Church of the Assumption

Link to Diocesan Resources from the Office of Safe Environment

The recent news from the Grand Jury report on the sexual abuse of minors by the clergy in Pennsylvania has scandalized and angered people across our country. It both saddens and sickens us to know that vulnerable children and vulnerable adults were so violated at the hands of Roman Catholic Clergy over the past six or seven decades.

Safeguards are now in place, not only in our own Diocese of Rochester, but elsewhere so that clergy, parish staff, laity and volunteers all are made aware what abuse is, how to report it and how to safeguard the lives of the most vulnerable around us.

However, the Pennsylvania report reminded me that we can never stop praying for those who have suffered so egregiously at the hands of the clergy throughout the years. We must pray for their healing and their safety. We must pray that no human being is allowed to be abused in anyway whatsoever. We also must pray together, as a Church and as a parish that abuse, in any form will end.        

~Fr. George

"Shame & sorrow" and a call for prayer

“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it.” (1 Cor 12:26).  These words of Saint Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpetrated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated persons.  Crimes that inflict deep wounds of pain and powerlessness, primarily among the victims, but also in their family members and in the larger community of believers and nonbelievers alike. Looking back to the past, no effort to beg pardon and to seek to repair the harm done will ever be sufficient. Looking ahead to the future, no effort must be spared to create a culture able to prevent such situations from happening, but also to prevent the possibility of their being covered up and perpetuated. The pain of the victims and their families is also our pain, and so it is urgent that we once more reaffirm our commitment to ensure the protection of minors and of vulnerable adults." ~ Pope Francis, Letter to the People of God (link to full text)

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

Please check our Mass Schedule for upcoming holiday & holyday Mass times, including those at our sister parish, Church of the Resurrection (63 Mason Rd.). 

On most federal holidays when our parish office is closed, there will be only one daily Mass at 9:00 am. There will also be an 8:30 am Mass at Resurrection.

Visit our sister parish,
the Church of the Resurrection
located at 62 Mason Rd., Fairport.

Mass Times at Resurrection:
Monday-Friday: 8:30 am
Saturday: 5:00 pm
Sunday: 8:30 am & 10:30 am