The church, which was by now unable to house all its members, was enlarged.  Nevertheless when the Bishop came from Chicago to administer the rite of confirmation on 410 people he declared the building to be dangerously small.  By this time (1872) the final spike of the CB & O Railroad had been driven and with two railroads coming through the town the membership was rapidly growing with an additional 50 being baptized in the church.

     The first Mass in our present structure, located at 32 North Jones Avenue, was said on Christmas Day 1885 with the Rev. Francis A. Keenan as its pastor.  The cost to build this lovely brick church was $20,000.  In 1891 the church was lit with 25 electric lights.

     It seems the Women’s Organization of the parish held an annual festival in the Amboy Opera House.  One year someone else had reserved “the date” and the ladies were told they could not have use of the building.  When the current priest, a tall strong Irish man named Father Joseph Gallagher heard the news, he decided they would build their own hall and so in 1902 the present church hall was erected.