3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (78+ words) Catholic Courier Diocese of Rochester Catholic schools welcomed students the week of Sept. 7 for the start of the 2026-27 academic year. The Catholic Courier visited St. Francis-St. Stephen School in Geneva Sept. 8 and St. Mary School in Canandaigua Sept. 10 as students…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1229+ words) (OSV News) — Joseph Connor had his back turned to the large window of his 36th floor office when he “suddenly more felt than heard” the massive impact of a commercial jet slamming into the north tower of the World Trade Center…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (159+ words) September 13 @ 12:00 pm The Rochester Theater Organ Society will celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the 3/12 Wurlitzer opus 1492 theatre organ in the RMSC Eisenhart Auditorium on Sunday, September 13, 2026, at 2 p.m. Clark Wilson, one of the most recognized silent film scorers, will accompany an…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (920+ words) (OSV News) — Catholic Charities has been responding to various disasters in the United States this summer and although this is not the most disaster-prone season in recent memory, it did have memorable events. Catholic Charities USA in Alexandria, Virginia, has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (552+ words) Help us to serve you better NEW YORK (OSV News) – As its title suggests, the comedy “Coyote vs. Acme” (Ketchup Entertainment), which blends live action with animation, concerns a legal case. Namely, a tort suit brought by Looney Tunes character…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (466+ words) ROCHESTER — Downtown Rochester was bustling with activity June 3, as community members flocked to businesses involving banking, finance, construction, manufacturing, health care, utilities and dining. In reality, the venues were scaled-down replicas and the people occupying them were diocesan elementary-school students....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (587+ words) Mary and Jim Holleran did not know anyone in town when they moved to Rochester as newlyweds in the 1980s. At Blessed Sacrament Parish, however, they soon found a home away from home. “Those people really became gifts in our lives,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (167+ words) Three Diocese of Rochester Catholic schools and one affiliated school will have new principals for the 2026-27 school year. Joseph Gaudio, who previously taught math at Rochester’s Aquinas Institute, became principal at St. Lawrence School in Greece May 26. Gaudio initally worked…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (72+ words) Bishop blesses Rochester church’s recovered Marian statue Catholic Courier A once-stolen statue of Mary that sits in the grotto at Rochester’s Holy Cross Church was blessed by Bishop John S. Bonnici following Mass Aug. 30. The statue went missing in March…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (79+ words) All first responders — which include police, fire and emergency medical technicians — and their families are invited to attend the annual First Responders Mass Sept. 13. The Mass will be celebrated at 11:15 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park, Rochester....