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Loaves & Fishes Luncheon set Feb. 27

A Loaves & Fishes Café luncheon will be held at St. Bartholomew’s Catholic Church on Crosby Blvd. in Old Forge on Thursday, February 27 at noon.

Neighbors from Woodgate to Raquette Lake are invited to come and  enjoy a free lunch of assorted soups, sandwiches, desserts and cold and hot beverages.

Transportation to the event can be arranged by calling Beverly Meeker at (315) 369-2234.

The Loaves & Fishes community luncheons are co-sponsored by Niccolls Memorial Church, St. Anthony’s and St. Bartholomew’s Catholic churches, as well as various community members.

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Ste-Maries honored for charitable service

Deacon Ronald Ste-Marie of St. Bartholomew’s Church in Old Forge and St. Anthony’s Church in Inlet, and his wife Beth Ste-Marie, were honored with the Caritas Award in recognition of their outstanding service, compassion and love of humanity, during a Catholic Charities Dinner at the Grand View Restaurant in Ogdensburg on Sunday, October 16.

Their former pastor, Rev. Kevin McEwan, who nominated them for the award, introduced the couple.

Other speakers included the Most Rev. Terry LaValley, Bishop of Diocese of Ogdensburg. A number of parishoners from the Old Forge/Inlet parish attended the dinner.

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Local 9/11 Memorial Service held at St. Bartholomew’s Church

A Community Memorial Service in observance of the 9/11 tragedies, was held at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Old Forge at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 11.

Attending the solemn ceremony in memory of the nearly 3,000 people who perished in the terriorist attacks on our country on September 11, 2001, were members of American Legion Post #893, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Old Forge and Inlet Police Continue reading →

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Local Catholic churches welcome new pastor, Father Shane Lynch

Father Shane Lynch, the new Pastor of St. Bartholomew’s Church in Old Forge, St. Anthony’s in Inlet, and St. Williams Summer Chapel in Raquette Lake, arrived at the Rectory in Old Forge on Wednesday, June 29.

On the same day, former pastor, Fr. Kevin McKewan, was taking on his new assignment as Pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Ticonderoga and the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Crown Point.

Before coming to Old Forge, Fr. Lynch served at St. Ann’s Church in Wells and St. James Major in Lake Pleasant beginning in 2007, first as administrator and as Pastor since 2008.

Fr. Lynch, who was born in Watertown and graduated from Wadhams Hall and St. John’s

Seminary School of Theology in Boston, was ordained by Bishop Gerald Barbarito on May 12, 2001.

Previously, he was Parochial vicar in Saranac Lake and Lake Clear at Notre Dame in Malone at the Malone Catholic Parishes, and at Holy Family in Watertown.

 

 

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