice. This state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed is called “hell.” (CCC 1033)
READ MORESt Paul the Apostle Catholic Church Centennial Mass
St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Yonkers, NY celebrated its 100th anniversary of founding on June 18th 2023. Cardinal Dolan celebrated Mass at the church on June 24, 2023.
Stop Doctor Assisted Suicide
Go to the NY State Catholic Conference to contact your assembly man/woman and state senator.
Announcements & Events
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Holiday Toy Drive
Please join Hodder Farenga Funeral Home in a Holiday Toy Drive now through Mon, Dec 11. New, unwrapped toys or clothing may be brought to Hodder Farenga.
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Winter Coat Drive
The Sts. Peter & Paul and St. Ursula Men’s Club is sponsoring a Winter Coat Drive now through Mon, Dec 18, to benefit those in need in the local community. We are in need of new or gently used adult and children's coats. Coats can be brought to the Sts. Peter & Paul and St. Ursula Rectory, 129 Birch Street, Mt. Vernon, or you can call 914-668-9815 to schedule a pick-up of your donation (Five or more coats).
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St. Joseph’s Seminary Schola Cantorum
St. Joseph’s Seminary Schola Cantorum will perform their heavenly music of hymns and Christmas favorites amidst poinsettias and firs at their annual Advent & Christmas Concert.
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Fri, Dec 8 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception - is a Holy Day of Obligation
Mass times: 9:00am, 12:00pm (Latin Mass), 7:30pm
*NO Vigil Mass on Thu, Dec 7. -
National Night of Prayer for Life
Annual National Night of Prayer for Life begins 8:30pm on Fri, Dec 8 to 1:00am on Sat, Dec 9. During the Hour of Unity, 12:00am–1:00am EST, we will be united with churches across the country in prayer.
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Catholic Widows and Widowers of Yonkers
Catholic Widows and Widowers of Yonkers is a social, religious and bereavement organization that helps to meet the needs of its membership.
Cardinal's Annual Stewardship Appeal 2023
Our goal is $48,500. We are grateful for your sacrifice and generosity.
The Appeal supports evangelization, communications, Catholic education, and charitable works and it makes possible the formation of new parish priests, while caring for our elder ones, so that our next generation may know and love Christ and continue to seek Him in the Eucharist.
From the Desk of Fr. Villa
St. Paul the Apostle Parish Mission
The Parish of Saint Paul Apostle under the guidance of the Holy Spirit informs the response of the believer to the presence of Jesus through conversion. In this process strengthened and maintained by prayer, worship and catholic action, individuals become Christ in this twenty first century.
At Sunday Eucharist all gather to hear God’s Word in the Scriptures. Gradually an understanding of life’s make-up deepens and the rich meaning of living through union with Jesus opens a fuller connection to His focal work at Calvary. Through God’s unfolding grace the purpose of faith is being fulfilled by our incorporation with Him in our Eucharistic – “this holy and perfect sacrifice: the bread of life and the cup of eternal salvation.” Conversion or being awakened to the mystery of His Death and Resurrection calls for the essential supports necessary to live out this process. Through prayer the Holy Spirit accommodates believers to the revelation of the Loving Father whom Jesus introduces. Worship offers depth of awe reflected in the love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Catholic action flows from the desire to make God’s Love real to others in this life.
Our Patron Saint
Paul the Apostle commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Hebrew name Saul of Tarsus was an apostle (although not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world. Paul is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age and from the mid-30s to the mid-50s AD he founded several Christian communities in Asia Minor and Europe. He took advantage of his status as both a Jew and a Roman citizen to minister to both Jewish and Roman audiences.
According to the New Testament book Acts of the Apostles (often simply called Acts), Paul persecuted some of the early disciples of Jesus, possibly Hellenised diaspora Jews converted to Christianity, in the area of Jerusalem prior to his conversion. In the narrative of Acts, Paul was traveling on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus on a mission to "arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem" when the resurrected Jesus appeared to him in a great light. He was struck blind, but after three days his sight was restored by Ananias of Damascus and Paul began to preach that Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah and the Son of God. Approximately half of the book of Acts deals with Paul's life and works.
In Catholic tradition whoever has St. Paul the Apostle as patron also has St. Peter the Apostle as patron as well. In the traditional liturgy on a feast or votive Mass of St. Paul a prayer to St. Peter is always added and vice versa.