St. Benedict Parish

(585) 364-2419

St. Benedict Parish uses Flocknote to send out parish-wide and ministry specific updates. This system has the capability to email or text you the update. If you are not already part of our parish-wide update list, but wish to be included, please email Amy at Amy.Corron@dor.org.

In an attempt to keep everyone as up to date as possible about restrictions and precautions for COVID-19 and the flu, we have created a page on our website with relevant resources. You may access it here: COVID-19 and Flu updates

Please click on the "Online Giving" graphic below to sign up for online giving for the Sunday offertory:



St. Benedict Parish is pleased to be able to partner with Our Sunday Visitor to offer this option, especially now as we cannot gather as a faith community for Masses. As always, we thank you for your generosity. Be well and God bless.

If you have any questions about this program, you may contact our Director of Finance and Administration, Tony DiPrima, at Tony.Diprima@dor.org.

Our Sunday Visitor's Privacy policy can be found here.

You can access Fr. Michael's recent essay entitled "The Pandemic has Turned on the Lights, How Will We Respond to What We Now See?", by visiting the Pastoral Writings subpage on the Reference tab of this website or by clicking here.

Masses: Daily and Sunday Masses, celebrated without the presence of the faithful, will be videotaped and posted to our website. A Flocknote will be sent out when the liturgies are available for viewing. If you are not part of the Flocknote distribution list, but wish to be, please email Amy.Corron@dor.org. 
Sunday Masses, celebrated by Bishop Matano without the presence of the faithful, will be livestreamed on Sundays, typically at 11am. The link for each week’s livestreamed Mass is included in our Flocknotes, but you may also visit dor.org to access the link.
 
Private Prayer: You may come to St. Mary’s Church from 6am—7pm Monday—Friday and Sunday from noon—5pm or St. Bridget’s Church from 9am—5pm Sunday—Friday for private prayer. Please be sure to allow at least 6 feet between you and others that may also be there for prayer.

Priests' Daily "Porch Time" for Check-Ins, Hellos, and Confessions: Those interested in stopping by to say hello, check in, or to have a Confession heard can come to the rectory enclosed side porch between 2pm - 3pm each day (except Sunday) to see one of the priests. Fr. Michael will be available on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays, and Fr. Clifford will be available Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. We ask that you observe the following in order to ensure your own and others' safety and privacy: please wear your mask, follow social distancing protocol, and if there are more than 10 individuals present, please try at another time. 

Sunday Mornings - Morning Prayer: Morning Prayer will be available via Zoom on Sunday mornings at 9am. To join us on Sunday, please click here. All are welcome to join.

Sunday Evenings - Chat with Fr. Michael: Fr. Michael will be on Zoom at 7pm on Sunday evenings for a virtual social gathering. All are welcome to join for a chat, a check-in, etc. To join him on Sunday, please click here. All are welcome to join.

Monday Evenings - Women's Prayer Ministry Virtual Gatherings: Women of the parish may contact Maureen Gallagher for a Zoom invite to the Women’s Prayer Ministry gathering, 7 pm each Monday evening. Maureen can be reached at (585) 797-8935 (cell & text) or mjfpg@rochester.rr.com.

Tuesday Evenings - Scriptural Study: We are offering a Scriptural Study via Zoom on Tuesday evenings. Typically, these will be at 7pm. To join us on Tuesday, please click here. All are welcome to join.

Upcoming Catholic Men's Group Virtual Meeting: The St. Benedict Catholic Men's Group will be meeting "virtually" on Wednesday, June 3rd from 7pm-8:15pm and will be praying the Rosary, viewing Bishop Barron's video on the Mystery of God, discussing the video, and sharing prayer intentions.  All men of the parish are welcome to attend.  The Zoom Meeting link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85613456246. (Meeting ID: 856 1345 6246, Password: 212011). Please contact Kyle Howatt (kyle@kylehowatt.com) or Mike Gallagher (mafg1953@gmail.com) with any questions.  Hope to see you there!