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  • June 24, 2021 - + Day of Hope and Healing for Women: Are you a woman seeking peace and forgiveness after abortion? Join us for a Day of Hope and Healing on Saturday, July 17, hosted by Project Rachel Ministry. For more information or to register, contact Project Rachel at 855-364-0076 or email hopeandhealing@syrdio.org. All calls and emails are confidential. + Going on vacation? Consider the ease of online donation to continue your stewardship while you’re away. You can set up one-time or scheduled donations. Read more about our WeShare program here.
  • STVBS Family Summer of Fun June 23, 2021 - + Our STVBS Family summer schedule has something for everyone: Wednesday, July 7 & 14, 9 a.m.: Breakfast Club for teens begins with Daily Mass followed by fun activities. Friday, July 9, 7:05 p.m.: STVBS Night at the Binghamton Rumble Ponies with family and friends. Saturday, July 17: Paintball 2021 open to teens and parents around the region. Tuesday, July 20: Service & Teen Group in Syracuse. Sunday, August 8: STVBS Parish Picnic For more information on these upcoming events, contact Tori Reynolds via email, treynolds@syrdio.org.
  • June 22, 2021 - + NEXT WEEK: “Treasured” Vacation Bible School 2021 begins. We’ll embark on an amazing quest into ancient ruins in a special way this year. We have something for ALL ages 4 and up! Treasured runs Monday through Friday, June 28 – July 2, from 9 a.m. to noon. Join us for incredible Bible-learning experiences, team-building games, cool songs, tasty treats, and see creations come alive! Do YOU know how priceless you are to God? Come and find out! Participants and volunteers can register today here. Donations are always appreciated & welcome!
  • June 21, 2021 - + June 22-29 has been designated Religious Freedom Week. Bishop Lucia sends the following message to the Syracuse Diocese: “Each day during the week, the Catholic community is being invited to pray, reflect, and act to promote religious freedom. I invite the faithful of the Diocese of Syracuse to join me at a “Eucharistic Holy Hour” to begin this week of prayer from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22 in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse.” For specific ideas on prayer and reflection, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops offers this daily calendar. + NOTE:...
  • Father's Day prayer June 20, 2021 ~ Father’s Day - + LIVE: Sunday Mass, the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. + Today we pause to give thanks for the fathers in our lives. For those who are biological fathers, adoptive fathers, uncles and mentors…Happy Father’s Day! Let us also give thanks for our spiritual fathers this day: Pope Francis, Bishop Lucia, Father Jim and all of the priests and deacons who serve our church. May God bless them all.
  • Class of 2021 June 19, 2021 - + Cheers to the Class of 2021! Today we celebrate all of this year’s graduates at our 4 p.m. Mass. As Father Jim writes in this week’s bulletin, “You all are a gift to our parish family, and we ask God’s blessings upon you as you begin a new chapter of your lives. May you always remember that God is with you, and may you turn to Him and allow Him to lead you on life’s journey.” Congratulations! + Confessions will be heard at 3 p.m. today.
  • June 18, 2021 - + Read Dc. Tom’s Blog post about our earthly treasures. + Don’t forget to take your Church Selfie this weekend. Email the photo to info@stvbs.org and we’ll include it in our Facebook gallery. + Important Reminder: If you or a loved one are admitted to a hospital or nursing facility, please notify the parish office. Due to changing rules at the hospitals, we are not always able to find out which of our parishioners are hospitalized unless a family member notifies us.
  • June 17, 2021 - + On the road, did you know? With upcoming summer vacation schedules and travel plans, we remind you that if you attend weekend Mass at any parish within the Diocese of Syracuse, you may place your STVBS envelope in their collection basket, and it will be returned to us. + Moving? Please notify the parish office of all changes of address and phone numbers so that our database can be updated with the correct information. Likewise, if you move from the area or change parishes, please let us know so that we can remove your name from our records and...
  • graduation mass June 16, 2021 - + Read Dc. Tom’s Blog post about St. John Francis Regis, Jesuit missionary. + Reminder, this Saturday we will hold a Special Mass to celebrate the Class of 2021 at 4:00 p.m. Scholarships will be awarded, a special blessing will be given for all graduates of high school and college, and a cookout to celebrate will follow. + NOTE: A Mass schedule change in our PCA becomes effective this Sunday. The Sunday Mass at the Parish of Sts. John & Andrew, 1263 Vestal Ave., Binghamton will now be held at 8:30 a.m. for those seeking an earlier Mass time within...
  • The Breakfast Club June 15, 2021 - + The Breakfast Club: Is your teen bored and in need of a tuneup? Send them our way from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wednesdays beginning July 7 for morning Mass and funtivities! We’ll be diving into church and community service, our faith, having fun, hanging out, and eating (of course!).
