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  • Victor pre-K joins Rochester Diocese’s Catholic-school family - Thursday March 17th, 2022
    St. Patrick Preschool, founded 25 years ago as a ministry of St. Patrick Parish in Victor, is now part of the Diocese of Rochester’s Catholic schools. “We’re growing and excited to welcome St. Patrick’s Preschool into our Rochester Catholic School family,” James Tauzel, superintendent of Rochester Catholic schools, said in a March 16 press release. “St. Patrick’s Preschool is committed ...
  • Notre Dame Retreat House in Canandaigua to close in 2023 - Monday March 7th, 2022
    Notre Dame Retreat House in Canandaigua will close its doors during the summer of 2023. The Redemptorist priests of the Baltimore Province will cease to offer their long-standing retreat ministry at the facility by Aug. 1, 2023, according to the retreat house’s rector, Redemptorist Father Joseph “Frank” Jones. The impending closure is due to a combination of ...
  • Lent: Time to deepen relationship with Jesus - Monday February 28th, 2022
    Holy Season of Lent My dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus: Monastic life, a vocation lived out in silence and contemplation, is a unique vocation and a special call to enter into vowed, consecrated religious life in an atmosphere of solitude. In my November 2018 column in the Catholic Courier, I wrote extensively about the monastic communities I have come ...
  • Mass times for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day by Region - Wednesday December 15th, 2021
    See special Christmas Mass Times for parishes in your region: Monroe County · Finger Lakes · Southern Tier
  • Christmas Greetings from Bishop Matano - Monday November 29th, 2021
    Christmas Greetings from Bishop Matano
  • Praying for Peace, End to Violence Nov. 21 at the Cathedral - Tuesday November 16th, 2021
    Praying for Peace, End to Violence Nov. 21 at the Cathedral
  • Catholic Charities Names New Director - Tuesday November 16th, 2021
    Catholic Charities Names New Director Karen A. Dehais will lead a 12-county organization that serves more than 250,000 people annually ROCHESTER, New York (November 16, 2021) – Ms. Karen A. Dehais has been appointed diocesan director and president of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester. She will begin her position January 8, 2022. The appointment was announced ...
  • National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 7-13 - Wednesday October 27th, 2021
    National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 7-13
  • NYS Bishops’ Letter to Senators on federal abortion bill - Friday October 1st, 2021
    NYS Bishops' Letter to Senators on federal abortion bill
  • Novena to St. Michael, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sept. 21-29 - Monday September 13th, 2021
    Novena to St. Michael, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sept. 21-29