[2] Blessed Sacrament Church also serves four local nursing homes and maintains Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

Archbishop Hughes agreed and purchased land on Drake Avenue, in the middle of the largest settlement of Irish immigrants in New Rochelle.

O'Reilly as pastor and opened St. Matthew's Academy, the first Catholic school in New Rochelle, which was staffed by the Sisters of Charity.

Another school was constructed five years later with bricks salvaged by parishioners from the dismantled St. Matthew's Church, which later closed for financial reasons.

The parish began construction on the present-day stone, Gothic Revival church, which was completed and dedicated in 1897.

This building was made larger to account for a growing number of Italian immigrants now living in the West End of New Rochelle.

[4] Ursuline nuns from the College of New Rochelle began instructing children in religious education who attended public schools in 1914 and continued to do so until 1995.

Thomas P. McLoughlin (who parishioners referred to as "Young Father Tom"), assumed the role of pastor.

"Old Father Tom" was buried where the church bell fell during the fire that destroyed the original wooden building.

Matthew Delaney became pastor and founded a boys' high school, which was staffed by Christian Brothers.

Recognizing several structural deficiencies and the notable aesthetic value of the church, a major restoration project was undertaken by the parish with the assistance of the archdiocese in 2011, which cost just under $1 million.