St. Mary of Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish
648 JAY ST., UTICA, NY 13501 – 315-735-1482
Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul. As the wind loves to call all things to dance, May your gravity by lightened by God’s grace. Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth, May your thoughts incline with reverence and respect. As water […]
Composed by Peter Elacqua Pope Francis has called on the entire world to consider the rosary prayer to Mary during this time of pandemic. This rosary was created to help us focus on local and global needs. The Joyful Mysteries (Mondays and Saturdays) First Mystery: The Annunciation The angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she […]
Response to each petition: Help us, O Lord. For all who are suffering in this current outbreak of sickness throughout the world. We especially remember our friends and family in Italy and in all other countries who have been afflicted or incapacitated by the onset of this virus. May they find pathways to healing and […]
“Shelter Me” (Rev. Michael Joncas) The Rev. Michael Joncas composed and published “Shelter Me” in response to the global crisis of Covid-19. Spiritu’s members recorded the song from the shelter of their homes. “These are difficult times for all of us, individually and globally, Shelter Me” is my attempt as a church composer to find […]
(1817-1836) Life could not have been more tragic for today’s saint. Born in Pescara, Italy, to Domenico and Rosa Sulprizio, Nunzio lost his father in 1820, when the boy was 3 years old. His infant sister died just five months after their father. Faced with the prospect of abject poverty while trying to provide for […]
(3rd century) Antonina was from Nicaea, a city in Turkey today. At that time the emperor was Maximian who was purging the empire of its Christians. Antonina was tortured because she would not renounce her faith. She was imprisoned and then taken out so they could force her to sacrifice to idols. Once again, she […]
(1st century) In the sixth century, the bodies of Sts. Philip and James were brought to Rome from the East and were laid to rest in the Basilica of the Holy Apostles. Since they arrived together at the same location, the Church instituted a single feast day for both apostles. Previously, the Catholic Church had […]
Athanasius was born of a Christian family in Alexandria, Egypt, where he received a classical education. In 319, Athanasius was ordained a deacon, and later became a priest. He served as secretary to Bishop Alexander, who vigorously opposed the Arian heresy, the belief named after a priest called Arius who claimed that Jesus wasn’t truly […]
To foster deep devotion to St. Joseph among Catholics, and in response to the “May Day” celebrations for workers sponsored by Communists, Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of St. Joseph the Worker in 1955. This feast extends the long relationship between Joseph and the cause of workers in Catholic faith and devotion. Beginning in the […]
(1786-1842) Joseph was born to parents of modest means, the eldest of 12 children (six of whom survived childhood), and one of three to become a priest. He became a priest in 1811 and received a Doctorate in Theology in 1818. The times were difficult in Northern Italy, which was experiencing the Napoleonic invasion. The […]