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Parish Festival: View galleries, video from the fun weekend

Last Updated on July 25, 2025 by Editor The annual Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Italian Festival opened on Friday, July 18, under beautiful skies and temperatures in the mid 70s. Great weather continued on Saturday. The festival grounds were crowded as lines formed for food, pizza fritta and the Flea Market (which had the […]

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Gallery: Annual summertime Bistro entertains parishioners, friends

Last Updated on July 4, 2025 by Editor The Salerno Room on June 25 once again was alive with music of our summer Bistro. The room, filled with parishioners and friends, enjoyed light snacks and refreshments. Entertainment was provided by Coro Italiano. Photos courtesy of Mario Scalzo.

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Congratulations to 2025 graduates; submit your student

Last Updated on September 28, 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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Pat Morrissey is the 2024 Immaculata Award recipient

Last Updated on December 14, 2024 by Editor Patrick Morrissey with his wife, Rosemary, and their grandchildren in 2022. Pat Morrissey is the 2024 recipient of the diocese’s Immaculata Award from our parish. He received the award Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse. The Immaculata Award honors the lay […]

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Be aware of our winter morning Mass policy for inclement weather

Last Updated on November 28, 2023 by Editor Daily Mass takes place at 8:30 a.m. Monday and Tuesday at St. Anthony & St. Agnes, and Thursday and Friday at Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacraments. During winter, however, Mass will not take place if Utica schools are CLOSED OR DELAYED due to the weather. We advise […]

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Bishop’s life changed after almost leaving seminary

Last Updated on April 27, 2022 by Editor On June 4, 2019, Pope Francis appointed Douglas Lucia to be the 11th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. He succeeds Bishop Robert Cunningham, who retired. The new bishop shepherds more than 220,000 Catholics who reside in seven counties of the diocese covering 5,479 square […]