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WelcomeWelcome to our parish, located in the heart of the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York. We are a vibrant religious community with rich worship, an exceptional and established parochial school, many active ministries, and lively activities. We invite people to visit both of our worship sites: St. Mary's Church in Cananadaigua and St. Bridget's Church in Bloomfield. We warmly welcome those who desire to share in our community life. When you are at St. Benedict’s, you are home!
Visit the Parish Ministries tab on this website for more information about the various ministries and groups here at St. Benedict Parish. -
Link to online giving
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.
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Eph 2:19-22Responsorial Psalm 117:1bc, 2Gospel Jn 20:24-29
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Emergency Phone Number
(585) 364-2419
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parish updates via email and text
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.
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gathering for mass at 33% capacity
St. Benedict Parish resumed its Sunday liturgies on Saturday, June 20th at 25% capacity with the following schedule. Beginning the weekend of June 27th and 28th, we will be gathering at 33% capacity (approximately 250 individuals at St. Mary's Church and just over 100 individuals at St. Bridget's Church). We will continue with this schedule until/if we deem it necessary to make changes:
5:30pm Saturdays at St. Mary’s Church – this Mass will be videotaped
7:30am Sundays at St. Mary’s Church
9am Sundays at St. Mary’s Church
10:30am Sundays at St. Bridget’s Church
12noon Sundays at St. Mary’s Church*Please note that this schedule is subject to change after gathering additional information this weekend (attendance, feasibility of adhering to the cleaning schedule between Masses, etc.). For more information about what to expect at Masses, please click here.
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e are looking for a minimum of 12 people (3 people per quadrant) to help clean after Masses at St. Mary's and a minimum of 6 people (3 people per side) at St. Bridget's each weekend until further notice. If you are willing to help out, kindly stay after Mass to do so. Supplies can be found near the front entrance to St. Bridget's Church and in the Dougherty Hall entrance to St. Mary's Church. To do: Three wipedowns of the pews (1-with soapy water, 2-with clean water, 3-to dry the wood), wiping down the door handles and bathrooms. Thank you! -
Pastoral Writings
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.
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