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  • Nov. 15, 2020 - + Watch Sunday Mass, said for Bernard J. Hizny, Dominic Anastasia, and the People of STVBS, LIVE at 10 a.m. + Volunteers needed at Masses: Volunteers are needed to serve as Greeters & Ushers at each of our Masses. We are also in need of volunteers willing to run the PowerPoint presentation at each Mass. Training dates for all volunteer positions will take place this month, date and time TBA. Please email Kelly Soprano, Director of Music & Liturgy, at kasoprano87@gmail.com if you are interested in serving your parish in these important ways! + Advent will be here before you...
  • Year of Vocations Nov. 14, 2020 - + Confessions will be heard at 3 p.m. today in the Sacristy. Please wear your mask. + Today Bishop Douglas J. Lucia opens the Year of Vocations in the Syracuse Diocese. In this podcast, Bishop Lucia and Fr. Jason Hage discuss the year ahead and how we can build a culture of vocation. For more information, visit our Vocations page.
  • Thanksgiving cornucopia Nov. 13, 2020 - + Read Dc. Tom’s Blog post about prayer during the pandemic. + Watch the Daily Mass, said for Linda Hrostowski and Thomas Hrostowski. + Thanksgiving Week Mass registration changes: Due to the Thanksgiving holiday (which includes our parish office being closed on Friday, Nov. 27), the Mass registration deadline for Thanksgiving Day and the weekend of Nov. 28 & 29 will be moved up to Wednesday, Nov. 25 at noon for both phoned-in and online registration. Note there is no Daily Mass on Friday, Nov. 27. Also, because of COVID-19 restrictions, there will be no blessing of food at the...
  • Thankful Thursdays Thankful Thursdays: How do you show gratitude? - Here’s the second video in our weekly series to help cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude throughout November.
  • Nov. 12, 2020 - + Watch the Daily Mass, said for Kelly Buck. + Need a Christmas gift idea for the cooks in your life? The Amazing Tastes Cookbook has recipes from 200 of your fellow parishioners. Pre-order now! Read the details here. + Advent will be here before you know it! Plan to join us on Sunday, Nov. 22 following the 10:00 a.m. Mass in the parish hall for an Advent Wreath Make & Take event. Find all the signup details here.
  • Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2020 - The parish office is closed today. We pause to say prayers of gratitude for all veterans who have served this country and protected our freedoms. Thank you, veterans!
  • Loaves & Fishes Nov. 10, 2020 - + There is no video of today’s Mass. + Next weekend is Share Weekend for our Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry. We have an ongoing need for instant oatmeal, peanut butter and jelly, canned pasta, canned tuna, canned chicken, canned spaghetti sauce, boxed pasta, and macaroni & cheese. Please, no glass containers. Items may be placed on the shelves in the social hall. Your continued support is very much appreciated! Please Note: We do not accept out of date, opened, partially used or damaged food packages. Thank you!
  • Nov. 9, 2020 - + Read Dc. Tom’s Blog post about today’s feast of St. John Lateran Basilica. + We will let parishioners know when reservations open in December for Christmas Masses. The Mass schedule is 3 p.m., 6 p.m. & 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 10 a.m. on Christmas Day. There will also be four nighttime Penance services: Wednesday, Dec. 2, 9 & 16 and the Light Is On evening on Dec. 21 from 4-7 p.m. + Register here by Thursday for the upcoming weekend Masses. We want to be able to accommodate all who wish to attend Mass and are limited...
  • Nov. 8, 2020 - + Watch Sunday Mass, said for Nancy Borneman, Doris Lenga, and the People of STVBS, LIVE at 10 a.m. + The parish office will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11 in honor of Veterans’ Day. + One week left to fill a grocery bag! The need for Thanksgiving Bags is great this year. If you want to help a needy family of four this holiday, pick up a grocery bag with the shopping list of nonperishable supplies attached in the vestibule and return it filled to the church by Monday, Nov. 16. If you prefer to make a monetary donation to...
  • Nov. 7, 2020 - + Confessions will be heard today at 3 p.m. in the Sacristy. Please wear your mask. + Plan on joining us Sunday, Nov. 22 after the 10 a.m. Mass for an Advent Wreath Make and Take. Read the details here. + HOPE Appeal Reminder: Thank you to all who have pledged/donated to this year’s HOPE Appeal campaign. Completed pledge cards may be mailed directly to the HOPE Appeal office or to the rectory, placed in the weekend collection basket or pledged online at syrdio.org. New this year—if we exceed our 2020 goal, 100 percent of the excess will be returned...
