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Bible Study for the 14th Ordinary Week 2026

This week's memory verse: In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me…

Reflection for the 14th Ordinary Sunday 2026

"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you…

Bible Study for the 13th Ordinary Week 2026

This week's memory verse: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” -- Matthew 5:8…

Reflection for the 13th Ordinary Sunday 2026

“Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." We are to live faith actively, a faith that…

Bible Study for the 12th Ordinary Week 2026

This week's memory verse: As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compass…

Reflection for the 12th Ordinary Sunday 2026

Jesus said, “Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Fathe…

Bible Study for the 11th Ordinary Week 2026

This week's memory verse: And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You s…

Reflection for the Solemnity of the Word of God 2026

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord Today’s Epistle…

June 2026 Newsletter - Christ Above All Things

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, tha…

Bible Study for the Octave of Corpus Christi 2026

This week's memory verse: The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood…

Reflection for Sunday in the Octave of Corpus Christi 2026

"Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do…

Bible Study for the 9th Ordinary Week 2026

This week's memory verse: And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us…

Reflection for Trinity Sunday 2026

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be sav…

Bible Study for the Octave of Pentecost 2026

This week’s memory verse: But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…

Reflection for the Solemnity of Pentecost 2026

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of se…

Bible Study for the 7th Week of Easter 2026

This week’s memory verse: You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you shoul…

Reflection for the 7th Sunday of Easter 2026

“I revealed Your name to those whom You gave me out of the world. They belonged to You, and You g…

History of the PNCC

105+ Years In 2021 we celebrated the 100th Anniversary of our parish’s founding in Schenectady…

Bible Study for the 6th Week of Easter 2026

This week’s memory verse: For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that…

Reflection for the 6th Sunday of Easter 2026

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spiri…

Bible Study for the 5th Week of Easter 2026

This week’s memory verse: God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people…

Reflection for the 5th Sunday of Easter 2026

In today’s gospel, Jesus confronts His fearful disciples with a reality meant to not just reassure…

May 2026 Newsletter – Saying Yes

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, was not Yes and No, but in him it…

Bible Study for the 4th Week of Easter 2026

This week’s memory verse: To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his o…

Reflection for Good Shepherd Sunday 2026

By His wounds you have been healed. For you had gone astray like sheep, but you have now return…

Bible Study for the 3rd Week of Easter 2026

This week’s memory verse: Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall no…

Reflection for the 3rd Sunday of Easter 2026

As many of you know, I love to cook, to prepare food, especially for others. One of the best source…

Bible Study for the 2nd Week of Easter 2026

This week’s memory verse: Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is i…

Reflection for Low Sunday 2026

Grant that we may benefit from the graces merited by our Savior. Christ is Risen! Alleluia! He…

Bible Study for Bright Week 2026

This week’s memory verse: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has pass…

Reflection for the Solemnity of the Resurrection 2026

He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that He is the One appointed by God as judge…

Reflection for Maundy Thursday and the Holy Mass of the Institution 2026

He said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ a…

April 2026 Newsletter – Powerless for Us

Be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. The passage a…

Bible Study for the 2nd Week of Passiontide and the Triduum 2026

This week’s memory verse: And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself…

Reflection for Palm Sunday 2026

But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, and gave up His spirit. Our central theme for the p…

Holy Week and Easter Schedule for 2026

The following is our Holy Week and Easter schedule for 2026: March 29: Palm Sunday; Traditional…

Bible Study for the 1st Week of Passiontide 2026

This week’s memory verse: Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who…

Reflection for Passion Sunday 2026

Jesus said to them clearly, “Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that y…

Bible Study for the 4th Week of Lent 2026

This week’s memory verse: The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both. — Prov…

Reflection for the 4th Sunday of Lent 2026

“This is what is so amazing, that you do not know where He is from, yet he opened my eyes… If t…

Bible Study for the 3rd Week of Lent 2026

This week’s memory verse: Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My bel…

Reflection for the Institution of the PNCC 2026

Abide in Me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in…

Bible Study for the 2nd Week of Lent 2026

This week’s memory verse: But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more exc…

Reflection for the 2nd Sunday of Lent 2026

Abram went as the LORD directed him. Our central theme for this graced Lenten time of reflecti…

March 2026 Newsletter – Embracing Newness: Lent Reflections and Growth

Put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. The…

Bible Study for the 1st Week of Lent 2026

This week’s memory verse: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present yo…

Reflection for the 1st Sunday of Lent 2026

At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted fo…

Reflection for Ash Wednesday 2026

When you give alms When you pray When you fast We hear Jesus instructing His followers on how…

Bible Study for the 3rd Pre-Lenten Week and the Beginning of Lent 2026

This week’s memory verse: Casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you. — 1 Peter 5…

Reflection for Quinquagesima Sunday 2026

“So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wea…

Bible Study for the 2nd Week of Pre-Lent 2026

This week’s memory verse: I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and…

Reflection for Sexagesima Sunday 2026

“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be childr…

Bible Study for the 1st Week of Pre-Lent 2026

This week’s memory verse: Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out — Ac…

February 2026 Newsletter – Rejoicing in the Basics

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The…

Reflection for Septuagesima Sunday 2026

If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too sha…

Bible Study for the 6th Week of Christmas 2025 – 2026

This week’s memory verse: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has pass…

Reflection for the 3rd Ordinary Sunday 2026

He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their net…

Bible Study for the 5th Week of Christmas 2025 – 2026

This week’s memory verse: And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of…

Reflection for the 2nd Ordinary Sunday 2026

“Now I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God.” Today’s Gospel picks up during the…

Bible Study for the 4th Week of Christmas 2025 – 2026

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by…

Reflection for the Solemnity of the Baptism of our Lord 2026

Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. We have been traveling wi…

Bible Study for the 3rd Week of Christmas 2025 – 2026

This week’s memory verse: There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hop…

Reflection for the Solemnity of the Holy Family 2026

…behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Rise, take the c…

January 2026 Newsletter – Jesus Leads the Way

After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus Each…

Bible Study for the 14th Ordinary Week 2026

This week's memory verse: In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me…

Reflection for the 14th Ordinary Sunday 2026

"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you…

Bible Study for the 13th Ordinary Week 2026

This week's memory verse: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” -- Matthew 5:8…

Reflection for the 13th Ordinary Sunday 2026

“Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." We are to live faith actively, a faith that…

Bible Study for the 12th Ordinary Week 2026

This week's memory verse: As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compass…

Reflection for the 12th Ordinary Sunday 2026

Jesus said, “Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Fathe…

Bible Study for the 11th Ordinary Week 2026

This week's memory verse: And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You s…

Reflection for the Solemnity of the Word of God 2026

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord Today’s Epistle…

June 2026 Newsletter - Christ Above All Things

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, tha…

Bible Study for the Octave of Corpus Christi 2026

This week's memory verse: The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood…