Celebratory times at St. Joseph’s-Immaculate Conception Church

Celebratory times at  St. Joseph’s-Immaculate Conception Church
Father Hartley Bancroft III prepared to cut the cake that celebrated his formal installation as pastor at St. Joseph’s-Immaculate Conception Church in Millbrook on Thursday, Sept. 9. He’s been leading the church since January 2020.
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MILLBROOK — On Thursday, Sept. 9, New York Diocese Auxiliary Bishop Geraldo Colacicco, former rector of  St. Joseph’s-Immaculate Conception Church in Millbrook, oversaw the installation of Father Hartley Bancroft III  as the pastor of the parish. 

Father Bancroft came to the church on Jan. 1, 2020, and is already much beloved by the parishioners, having managed adroitly over the church during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

More than 200 parishioners attended the evening installation during Mass for the 33-year-old priest, including his father, mother and godfather.

-— Judith O’Hara Balfe

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