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Workshop teaches traditional mask-making

1 week ago | en.elmensajerorochester.com | Jeff Witherow

Grupo Cultural Latinos en Rochester hosted a mask-making workshop May 23 at Nazareth University’s Casa Hispana as part of the Project Carnaval initiative. Participants learned the art of traditional mask-making inspired by Latin American Carnaval celebrations. The workshop was made possible through the support of the Rochester Area Community Foundation. Copyright © 2025 Rochester Catholic Press Association, Inc. All rights reserved.
Guest bartenders to support immigrants, farmworkers

1 week ago | en.elmensajerorochester.com | Jim Mosley

More than a dozen local leaders and community members — including Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and several well-known members of Rochester’s Latino community — will try their hands at bartending May 28 during an event intended to raise awareness and funds in support of immigrant and farmworker families throughout the region. Sponsored by the Western New York Coalition of Farmworker Serving Agencies, the Pouring for Justice event will begin at 4 p.m. at The Hideaway, located at 197 Park Ave.
Headliners announced for 2025 Puerto Rican Festival

3 weeks ago | en.elmensajerorochester.com | Jim Mosley

The Rochester Puerto Rican Festival Inc. has announced the dates and headliners for its 55th-annual Puerto Rican Festival, the longest-running cultural festival in Monroe County. The 2025 Puerto Rican Festival will take place July 31-Aug. 2 at Parcel 5, 285 E. Main St., Rochester. The three-day festival will feature food, live music and cultural events. This year’s musical headliners are:• July 31 from 9:30 to 11 p.m.: salsa icon Jose Alberto “El Canario”• Aug.
Rochester 5K race and walk will honor fallen soldiers

3 weeks ago | en.elmensajerorochester.com | Jim Mosley

Runners and walkers are invited to honor Rochester’s fallen soldiers and to help grieving military families by participating in the annual SSGT Javier Ortiz Memorial 5K Race and Walk. The 2025 edition of the race and walk is June 14 at Seneca Park, 2222 St. Paul St., Rochester. The 5K race/walk begins at 9 a.m., while a children’s fun run gets underway at 10:15 a.m.Participants can register in advance for $23.50, which includes $3.50 fee.
Diocese of Rochester to celebrate Mass for Pope Leo XIV

3 weeks ago | en.elmensajerorochester.com | Jim Mosley

| Section: FaithBishop Salvatore R. Matano is inviting all priests, deacons, religious and lay faithful of the Diocese of Rochester to a diocesan Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV. The Mass will be celebrated May 19 at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park, Rochester. The Mass is an opportunity for the diocese to thank God for Pope Leo XIV, the 266th successor to St. Peter, as well as to express devotion and prayerful support as he begins his pontificate.
Walking with Peru’s people made pope a ‘cultural ambassador’

3 weeks ago | en.elmensajerorochester.com | Jim Mosley

People react at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Chiclayo, Peru, May 8, the day Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope and chose the papal name Leo XIV. As an Augustinian priest, then-Father Prevost spent many years as a missionary in Peru. (OSV News photo by Sebastian Castaneda/Reuters) | Section: FaithAs a dual citizen of the United States and Peru, Pope Leo XIV’s ascension to the papacy May 8 has swelled the pride of Catholics in both countries.
Jubilarians’ joyful witness inspires vocations of the future

3 weeks ago | en.elmensajerorochester.com | Jim Mosley

Then-Deacon Muscatella pledges his obedience to Bishop Matano and his successors during his June 29, 2024, Solemn Mass of Ordination to the priesthood at Rochester’s Sacred Heart Cathedral. Sunday, May 11, 2025, is the 62nd World Day of Prayer for Vocations. (Courier file photo) | Section: FaithMy dear brothers and sisters in Christ,Sunday, May 11, Good Shepherd Sunday, is the 62nd World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
Chicago native Cardinal Prevost elected pope, takes name Leo XIV

3 weeks ago | en.elmensajerorochester.com | Gina Capellazzi

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV. He is the first North American to be elected pope and, before the conclave, was the U.S. cardinal most mentioned as a potential successor of St. Peter.
Faithful of Peru diocese celebrate papal election of Pope Leo XIV

3 weeks ago | en.elmensajerorochester.com | Gina Capellazzi

CHICLAYO, Peru (OSV News) — Thousands of Catholics packed the plaza outside the Cathedral of Santa Maria de Chiclayo in this northern Peruvian city to celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving for an adoptive son: Pope Leo XIV. The new pope, who as Bishop Robert Francis Prevost served as bishop in Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023, was fondly remembered by attendees for prioritizing the poor, bringing the church closer to the people and embracing his adopted country.
Conclave to elect next pope will begin May 7

3 weeks ago | en.elmensajerorochester.com | Gina Capellazzi

Cardinals gather in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican for their fifth general congregation meeting April 28, 2025. (CNS photo by Vatican Media) | Section: NewsVATICAN CITY (CNS) — The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican announced. The cardinals will first celebrate the “Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff” in St. Peter’s Basilica that morning before processing into the Sistine Chapel that evening.