CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Mission Statement We, the worshipping community of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, rooted in the Gospel and the celebration of the Eucharist, seek to make known God’s love in the world through serving one another, sharing our faith and welcoming all. Established 1848 125 Eagle Street Albany, New York 12202-1718 Telephone: 518-463-4447 Email: [email protected]Website: www.cathedralic.com Most Reverend Edward B. Scharfenberger, D.D. Bishop of Albany Very Reverend David R. LeFort, S.T.L., V.G. Rector Reverend John Tallman, Parochial Vicar Reverend Paul Mijas, Parochial Vicar Mr. Timothy J. Kosto, II, Deacon Schedule of Liturgical Celebrations The Holy Eucharist (Mass) The Lord’s Day: Saturday 5:15 p.m. (anticipated Mass) Sunday’s 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Weekdays: Monday-Wednesday-Friday 12:15 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday 7:15 a.m. Holy Days: Please check the bulletin and website. The Sacrament of Reconciliation: Monday-Wednesday-Friday 11:30 a.m. Saturday 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and other times by appointment
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CATHEDRAL OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Mission Statement We, the worshipping community of the Cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, rooted in the Gospel and the celebration of the Eucharist, seek to make known God’s love in the
world through serving one another, sharing our faith and welcoming all.
Established 1848
125 Eagle Street Albany, New York 12202-1718 Telephone: 518-463-4447 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cathedralic.com
Most Reverend Edward B. Scharfenberger, D.D. Bishop of Albany
Very Reverend David R. LeFort, S.T.L., V.G. Rector Reverend John Tallman, Parochial Vicar
Reverend Paul Mijas, Parochial Vicar Mr. Timothy J. Kosto, II, Deacon
Schedule of Liturgical Celebrations The Holy Eucharist (Mass) The Lord’s Day: Saturday 5:15 p.m. (anticipated Mass) Sunday’s 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Weekdays: Monday-Wednesday-Friday 12:15 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday 7:15 a.m. Holy Days: Please check the bulletin and website. The Sacrament of Reconciliation: Monday-Wednesday-Friday 11:30 a.m. Saturday 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and other times by appointment
CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ALBANY
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The First Reading, from the Book of Exodus,
presents two important aspects of our Tri-
une God: Mercy and fidelity.
Today’s reading is best understood in the context of Exodus 32, Israel’s sin of infideli-
ty in making the “golden calf” to replace God. In Anger, Moses breaks the stone tab-
lets upon which the Ten Commandments were written. When Israel atone for this sin, Moses receives from God a new set of stone
tablets of the Ten Commandments. In re-sponse, Moses bows down in worship to God, who forgives his people for their idola-
try. In being given a second chance at re-ceiving the Ten Commandments, Moses rec-
ognizes God’s mercy and fidelity to a sinful and “stiff-necked people.
For nearly twelve-hundred years, from Mo-ses to the Christ, Israel had God’s Law, writ-ten in stone, by which the people of Israel
could measure themselves in relation to God and to each other. In today’s Gospel reading we learn that God fulfills his covenantal
promise to Israel, no longer in stone, but now in the flesh and blood of his Son. It is
not only God’s mercy and fidelity to Israel that brings forth the Word made flesh; it is God’s love: “For God so loved the world that
he gave his only Son.”
In the Second Reading, from 2 Corinthians, we hear one of the clearest expressions of
the Trinity in the New Testament: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” Written within twenty years after the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus,
Paul already saw the principal functions of
the Trinity as grace, love, and fellowship.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
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NYS Emotional Support Hotline
(844) 863-9314. Over 6,000 mental health professionals and volunteers are available to provide emotional support, consultation and
referral to anyone seeking some help.
Pastoral Care During the Coronavirus Out-break ~ If you or your family member has
been hospitalized or feeling isolated please let Pilar know so that she and her team can follow up with you.
Parish Office ~ Staff members are working from home but still able to respond to your
questions and needs. Please contact us di-rectly via email at
We recognize at this very difficult time that families have serious financial decisions to
make both for today and to protect their fu-ture. With that in mind, for those of you who
are able, we ask that you remember to sup-port our parish. Please feel free to mail your offertory contribution/envelope directly to
the parish office. Or, consider using our electronic giving which you can access through our website www.cathedralic.com.
Please pray for our sick; , Fr. William Pape,
Fr. Frank O’Connor, Betty Travis, Jeffrey Abra-ham, Robert Buell, Shirley Anderson, Lucy Apisa, Stephen Beattie, Carol Bruce, Grace Isa-belle Caruso, Carmella Cervera, Mary Faith Col-vin, Patricia Contti, Theresa Cooney, Marc Dan-iels, John Dare, Jr., Denise Degasparis, Michael Dolan, Ann Doherty, JoAnn DeLucia, Diane Fontanelli, Janette Fusco, Gus Franze, Bernice Girma, Carol Greenshields, Jean Gutbrodt, Bry-an Hanley, Jacqueline Heisler, Kelly Hemming, Kenneth Hockeson; Douglas Hoffeler, Alfred Iwanie, Dorothy Jordan, Reny Jose, Bill Keane,
Amy Keegan, James Laung,, Gayle Leonard, Re-becca Leno, Therese Lenz, , Ted Murawski, Ma-rie-Ann Melenfant, John McGrath, Mary Grace Meneses Sr., Maria Mercurio, CSJ, Stephanie Merenda, Diane Mueller, James Murphy, Mary Murphy, Shane O’Donnell, Josephine Pitcher-ale, Marcia Pedone, Catherine Rappazzo, Mark Roman, Megan Ruthman, Elaine Spoor, Adam Ventura, Sebastian Vicencio, Richard Warner, Raphael Warner Rosa Maria Santos
Our Facebook page has been very, very ac-
tive, and we’ve seen a large uptick in visi-tors and followers. If you use Facebook,
please do “follow” us at www.facebook.com/albanycathedral/ If you do, you see that each day we try to
serve by sharing the joy of our Faith in our posts, especially our faith in the Holy Eu-charist…that for which we deeply hunger.
Food Pantry News
The Food Pantry will reopen on Tuesday May 26th,2020. All orders are to be placed
by telephone on Tuesdays & Wednesdays only. Orders can be placed between 10:00
am-11:30 am and must be picked up by 12:00 noon. All orders will be curbside pickup only and
the building will remain closed to the pub-lic.
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June 6, 2020
ALL MASSES CANCELED
If you have a Mass Intention scheduled dur-ing this time and would like it to be moved to a later date please contact Pilar at the
Parish Office. Mass cards and prayer request can still be
Monday– Friday 6:30 am-6:00 pm Saturday– 9:00 am - 6:00pm
Sunday– 7:00 am-7:30pm
We continue to open the Cathedral each day. Parishioners and visitors continue to stop in and pray for the time they desire; some light candles and others simply kneel for a few mo-ments. Feel free to stop in to your faith home; generally, M-F 6:30am until 6pm, Saturdays 9am until 6pm, and Sundays 7:30am until 6pm. Note: Please be aware that current social dis-tancing guidelines require us to close the Cathedral to the public during any liturgies. Since weekday Masses are currently offered without a timetable, we encourage you to call or e-mail the day of your intended visit, so that we can alert you to any potential closures that day. Thank you for your patience.
