Announcements

This year’s Rochester Chesterton Conference was a big success. For those who weren’t able to make it or those who want to revisit the topics that were discussed, we provide CD recordings of each speaker’s talk. We are currently in the process of editing our recordings. We expect CDs to be available in late October.…

The Way of Holiness and Right Worship: Studies in the Book of Leviticus Ten sessions To many modern readers the Book of Leviticus can seem obscure and forbidding, yet its ancient laws lay out principles of holiness and right worship, foreshadowing the greater realities we have in Christ.  In rabbinic education, it was the first…

OLD TESTAMENT THEMES A new five-week study Our summer journeyman programs are general survey courses, usually alternating material from the Old and New Testaments and Church history – or some major spiritual topic. In these sessions we attempt to give a convenient handle on material, which can serve as a useful foundation for further study.…

This upcoming July 17th, from 2:00–4:30 pm, our very own Fiat women’s fellowship will be hosting a tea party in the garden of the St. Irenaeus Center on Blossom Rd. For more information, have a look at this beautiful invitation designed by Marie Brennan – and feel free to print out a few copies to…

Faith & Witness Spring 2016 By St. Irenaeus Ministries in Faith & Witness 16 pages, published 5/27/2016 Our Spring 2016 issue celebrates the life of Mother Angelica, tackles topics like politics and the culture wars, and features an interview with Fr. Mike Mayer on evangelization. Also, check out a piece on C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters…

Announcing Our Spring Scripture Study:             Lessons from the Book of Esther In five sessions, beginning the week of April 12 So why should we study this curious book? And why now? This small book has been the subject of controversy since ancient times. It nearly didn’t make it into the Jewish canon of the…

Dear Friends, Here we are at the threshold of another Lent, and I’d like to share a few thoughts on making this Lent more profitable. In the past we have put out a general review, “A Few Thoughts on Making a Good Lent”, which is available to anyone who asks us. Today, however, I would…

We will soon begin a special short study, beginning the week after Thanksgiving. It will run only for the first two weeks of December. We offer it as an Advent meditation and in preparation for the Jubilee year. The great mercy of God in Christ is our subject. What a subject! In our study we will…

We will soon begin our fall Scripture study, ten weeks in the Book of Deuteronomy. We begin the week after Labor Day. Let me say that I am very excited about this particular offering and have long looked forward to the right time to present it. I know that many modern readers find this a…

Dear Friends of St. Irenaeus  (and St. Titus too): You are invited to join us on our patronal feast day for The Mass of St. Irenaeus Saturday, June 27th at 4:00 pm in Murphy Hall at St. John Fisher College Murphy Hall is across East Ave. ( 31f ) from the main campus. Fr. Mike…