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Please call the office during business hours if you would like to receive your 2018 statement. These statements will not be mailed out unless there is a specific request. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your generous support throughout 2018 not only with your weekly donations but with your support for the many other critical collections we take up.

Please join us Sunday, January 27 at noon at Notre Dame Church for comprehensive training and pizza! Both St. Mary's Cathedral and Notre Dame Church are in need of servers for weekend Masses, weekday liturgies and funerals. Anyone who has received First Communion is eligible to be an altar server. Current servers are invited to help hone their skills and answer new servers' questions. To plan for lunch, please let Deacon Jim Crowley know who will attend by calling or texting 315-323-1904 or emailing jcrowley@rcdony.org

January 14 - 22. Each day will see a different human life intention highlighted and daily reflections, information and suggested acts of reparation. Visit www.9daysforlife.com to sign up for daily email, text messages or a free mobile app. A printable version is also available.

On December 2, regular religious education classes are cancelled in order to hold our Annual Family Advent Day! Join us at SMDA following the 9:30 Mass. Children must attend with parents or a responsible adult. Advent activities are planned, including making an Advent wreath. Candles and ribbon are provided. Please supply your own form, greens, etc. Come join the fun as we begin our New Church Year!

Join the Franciscan Mystery Players of Clayton on December 9th at 6pm at Notre Dame for a prayerful presentation of The Birth of Jesus.

Day of Prayer and Penance For the victims of sexual abuse by the clergy and for the purification of the Church In response to requests by our Pope and Bishop, please join us in prayer on Friday, September 14 (Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross), beginning with Noon Mass in the Main Cathedral, continuing with adoration of the Holy Eucharist, and praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3pm. Bishop LaValley will lead us in a Holy Hour of Reparation from 4-5:00 p.m. We will conclude with Benediction at 5:00 p.m. May all who have suffered find healing and strength, and may our Church reflect the true holiness of the Body of Christ!

October 13, 2018 at St. Mary's Cathedral with speakers Johnnette Benkovic Williams, Susan Brinkmann and Thomas Sullivan. More details and information on how to register will be available soon!

This Mass Sunday, September 23 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, is to honor the Religious Sisters for their decades of service to the Church and all married couples celebrting their anniversaries. Family and Friends of honorees are welcome to attend. Married couples wishing to attend and receive a certificate from Bishop LaValley will need to register for the Mass on or before September 14.

Join us for an Inquiry Session September 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Notre Dame Sacristy (side entrance). This session will explain the process of Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), which will help you explore the Catholic Faith and offer you a deeper understanding of our Lord...a relationship with Him and with His people.

The Diocesan Family Life Office is offering this twelve week program which will cover topics such as shock and grief, anger and forgiveness, money issues, dealing with children and a former spouse, and annulment and remarriage. This program is for newly separated and divorced and those still struggling with issues many years later. It will run from early September until mid-November. Cost is $25. For more information or to register, please call Steve Tartaglia at 315-393-2920 or go to www.rcdony.org/family-life/surviving-divorcesupport-group.html

The Legion of Mary has begun 1st Saturday Devotions: On the first Saturday of each month at 2:30 p.m. in the Deacon Winter Chapel, prior to Confessions. All are invited to participate.

Click the title above to download Sr. Bernadette's inspiration, instruction and a look ahead at the Family Catechesis program!

Each week our Vocations Committee is asking any household to take our "Traveling Rosary" home with them to Pray the Rosary for Vocations each day for one week. As a Church Family we must do our best to promote and pray fro Vocations to Married Life, the Priesthood, Diaconate, and the Religious and Consecrated Life. There are signup sheets at all the entrances of all our Churches. Our traveling Rosaries have been designed and crafted by a local donor.

The Knights of Columbus is sponsoring breakfast with the Easter Bunny on April 9 to be followed by an Easter Egg Hunt at noon! Open this for full details!

All business for Saint Mary's Cathedral and Notre Dame Church will be conducted from 125 Ford Avenue (the old Notre Dame Rectory.) Thank you for your patience as we make this transition!

There are several ways to sign up for this FREE summit in Lake Placid on September 25th. Head over to the website www.inspirecalledtolove.org and register there. Don't have a computer? Call the Rectory at 393-3930 and we'll sign up for you! Forms are available in the Church at all the entryways. We're also planning a Sign up weekend in July. Finally, if you call the Rectory we can add you to the list for taking the bus. This is first come first served basis, so call soon!