Location Tivoli, New York Founded 1895 | Denomination Roman Catholic Dedication Saint Silvia | |
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Address 104 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583, USA Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Similar Immaculate Conception Church, St Cecilia's Church and Conv, St Pius V's Church, St Anthony's Church, St Benedict the Moor | ||
The Church of St. Sylvia is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Tivoli, Dutchess County, New York, USA. It was established in 1895.
Since February 2009, St. Sylvia's has celebrated Mass in both authorized forms of the Roman Rite, the ordinary and the extraordinary.
History
Tivoli's first Catholics were Irish and German, and arrived in 1852. Mass was said in their homes by Rev. Michael C. Powers of Saugerties, until the first church, a small wooden building, was constructed. After Father Powers, Fathers Michael Scully and Fitzsimmons of Rhinebeck tended the mission. In 1886, Tivoli became a mission of Barrytown, and in 1890 was made a parish.
The old church was replaced by in 1902 as a gift from Countess Carola de Laugier-Villars and her sister, Mrs. Geraldyn Redmond. The new church was consecrated on June 28, 1903.
The parish school was established in 1888. At one time St. Sylvia's sponsored a cottage lace industry.
In 2015, the parish of St. Sylvia in Tivoli merged with St. Christopher's in Red Hook.