St. Mary of Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish
648 JAY ST., UTICA, NY 13501 – 315-735-1482
Members and friends of the Santa Rosalia Society honored their patron saint on the weekend of Sept. 23 and 24 with its annual festival, Mass and procession. Hundreds gathered to share food, drink, entertainment and camaraderie. In 1915, immigrants from Sicily, and particularly Palermo, established the first Santa Rosalia festival in East Utica. It was […]
Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized on Sunday, Sept. 7. The canonization of Acutis will be streamed live on EWTN. You also can find a livestream link on Saint-of-the-Month.com when it becomes available. Additionally, films about Carlo Acutis, such as “Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality” are available for streaming on CREDO and other platforms.
The 12th annual Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish Golf Tournament teed off on Sunday, Aug. 17, at Twin Ponds Golf & Country Club in New York Mills. Nearly 100 golfers (and would-be golfers) participated in the tournament, which Father Jim began in 2013 as another fundraiser for the parish. (The tournament did not take […]
Father Geno is celebrated at a reception in his honor. By FRAN PERRITANO On Sunday, Dec. 20, 1896, parishioners of St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church — Santa Maria di Monte Carmela — celebrated Mass for the first time in a church building they could call their own. That Mass was offered by the Rev. […]
Lyle Shorey and his wife, JoAnn, have become active members of our parish since Lyle was fully initiated into the Catholic faith at the 2024 Easter Vigil. Lyle resurrected the livestream Mass, donating his time and equipment. JoAnn is a Euchartistic minister at the 11 a.m. Sunday Mass. Lyle Shorey is a relative newcomer to […]
Mike and Marsha LaBella met later in life online. They chatted for quite a long time, dated for two years and were married in 2010. One thing Marsha LaBella has learned in her time on Earth is that good things in life sometimes take time. She met her husband Mike later in life. She’s helped […]
Thank you, Lord, for this season of sun and slow motion, of games and porch sitting, of picnics and light green fireflies on heavy purple evenings, and praise for slight breezes. It’s good, God, as the long days of your creation continue. Let this season be for me a time of gathering the pieces into […]
By A.J. VALENTINI Summer has arrived, and with the warm weather comes a myriad of Catholic celebrations. In many towns, patron saints are celebrated with Masses, festivals and banquets. In our own community we see similar parish festivals, such as those of St. Anthony, Santa Rosalia, and our own St. Mary of Mount Carmel. The […]
About 50 people attended the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica’s lecture and walking tour of our parish on Monday, July 28. Our own Fred Valentini led the tour explaining the history of the parish from its roots in 1896, to the beautiful paintings, to how the parish emerged over the years. Fred provided these photos.
Here are the winners of the Buona Fortuna raffle drawn on Sunday, July 20: Kathy Mosca: $10,000 Phil Bruzzese: $2,500 Pauline Fairbrother: $1,000 Thank you everyone for buying or selling tickets this year.