Catholic Courier

Catholic Charities depends on the wider community of Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal churches as well as its Catholic constituents.

By offering seventh and eighth grades for the first time in its 57-year history, Elmira Notre Dame High School entered previously uncharted territory to start the 2012-13 school year.

When Eliza Maher graduated in June from eighth grade at Geneva's St. Francis-St. Stephen School, she was already looking forward to starting this fall at DeSales High School, which is located just across High Street from St. Francis-St. Stephen.

CANANDAIGUA -- Religious liberty was the hot topic of discussion for the more than 500 people who visited Notre Dame Retreat House between June 21 and July 4 to take part in the Festival for Freedom.

The festival was planned in response to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' request that Catholics spend the two weeks leading up to July 4 engaging in

The recent leadership transition in the Diocese of Rochester quickly became public knowledge. But a similar shift in leadership also took place recently -- albeit more quietly -- at the Abbey of the Genesee.

He began monastic life at the dawn of the new millennium, and nearly 13 years later is embracing another vocational milestone: the priesthood.

Father Isaac Slater, OCSO, was ordained a Trappist priest Aug. 11 by then-Bishop of Rochester Matthew H. Clark during a 9:15 a.m. Mass at Abbey of the

ROCHESTER -- Ken and Dorothy Siegel attended a burial at Oatka Cemetery last year as part of an effort to accompany people who have died and would otherwise be buried alone.

Members of St. Mary Parish in Waterloo and St. Patrick Parish in Seneca Falls were less than thrilled when they learned in June that Bishop Matthew H. Clark had selected St. Francis and St. Clare Parish as the name of their new, combined community.

From this year on, priests celebrating Mass in Bath and Hammondsport will be guided by special saintly support.