CHURCH OF ST. ADALBERT 550 Lansing Street Schenectady, New York 518-346-4204 [email protected] Sunday Mass - 11:00 AM Wednesday Mass - 8:00 AM Rev. Matthew H. Frisoni, Pastor Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of Albany Join us here online for Mass every
Sunday beginning at 6:00 PM Eucharistic Adoration
Eucharistic Adoration
is held on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM 
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AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT OUR PARISHES Dear Family,
I must share some important changes coming to our parishes. SECURING OUR FUTURE Our Remade for Mission listening sessions showed that all three parishes want to stay strong. We want to keep proclaiming the mission of Christ Jesus. We also discussed our finances at the parish financial condition meetings in July and August. Our current offertory is not enough to cover our costs. Expenses are rising fast, especially insurance. We cannot pay for our building maintenance and also pay our current wages and benefits. As your pastor, I have a duty to care for the faithful. I also have a fiduciary duty to keep our parishes financially healthy and to make hard choices about spending. If we do nothing, we will keep spending more than we take in. In time our parishes will run out of money. The Bishop has also asked for action. This past Monday, September 28, 2026, Bishop Mark O'Connell announced a "Parish Sustainability and Growth Discipline." It requires every parish to send him a plan by March 20, 2027. The plan must show how each parish will pay its bills and remain healthy for the long run. I will share more next week on the discipline. I have talked with many of you. I have also talked with experts outside of the parish who reviewed our finances. We have already cut costs in other areas. We must now reduce salaries and benefits, which is a last resort. OUR PLAN We will restructure our finances in two ways. First, we will combine our three parish offices into one. Second, we will change our staffing. One parish office. Starting Monday, November 9, we will have one office for our three churches. It will be on Albany Street, the current home of the St. Paul the Apostle Parish office. Office hours will be Monday through Friday, 9:00AM to noon. All parish records will be moved to this office. You will not need to visit the office to request a Mass intention, though you are still welcome to stop by for this. Mass intentions will be taken, with Mass cards available, in the vestibule at each parish that has enough volunteers to staff a Mass intentions table. St. Adalbert already has a table. The "Mt. Carmel Corner" will return, and with enough volunteers, St. Paul the Apostle Parish will start a new table similar to the one at St. Adalbert. Staffing changes. In June, I told our team that staffing adjustments were being considered. I share the same news with you int the bulletin of September 8, 2026. Now we must move forward with changes. This is unavoidable. It will be hard because every member of our staff is an excellent worker who serves us faithfully and with care. Our pastoral associate for kerygma will retire in November. Our youth minister will begin a new position at another parish next month. We will not hire a successor for either role. Effective November 7, 2026, we will no longer have a full-time business manager. We will also no longer have multiple parish secretaries. There will only be one secretary for all three parishes, in the common office. Part-time employees, outside contractors, and you and I will cover these functions. To each person affected, we offer our heartfelt thanks. You have given your gifts and your time to our parish families, and you have helped us grow closer to Christ. We will miss you. As you leave us in early November, we hold you in our prayers, and we wish you every blessing in the days ahead. May God's peace and care go with you. We will need more volunteers. Many parishes rely on volunteers for tasks that employees once did when funds allowed. As I shared in last weekend's homily, let us make our yes mean yes when we are asked to help. I hope these steps will help us end each year with our expenses and income in balance. Please pray about how you can help our parishes through your gifts and your time. God's peace, Fr. Frisoni |
