Immaculate Conception Church

Immaculate Conception Church

PO Box 379

67 North Lake Road

Haines Falls, NY 12436

History: At the beginning of the twentieth century, the tourist trade within the parish had become immense in the Haines Falls area, with the Catskill Mountain House, the Laurel House, Hotel Kaaterskill, the Lox-Hurst, Haines Falls House and dozens of other smaller hotels, boarding houses, as well as the flourishing private resorts known as Twilight and Sunset Parks. for a short time in 1905 and 1906, Father Keefe celebrated Mass at the Antlers Hotel on Mountain House Road in Haines Falls, but in 1906, he purchased the Levi Haines property and began construction of a new church. The Hunter Review of July 12, 1907 published a lengthy description of the building and the ceremonies as Father Keefe celebrated the first Mass in the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, July 6, 1907. According to a small brochure put out by Father Keefe in 1906, the entire projected cost for the new church was $5000. Shortly after the completion of the new church, the pastor transferred his residence from Hunter to Haines Falls to the former Haines Home, which remains the rectory.

(Exert from: The Legacy "A History of the Church of Saint Mary of the Mountain")

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 21, 2009

Welcome .... To The Immaculate Conception Church "Home Page".

God Bless You! Father Anthony Motta