All Events
**Please note we do our best to keep the Event Calendar up to date, however if you are unsure if an event is happening, please contact the orgaization holding the event to see if it is still going on** |
Adirondack Mountain Events
ALPHA
Lake Placid – ALPHA to be held, all are invited no matter your background or beliefs.
Date: Weds.
Time: 6:15 p.m. to 8:15
Place: St. Agnes School
Features: This is a free event and includes a delicious dinner, great videos (about life, faith, and meaning), and small group discussion. All are welcome, so help spread the word to your neighbors and friends.
Contact: To register and for questions, go to https://stagneslakeplacid.com/alpha
WOMEN’S MINISTRY
Ticonderoga – Join for a Women’s Ministry, a place of fellowship, faith and friendship.
Date: Every third Friday of the month.
Time: Immediately following the 9 a.m. Mass
Place: St. Mary’s Church
Features: Light breakfast will be served. In addition to weekly fellowship, there will be a summer
Book Club beginning in June. Details and book selection will be announced at the May 17th meeting. Beth Tiger is a Catholic speaker, author and facilitator. She is also the founder & Executive Director of ‘Her Hands’; an anti-trafficking organization originally known as Durga Tree International. Beth’s ministry has always been about assisting people in living a life of purpose. She’s done this through her writing, coaching, as well as her charitable work. A new resident of Ticonderoga, she is looking forward to meeting spiritually like minded women and creating a ministry where all can deepen their faith, form new friendships and be of service to the local community.
ADORATION
Wells – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to be held.
Date: The Third Sunday of the Month.
Time: After Sunday Mass
Place: St. Ann’s
Features: A beautiful and blessed half hour.
ADORATION
Lake Placid – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held Tuesday.
Time: 10 a.m. to 5:20 followed by Mass
Place: St. Agnes Church
Features: Come rest in the presence of Jesus. Experience his mercy, love, healing, and peace.
Contact: To sign up as a sub or for a weekly hour, call 518-523-220. Sign-up is not necessary to attend. |
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Clinton-Northern Franklin Events
CRAFT FAIR
Chazy – Sacred Heart Church to have a craft fair.
Date: Nov. 22
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Place: Parish Center
Features: Great craft festival with a variety of craft vendors. Hot lunches available, baked items, silent auction. Handicapped accessible and free admission.
Contact: For more information contact Sharon Nephew 518-578-2666
SOAKING PRAYERS SESSIONS
Plattsburgh - Soaking prayer Sessions to be held the first Monday of each month.
Date: Dec. 1
Time: 1 p.m. to 3 or 6 p.m. to 8
Place: Newman Center
Features: Praise and worship followed by soaking prayer. Led by Eve McGill, Living Waters Ministry. All are welcome.
Contact: evemcgill@charter.net 518-645-2648
FIRST FRIDAY
Champlain – St. Mary’s to have Mass, Exposition and Benediction every first Friday of the month.
Date: Dec. 5
Schedule: 9 a.m. Mass followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. 11 a.m. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Altona – St. Ann’s and Holy Angels Catholic Parishes to have a Christmas Festival.
Date: Dec. 14
Schedule: Bake Sale, Craft Fair, Gift Basket Raffle, Food and Refreshments at the Hall from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Concert and Life Nativity at the church from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Place: Holy Angels Hall and Church
Contact: For more information call 518-236-5632
CELEBRATION OF LIFE PLANNING
Ellenburg Center - The Bereavement and Community Support Committee of Saint Bernard’s and Saint Edmund’s Parishes invites the public to a “Celebration of Life Planning Expo”.
Date: Jan. 17 (if inclement weather, it will be Jan. 24)
Time: 10 a.m.
Place: St. Edmund’s Parish Hall
Features: This free community event will provide helpful resources for families wishing to prepare for their end-of-life needs—spiritually, practically, and with peace of mind. Participants will include grief counselors, estate planners, legal and financial advisors, funeral directors, clergy, musicians, caterers, florists, monument and memorial specialists, cemetery and mausoleum representatives, and local organizations that assist families during times of loss.
