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For the ongoing National Eucharistic Revival, St. Lawrence hosted a unique and unprecedented series featuring all the auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of New York at five special Holy Hours to offer their personal reflections on their personal experience of the Eucharist and what it has meant in their lives.
Stay up to date on what’s going on at our Churches on the east side of Putnam County, NY, St. Lawrence O’Toole in Brewster, and Sacred Heart in Patterson.
Each Thursday, Fr. Gill offers some thoughts on the Gospel to be proclaimed on the coming Sunday so we can get to Mass with our hearts and souls prepared to hear the Holy Spirit speak to us.
Looking to go deeper in your prayer life? Listen to the homily from the Sunday Mass and meditate on the Word of God.
Read these mini-reflections by Lynda Holler, Director of Discipleship, then follow up with a Scripture passage and call to action suggestions.
Articles include event recaps with photo galleries and parishioners’ stories,
Recent Posts
Sept 8: Sunday Preview
In Mark’s Gospel we see the miracle of the healing of deaf man. We can pass over all these miracles— and are amazed that Jesus
Chop Away!
As a native of Western New York, I have been making the six-hour drive to and from for decades. For long stretches of the trip
Things People Regret
Fr. Rich shares from a study the things people regret as they approach death. Life is put into a different perspective as you get to
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Looking to go deeper in your prayer life? Listen to Fr Gill’s homily from the Sunday Mass and meditate on the Word of God.
Sept 1: Sunday Preview
This reading from the Gospel of Mark is a good example of Jesus zeroing in on the Pharisees. They were following the traditions and loss
Sacred Spaces
Fr. Rich shares how too often we have loss the sense of the sacred in our life. He offers us an opportunity to explore the
Four Weeks Wiser
Today is the first day of September, the unofficial beginning of the fall season, and the new school year starts this week. It is the
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Looking to go deeper in your prayer life? Listen to Fr Gill’s homily from the Sunday Mass and meditate on the Word of God.
Coauthoring God’s Epics
Life is so messy that heartbreaking and heartwarming commonly coexist in the same story. Some fiction authors are very skilled, and their stories become classics
Aug 25: Sunday Preview
This gospel reminds Fr. Rich of Cardinal Dolan’s Moto, To whom shall we go. In this reading, it is a dramatic turning point as the