  • Vacation Bible School 2021 June 14, 2021 - + Read Dc. Tom’s Blog post on the Ignatian Examen. + Two weeks until “Treasured” Vacation Bible School 2021 begins. We’ll embark on an amazing quest into ancient ruins in a special way this year. We have something for ALL ages 4 and up! Treasured runs Monday through Friday, June 28 – July 2, from 9 a.m. to noon. Join us for incredible Bible-learning experiences, team-building games, cool songs, tasty treats, and see creations come alive! Do YOU know how priceless you are to God? Come and find out! Participants and volunteers can register today here. Donations are always appreciated...
  • June 13, 2021 - + LIVE: Sunday Mass, the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. + This week our new Coordinator of Music, Heather Ingraham, joins the STVBS staff. Heather grew up in Kirkwood, and was a resident of Vestal at one time with her husband and two daughters. In a letter to the parish she writes, “I am also an avid dog lover and have one Old English Sheepdog, Spartacus, as well as two black rescue cats, Elwood and Jake E. I can’t wait to begin my music ministry here at STVBS. I look forward to meeting all of you and to provide music...
  • June 12, 2021 - + Confessions will be heard at 3 p.m. today. + Don’t forget to take your #ChurchSelfies this weekend. Now that the dispensation for Sunday Mass has been lifted, we’d love to see a photo of you, as well as your family if applicable, showing just how it feels to return to Mass and be reunited once more with our parish family. Post your photos on our Facebook Page under this post. Show us how it feels to be part of the STVBS Family!
  • June 11, 2021 ~ Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - + Today is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Traditionally, it is also a World Day of Prayer for Priests. Take a few minutes today to say the prayer below for our pastor Father Jim, for all the priests who serve our parish, for the four newly ordained priests in the Diocese of Syracuse, and for priests everywhere. Gracious and loving God, we thank your for the gift of our priests.Through them, we experience your presence in the sacraments. Help our priests to be strong in their vocation.Set their souls on fire with love for your people....
  • Rumble Ponies logo SM June 10, 2021 - + STVBS night with the Rumble Ponies: Join us on Friday, July 9 at 7:05 p.m. at Mirabito Stadium for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies’ game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Family and friends are welcome for a discounted price of $5 a ticket or $15 per family. Register today by sending an email to treynolds@syrdio.org. + NEEDED: Your #ChurchSelfies. Now that the dispensation for Sunday Mass has been lifted, we’d love to see a photo of you, as well as your family if applicable, showing just how it feels to return to Mass and feel reunited once more with...
  • In Memory Of June 9, 2021 - + Did you know that you can make a one-time Regular or Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry donation in memory of someone through our online giving program WeShare? It’s easy. Go to our Online Giving page, select either Regular Collection or Loaves & Fishes, then select One-Time Donation. Underneath the amount you are donating is a box where you can type in the name of the person you would like to memorialize.
  • June 8, 2021 - + Used religious items needed: Church of the Holy Family in Endwell will be sponsoring a Rescue & Recycle collection of used religious items. Items include: crucifixes, statues, rosaries (damaged are OK), candlesticks, relics, missals, holy medals, holy cards, prayer books, framed pictures, and bibles. These items are to be donated to St. Mary Recycle Mission to be refurbished and recycled. The collection runs June 14 – July 11. You may drop items off in the social hall, office, or in the back of the church at 3600 Phyllis St., Endwell.
  • vacation June 7, 2021 - + Read Dc. Tom’s Blog post about God’s covenant with us. + Going on vacation? Consider the ease of online donation to continue your stewardship while you’re away. You can set up one-time or scheduled donations. Read more about our WeShare program here. + Tomorrow: At Prayer With Mary. You are invited to join us at 9:30 a.m. for week five (of seven). These small group discussions are an opportunity to gather and learn, pray, as well as share on the example of the Blessed Mother, the first disciple of Jesus. Please join us to grow closer to Jesus by...
  • Vocations June 6, 2021 - + LIVE: Sunday Mass, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—the feast day of our parish, at 10 a.m. + Yesterday, four new priests were ordained in the Diocese of Syracuse. Congratulations and may God bless and guide them as they live fully their vocation. You can read biographies and vocation stories of each of the four men, plus other current seminarians, here. Are you thinking about priesthood or religious life as a vocation? Visit our Vocations page, the Diocese of Syracuse’s Office of Vocation Promotion, or contact Dc. Tony Miller at our parish, amiller@syrdio.org. +...
  • June 4, 2021 - + Read Dc. Tom’s Blog post on June as the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. + Special Mass to celebrate the Class of 2021. We would like to honor our graduates at a special liturgy on Saturday, June 19 at 4:00 p.m. Scholarships will be awarded, a special blessing will be given for all graduates of high school and college, and a cookout to celebrate will follow. High school graduates will receive an invitation in the mail, or you may pick one up in the vestibule.