INTERIM TEAM IN PLACE AT ST. MARY’S In Retirement, Father Rosson Is Anticipating Travel, Service By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – On May 30, 1955, little John Rosson, 7, underwent his First Holy Communion at his hometown church, Immaculate Conception in Irvington, on the Hudson River. As the host – in Catholic doctrine, the small, round wafer is the actual Body and Blood of Jesus Christ – passed his lips, the boy immediately knew: He…
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Retired Priest Named To Fill In At St. Mary’s Father Pagones Served In Albany Area COOPERSTOWN – Father Peter Pagones, who retired from St. Paul the Apostle and Our Lady of Mount Carmel churches in Schenectady last July, will be interim pastor at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church here, according to Diocese of Albany spokesman Mary DeTurris Poust. He will fill in while a permanent successor is sought for Father John P. Rosson, 71, who retired…
13 Candles Lit For Victims In Pennsylvania, Kentucky By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Rev. Joseph Perdue, First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, did not mince words as he read a statement from Zack Jackson, pastor, Community United Church of Christ in Reading, Penn, as part of the vigil for those killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue. “This man who committed this massacre is a self-proclaimed Christian,” he said. “You will be tempted to say ‘He’s not…
Fired House Chaplain Preached At St. Mary’s COOPERSTOWN – Father Patrick J. Conroy, who filled in in at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church when the pastor, Father John Rosson, went on vacation in October, has been ousted as chaplain at the U.S. House of Representatives under a cloud of controversy. “As you have requested, I hereby offer my resignation as the 60th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives,” read Father Conroy’s letter to Speaker…
Chaplain Of U.S. House Arrives In Cooperstown DETAILS IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…