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Gallery: Community celebrates traditional Feast of Santa Rosalia

Last Updated on September 28, 2025 by Editor 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 […]

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Gallery: Golfers enjoy 12th annual golf tournament

Last Updated on September 28, 2025 by Editor 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 […]

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Gallery: Landmarks Society history tour of our parish

Last Updated on July 29, 2025 by Editor 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 […]

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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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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 […]