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Welcome to our ParishSt. Mary's welcomes you!
If you are new to the area or just passing through, we would love for you to worship with us! We welcome your talents, ideas and your presence. If you are interested in joining our parish family, there are registration forms in the back of church that may be given to Fr. John
or left in the parish office.
The peace of Christ be with you always !
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divine mercy sunday
Divine Mercy Sunday ~ April 11
Celebration at Noon
“Tell the whole world about about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender Mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon the souls who approach the
Fount of My Mercy.” ( Diary 699)
To fittingly observe the feast of Mercy we should:
Celebrate the feast on the Sunday after Easter
Sincerely repent of all our sins
Place our complete trust in Jesus
Go to Confession, be in a state of grace
Receive Holy Communion on the day of the Feast
Venerate the Image of the Divine Mercy
Be Merciful to others, through our actions,words and prayers
Diary of St. Faustina, entry 699, Jesus promised to St. Faustina:
"The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened."
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welcome back!!!
We have resumed the regular Mass schedule, along with Adoration on Thursdays from 10-7pm and confessions from 6-7pm on Thursdays and anytime by appointment.
The obligation to attend Mass on Sunday and Holy Days is temporarily dispensed due to the current circumstances. If you are sick or elderly or immune comprimised, it would be best to stay home and away from other people.
Please space out from each other and wear masks, if possible. There is seating in the basement, to view Mass on the TV, and up in the choir loft. We ask people to sanitize the pews between Masses.
WELCOME BACK! We can worship together again!
GOD BE PRAISED !
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covid -19 vaccine
U.S. Bishop Chairmen for Doctrine and for Pro-Life Address the Use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 VaccineWASHINGTON– On March 2, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued a statement on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine recently approved for use in the United States.
“The approval of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the United States again raises questions about the moral permissibility of using vaccines developed, tested, and/or produced with the help of abortion-derived cell lines.
“Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines raised concerns because an abortion-derived cell line was used for testing them, but not in their production. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine, however, was developed, tested and is produced with abortion-derived cell lines raising additional moral concerns. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has judged that ‘when ethically irreproachable Covid-19 vaccines are not available … it is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process.’[1] However, if one can choose among equally safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, the vaccine with the least connection to abortion-derived cell lines should be chosen. Therefore, if one has the ability to choose a vaccine, Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccines should be chosen over Johnson & Johnson’s.
“While we should continue to insist that pharmaceutical companies stop using abortion-derived cell lines, given the world-wide suffering that this pandemic is causing, we affirm again that being vaccinated can be an act of charity that serves the common good.”
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take actionCall to Action
Congress will soon vote on a new COVID relief bill, called the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, that addresses the needs of many vulnerable people related to the pandemic. Unfortunately, unlike previous COVID relief bills, this bill appropriates billions of taxpayer dollars that are not subject to longstanding, bi-partisan pro-life protections that are needed to prevent this funding from paying for abortions. TAKE ACTION NOW
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote to Congress to express its support for additional COVID-19 relief that prioritizes the prioritizes the poor and vulnerable and its strong opposition to any taxpayer funding of abortion as part of this legislation, saying that the Hyde Amendment policy must be included before this bill moves forward. Your voice is critically needed today to tell your representatives in Congress to support amendments that prevent abortion funding and to work for their inclusion in the final bill.Click here to unsubscribe from this mailing list. 
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Mass Times
- Sunday: 9:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN 11:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN 5:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN
- Monday: 9:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN
- Wednesday: 6:30 PM EnglishEnglishEN
- Thursday: 9:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN
- Friday: 9:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN
- Saturday: 4:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN
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stations of the cross
Join us every Friday during Lent at 7pm to meditate on our Lord's passion. Private confessions heard afterwards.
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Weekly donations
We realize that times are challenging financially right now for many people. We would ask you to consider making your weekly donation, if possible, to the Church via the mail. St. Mary's still has bills that need to be paid during this time also. St. Mary's Church, PO Box 189, Canaseraga, NY 14822
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The Erie County Surrogate Court
Beginning in 2015, The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., Inc. (“Foundation”) began soliciting donations to its “Upon this Rock” (“UTR”) capital and endowment campaign. The UTR campaign raised funds for many purposes, including soliciting funds for making essential upgrades to classroom facilities and technology of Christ the King Seminary (“CKS”), expanding CKS’s role as a center of retreat and religious celebration, and establishing an endowment fund for CKS. Unfortunately, in early 2020, CKS’s Board of Trustees determined that CKS would close at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year. CKS’s closure will make it impossible for the Foundation to use the UTR funds raised for CKS for their original intended purposes. However, under New York law, when the original purposes for which funds are donated become impossible to achieve, those purposes can be modified in a manner consistent with original intent by the New York State courts. For many years, CKS provided education and formation for ordained and lay ecclesial ministers in the Diocese of Buffalo and beyond. Accordingly, the Foundation has asked the New York State Supreme Court for the County of Erie to approve a modification of the purposes of UTR funds raised for CKS so that those funds can be used to support the education and formation for ordained and lay ecclesial ministry in the Diocese of Buffalo, as determined in the discretion of the Foundation’s Board.
If you have donated to UTR and would like to be heard regarding this requested modification, you may send a letter to: The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., Inc., attention Executive Director, 795 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 14203 or an email to donor.info@frcdb.org. Copies of letters or email received by the Foundation will be provided to the Court. You may also make a formal filing in the legal proceeding entitled Matter of the Modification of Endowment Funds of The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo N.Y., Inc., Erie County Index No. 814747/2020. In order for your submission to be available for the Court’s consideration, please be sure to send any letter or email, or make any filing, no later than Friday, April 9, 2021.