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Multi-Parish Catechetical Coordinator

St. Charles Borromeo, St. Lawrence, Holy Cross, and Our Mother of Sorrows Churches in Greece/Charlotte, NY are seeking a full-time (35 hours/week) enthusiastic Catechetical Coordinator. The Catechetical Coordinator reports to the Director of Faith Formation and assists in building a strong Regional Faith Formation Program in which the four churches share resources to serve Catholic communities in […]

Pastoral Visitor

Pastoral Visitor at Holy Apostles Parish – part time (20 hours per week) Hourly Wage: $20.00/per hour The Pastoral Visitor is primarily focused on providing pastoral care for those who are shut-ins, hospitalized, and in nursing homes and may be sick, infirm, or in the process of dying. Its focus will also be to give […]

Fifth Grade English Language Arts, Social Studies and Religion teacher

St. Joseph School is seeking candidates for a Fifth Grade English Language Arts, Social Studies and Religion teaching position for the 2025-2026 school year. The Catholic school teacher is responsible for providing academic instruction and faith formation in alignment with the teachings and values of the Catholic Church. Candidates must demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication […]

Second Grade Teacher

St. Rita Catholic School is seeking candidates for a Second-Grade teaching position for the 2025-2026 school year. The Catholic school teacher is responsible for providing academic instruction and faith formation in alignment with the teachings and values of the Catholic Church. Candidates must demonstrate excellent instructional skills, strong classroom management and the ability to provide a […]

Preschool Teacher

St. Patrick’s Preschool, located in Victor, NY, is seeking a part-time preschool teacher to join our teaching staff and preschool family for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. The ideal candidate has experience working with preschool age children in a classroom setting, is a caring, responsible, reliable, and organized individual with time management skills that foster […]

Teacher Prek3

St. Agnes School, located in Avon, NY, is seeking a PreK3 lead classroom teacher to join this special school family for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. We continue to provide a high quality foundational experience for our youngest students. We prioritize play based learning in a supportive and loving environment. The ideal candidate is an […]

Teacher Assistant PreK 3

St. Agnes School, located in Avon, NY, is seeking a TA to support our PreK3 classroom. We welcome potential candidates to come join this special school family for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. We continue to provide a high quality foundational experience for our youngest students. We prioritize play based learning in a supportive and […]

Administrative Office Manager

Administrative Office Manager The Administrative Office Manager is a part time, typically 20-30 hours per week, 12-month position, tasked with overseeing the administrative operations for the Newman Communities at the University of Rochester(UR) and Rochester Institute of Technology(RIT).  Collaborating closely with the Director, the position ensures administrative tasks are fulfilled following established University and Diocesan […]

Assistant Director of Catholic Student Life

University of Rochester Catholic Newman Community Job Title: Assistant Director of Catholic Student Life Organization: Catholic Newman Community at the University of Rochester Diocese of Rochester Classification: Campus Minister I Salary Range: $15.50–$28 per hour Reports To: Director Employment Status: Full-time hourly, Benefit-eligible (medical, pension, etc.) Position Summary: The Assistant Director of Catholic Student Life plays a key leadership role in the Catholic […]

First Grade Classroom Teacher

Seton Catholic School is seeking candidates for a First Grade teaching position for the 2025-2026 school year. The Catholic school teacher is responsible for providing academic instruction and faith formation in alignment with the teachings and values of the Catholic Church. Candidates must demonstrate excellent instructional skills, strong classroom management and the ability to provide a […]

School Administrative Assistant

Holy Cross School is seeking a full time (35 hours per week over 10 months) during the school year, Administrative Assistant.  The Administrative Assistant will work a part time schedule during the summer months of July and August. This position will work under the direction of the school principal and oversee and direct the activities […]

Maintenance Supervisor

All Saints Parish located in Corning, NY is seeking a Full Time Maintenance Supervisor WAGE RANGE: $21-$25 per hour based on experience. REPORTS TO: All Saints Parish Business Manager POSITION PURPOSE:  To oversee the effective and efficient operation and maintenance of all building grounds. Maintenance Supervisor: Responsible for the maintenance, renovation, restoration, and upkeep of […]

Faith Formation Director

Position Purpose: Full-time Faith Formation Director Status: Full-time (35 hours per week) Non-exempt Wage Range: $24.00 – $31.00 per hour (based on experience) The Faith Formation Director collaborates with the Pastor/Director of Stewardship & Ministry and the pastoral staff in providing services to the parishes in overseeing the faith formation and sacramental programs for children/youth.  The Faith […]

Clyde native becomes Rochester Diocese’s newest priest

Bishop Salvatore R. Matano ordained Clyde native Father George Bastedo IV to the priesthood June 14 during a Solemn Mass of Ordination at Rochester’s Sacred Heart Cathedral. During the Mass, Father Bastedo declared his intention to undertake the office of priesthood and promised obedience and respect to Bishop Matano and his successors. At the conclusion of Mass, the faithful were invited to receive blessings from the new priest.

