For those wondering why they should "donate a nickel" to Haiti at such a dangerous and chaotic time, please watch and listen to Fr. Rick Frechette's video message explaining how the 3 million people of Haiti are good people who need our help to overcome the violence and unrest caused by a relatively small group. Fr. Rick is Acting President of NPH Haiti.
Fr. Rick Frechette's Holy Week 2024 letter reflects on the gang violence in Haiti and the "invisible damage" to the hearts, minds, dreams, and souls of the victims. He also reinforces how the wisdom of the Scriptures and Christian tradition are helpful in the face of humanitarian catastrophes.
As we enter this joyous season of Easter, I am filled with gratitude for the many blessings we enjoy at St. Louis Church. Thank you for the generous ways you support our superb community of faith. Your sharing in our Easter celebration is a gift beyond measure!
The following transcript is based on Monsignor Gerard Krieg’s spoken words as shared via the St. Louis Church livestream on Facebook (@stlouischurchpittsford) on Good Friday, March 30, 2024. "We look for peace. ... We find that at the foot of the Cross."
In five months, St. Louis parishioners raised $256,000 and achieved 100% of its Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA) goal. Donor appreciation receptions are planned for Saturday, March 2 after the 4:30 pm Mass and Sunday, March 10 after the 10:30 am Mass.
As we enter the season of Lent and prepare ourselves for Easter, Fr. Mitch shares his gratitude for your support of our Parish and for the ongoing practice of your faith. He also shares the addition of two daily Masses on Wednesdays at 5:15 pm and Thursdays at 6:45 am as well as Adoration, Confession, Stations of the Cross and Soup Suppers on Friday evenings during Lent.
Follow the star to St. Louis Church this weekend, Jan. 5-7. While you give Jesus the gift of your heart, we in turn, will give you a new book, chalk kits to bless your home and a beautiful Christmas concert at 10 am Sunday!
“As we drove off road, once again the power of the rosary kept me centered.” Read Fr. Rick Frechette’s most recent letter regarding conditions in Haiti and a "bad man who turned a good deed for people who claim they cannot to see, and yet who have never lost sight of hope." Join St Louis Church and our Helping Haiti Ministry in praying for the safety of Fr. Rick, St. Damien Pediatric Hospital and all who are suffering due to gang violence.
Enjoy this overview of some of the many celebrations, activities and achievements of St. Louis Church, St. Louis School and Saint's Place from January to Advent 2023. Our parish is truly blessed under our Pastor, Fr. Mitch's, leadership. The newsletter is filled with examples of how we are fulfilling our mission to "bring people closer together and closer to God."
Advent is a time of preparation, a time of holy desire, longing, expectancy, a time of vigilant waiting. This holy season invites us to enter the silence as we await the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord. Advent invites us to begin anew, with an even greater commitment to imitate Jesus in His self-sacrificing love as we prepare to celebrate another Christmas in our lives.
St. Louis Parish has begun the search for its next Faith Formation Coordinator/Director and is committed to providing the smoothest possible transition of our Faith Formation program for students and their families.
Thank you for your generous support the building of a home for Tatyana S. in the Beechwood neighborhood of Rochester. We raised $1,480 through the pie sale! Pie Pick Up: between 12:30 & 5:30 pm Monday, Nov. 20 curbside in the Church’s main, courtyard parking lot.
St. Louis Church, in partnership with MTF, LLC, will launch a Holiday Comfort Campaign collection this weekend, Oct. 21 and 22. Donations will support area charities, including Foodlink. Parishioners are to bring food and monetary donations to this weekend’s Masses to “fill the trailer.” Curbside drop offs are also available on both sides of the church before and after all weekend Masses.
Today is Priesthood Sunday, and as such it is a fitting time for us to reflect on what is often called the “Vocations Crisis.” We all know that, over the last several decades, there have not been enough priests ordained to replace the priests who have retired or passed to their eternal reward. The reasons that this is the case, or theories about them, could fill volumes, but today I think that we should reflect on why the priesthood is so important to us as Christ’s Church.
In partnership with Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and Ascension Garden and local funeral directors, St. Louis Church will present a legacy and funeral pre-planning seminar from 2:00 to 4:00 pm Monday, Sept. 25 in the Parish Meeting Hall.
As shared by St. Louis' Helping Haiti Ministry Leaders, Fr. Rick Frechette's July 30 2023 update speaks to the increase in gang violence in Port-au-Prince and the loss of his "treasured friend" Raphael Louigene. St. Louis Church will offer a Mass for Peace in Haiti and the Repose of the Soul of Raphael Louigene at 5:15 pm Thursday, September 7.
After all Masses on Sept. 9 and 10, the Powers Farm Market Family* will bring their freshly harvested corn to St. Louis to help raise money for St. Damien Pediatric Hospital in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Led by Fr. Rick Frechette, St. Damien is Haiti's only children's hospital that is free to the indigent. It is one of only four hospitals with a neonatal unit. This is the 53rd year that the Powers Farm Market Family has generously donated corn. Suggested donation: $5 per bag (6 ears of corn). Payable using cash or check. (Make checks payable to St. Louis Church and write "HAITI" in the memo line.) For more information about the Helping Haiti Ministry, call Cari Marin Mollinedo at (585) 622-2375 or visit stlouisclurch.org/haiti. * Powers Farm Market is located at 161 Marsh Road, Pittsford.
As shared by St. Louis' Helping Haiti Ministry leaders, in his July 2023 update, titled "A Song of Ascent," Fr. Richard "Rick" Frechette reinforces how "We ascend together to a world order that forbids and abhors the bondage and bartering of human beings. ... Yet, we do not surrender our hope. We do not sound retreat."