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Christ the King Church is extending an invitation to join their Coffee and Conversations on June 15 at 6pm to view and discuss documentaries on Blessed Carlo Acutis and Saint Edith Stein.

AMAZING! Thank you St. Thomas for filling the cabinets and kitchen pantry at the South End Children’s Café, and the St. James Food Pantry. The Regional Food Bank continues to run low or out of items and it is your generous that enables Linda Cruz and her volunteers to create bags of LOVE for our neighbors! God bless you for your generosity! Click for pictures

Many thanks to our Pueblo to People Committee, Women of Mary and Youth Ministry for honoring our Mother Mary at our bilingual Rosary and Crowning. We thank Brian Murphy for sharing his talent to honor our Lady and Marcella for crowing her. “Madre Eres Ternura, Madre, eres ternura, eres una flor , blanca y preciosa, llena de amor. Sí, Señora ven a mí, ven, ven a mí, cúbreme con Tu manto lleno de amor. “ “Mother you are tenderness, you are a flower, White and precious, full of love. Yes, Lady Come to me, come, come to me. Cover me with your mantle full of love.” Click for pictures

Wow! Catholic Charities Community Maternity Services appreciates your generous donation of large size diapers and wipes that filled our van to the roof! Thank you St. Thomas for supporting LIFE! Click here for more pictures

Congratulations to Deacon Daniel Vallejo who graduated from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, IL. Dcn. Dan will be at our parish this year! The Lord's continued blessings be upon you Dcn. Dan!

God bless you for your generosity to our neighbors served at the Capital City Rescue Mission. “A hot meal is the beginning of a changed life!” “Thank you for bringing someone from hunger to HOPE! “ Special thanks to our sorts and greeters. You St. Thomas are making a difference! Click for more pictures

St. Matthew's Church in Voorheesville will be showing The Chosen: Season 3 each Thursday evening in June. Bring your dinner and join us at 5:30pm. The movie series will begin at 6pm. Meaningful Discussions after the Episodes. June 1st Episodes 1 & 2 ( 2hrs 15 min); June 8th Episodes 3 & 4 (2hrs); June 15th Episodes 5 & 6 (2hrs); June 22nd Episode 7 (1hr 5mins); June 29th Episode 8 (1hr 40mins) Please feel free to invite your family and friends.

Catholics from across New York State are planning to come together at Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville on October 20-22, 2023 to celebrate the real presence of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. The Congress will feature inspiring talks, Mass, Eucharistic adoration, opportunities for confessions, inspiring music and more. For details and to register, log onto https://nyseucharisticcongress.org Register early, registration will cut off once capacity is met!!

Bethlehem Central School District Green Team is sponsoring “Give Away Weekend”. Items to be “given away” to be repurposed or reused should be placed at the end of participants personal driveway or curb ONLY from noon May 12 to 5pm May 14. The Event Flyer must be printed and displayed with the items, so no items are mistakenly taken. Homeowners must clean up any items not taken by 5 pm May 14. The Town will not collect leftover items. Prohibited items include: TVs/monitors, stuffed furniture, mattresses, bedding. Click anywhere on this summary to access link to flyer

“We come to Mass to say “Thank you” to Jesus for the life we have!” “We want our children to know and have a relationship with Jesus. It doesn’t always look pretty but we work at it.” “Doesn’t have to be a home run every weekend. We strive to have the Eucharist become a part of our family’s culture. It’s where we want to be.” “It all starts with Family.” “We strive to lead by example to give, just a little bit more in love and service of others.” “Church is home, no matter where I am in the world the Mass is the same. This can be a real source of comfort.” Special thanks to all of our families who joined us for an evening of fun and conversation! Most especially our guest storytellers the Blendell and Bernasconi Families. God bless all of our families with grace to be open to the relationship the Lord wants to have with each one of us. And may all our lives be rooted in LOVE … the Eucharist. Click for more photos!

Thank you St. Thomas for showering items needed for blessing bags made by the Christ Child Society of the Albany Diocese, for women and childern who are forced to flee their home because of domestic abuse. Your donation of toiletry items, child activity books and cuddly push toys are most appreciated. Special thanks to our young church for sorting and greeting. Thank you all for your kindness and prayers for those experiencing the unthinkable. Click for more photos!