Care for creation and while you enjoy summer fun with these tips.

Thank you so much for packing our van with cereal and snacks for the children at the South End Children’s Café. You make a difference St. Thomas! Special shout out to Eli, Samuel and Alessio for sorting and greetings. While dropping of at the Café we met Vinny one of our newly Confirmed tenth graders who is working on shelves at the Café for his Eagle Project! What a wonderful world! Thanking God our Father for you and for uniting us all as one big family. Click for more photos...

SPARKLE and MORE! Thank you St. Thomas for your kindness and spirit shown to our homebound seniors! Together, with the amazing assistance of our seminarians Samuel and Alessio, we created 20 Summer bags filled to the brim with summer goodies. Special thanks to all you CLYNKERS and our Creation Care Team for purchasing our bags. Extra items we shared with the South End Children’s Café. Your festive Fourth of July Cards will brighten our friend’s day! God bless America and God bless you! Click for more pictures...

Mohawk Hudson Humane Society offers a four-week "Humane Heroes" program for students in Grades 6-12 starting in August.

Looking for a new vehicle that will reduce less harm to creation? Consider an electric vehicle.

Thank you St. Thomas for sharing some sparkle with our homebound seniors! Special shout out to Gabriel, and his mother Jennet for greeting and sorting.

You are invited to join young adults from across the diocese for a day long retreat. The retreat will be held at the beautiful Joshua House in Altamont. Sunday, June 26 from 9:30am to 6pm at the Joshua House 1071 Joshua Lane, Altamont, NY The retreat includes presentations, personal reflection, prayer, social time, Sacrament of Reconciliation, and Mass with Bishop Scharfenberger. Lunch, drinks, and snacks will be provided. A free will offering / donation for the Joshua House is requested. All attendees MUST register. Attendance maximum capacity is 75 people. Register at https://forms.gle/ErorQyqQkLxe8hxQA

You are invited to join young adults from across the diocese for Real Talk Rosary (RTR). RTR is an opportunity to connect at a deeper level and share in prayerful love for Mary through the Rosary. Monday, June 20 at 7 PM at St. Isaac Jogues Church 716 Route 9P, Saratoga Springs, NY *** Bring a lawn chair, bug spray, etc. *** We will be OUTDOORS - sitting by the lake at sunset. Register at https://forms.gle/q8MqszkWxM4SFJDt9

Enjoy the beauty of summer and learn more about the birds of creation with two programs from the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy.

You are invited to attend the Priesthood Ordination of Russell Bergman and James O'Rouke on Saturday, June 18 at 11AM at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. If you have never attended an ordination before it is a beautiful Sacrament. Attend or watch the live stream!

We thank all of our amazing Catechists, Gatekeepers, Youth Ministry Volunteers, our young Church and all of YOU our St. Thomas Family for your support of our Faith Formation and Youth Ministry Programs! Together we performed 1500 + H.O.P.E. Hours Helping Others, Praying and Encouraging one another! Thank you all for sharing your gifts of the Holy Spirit to make a difference. As St. Mother Teresa once said, “Thank you for doing something beautiful for God! And doing it with great love!”

Bring the beauty of creation into your home with plants that not only add texture and color to your rooms, but also can improve your indoor environment by purifying the air you breathe.

Specials thanks to all who joined us to pray the Rosary for Peace and for the special intentions of families facing the “unthinkable” in the loss of innocent lives in the Texas and Buffalo. Mary comforter of the afflicted Pray for us! Special thanks to Deacon Al for leading us in prayer, our young church who lead us in song: Ainsley Stone, Katherine and Sarah Bernasconi. We too, thank our volunteers who lead us in prayer in English and Spanish and all of you who joined us to honor our Mother Mary. In this time of loss and struggle let us remember the words of Mary’s son, “ I, the Lord and with you always, until the end of the world.” Matthew 28:20 Mary Queen of Peace, Pray for us! Mary Queen of Families, Pray for us!

CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! This is the Easter Greeting proclaimed throughout the Easter Season in the Ukrainian Eastern Catholic Church. Thank you St. Thomas, for giving living witness to this Easter Message through our Easter Tuesday Drives! Fr. Mikhail Myshchuk, pastor of the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Chruch in Watervliet, thanks you for the medical supplies and donations of $275 for our brothers and sisters caught in the cross fire of war and destruction. Special thanks to Ted Witting and Nick for sorting and greeting at our drive. Thank you for being the hands and feet of Christ!

Grow a Butterfly Garden and increase the number of pollinators in our environment. The butterfly is a valuable part of the life cycle of fruits, vegetables and flowers.

On behalf of the Veteran’s Miracle Network we thank you for your generous donation of needed items. Together we packed Rob’s van! Your donations will create “boxes of care” by volunteer Marines to be distributed throughout the area. We thank all who serve our country for their sacrifices and courage. God Bless America!

Two resources can take the mystery out of what and where to recycle.

"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible."
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, Polish poet

Each of us is a snowflake responsible for what happens to Creation…

“It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith not only with our words, but with our actions.” Pope Francis. Coordinators from Catholic Charities Community Maternity Services are most appreciative of your donation of diapers and educational interactive toys that can be shared with parents in their Parenting Intervention Programs. Special shout out to our young church Nick for greeting and sorting donated baby items. God bless you St. Thomas for supporting life and putting your faith into action!

Hear author, mother and EWTN host, Patricia Sandoval share her story - 3 abortions, working for Planned Parenthood and a homeless drug addict before returning to the Catholic faith. She speaks of God's redeeming love. Saturday, May 21st starting with the Flame of Love Rosary at 5 pm at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Thank you so much for the van load of delightful children’s books for Grassroots Givers! Special shout out to Christine and her son John, from our Creation Care Team for organizing along with Mary Ellen and Ellen from our Faith Formation Program! Together we all made a difference in the life of a child! “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn the more places you’ll go.” Dr. Suess