Assumption Community history

In 1965, under the leadership of Monsignor Harold Jordan, the fifth through eighth grade classrooms were built along with the Parish Hall.

Sections of Mary and Joseph’s altar were used to create a new marble “table" altar which was first used on September 17, 1972.

The Florida Catholic Conference first accredited Assumption in 1973 as one of the original schools to receive accreditation.

A further renovation in 1978 completed changes stemming from the second Vatican Council, by removing the old main altar from behind the “screen" (complying with liturgical recommendations for one single altar) and the consecrated section was buried in Holy Rood Cemetery.

Bruckner oversaw the addition to the parish office of the Merrifield Meeting Room, which was completed in 1985.

During the rebuilding of the church, weekend Masses were celebrated in the school gym until Christmas Eve of 1987, when Midnight Mass was celebrated on an unfinished floor in the church, with the congregation seated in folding chairs.

In 1998, in response to worsening conditions for the people of Syracuse’s North Side, Bishop James Moynihan asked the Franciscan Friars Conventual to intensify their presence in the diocese in order to address some of its growing problems.

Michael Varlamos as Assumption’s twelfth presiding priest on July 27, 2003, and tasked him with overseeing the reconstruction project and the spiritual healing of the parishioners.

Jimenez began teaching 3 rd grade at Assumption in 2010.

Jimenez began serving as one of Assumption’s Assistant Principals in 2013.

Maryann Jimenez began her years in Catholic education by first attending Assumption Catholic School and then San Jose Catholic. It was during this time that she began work towards her Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership through Saint Leo University graduating in December of 2014.

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