In this last of our series on local saints from Central New York and the Mohawk Valley, we present the “most local” of them all, St. Marianne Cope.
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And the Buona Fortuna grand prize of $10,000 goes to …
Here are the 2023 Buona Fortuna 2023 winners: $10,000: Tony Leone, Utica. $2,500: Jason Lukrofka, Scottsdale, Ariz. $1,000: Dick Mattia, Utica. “Thank you to everyone who sold tickets and purchased tickets,” said raffle chairwoman Leigh D’Agostino. “It was a banner year in sales and everyone should be very proud of our results.”
Galleries, video: Highlights from the 2023 Parish Italian Festival
Through the grace of God and the intercession of the Blessed Mother, the rain and thunderstorms held off as our parish celebrated its annual Italian Feast July 14-16. Hundreds gathered on Friday and Saturday evenings and the festival wrapped up midday Sunday afternoon. Sunday’s highlight was the traditional procession in honor of Our Lady of […]
CALL TO WORSHIP & CENTERING PRAYERS
Call to worship God is like a generous, wasteful farmer or gardener, throwing seed all over good and bad ground. God sows seeds generously in order to secure that there will be growth and that life comes to fruition. Today’s scriptures call us to be rich soil — to receive the seeds of God’s bountiful […]
THE WORD OF GOD THIS WEEK
15th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Rejoice in God’s fruitful work in the world By SISTER MARY McGLONE You gotta love it. Jesus, the son of a tekton (Greek for a woodworker, stone mason or builder/architect), invited fishermen to follow him, and then went around telling stories about farmers, baker women, shepherds and rich landowners […]
BREAKING OPEN GOD’S WORD
Van Gogh’s series of paintings: ‘The Sower of Seed’ In 1888 Vincent Van Gogh painted a series of pictures of a lonely figure moving across a plowed field, a favorite subject of the artist: a broad gesture of the right hand indicates that sowing is taking place. However, the real protagonist of the paintings, which […]
PREPARING FOR NEXT WEEK
16th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: God works through us By SISTER MARY McGLONE “God will get you for that!” That was one of my mom’s favorite retorts when we teased her as children. I would counter, saying that she called on God only because she couldn’t think of a better comeback. “Why make God […]
Gallery: Festival preparations start with cutting peppers, setting up grounds
Festival preparations were well on the way Saturday, July 8, as parishioners gathered to cut peppers in the Salerno Room while others worked on gas and electric on the festival grounds. (These photos are courtesy of Terri Panuccio.) Also, the festival grounds were shaping up as 20 to 25 workers showed up on Tuesday, July […]
