Catholic Courier

Three Ontario County parishes merged March 30 to form the new St. Peter Parish, according to a decree from Bishop Matthew H. Clark.

St. Dominic in Shortsville, St. Felix in Clifton Springs and St. Francis in Phelps have been working together as a cluster since 2007, so this merger was the next logi

Members of the local charity Eight 4 Third World Hope have just returned from a trip to Jamaica, where they celebrated the openings of their first two projects: a new school and a bathroom facility.

The consistent life ethic is more than just a catch phrase or a philosophy for Deacon Jerry Skerrett and his wife, Lee. For the Wayne County couple, it's a way of life.

For decades the Skerretts have been committed to living out the consistent life ethic, which is the principle that urges Catholics to affirm life from the moment of

GENEVA -- Approximately 800 students from five schools in the Finger Lakes packed St. Stephen Church Sept. 27 for a Mass with Bishop Matthew H. Clark. As the students filed off their buses and into the church, many were excited at the prospect of seeing their shepherd up close.

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

On Aug. 13 Brother Mario Calabrese knelt in front of Dominican Father John Langlois in the chapel of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Brother Calabrese placed his hands into those of Father Langlois, vicar provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph, and pledged obedience to God, to Mary and to St. Dominic, as well as to Father Langlois.