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Respect Life Month
October 2021

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2021-2022 Catholic Ministries Appeal

"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience... and above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony."

- Colossians 3:12;14

Make a Donation Watch CMA Video Parish by Parish About the Appeal

As of October 15, 2021, we are 8.22% of the way to
meeting our $6,725,000 goal.

$552,676 of $6,725,000

2021-2022 Catholic Ministries Appeal

- Colossians 3:12;14

Make a Donation
Parish by Parish
About the Appeal

As of October 15, 2021, we are 8.22% of the way to
meeting our $6,725,000 goal.

$552,676 of $6,725,000

As of October 15, 2021, we are 8.22% of the way to
meeting our $6,725,000 goal.

$552,676 of $6,725,000

86 Parishes in the 12 Counties of the
Diocese of Rochester
Find Yours

86 Parishes in the 12 Counties
of the Diocese of Rochester

Find Yours

Reorganization Information

Reorganization
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Announcing the New
Diocese of Rochester Learning Management System

A centralized solution to deliver courses online for employees, volunteers, ministers, and those preparing for sacraments.

Browse Courses
Continuing Education
Marriage Preparation
Online Pre-Cana
Creating a Safe Environment
(for Volunteers)

Continuing Education

Short courses on faith for personal growth and learning. Priced to be an affordable starting point of online learning.

Register

Marriage Preparation
Online Pre-Cana

Four videos and reflections followed by a conversation with the priest or deacon preparing you for marriage in the Catholic Church.
Explore the spirituality and sacramentality of marriage and enter into the vocation with God-given grace.
Register

Creating a
Safe Environment
- for Volunteers -

This mandatory training for volunteers offers advice and guidelines for handling a variety of situations.
Available in English and Spanish.

Register

This resource accompanies the two-year journey (2021-2023) of reflection and sharing of the whole Church.
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▸ Catholic Family Center
▸ Providence Housing
▸ Food Bank of the Southern Tier
▸ Community Services
▸ Chemung/Schuyler

▸ Finger Lakes ▸ Steuben/Livingston
▸ Tompkins/Tioga
▸ Wayne County ▸ Public Policy

▸ Catholic Family Center
▸ Providence Housing
▸ Food Bank of the Southern Tier
▸ Community Services
▸ Chemung/Schuyler
▸ Finger Lakes
▸ Steuben/Livingston
▸ Tompkins/Tioga
▸ Wayne County

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Featured:

Bishop Matano encourages advocacy for all human life

From Catholic Courier (www.catholiccourier.com)

Advocacy on behalf of human life is "an essential dimension of the pro-life cause and the pro-life heart," Bishop Salvatore R. Matano stated during the Diocese of Rochester’s Mass for Life, which took place Oct. 3 at a full Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester.

"The message of the Gospel is clear. It is not enough for us to be pro-life intellectually and politically," Bishop Matano said. "We must embrace the Gospel of life in the very depth of our soul in such a way that it continually transforms us, bringing us to our knees in prayer and begging repentance for our own failures against human dignity, and pleading for God’s help to defend and to protect the inviolable human life at every stage."

Featured:

Bishop Matano encourages advocacy for all human life

From Catholic Courier (www.catholiccourier.com)

The Diocese of Rochester serves 12 New York State counties with 7 Deaneries and a Catholic population of approximately 300,000.
Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, Steuben, Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Tompkins, Schuyler, Chemung, Tioga, Yates