Begins August 18, 2025

Mary Mother of Our Savior Parish is proud to partner with our neighbors at St. John the Evangelist in New Hartford to offer an early morning 6:45am Daily Mass, five days a week. This joint effort is a meaningful way for our parish to help meet the spiritual needs of the working community across the Greater Utica Area.

Schedule Effective August 18, 2025:

• Mon/Wed/Fri – 6:45am at St. John’s, NH
• Tues/Thurs – 6:45am at Our Lady of Lourdes
• NEW: Friday – 8:15am Mass at Lourdes

While this new schedule brings changes, it’s also an exciting opportunity for Mary Mother of Our Savior to lead in collaboration and hospitality bringing daily Mass to more people, in more places, and at a time they can attend.

The Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal will take place on Tuesdays instead Thursdays at Rosary beginning August 19th.

First Fridays with Joe will continue uninterrupted.

The Feast of the Assumption is on August 15th and it is a Holy Day of Obligation.

The Holy Day Mass times are:

Thursday, August 14th

• 5:30pm Vigil Mass at Rosary

Thursday, August 15th

• 6:45am Holy Day Mass at Lourdes
• 8:15am Holy Day Mass at Lourdes
• *12:00pm Holy Day Mass at Auriesville Shrine*

Jubilee Year of Hope

Our parish family will be making pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Martyrs in Auriesville on Friday, August 15th, which is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The day will include a tour of the Shrine, a Rosary Walk into the famous Ravine, and a beautiful Mass at 12:00pm Noon in the main coliseum.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops designated the Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine as a national site for pilgrims during the Jubilee Year of Hope. The Apostolic Penitentiary has decreed that the official Jubilee Indulgence can be obtained by making pilgrimage to the Shrine. Transportation will be available. This event is co-sponsored by the parish Men’s Club.

Register by calling our Parish Office.

Agenda for Parish Pilgrimage

• 9:00am—Depart from Lourdes Campus
• 10:00am—Arrival at Visitor Center/Rest Rooms
• 10:15am—Welcome & Orientation
• 10:30am—Visit Museum: Martyrs exhibit/Kateri Exhibit/Media Room
• *12:00pm—Holy Day Mass in Coliseum for the Feast of the Assumption
• 12:30pm—Visitor Center for Lunch and Gift Shop
• 2:00pm—Rosary in Famous Ravine [For those with mobility issues, the Rosary will be offered in the Kateri Chapel at the same time as the Rosary in the Ravine]
• 3:30pm—Departure from Shrine

The special collection for the weekend of August 16/17 will be for the Retirement Fund for the Religious.

In 1988, Catholic bishops of the United States launched the Retirement Fund for Religious collection to address the profound deficiency in the retirement savings among US religious congregations. The annual appeal is taken up each Fall in most US Catholic parishes and helps hundreds of religious communities of senior members. Tens of thousands of elderly Catholic sisters and brothers benefit from this fund. Thank you for the continued support of this mission.

God Bless all of you.