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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,
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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
What’s our legacy?
Fr. Rich was recently at the cemetery and saw a grave with flowers, Yankee flag and baseballs placed in the shape of a heart. It
20th 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.
Aug 18: Sunday Preview
For us Catholics, the reading this week from the book of John is the most important chapter in our faith. Jesus is teaching us the
Cry of the Heart
Our Discipleship group had a special opportunity to work with author Sarah Cortez. She guided almost a hundred of us in expressing our own needs
Gerbil Pups
Fr. Rich shares a childhood memories which he tells about his experience having gerbils who have pups. It’s a lesson that brings him to think
Hero’s Journey
I recently listened to a homily by Bishop Barron entitled, “Go on a Hero’s Journey.” It really clarified some of the choices I had made
19th 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.
Aug 11: Sunday Preview
Fr. Rich explains this week’s Gospel from John — how often we hear people say, “It’s enough to be a good person as a way
Slippery Slope
Fr. Richard tells of what it is like in Switzerland who has instituted assisted suicide to those who are in late stages of illness and
