Video: Bishop Lopes First Visit to St. Alban's

We are profoundly blessed to have our Bishop Steven Lopes with us at the Fellowship of St. Alban from Aug. 25-26, as well as Bishop Salvatore Matano who strongly reaffirmed his praise for our ministry and contribution to the life of the Church in Rochester.

We had 82 people at our first-ever Meet the Ordinariate Night with Bishop Lopes, and more than 100 people join us for the Pontifical Mass. Many thanks to Bernie Dick for recording these events, and posting them so quickly. We thank God for our Bishop and his encouragement to continue in our ardor to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Rochester area.

Here is Bishop Lopes' Keynote address from Meet the Ordinariate Night: "The Ordinariate, Mutual Enrichment, and the New Evangelization." 

We also had a testimonial from Dr. Andrew Jordan, a founding member of our community and former Anglican.

We had another testimonial from Dominick Zarcone, explaining how St. Alban's Fellowship has enriched his own Catholic life and relationship with Jesus. 

The following Sunday, we celebrated the Pontifical Mass with Bishop Lopes, and were blessed with Bishop Matano's presence as well. Our bishop delivered a wonderful homily on end of the John 6 "Bread of Life discourse." 

Bishop Lopes then confirmed two members of St. Alban's community, Thomas and Juliana Jordan, who took the confirmation names of Thomas Becket, and Joan of Arc. 

Finally, we were delighted that James Jordan could make his First Communion with our Bishop.