Parishioners Samantha Joy Medved and Jason Edward Abbott will be the first couple ever to celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony at St. Alban's. All are invited to attend the Aug. 28th Nuptial Mass at 4 p.m.
We'll celebrate St. Alban's Music Director Gil Donohue at the Sunday July 18th coffee hour as he bids farewell to take up his new position as Director of Liturgical Music at Providence College.
Aaron Tan takes over on August 1st as St. Alban's next Music Director and Organist, replacing Gil Donohue who leaves to become Providence College's Director of Liturgical Music.
Bishop Steven J. Lopes ordained Rev. Mr. Stephen A. Hilgendorf, Rev. Mr. Samuel N. Keyes, and Rev. Mr. Patrick S. McCain to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas.
Join us May 23 for a special 5-7pm Pentecost Cookout in the back parking lot of the church leading into 7pm Solemn Choral Evensong. We'll have great conversations, including how we can too "burst out of the upper room" to proclaim the Risen Christ.
Watch this important Pentecost video message from Bishop Steven J. Lopes, bishop of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, to all the parish communities of the Ordinariate.
For the first time ever in St. Alban's parish history, we'll be celebrating the full Sacred Triduum in the Ordinariate form as a parish community! And we'll be bringing four parish members into full communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.
St. Alban's is aiming for 100% parishioner participation in the annual campaign, which allows us to both support the Ordinariate's evangelization, but also "pay it forward" so other parish communities can flourish.
Please join us for St. Alban's Jan. 22 holy hour on this 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade as we gather to pray for a just and loving society that supports & protects all mothers and their children from conception to natural death.
Fr. Davis is leading classes in how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours in the Ordinariate with Divine Worship: Daily Office, with both virtual and in-person settings.
St. Alban's is celebrating a 10 pm Christmas Eve Mass and on Christmas Day, an 11 am Mass for the Nativity of the Lord. Confessions are available as well before both Masses.
CANCELLED: With the increasing COVID-19 caseload in Monroe County, St. Alban's will not be having our 4th annual Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 7 pm.
This Tuesday, Dec. 1st, is a global day of charitable giving, and it’s a great way to celebrate St. Alban’s, tell our story, and invite people to support our missionary parish and its evangelization in the Rochester area.
The Ember days are four seasonal times of prayer and fasting, and an ancient part of the Ordinariate's English Catholic patrimony. The Advent Ember Days in 2020 are Wed. Dec. 2nd, Fri. Dec. 4th, and Sat. Dec. 5th.
Bishop Steven Lopes, bishop of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, which covers North America, discussed with the National Catholic Register the new divine office for the Ordinariate and how it completes the Ordinariate’s liturgical books. But he also provided insights into the rich theology of the Liturgy of the Hours, and why all Catholics should really embrace it for a full liturgical life in the home and the parish as envisioned by the Second Vatican Council.
National Catholic Register: The imminent publication of two editions of Divine Worship: Daily Office are a triumph for the Ordinariates and a testament to Pope Benedict XVI’s ecumenical vision.
In response to the pope's invitation, St. Alban's is adding special times to pray the Office of the Dead in local cemeteries and confession times for the whole month of November for the sake of the faithful departed.
