St. Mary of Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish
648 JAY ST., UTICA, NY 13501 – 315-735-1482
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Treat strangers as you would your loved ones By SISTER MARY McGLONE At some point around middle adulthood, many people begin to feel the itch of new/old questions about life. A man may realize that having been a star at football or chemistry has lost its luster. A middle-aged […]
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: The freedom to live in love By SISTER MARY McGLONE “It’s up to you.” When you hear that, do you believe it’s true? Advertisers hawk phrases like this to imply that the “right choice” is available for a price you can’t afford to pass up. When my mother would […]
Hushed laughs spread quickly through the pews that Sunday. A young couple who had fallen away from the church were visiting relatives and brought their 5-year-old to Mass. The child never had seen the inside of a church. When the collection basket arrived, the child’s face lit up with a mile-wide grin. Before his embarrassed […]
ABOVE: The Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville. By A.J. VALENTINI The Mohawk Valley is rich in history. From the indigenous peoples of this area and the Iroquois Confederation, through the colonial period and the American Revolution, it was a cradle of the development of our state and country even before the construction […]