There is a stained glass window, on the right side if you are looking at the sanctuary, of St. Raymond Nonnatus and the men who took him hostage.

The parish of St. Raymond's predates the creation of The Bronx, when the area was still part of southern Westchester County, New York.

A church and/or school were intended to be constructed that year on the plot of land, however, nothing was erected.

Felix Vilanis, Superior at St. John's, was appointed to attend to the people of Westchester and the villages along the Sound.

[1] After the Mass, Bishop Hughes blessed the cemetery which had been laid out adjoining the church.

Under the direction of the Brothers of Christian Schools and the Sisters of Charity, the children were given an education and taught a trade.

The boys learned shoemaking, baking, carpentry, blacksmithing, wheelwrighting, farming, and gardening.