Events and Opportunities

Read about our parish school’s new principal.  Congratulations, Keith!

Know someone whose vehicle is need of repair and doesn’t have the $?  Proaction of Steuben and Yates can help!  More info by emailing  

OLOLCC is celebrating the Season of Creation (9/1-10/4)!  Pope Leo XIV invites us “to contemplate the gift of life and to cherish the earth that sustains it.” In his Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the Holy Father focuses on the impact of war on humanity and our common home and calls us to seek peace and healing in our world.  You can join in by praying this prayer daily.  View the online kick-off prayer service on 9/1.  For the littles, view Patty reading, The Last Straw, Kids vs. Plastics by Susan Hood.  At Mass every weekend, Care of Creation intentions will be part of the Prayers of the Faithful. Join teens and adults who will be reading, The Problem With Plastics.  View the webinar on 9/10, 7PM.  The “Creation Sings” art competition is open to all youth, K-12.  (Deadline to submit is 9/25/26.)  Join in a nature walk, 2PM on 9/20 at Grimes Glen, Naples.  In conjunction with the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi (800th anniversary of his death), Fr. Leo will offer the Care of Creation Mass on Saturday, 10/3 at 9AM in the Chapel of St. Michael’s.  After Mass, all participants are invited to a continental breakfast in the Hall.  From 10-11:30AM, a spiritual and educational program will be offered.  It is designed to assist you, your family, our parish & school to learn, grow & respond to the Church’s teaching on caring for creation & how to take action to protect our common home as a community of faith. Please call 315-536-7459 to register by 9/28.

Register by 9/7 for the September 12th Magnificat event. Magnificat is a outreach to Catholic Women, providing fellowship and encouragement.

All worship sites, beginning on 9/20, will have Mass Class 15 minutes before every weekend Mass.  Mass Class is a 5 minute teaching about the Mass, followed by praying 1 decade of the Rosary, and then a few minutes of silence to prepare our hearts and minds for what we are about to celebrate.  Families with children should register for Family Faith Formation, also beginning September 20th.  Registration forms are available at all parish offices, including forms for Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation.  If you are feeling called to become a Catholic, please contact Fr. Leo.

Bishop Bonnici is inviting us to Masses in honor of (soon-to-be, 9/24) Venerable Fulton J. Sheen.  Read about it in the Bishop’s own words and join him in prayerfully appealing for more vocations to the priesthood.

This month’s security tip is about AI.  Watch it, courtesy of our Diocesan IT department, in part thanks to your contributions to the Catholic Ministries Appeal.

Although our 250th anniversary, has come and gone, what we are invited into is revival.  Are we bearing witness to a higher truth: that lasting peace, justice, and unity are possible when we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ. Will we stand with the Holy Father in proclaiming the truths of the Gospel which helped form the ideals of our country?  Will we continue to come before our Eucharistic Lord on behalf of our nation in Eucharistic Adoration?  God wants to be a joy filled, prayerful people.  Relive the moments of 7/4/2026. We are His servants.  Will we commit to serving others?

Register for the Read Open Wide Our Hearts and Salt & Light (both weekly publications) and Justice, Peace & Life (monthly).  And JustUs, from the Sisters of St. Joseph

Neophytes Michele Colon, Jacob Utter and Douglas Ehmer joined our faith and received the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil (4/4/26).  Jennifer G. Hines, William Schmidtmann and Wendy Galgano celebrated Confirmation & Eucharist then, bringing them into full communion in our faith.  Praise God!  Others preparing for Confirmation are Jolie & Joseph N. Hines and Lucy Willson.  Our First Holy Communicants are Eden, Octavia and Daniel Rogers.  Thank you for keeping them and their families in prayer.

Nathan Mineses received his Hands of Christ award from Bishop Matano on 2/3/26.
The Community Cafe is an ecumenical outreach to provide supper and community to anyone and everyone of any age! 5-7 PM in the Fellowship Hall of the PY Methodist Church, monthly on the second and last Tuesday. No income eligibility; no cost.  Volunteers are always welcome, especially on the clean-up side. Contact for more info. 
Pope Leo XIV gave us the gift of his first encyclical on Memorial Day, entitled, Magnificent Humanity.  He asks us and “all people of good will” to read it.  Get the short guide at A Complete Guide to Pope Leo’s First Encyclical: Magnifica Humanitas – Ascension 
Fellowship for moms: biweekly 3-4PM at 465 N. Main St., PY (the Wellspring Fellowship Church).  Call 315-536-7333 for details. 

The Catholic Mental Health Campaign is a year-round initiative of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to encourage all people of good will to respond to the ongoing mental health crisis across the United States.  Give hope to others! Be an ally, advocate and aide!  Offer your prayers, maybe using or offering these Mental Health Prayer cards.

Assistance for:  Energy    Water     

More on the Pro-Life/Social Ministries page.

 

The Saints are our friends in Heaven.  Here are 3 options to learn more about them.  Subscribe to the free podcast, The Merry Beggars.  A new saint is featured each M-F, in engaging episodes of 15 minutes or less!  Or, use our parish subscription to Formed, The Catholic Faith On Demand, , using code 14527, to watch any of the great content!  Or, take a pilgrimage to churches around the Diocese to venerate relics of saints!

We build a culture of life when we advocate for the immigrant and support people who are experiencing hardship. Walking with Moms in Need, is another way to build a culture of life!



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