St. Mary of Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish
648 JAY ST., UTICA, NY 13501 – 315-735-1482
Last Updated on February 21, 2024 by Editor Vanessa Jones is a relative newcomer to the parish, having joined the congregation a bit over a year ago. But in that short time, she has made quite an impact. She became a fully initiated Rome Catholic at the 2023 Easter Vigil, sings in the choir and teaches […]
Last Updated on February 2, 2024 by Editor ABOVE: Students work on an assignment in Mary Beth Harrod’s class at St. Mary of Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish. Harrod is Faith Formation leader for grades 7 through 10 at Historic Old St. John’s Parish in Utica. By FRAN PERRITANO Faith Formation for junior and […]
Last Updated on February 28, 2024 by Editor In this issue of “More Good News,” we focus on how the Catholic parishes and communities of faith are cooperating in religious education and looking forward to sharing ways to schedule services and utilize buildings to meet the challenges of the present and future. As our bishop […]
On a beautiful June day, I decided to pack up some snacks, my camera, a journal and drive to the St. Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site in Fonda. It is a straight drive east on Route 5. A couple of months earlier, I visited Our Lady of the Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville and made it a goal to visit “the other shrine” in the near future
John Jones emerges every July. He’s the guy who knows everything about setting up for the festival. It’s a tough job, but John does it for the love of his parish.
If you attend the 4:30 Saturday Mass, you know this brother and sister. They are very dedicated to altar serving and participating in other ceremonies, They also help at the festival. Not bad for two people still in their early teens.
In our parish today there are dedicated people who participate in one or more of the many, sometimes unnoticed, ministries to help carry on the day-to-day functioning of the church. A group of nine women shares the chore of laundering of the altar linens and tend to the vestments used in daily and weekend Masses. […]
A few years ago, a well-known motel chain came up with a TV ad campaign that showed a porch light on and the words, “Come home to us, we’ll leave the light on for you.” It’s was an effective approach because it appealed to something so basic to most folks — returning home and being […]
Terry Reale, Mario Scalzo, Joe Furgol, Joe Briggs and Joe Siniscarco have been mainstays before, during and after the festival for decades. They are among a number of others — such as John Jones, Bill Thibault and Carmen D’Ambro — who are dedicated workers who combined have volunteered for more than two centuries!
From time immemorial, feasts, fests, festivals and carnivals have served various purposes in just about every community and culture in the world. The time of a festival promises so many good things for young and old — food, music, games the gathering of old and new friends and family reunions. A good festival can serve […]