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Bishop Salvatore Matano issues a Letter to the Faithful

September 2021

Martyrs remembered in August are models of living Jesus’ message

My dear brothers and

Bishop confirms 24 youths from Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission

ONTARIO — Bishop Salvatore R. Matano confirmed 24 faith-filled young men and women from Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Marion during a bilingual liturgy June 26 that took place at St. Mary of the Lake Church in Ontario, which is part of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish.

Worshippers wearing protective masks receive ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 26, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has issued a note on how priests can distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday while taking precautions to avoid spreading COVID-19.

Rochester Diocese to distribute ashes by Vatican form

Worshippers wearing protective masks receive ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 26, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has issued a note on how priests can distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday while taking precautions to avoid spreading COVID-19.

For Ash Wednesday, Vatican asks priests to ‘sprinkle’ ashes on heads

A lector delivers a reading during Mass at a church in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2014. Pope Francis ordered a change to the Code of Canon Law so that women may be formally instituted as lectors and acolytes.

Pope amends canon law so women can be installed as lectors, acolytes

(EMC photo by Ketsia Rodríguez)

Celebrate Three Kings Day with DIY Wise Men craft project

Love of Jesus is the Perfect Gift in altered Chrismas season

Visitors place "I voted" stickers on the headstone of Susan B. Anthony at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, NY Oct. 28.

Rochester bishop calls for peace, unity and charity

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