PORT EWEN — On a sunny Saturday on the corner of Broadway and East Main Street, parishioners of Presentation-Sacred Heart Parish cheerily participated in the Town of Esopus’s Frost Free Fair. “With friendly cheer, we wanted to show that the Catholic Church is part of Port Ewen and the greater Esopus community,” commented Father Arthur Rojas, pastor, “as well as to invite our neighbors and all passers-by to learn more about the good news of our Catholic faith and identity.”

Several parishioners, both young and old, took part in manning the booth throughout the day, along with Father Rojas. Bulletins, handmade rosaries, medals of the Sacred Heart, and other devotional and catechetical materials were distributed to curious passers-by and onlookers throughout the day. Father Rojas was on hand to impart blessings on items as well as persons seeking these blessings, and to answer questions about Catholicism and our parish. The booths featured a beautiful parish banner, with which Deacon Timothy Dean will lead a delegation of parishioners in the upcoming Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 27 at 10 a.m. along Broadway in Port Ewen to Riverview Cemetery at Ulster Park.  

Presentation-Sacred Heart Parish is a parish of the Archdiocese of New York, serving the Town of Esopus, which includes the hamlet of Port Ewen. Presentation Church at 209 Hoyt Street is home to the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Hudson. Sacred Heart Church is located at 1055 Broadway (Route 9W) at Esopus in the southern half of the town. Find out more about our parish at www.presentationsacredheart.org.