Contact: For more information, contact Mary Ellen Tomo at (518) 569-4447
HOT DINNERS
Malone – St. Andre Bessette Parish to offer free community hot dinners.
Date: Every Wednesday
Time: 4 p.m. to 5
Place: St. Andre Outreach Center
Features: Food is prepared by the BOCES Culinary Arts Students. Eat in only.
SACRED HEART FRATERNITY
Plattsburgh – Come join our Franciscan Secular order, the Sacred Heart Fraternity.
Date: Second Sunday of the month
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Place: St. John the Baptist basement
Features: All men and women, single or married, who want to live as St. Francis and live "Gospel to Life and Life to Gospel" can become part of the Secular Franciscan Order. Join us for prayer, fellowship, and formation. In addition, we do a retreat once a year and support in some capacity an organization that helps people like a soup kitchen.
Contact: For more information call David Garrant: 518-578-8377
ADORATION
Plattsburgh – Adoration to be held weekly.
Date: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Time: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Place: St. John’s in the Holy Family Basement
Features: Come to an out of the way place and rest awhile in Jesus' Presence. Experience His healing power, grace, love and mercy for yourselves and loved ones. Pray for the sick, suffering, vocations, our priests, country and peace in the world.
Contact: For more information, to become a substitute or to sign up for an hour, please contact 518-563-3773.
DEVOTION AND HOLY HOUR
St. Regis Falls – All are invited to the monthly first Saturday Devotion and Holy Hour for Vocations.
Date: First Saturday of the Month
Time: Following the 4:30 anticipated Mass
Place: St. Ann’s Church
Features: Prayer after Mass, Night Prayer, Prayer for All Souls and the Holy Souls, Novena in Honor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, The Reparation Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary with private mediation on the 15 Mysteries of the Rosary, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament reposed in the Tabernacle, and Prayers for the Holy Father and his intentions.
HOUSE SITTERS
Ellenburg Center – Our Lady of the Adirondacks House of Prayer is looking for many Volunteer “House Sitters”.
Time: The responsibility is to arrive by 10 a.m. on your chosen day(s) and remain on premises until 2 p.m. to welcome visitors.
Features: snack items on hand along with tea, coffee, soda, and bottled water. Training will be provided on the history of the House of Prayer, its mission, and the various ways to carry out this gentle ministry of hospitality for those seeking time in a home of Mary to listen to our Lord, browse in the library. Flexible schedule (and hours) are fine.
Contact: If interested in volunteering for one day a month, or week, or more, please call Sarah Anderson at 518-534-9976.
Jefferson-Lewis Events
POLISH CHRISTMAS WAFFER
Houseville- The Polish Christmas Wafer or OPLAETK is available.
Cost: $3 per package of 4 sheets, plus shipping and handling
Features: The Christmas wafer or OPLATEK, is part of a Polish, Lithuanian and Slovak custom that is observed during the vigil of Christmas (Wigilia.) After the first star is visible, family and friends gather around the dinner table to break and share the OPLATEK which symbolizes the presence of Christ, the Newborn Child. The OPLATEK is sent and shared with family and friends all over the world as a symbol of love, unity and forgiveness.
Contact: To order please call 315-348-6260 and leave your name and phone number.
CHRISTMAS COMMUNITY TABLE
Clayton – Enjoy over 50 delicious dishes from appetizers to desserts.
Date: Dec. 6
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Place: St. Mary’s Parish Center
Cost: $10
Features: Part of the Christmas in Clayton weekend with many venues in the village hosting events and shopping. Also stay for the Christmas parade Saturday at 6 p.m.
Contact: St. Mary's parish office Email: claytonsec@rcdony.org Phone Number: 315-686-3398
HOLY HOUR AND DIVINE MERCY
Houseville - Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament and the Divine Mercy Chaplet will be observed the first Sunday of the month.
Date: Dec. 7
Time: Following 11 a.m. Mass
Place: St. Hedwig’s Church
Contact: 315-348-6260
SPAGHETTI & MEATBALL DINNER
Evans Mills – The Indian River Council 7471 Knights of Columbus will be having a spaghetti & meatball dinner.
