Father Maguire was succeeded by another priest from New York City1   the Rev. Benjamin O'Callaghan, who died in 1894 after spending only two and one-half years in the parish. The Rev. J. H. Hayne, who came from Ellenville, New York, then took the post. During his time in Irvington, Father Hayne renovated the church, installing new pews, a baptistry and Stations of the Cross. A magnificent altar rail of brass and onyx was put in place, and a statue of the patroness of the church was positioned in the tower. At the same time, an annex was built onto the Sunday School building, which stood to the rear of the grounds, where it had been moved from a site on Broadway.

One of lrvington's oldest residents today Kitty Connors, was baptized by Father Maguire in 1884 and received her First Communion from Father Hayne. She went on to sing in the choir, where the organist was Margaret Owen, who had succeeded Annie Cromise.

Father Hayne died in 1902, and was followed by a dynamic priest who, like Father Maguire, was to exert a tremendous influence on the life and growth of the parish. The character of the Rev. Terence J. Earley flashes out of an antique photograph of the church's fourth pastor. The gaze is clear and intense, and very direct. Father Earley had been a chaplain at West Point, which explains why older members of the parish, particularly Peter Gorey, can remember being drilled by him in the church yard as though they were cadets on the parade ground. Another image persists of Father Earley: a handsome Irish man with a full head of white hair riding his horse through the village. He sat ramrod straight in military fashion.