Editing Congers, New York (section)

===St Paul's Church===
Catholics in Congers initially attended St. Peter's Church in Haverstraw. Rev. Thomas McGare of St. Peter's built St Paul's Church, Clarkstown's first [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] church, on Lake Road in the early 1890s. In 1901 Rev. John A. Nageleisen built mission stations in [[St. Michael's Church (Rockland Lake, New York)|Rockland Lake]], Bardonia, and New City.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KL4YAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA428 Lafort, Remigius. ''The Catholic Church in the United States of America'', Vol. 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg]''. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.400</ref>