Date: Dec. 13
Time: 4 p.m. to 7
Place: St. Mary’s Parish Center
Cost: Adults, $12; Seniors, $10; Children 12 and under, $5; under 5, Free
Contact: For more information call 315-629-4678
ADVENT RETREAT
Watertown – The Sisters of St. Joseph invite you to an Advent Retreat.
Date: Dec. 14
Time: 2 p.m. to 4
Place: Sacred Heart Church
Features: The theme of the Retreat is “Living the Eucharist Today.” Our speaker will be Sister Shirley Anne Brown, Major Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Come and bring a friend where we continue to pray for peace in our trouble world. There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, time for the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Refreshments in Dostie Hall.
Contact: To register, please contact Sister Bethany Fitzgerald (srbethssj@gmail.com) or 315-212-6592 or Sister Mary Eamon Lyng, (smelyngssj@yahoo.com) or 315-767-5680.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Clayton - Join us in scripture and song as St. Mary's Choir and Youth Choir, St. Cyril's Choir, and Turning Point Men's Barbershop Chorus collaborate to present a concert of sacred Christmas music.
Date: Dec. 14
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: St. Mary’s Church
Features: Please enjoy this free concert as a gift to our community. Donations are welcome at the door to support our ministries. A brief reception will follow in the parish hall.
Contact: For more information please call the parish office: 315-686-3398
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Carthage – Pancake Breakfast to be held in support of Augustinian Academy, sponsored by the Carthage K of C Father John Cosmic #291 and Ave Maria Circle.
Date: Dec. 14
Time: 8 a.m. to noon
Place: St. James Community Room
Cost: Adults, $10; Seniors, $8; Children under 10, $5; Family of 4, $30
Menu: Scrambled Eggs, Pancakes, French Toast, Ham, Sausage, Baked Goods, Juice, and Coffee
Contact: For more information call 315-493-3224
RAFFLE
Constableville – Raffle to be held for youth and Faith Formation activities.
Date: Drawing Dec. 21
Time: 10 a.m.
Place: St. Mary’s after Mass
Cost: Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20
Features: First-place winner will receive a Virtual Reality Headset, the second-place winner will receive a 50” smart television and the third-place winner will receive a ten-inch tablet.
Contact: They can be purchased after the 10am Mass, from various St. Mary’s parents, by calling the Parish office at 315-348-6104 or by going online to https://catholicparishesofslc.weebly.com/church-offering--raffles.html |
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St. Lawrence Events
FALL FESTIVAL
Waddington – St. Mary’s to have their Fall Festival.
Date: Nov. 22
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Place: St. Mary’s parish hall
Features: Free Admission. Crafters, Vendors, Silent Auction, Bake Sale, Lunch available.
Contact: For more information contact Patty Van Patten at 315-388-4393 or Debbie Sharpe at 315-322-5501.
MONTHLY BRUNCH
Norfolk – Parish of the Visitation and St. Raymond’s will have their monthly Knights of Columbus Brunch.
Date: Dec. 14 (Second Sunday of each month)
Time: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Place: Fr. Amyot Parish Center
Cost: Adults, $10; under 12, $5; under 5, Free; Omelets, add $3; Take-outs available
Contact: For more information contact Grand Knight Gil Gonthier 315-212-5166.
RAFFLE
Potsdam – The Potsdam Knights of Columbus Council 340 will be having a raffle.
Date: Dec. 17
Time: 7 p.m. (winners need not be present)
Cost: $5 a ticket or 5 for $20
Features: First Prize, Cutco Knife; Second Prize, Syracuse Mets Family Fun Pack; Third Prize, Stay and Play at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino; Thirty or more additional prizes.
Contact: For more information contact Grand Knight Michael Lahendro at mlanhendro@hotmail.com or joecatholictebo@gmail.com
TRIVIA NIGHT
Ogdensburg - The Vocations Committee for the Catholic Churches of Ogdensburg, Heuvelton and Lisbon is planning a Trivia Night.
Date: Jan. 2
Time: Doors open at 6 p.m., trivia starts at 7 p.m.