Part-time Pastoral Minister I: (20 hours per week)

Parish of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Elmira is seeking a part-time Pastoral Minister. The Pastoral Minister I is responsible for a narrow scope of pastoral duties under the direction of the Pastor, pastoral associate, or other pastoral staff members.  The position has limited program responsibility and decision-making authority, being responsible for specific […]

Fifth Grade Math, Science and Religion Teacher

St. Joseph School is seeking candidates for a Fifth Grade Math, Science and Religion teaching position for the 2025-2026 school year. The Catholic school teacher is responsible for providing academic instruction and faith formation in alignment with the teachings and values of the Catholic Church. Candidates must demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, as this position would departmentalize with […]

First Grade Teacher

St. Joseph School is seeking candidates for a First Grade teaching position for the 2025-2026 school year. The Catholic school teacher is responsible for providing academic instruction and faith formation in alignment with the teachings and values of the Catholic Church. Candidates must demonstrate excellent instructional skills, strong classroom management and the ability to provide a […]

Music Director (PT)

Saint Thomas More Parish 2617 East Avenue  ●  Rochester, New York 14610 Telephone: (585) 381-4200 Website: www.olqpstm.com JOB POSTING: MUSIC DIRECTOR (PART-TIME) St. Thomas More Church, part of the St. Thomas More/Our Lady Queen of Peace Cluster in Brighton, NY is seeking a Part-Time Music Director.  REPORTS TO: Pastor QUALIFICATIONS collaborative spirit to work on […]

Statement from Bishop Matano regarding Physician-Assisted Suicide

In support with the New York State Catholic Conference’s
“Statement on NYS Senate Passage of State-Sanctioned Suicide Bill”
It is with great sadness that we have learned that both the State Assembly and the New York State Senate have passed legislation approving Physician-Assisted Suicide. Once again, a majority of members of New York State’s legislators have failed to recognize and to protect God’s precious gift of life.
The precious life of the new-born child is the same precious life of the old and the frail, the weak and the suffering, the ill and the infirm, the distraught and the sorrowful. As we care for the child so must we care for all persons in the vast spectrum of human life. When we subjectively determine when life begins and ends, when it is viable or not, or when it is too burdensome to endure, we begin a path toward self-destruction. Life is no longer precious, but just another commodity in the business of living. Relativism becomes the absolute, and even the value of life itself is questioned.
The value of persons who are gravely ill and/or at the end of their lives is currently being questioned and their very lives threatened by this growing movement in our society to end life prematurely. Now both bodies of the New York State Legislature have approved the bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide for patients diagnosed with a terminal illness. This legislation asks those in the medical profession, a vocation dedicated to the service of life, to assist in the termination of the very lives they have pledged to heal and to comfort at life’s most critical moments.
Dr. Michael Brescia, former Executive Medical Director of Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, a specialty hospital serving advanced cancer patients, was described as a “palliative care and hospice trailblazer.” Dr. Brescia had noted that with groundbreaking advances in pain medicine, “the physical aspects of pain can be managed effectively for all patients. [W]e have found that with attention, affection and high quality care, we can prevent patients from saying they want to die” (http://noassistedsuicideny.org/in-state-resources/ see Calvary Hospital, Bronx, New York). Indeed, we must not abandon our terminally ill sisters and brothers. Dr. Brescia died on April 19, 2023, at home surrounded by his family.
The rejection of physician-assisted suicide is not solely a Catholic position; rather it is a human rights imperative. The Catholic Church is the defender of life in concert with physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals; in union with these same people, we seek to protect people with physical and mental disabilities, those in life-threatening situations, and those who have no one to speak on their behalf, from being
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viewed as burdens to society when they are our sisters and brothers in the human family. What is needed is support for and the further exploration of healthcare measures that will effectively relieve suffering, so that the terminally ill might know and feel the love, concern, compassion and care of a society that protects them and cherishes them. This, in itself, eases the greatest pain, which attacks the heart when people feel no one cares!
The Catholic Church, united with persons of other faiths and people of good will, does care, especially for those who are the weakest among us! And our concern is not irrational. It is a very reasonable and noble concern, which appreciates the worth of the human person in his or her most difficult moments of life. In 2011, the United States Bishops stated: “Respect for life does not demand that we attempt to prolong life by using medical treatments that are ineffective or unduly burdensome. Nor does it mean we should deprive suffering patients of needed pain medications out of a misplaced or exaggerated fear that they might have the side effect of shortening life” (“To Live Each Day With Dignity: A Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide,” USCCB, July 2011, p. 10, http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/assisted-suicide/to-live-each-day). The New York State Bishops, in their 2011 “Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decision-Making, Now and at the Hour of Our Death,” noted that “out of deep respect for the gift of life, we must always accept, and others must provide, ordinary medical means of preserving life. Ordinary means are those that offer us a reasonable hope of benefit and would not entail excessive burden on us, our family, or the community” (p. 3, http://www.nyscatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/End-of-Life-booklet-final.pdf). But intentional euthanasia, the willful and conscious act of putting to death those who are sick, are disabled, or are dying, is morally unacceptable and a tragic offense against life!
I strongly urge Governor Hochul to veto this legalization of physician-assisted suicide, for it will inevitably put tremendous pressure on our most vulnerable citizens to end their lives. As the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law cautioned many years ago (1994), in an era of health care rationing and cost-cutting, assisted suicide could easily rise to the level of the most acceptable, inexpensive, and even expected “treatment” for terminal illness. Indeed, the rapid push for passing this euthanasia legislation is evidence that this day has sadly arrived in our State. We owe our brothers and sisters in the human family so much more.
Far more than a political issue, this is a moral issue, which is beyond the competency of government, any government, assuming to create legislation inconsistent with the intent of the Creator, bound to His creation made in His image and likeness. I pray that reason will prevail and be guided by an even greater Wisdom. Shakespeare said it well many years ago: “There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we may” (Hamlet, V .ii). Indeed, there is One greater than ourselves and He said, “I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full” (John 10:10).
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Statement Regarding Physician-Assisted Suicide
The Most Reverend Salvatore R. Matano
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester
June 10, 2025



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