Announcements

The next Magnificat Rochester Women’s Breakfast will be held on May 30, 2015 and will feature the testimony of Monica Pierce. You can read more about the breakfast on their event page here or at magnificatrochester.org.

Lenten Bible Study for 2015 The Book of the Prophet Amos “God’s Call to Justice & Holiness” in five sessions This week we begin a new Bible study well-suited for Lent. We will be taking up the small but powerful Book of the Prophet Amos. In five sessions we are going to look at the…

This week we begin our new study, The Advent of Hope. This will be a study on God’s saving intention toward his creation. There will be five lessons, taking us up to Christmas: each lesson, we’ll focus in on scriptural witnesses to the unfolding of God’s plan. We’ll also be trying out a new format:…

Dear friends, Tonight we hold the first class in our fall series, Witness of Power: Stories of Elisha the Prophet. The life of Elisha is not just relevant to our situation in America today; it offers a hard-hitting corrective to the issues we face as Christians in a drifting nation. This is a series you…

Dear friends: Elijah was the great prophet of God. Though he left us no writings, his actions and teachings are recorded in I and II Kings. … Elijah appeared at a critical moment in the history of Israel to challenge a tyrant and turn the nation back toward God. … Every Christian needs to learn about…

Five Lenten Reflections Beginning March 11th Lent is all about repentance and getting right with God and our fellow man.  So we offer five sessions this Lent to reflect on the stories of five very different men from the Bible. Each story is powerful and contains insights which are spiritually important for us today. Each…

Do you want to learn how to share your faith in a non-confrontational joyous way? No experience needed! St. Paul Street Evangelization will be offering their Basic Evangelization Training program at the Church of the Holy Spirit (1355 Hatch Road, Webster, NY) on Friday, March 14, 7:00—10:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 15, 9:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.…

This next week, beginning on January 21st, we are launching a new, six week series on “The Church’s Mission for Catholics Today“. This is in keeping with Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, EVANGELII GAUDIUM and it will draw from recent Church documents and be richly rooted in the Scriptures. We also think that it is very…

This New Year’s Eve, we will be hosting a special Mass for us here at the Center for our St. Irenaeus community. The Mass will begin at 8:00 PM, and will be followed by a bit of New Year’s Eve repast and some time for good fellowship. Later in the evening as we approach the…

I hope you will be able to join us for our fall series, The Acts of the Apostles. An in-depth study on Acts is the perfect capstone to the Church’s Year of Faith. Classes start the week of September 17th. It’s going to be a great series – and I look forward to seeing you…