Place: Martin Fieldhouse
Features: All funds raised will be donated to the Diocese of Ogdensburg to help offset the miscellaneous college costs for the seminarians. Join us for a night of fun and friendly competition in a contest of general knowledge across a variety of topics! Teams of up to 6 will compete for the bragging rights and the Grand Prize. All players are eligible for door prizes! Mulligans will be sold at the door.
Contact: More rules and registration at www.ogdensburgcatholics.net/trivia or email vocationsarenottrivial@rcdony.org
ALPHA
Massena – Join us for ALPHA.
Date: Tuesdays starting Sept. 30
Time: 6 p.m. to 8
Place: St. Mary’s Social Hall
Features: There is no cost and includes a free meal and great fellowship.
Contact: For more information call the parish office at 315-769-2469 or visit www.massenacatholics.com
ROSARY WITH DEVOTIONS
Ogdensburg – The Legion of Mary will pray the rosary with devotions for First Saturday.
Date: Dec. 6
Time: 8 a.m.
Place: Notre Dame Church, Ogdensburg
Features: Rosary with devotions
FIRST SATURDAY ROSARY DEVOTION
Massena - Sacred Heart Church to have first Saturday Rosary Devotion.
Date: Dec. 6
Time: 3:15 p.m.
Features: First Saturday Rosary Devotion to OUR Lady of Fatima. Confessions will be available. Saturday Vigil Mass at 4 p.m.
MEN’S PRAYER GROUP
Massena – First Saturday of the month, men’s prayer group to meet for Mass and Adoration.
Date: Dec. 6
Time: 9 a.m.
Place: Sacred Heart Church
Features: Coffee and donuts after service in the parish center
Contact: Bob Brothers at 315-842-2886
ADORATION
Ogdensburg – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to be held every Wednesday.
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 3 p.m. to 6
Place: The Deacon Winter Chapel at St. Mary’s Cathedral, enter through the glass doors on the Green Street side.
Features: A sign up book will be at the podiums at the front entrances of St. Mary’s Cathedral and Notre Dame Church, however you may attend adoration without signing up. Everyone is welcome and encourages to spend time with Christ.
HOLY HOUR
Canton – Holy Hour for Vocations to be held.
Date: Every Tuesday
Time: 4:10 p.m.
Place: St. Mary’s Church
Features: Holy hour followed by Mass at 5:15 p.m. and confessions at 5:45 p.m.
ROSARY FOR LIFE
Canton – Rosary for life to be held.
Date: Every Sunday
Time: 4:25 p.m. preceding the 5 p.m. evening Mass
Place: St. Mary’s Church
ADORATION
Norwood – St. Andrew’s Church to offer Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament every Friday.
Time: After 8:30 a.m. Mass until Noon
Features: Sign up is not needed.
ALPHA
Massena – You are invited to Alpha.
Date: Tuesdays
Time: 6 p.m. to 8:30
Place: St. Mary’s Social Hall
Features: Join us for a free meal and great conversations as we explore life and faith.
Contact: For more information contact the Parish office 315-769-2469 or www.massenacatholics.com
MEAL DELIVERY DRIVERS NEEDED
The St. Lawrence County Office for the Aging is seeking drivers for home delivered meals in Brasher Falls, DeKalb, Canton, Gouverneur, Morristown, Ogdensburg, Potsdam and Star Lake.
Features: These drivers deliver hot, nutritious meals to older adults. Many are homebound and receive a lunchtime meal Monday through Friday. A critical component of this program is the daily wellness check that is provided by this service. Drivers receive a mileage reimbursement. Typical deliveries take place between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Routes can be between one hour and two hours. You can volunteer for one day a week or several. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Contact: If you are interested please contact Danielle Durant at 315-386-4730. |
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Virtual Events
LIVE EVENT WITH POPE LEO
This November, our young people are being invited into something truly special. For the first time, Pope Leo XIV will engage in a live digital dialogue with young people in the United States. This moment will take place during the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC), and we want every young person in our diocese to have the opportunity to be part of it, whether individually or as a parish community.
Date: Nov. 21
Time: 10:15 a.m.
