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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

February 9: Sunday Preview
Fr. Rich shares how this classic story from the Gospel is about Jesus gathering the first Apostles to himself. He inspires them to follow Him.

Choices We Make
Fr. Rich recently visited a 98 year old man who raised his family Catholic and said if it wasn’t for his kids he would have

Feast of the Presentation
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.

February 2: Sunday Preview
Fr. Rich shares that this is a great scene in the Gospel, the Presentation of the Lord. Here we meet Simeon, an old devout man

Maybe There’s Someone You Need to Influence
Fr. Rich shares some newspaper polls among Baby Boomers and Gen Zers. There seems to be a shift in our attitude and we can’t take

Jan 26: Sunday Preview
Fr. Rich shares that this Gospel should come with a disclaimer! Don’t do this at home! Jesus is talking about a specific period in time,

What’s Your Purpose In Life?
Fr. Rich shares with us that the US has the lowest life expectancy. It stalls out at 77 years old. Korea and Japan is at

Faith of Our Church
The Laudate app has a trove of great material for Catholics, and I particularly like their Saint of the Day section. It usually begins with

Second 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.