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Thank you for the diapers, cozy blankets, bottles, and other wonderful baby items collected for RISSE, who serves Migrant & Refugee neighbors new to the area. Your generosity was so overwhelming that we were able to also share items with Catholic Charities Community Maternity Services too! Special thanks to Alaina for organizing the items and greeting! God Bless you for supporting LIFE! Click here for more photos.

Diocesan Cemeteries appreciated the scrubbing power of our young church for refurbishing historic tombstones at Calvary Cemetery on their day off from school. Thank you for honoring and respecting those buried in this holy sacred place. Click here for photos!

Awakening our hearts to share God’s love Saturday, December 10 with check-in and continental breakfast at 8:30 am and event from 9 - 4 pm at St. Pius X Church, 23 Crumitie Rd., Loudonville, NY. The Sisters of Life will be the keynote speakers. The retreat will include: Presentations, Reconciliation, Adoration, Rosary, Mass with Bishop Scharfenberger, box lunch, and beverages. Space is limited so register now at https://www.rcda.org/UnleashingLove Note: Credit / debit card users -- ignore PayPal and use the black button bar to pay via credit / debit card.

Blessings overflowing! Together we created 20 Blessing Bags with lots of goodies and thinking of you cards for our homebound Parishioners. Extra items were shared with St. Francis Food Pantry. Smaller individual items are perfect for our young church to create Halloween Goodie Bags for our Personal Care parishioners. Special shout out to our young church for greetings, sorting, counting and bagging. Thank you St. Thomas for letting our seniors know they are in our thoughts and prayers! Click here for photos.

WOW, over 100 and still going strong! Thank you St. Thomas for your kindness and generosity to our neighbors and family at our weekly drives. We started back in March of 2020 in response to wanting to do something to assist our neighbors when so much uncertainty and fear surrounded us! The drives gave us an opportunity to share what we could. It also gave us an opportunity to gather to see one another. We gathered with no masks, with masks, with social distance, in the rain, in the snow and the sunshine. We collected in the parking lot, in Father’s garage, in front of the church and in the Gathering Hall. Some came with their four legged friends or with a friend. Some of you joined us once or twice, others have never missed a drive! Thank you, St. Thomas, for giving witness to what being a Roman Catholic means. Sharing with our homebound, reminding others that they are thought of, helping families and veterans on a tight budget, and allowing our young church to know what it means to be the hands and feet of Christ in our world. Click here for 100 pictures from our drives!

The 50th Annual Diocesan Marriage Jubilee Celebration will be held Saturday, October 8th, 2022 at 4:00 pm at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany. Couples celebrating their 25th, 40th, 50th or other special wedding anniversaries are invited to attend this celebration. Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger will celebrate the Mass at 4:00 pm and greet couples and their guests at a reception in the gathering area at the Cathedral immediately following Mass. Please register by email to [email protected].