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Keeseville-Peru Ecumenical Choir performs “O Holy Night”

 

Keeseville-Peru Ecumenical Choir performs at St. Augustine’s Church – Dec. 18, 2022

Choir Director – Jeanette Woodruff Accompanists- Steven Collier  Organist – Stephen Woodruff  Choir Members Program: Oh Come, All Ye Faithful Immanuel Is Come  Christmas Dreams Jesus Child A Ukrainian Prayer Unto Us A son IS Born  Candles In December Mary, Did You Know Greensleeves There Is Faint Music As Lately We Watched The Jesus Gift […]

St. Augustine’s, St. Alexander’s, & St. James Christmas Mass Schedule

New Peru Kingdom Hall in use

Peru – The new Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) Kingdom Hall is now in use, and the Witnesses invite the public to the meetings held there. People seeking meeting times can look on the organization’s official website, jw.org. In addition, the Jehovah’s Witnesses will host an open house in spring 2023. The Hall is located at 2623 […]

Ecumenical Christmas Concert Returns

Witnesses Knocking on Doors Again

Plattsburgh Jehovah’s Witnesses Return to Door-to-Door Ministry After 30-Month Pandemic Pause Jehovah’s Witness News Release  Jehovah’s Witnesses resumed their trademark door-to-door ministry beginning September 1, when a two-and-half-year suspension of the work was officially lifted, just in time to begin a global campaign featuring a new interactive Bible study program.   The decision to resume […]

An Akwesasne Mohawk survivor of residential schools seeks justice, not apologies

Click here for the NCPR story 

St Joseph’s Outreach Center

Click here for the Mountain Lake Journal story 

Clinton County honors Diocese of Ogdensburg’s 150th Anniversary

Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Faith and collaboration at work in Treadwells Mills

By John T. Ryan Plattsburgh – Undoubtedly, many Peru residents see the Soup Kitchen sign in Treadwells Mills; but it’s fair to conjecture they aren’t aware of the beautiful things happening at what was St. Joseph’s Church. When the parish church closed several years ago,  the Diocese of Ogdensburg could have sold it for other […]

New minister for Reber, Willsboro, Harkness, Keeseville Methodists

Click here to read the Sun Community News Story 

A thought-provoking message from Sister Debbie Blow, Executive Director from the North Country Mission of Hope.

Good day everyone, There always seems to be plenty of information to share as to what is happening in the Mission of Hope, so let’s begin.  I think you’ll find this news/notes quite full of info. 1.  Ukraine humanitarian aid: First, while I don’t have the exact figure yet, we have gone well over the […]

Peru High School Graduate Transitional Deacon Leagon Carlin preps for appointment | News | pressrepublican.com

“Carlin is appointed Parochial Vicar at The Roman Catholic Community of St. Alexanders and St. Joseph in Morrisonville, St. Augustine’s Church in Peru and St. James in Cadyville effective June 29….I’ll be excited to work with Father Scott and to work with the parishioners there. Of course, I went to Peru School, kindergarten through 12th […]

Great shopping in downtown Peru today!

Don’t forget “Granny’s Attic” today at the Peru Community Church Fellowship Center. Shoppers were lined up before today’s 9 a.m. opening. It will be open until 4 p.m. Stop by for a special bargain!

Unique Boutique Sale, Saturday, May 14

Dr. Georgia Harkness: ‘Born a Methodist,’ leaves enduring legacy | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Dr. Georgia Harkness: ‘Born a Methodist,’ leaves enduring legacy | News | pressrepublican.com

Happy Easter to everyone!

St. Augustine’s Church wishes everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter. Hallelujah expresses our praise, joy and thanks on this day!

St. Augustine’s Holy Week Schedule

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Clinton County Historical Association post on St. James Church in Cadyville

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AMERICA – Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X – Volume 3 – Published in 1914 ST. JAMES THE LESS – Cadyville, NY – The first Catholics came to Cadyville in 1825, and attended the church at Plattsburgh, which lies a few miles east of the […]

Mardi Gras: March 1, 2022

From MardiGras.com — presented by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune: “Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the final day of the Carnival season, which begins on the Feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6. Carnival is rooted in various pagan celebrations of spring, some dating back 5,000 years. But it was Pope Gregory XIII who made it […]

Catholic Church of the North Country Celebrates 150 Years

On February 16, 1872, Pope Pius IX separated what was then a sprawling Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, and the Diocese of Ogdensburg – encompassing Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties, as well as northern Herkimer County – was created. Today the diocese is comprised of 78 parishes and 3 mission […]

Reverend J. Roger McGuinness Obituary – Plattsburgh, NY | Brown Funeral Home Inc.

Source: Reverend J. Roger McGuinness Obituary – Plattsburgh, NY | Brown Funeral Home Inc.

A reason for not losing hope during these trying times

St. Augustine’s Pastor Father Scott Seymour’s Christmas Eve sermon and beautiful rendition of ‘O Holy Night’ in French and English.         

Christmas Eve at St. Augustine’s Church

St. Augustine’s Pastor Rev. Scott Seymour celebrates Christmas Eve Mass. This is his sermon and his beautiful rendition of  ‘O Holy Night’ in French and English.     

Celebrate Christmas at the Peru Community Church

  Members of the Peru Community Church invite you to their December 24th Christmas Service from 6 to 7 p.m.