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2023

• Pilgrims from Rochester Diocese attend eucharistic congress - Tuesday October 31st, 2023
  AURIESVILLE — Though they had been up since 6 a.m., Joe Hall, Julia Brown, Rose Cornelius, Annette Larrabee, Barbara Walker and Katie Gillio were ready and excited for the day ahead when they arrived in Auriesville just before 10 a.m. “I just want to learn more about Jesus in the Eucharist,” Hall said. “I just want to ...
• Rochester seminarian ordained deacon at St. Peter’s Basilica - Wednesday October 11th, 2023
  ROME — With a big smile across his face, 30-year-old seminarian James Muscatella processed into a packed St. Peter’s Basilica Sept. 28 as he embarked on his next step toward becoming a priest. A seminarian of the Diocese of Rochester, he was among 18 men ordained to the transitional diaconate that day. The newly ordained deacons, ...
• Holy Family School in Elmira will not reopen in September 2023 - Friday June 9th, 2023
  Holy Family School in Elmira will not reopen this September, subsequent to a decision reached after lengthy and careful evaluation of declining enrollment and rising costs. School families, faculty, and staff were notified of this decision on Friday, June 9, 2023, by Father Scott M. Kubinski, pastor of the Parish of the Most Holy Name ...
• Dispensation Granted for Saint Patrick’s Day - Monday March 13th, 2023
  Lenten Guidelines of Fasting and Abstinence (Dispensation Granted for Saint Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17, 2023) Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for every Catholic bound according to age and health. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence from meat. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting ...
• Notification of the Death of Bishop Emeritus Matthew H. Clark - Sunday January 22nd, 2023
  I regret to inform you that this morning, January 22, 2023, His Excellency, The Most Reverend Matthew H. Clark, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Rochester, died in his room at the Sisters of Saint Joseph Motherhouse, following a period of declining health. Bishop Clark was 85. Funeral arrangements for Bishop Clark are pending. Born on ...