FTo see our 2019-2020 State of the Parish report please click here, to see the 2019-2020 Financial Report please click here.

Pastoral Council

Members: Ed Neuhauser (chair), Eileen Rankin (Vice-Chair), Monica Carey, Nancy Brown (Lay Trustee), Andrea Perkins, Margie LaFrance (Secretary), Linda Benson, Kathy Bishop.

Minutes: For October 8, 2020 Minutes please click here
                For December 3, 2020 Minutes please click here
                For January 7, 2021 Minutes please click here
                  For April 20, 2021 Minutes please click here
                For September 13, 2021 Minutes please click here
                For November 15, 2021 Minutes please click here
                For February 22, 2022 Minutes please click here
                For May 9, 2022 Minutes please click here
                For September 12, 2022 minutes please click here
                For November 28, 2022 minutes please click here

Schedule of Meetings: All meetings are held in McNamara Hall from 6:30-8:30 pm. November 28, 2022; January 30, 2023; April 17, 2023; and June 5, 2023.

Finance Council

Members: Chuck Rankin (Chair) Linda Bonavia (Lay Trustee) Pam Senter (Cemetery Chair), Gabriel Petrella (Secretary), Marie Pollack, Keith Randolph.

Minutes: September 15, 2020
                November 17, 2020
                February 23, 2020

Schedule of Meetings: (if for any reason meetings cannot be held in person, schedule will remain the same and meeting will be held via Zoom.) 

• Tuesday, September 15, 6:00 pm Budget and Financial Reports Meeting
• Tuesday, September 22, 5:30 pm Corporate Meeting
• Tuesday, November 17, 5:30 pm Quarterly Meeting 1
• Tuesday, February 23, 5:30 pm Quarterly Meeting 2
• Tuesday, May 18, 5:30 pm Quarterly Meeting 3 and Preliminary Budget
• Tuesday, August 17, 5:30 pm Quarterly Meeting 4: Presentation of Revised Budget and Whole Year Financial Reports (Corporate Meeting 2021)

History

Saint Anthony Parish in Groton, NY can trace its roots to the 1870's and the immigrant Catholic families in the McLean and Groton areas. In 1924, a local newspaper thus described the birth of Saint Anthony Church in the following way:

Early records indicate that the first Catholic settlers of the Groton area attended Mass at Saint Patrick Church in McLean, New York. Father James Touhy of Ithaca sometimes offered Mass in private homes (e.g. Matthew Walpole and John Carey) from 1860 until 1870. His successor, Father Gilbert (1870-1872) purchased an acre of land on South Main Street in the Village of Groton and this remained the site of the Church and rectory up until 1975. Under the direction of Father P. F. Lynch of Ithaca the construction of the stone church began in 1873 and was completed in 1874. Much of the labor was donated by the parishioners.

Saint Anthony Parish became independent of Immaculate Conception Parish in Ithaca with the appointment of Father Charles Horan as its first resident pastor on August 1, 1875. Later in 1876, Father Patrick M. McManus, who was pastor of the combined Missions of Saint Anthony in Groton and Saint Patrick in McLean, had a rectory and barn built and purchased the cemetery for the Groton Parish.

Saint Patrick Church in McClean, was later incorporated into Holy Cross Church in the Town of Dryden in 1962.

As for St. Anthony Church, a new complex (church, hall, and rectory) was constructed and dedicated on Sunday, 26 October 1975 just outside the village on Route 38. This is our present structure.

Pastoral Leadership of Saint Anthony:

1. Fr. P. F. Lynch, 1873-Aug. 1, 1875 [Pastor of Immaculate Conception, Ithaca]
2. Fr. Charles Horan, Aug. 1, 1875 [First resident Pastor]
3. Fr. John Kenny, 1875
4. Fr. Fred Rauber, 1875/6-July 16, 1876
5. Fr. Patrick M. McManus, July 16, 1876- [upon death]
6. Bp. Thomas F. Hickey, 1894?-Mar. 1895
7. Fr. John McGrath
8. Fr. John McMahon, <1897-Apr. 27, 1905/6
9. Fr. John B. Doran, Apr. 27, 1905/6-
10. Fr. Hugh Crowley, -1923
11. Fr. Thomas M. O'Connor, 1923-1931 [upon retirement, poor health]
12. Fr. John M. Sellinger, 1931-1940
13. Fr. William E. Hayes, 1940-June 27, 1961 [upon resignation, poor health]
14. Fr. Joseph M. McNamara, June 27, 1961-1981 [Upon retirement]
15. Fr. Robert M. Egan, 1981-June 1997 [Upon retirement]
16. Fr. Bernard L. Carges, June 24, 1997-June 25, 2002 [upon retirement]
17. Fr. Frank E. Lioi, June 25, 2002-2004
18. Fr. Scott M. Kubinski, 2004-2010
19. Fr. Malachy Nwosu, 2010-June 27, 2017
20. Mary Ann Kozak (Temporary Pastoral Administrator) June 27, 2017-August 31, 2017
21. Fr. Daniel Ruiz-Sierra, September 1, 2017- June 29, 2021
22. Fr. Jorge Ramirez, (Parochial Administrator) June 29, 2021 - June 27, 2023
23. Fr. John Gagnier, (Parochial Administrator) June 27, 2023 - Present