  • Nov. 6, 2020 - + Read Dc. Tom’s Blog post about savoring a beautiful fall day. + Watch the Daily Mass, said for Dollie Salankiewicz. + The Women’s Club Ministry is now taking pre-orders for the Amazing Tastes Cookbook, a compilation of more than 200 of our parishioners’ favorite recipes. What a great Christmas gift at just $20. Get all of the details here. Deadline for pre-orders is Nov. 20. + National Vocations Week continues. Let us unite in prayer for those who are discerning a call to imitate the humility of Christ as religious brothers, sisters, priests or deacons. Do you feel God...
  • What is gratitude Thankful Thursdays: What is Gratitude? - Here’s the first video in our new weekly series to help cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude throughout November.
  • Nov. 5, 2020 - + Watch the Daily Mass, said for Blanche Olbrys. + This morning the first video in our Thankful Thursdays series for November will drop. Stay tuned! + Today is the deadline to register online for weekend Mass. You can sign up here.
  • Nov. 4, 2020 - + Read Dc. Tom’s Blog post, a meditation upon a beautiful day. + Watch Daily Mass, said for Carole Ann Kuklis. + The need for Thanksgiving Bags is great this year. If you want to help a needy family of four this holiday, pick up a grocery bag with the shopping list of nonperishable supplies attached in the vestibule and return it filled to the church by Monday, Nov. 16. If you prefer to make a monetary donation to Catholic Charities, visit this site for mail-in and online donations.
  • Nov. 3, 2020 ~ Election Day - + There is no video of today’s Mass. + Thankful Thursdays this November to promote an Attitude of Gratitude. Join Father Jim and our parish family as we discover what gratitude means! Every Thursday from now until Thanksgiving, we’ll be releasing a gratitude video with some familiar faces. What is it, what do we have to grateful for, how do we show it, even how we spell it? See you on Thankful Thursdays.
  • Memorial Mass All Souls Day Liturgy - Watch our All Souls Day Memorial Mass LIVE at 7 p.m. on our YouTube Channel HERE.
  • Online registration response Registering for Mass - A REMINDER: We ask that you register in advance when you attend any Mass at our church. This is especially true as we near Christmas. We want to be able to accommodate all who wish to attend Mass. Just a reminder that we are limited to the number of people we are allowed to attend Mass. Your health and safety is our top priority as well as meeting the spiritual needs of our parish. There are two ways to register: Call the parish office at 722-3988 Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. -3 p.m. and Friday from 9-11 a.m. Register online here...
  • Cookbook cover Nov. 2 ~ All Souls Day - + Tonight at 7 p.m. we will remember members of our parish who died within the past year at an All Souls Day Memorial Mass. Registration has been extended to noon today. If you cannot attend, the Mass with be livestreamed on our YouTube Channel. + Read Dc. Tom’s Blog post about All Souls Day. + Parish Cookbook coming soon! The STVBS Women’s Club Ministry is happy to share that we are in the final stages of editing the Amazing Tastes Cookbook, a compilation of over 200 of our parishioners’ very best recipes. For your planning, we expect to begin...
  • Nov. 1, 2020 ~ All Saints Day - + Watch Sunday Mass, said for James P. & Mary Lenore Miller, Ernie Urganus, and the People of STVBS, LIVE at 10 a.m. + On this All Saints Day, listen to a beautiful Litany of the Saints: + National Vocation Awareness Week begins. Let us unite in prayer for those who are discerning a call to imitate the humility of Christ as religious brothers, sisters, priests or deacons. Do you feel God is offering you the grace of a vocation to the priesthood or consecrated life? Call Fr. Jason Hage at (315) 470-1468. We have additional resources on our new...
  • Vocations A Year of Vocations - Diocese of Syracuse Bishop Douglas J. Lucia has declared a Year of Vocations beginning Nov. 14, 2020 under patronage of St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church. As we begin National Vocation Awareness Week, let us unite in prayer for those who are discerning a call to imitate the humility of Christ as religious brothers, sisters, priests or deacons. Do you feel God is offering you the grace of a vocation to the priesthood or consecrated life? Call Father Jason Hage (315) 470-1468, or write: vocations@syrdio.org. Visit our new Vocations page (also see link under the Being Catholic tab on...