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Bistro returns with snacks, refreshments, entertainment

Last Updated on May 24, 2025 by Editor The Salerno Room once again will ring with the music of our summer Bistro after the Novena Mass on Wednesday, June 25. Light snacks and refreshments will be served. Entertainment will be provided by Coro Italiano. Tickets are $12 and are available after all weekend and Novena […]

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Share your memories of Scalabrini priests and Franciscan nuns

Last Updated on May 30, 2025 by Editor We are working on the summer issue of “More Good News.” The cover story is about the Scalabrini priests and Franciscan nuns who served our parish for many years. And we need your help. Please answer the following questions about your cherished memories of those times and […]

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Congratulations to 2025 graduates; submit your student

Last Updated on June 10, 2025 by Editor Congratulations to the following graduates from our parish: Shaelin Siniscarco graduated with a Master of Science in Nursing Education from SUNY Delhi with Summa Cum Laude honors. She is an assistant nurse manager for Adolescent Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Hospital Fallon Siniscarco graduated with a Master of […]

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Gallery: Young adults receive Sacrament of Confirmation

Last Updated on May 24, 2025 by Editor On Tuesday, May 20, young adults from several parishes — including Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament — received the Sacrament of Confirmation Historic Old St. John’s Church from Bishop Robert Cunningham. In addition to our parish and St. John’s, teens from St. Anthony & St. Agnes, St. […]

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Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary

Last Updated on May 17, 2025 by Editor The image of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the medieval village of Genazzano in Italy. By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTOA The Associated Press GENAZZANO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. […]

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Gallery: 15 children receive their First Holy Communion

Last Updated on May 12, 2025 by Editor On Sunday, April 27, 2025, 15 children received their First Holy Communion with their families and friends in attendance. The children, under the guidance of Terri Panuccio, K-6 Faith Formation director, have been preparing for this day for months. The children’s last names are not published due […]

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Gallery, video: Honoring Our Lady during the traditional May Crowning

Last Updated on May 15, 2025 by Editor On Sunday, May 11, parishioners honored Our Lady with the traditional May Crowning. Children from the First Communion class participated during the 8 and 11 a.m. Masses. As the statue of Mary was crowned, the traditional hymn “Bring Flowers of the Rarest” was sung. After communion “On […]

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‘Viva il papa!’ Robert Francis Prevost now Pope Leo XIV

Last Updated on May 11, 2025 by Editor Courtesy of Vatican News The first Augustinian Pope, Leo XIV is the second Roman Pontiff — after Pope Francis — from the Americas. Unlike Jorge Mario Bergoglio, however, the 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost is from the United States, though he spent many years as a missionary in […]

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Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel every Wednesday

Last Updated on May 22, 2025 by Editor The annual Nine-Week Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel continues every Wednesday through July 16. There is a guest homilist each week. Recitation of the rosary at 6:30 p.m. precedes the 7 p.m. Mass and novena. Wednesday, May 28 Homilist the Rev. Amedeo Guida. Wednesday, June […]

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It’s that time again; gather items for festival’s Flea Market

Last Updated on May 2, 2025 by Editor The popular Flea Market returns to the Parish Festival Friday through Sunday, July 18-20. Check your basement, attic and garage for gently used items you no longer need. Items that WILL NOT be accepted (so don’t try to donate them) are: clothing, shoes, large furniture, VHS tapes, […]