Place: Online
Features: Live broadcast of the Papal Dialogue, the ability to download the broadcast for future use, and follow up resources for schools, youth ministries and families. Can’t join live? A same-day recording will be available to all who register, making it easy for any parish or family to participate on their own schedule.
Contact: We encourage your parish and/or families to register for FREE (https://ncyc.us/ncyc-digital-experience-a-journey-with-pope-leo-xiv/) or Patrick Looby at plooby@rcdony.org
Around the Diocese
CALLED BY NAME
The Diocese of Ogdensburg invites high school-aged young men and women to an evening of prayer, reflection, and conversation about God’s call. These events help young people explore vocations to the priesthood, consecrated religious life, or the diaconate.
Schedule: Morrisonville, Nov. 23 and Norfolk, Nov. 30
Time: 3:45 p.m. to 7
Features: Each evening includes prayer, talks, small-group discussion, and dinner. Parents are welcome to attend and support their children’s discernment journey. Note: Only the Nov. 30 event includes a breakout session for young women interested in the consecrated religious life.
Contact: Register at: https://www.rcdony.org/andrewdinners
LIVING WITH HOPE
Saranac Lake – The Respect Life Office will be have a discussion to learn more about NYS Physician Assisted Suicide Bill and Canada’s MAID.
Date: Nov. 29
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Place: St. Bernard’s Church
Cost: $10 donation requested
Features: The theme will be “Dying with Christ, Living with Hope”. When we make a commitment to die with Christ, we can truly live with hope. Discussions feature theologians and healthcare professionals giving perspectives on suffering, grief, dying and our Christian duty to care. Contact: Registration: https://www.rcdony.org/livingwithhope Questions contact Colleen Miner at cminer@rcdony.org
HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
Ogdensburg – Save the Date! Highway to Heaven: The Journey Continues! Featuring Fr. Jonathan Meyer, popular YouTube sensation and National Preacher of the Eucharistic Revival. Join Bishop LaValley for Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, sacred music, and more. Additional details coming soon!
Date: May 16
Place: St. Mary’s Cathedral
Contact: Mary Beth Bracy at marybethbracy@gmail.com for more information.
FOSTER GRANDPARENT
Foster Grandparents are role models, mentors and friends to children with exceptional needs. The program provides a way for volunteers age 55 and over to stay active by serving children and youth in their communities. They are placed in a classroom serving with a child or children who are in need of emotional support, development of basic learning skills, friendship, companionship, encouragement, individual attention and unhurried help. The program currently has 40 volunteers and serves more than 100 kids per year. To volunteer in this program, you can live in one of the following counties. Franklin, Essex County, Clinton County, St. Lawrence County or Jefferson County
Contact: Melissa Howard, Volunteer Coordinator at (518) 359-7688 or E-mail: mhoward@cathcharities.org
SIDEWALK ADVOCATES FOR LIFE
Experience Sidewalk Advocated for Life’s new virtual basic training 2.0.
Features: Sidewalk Advocates for Life employs peaceful, prayerful, loving, and law-abiding outreach outside of abortion centers to aid mothers in crisis and connect them with life-affirming resources in the effort to save their preborn children and end abortion. By God’s grace, this effort has witnessed over 9,000 women turn around at abortion centers and CHOOSE LIFE!
Contact: To get started, YOU’RE INVITED to fill out the brief application at sidewalkadvocates.org/trainingapp. Upon receipt, we’ll be in touch with next steps for accessing the online training. |
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Neighboring Dioceses
ADVENT DAY RETREAT
Canandaigua - Advent Retreat: "Blessed are they that Hope it the Lord: Advent Meditations on the Virtue of Hope" to be held.
Date: Dec. 13
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Place: Notre Dame Retreat House
Cost: $60
Features: Christ calls His disciples to be lights of the world and salt of the earth- to do so means that we live with hope in a world that so often seems hope-less and full of despair. As we approach the conclusion of the Holy Year of Hope and prepare for the great Feast of the Nativity, spend a day meditating on this most important spiritual virtue – Hope.
Contact: For more information email Nancy Lynch at info@notredameretreat.org or visit www.notredameretreat.org
Pilgrimages
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