Dear Parish Family, Everyone in Glens Falls knows that I am in love with SMSA. I adore that school and feel so grateful to be in a place...

Dear Parish Family, I got a call recently from Fr. Don Rutherford, the Vicar for Clergy for our Diocese. He told me that our mother...

Dear Parish Family, The process of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly is fascinating. The first step is when the caterpillar spins a...

Dear Parish Family, This week is the holiest week of the Church year. Christmas is important, of course, but it truly takes a distant...

Dear Parish Family, Last week, I introduced you to Joe and Thomas, two of the new Catholics we’ll welcome into our faith family at the...

At the Easter Vigil on March 30, we will welcome a number of new Catholics into our faith. You may have seen them at Mass and not known...

Dear Parish Family, The time has come for us to discuss the controversy that is rocking the church to its core and drawing Catholics into...

Dear Parish Family, For more than 40 years, our parish (like most all other parishes) has had a Pastoral Council made up of parishioners...

One of the great spiritual practices we Catholics have is the ability to request a Mass Intention, which is a spiritual gift we give to...

One of the most important shifts we can make in life is the awareness that life is hard. Even on a good day, life is challenging. Take...

Dear Parish Family, Every year our parish rallies to raise funds for our annual Diocesan Appeal. St. Mary’s parishioners never fail to...

Dear Parish Family, A couple came out of Mass last weekend with tears in their eyes. They said, “We need your help.” I assumed they were...

Dear Parish Family, About a month ago, Bishop Ed summoned all the priests and deacons of our Diocese for a two-day conference on...

Dear Parish Family, The worldwide Synod is coming to our neck of woods later this month. And it’s an experience not to miss. Some have...

Dear Parish Family, St. Mary’s is blessed with an iconic campus of buildings. Our gothic church, built more than 150 years ago, looks...

Dear Parish Family, Many people comment about how hard it can be to focus when they pray. A lot of us are embarrassed that their mind...

Dear Parish Family, St. Mary’s has had the distinction for the past several years of having the most senior employee in the whole Diocese....

Dear Parish Family, One of our parishioners recently found out that her father-in-law was terminally ill. It caused her to dig deeply...

Dear Parish Family, I recently came across a prayer by Fr. Austin Fleming that strikes me as a good one for all of us who need help...

Dear Parish Family, After much praying and a thorough search for candidates, it’s a joy to report that through the movement and working...