Celebrating 100 years
- Clustered Worship Sites:
Christ the King
St. Salome
St. Thomas the Apostle - Individual Worship Sites:
St. Cecilia
St. Margaret Mary - Irondequoit Catholic Communities:
Regional Mass Schedule
Regional Calendars
Irondequoit Senior Ministries
Pope John Paul II celebrated his 24th Anniversary on October 16th, 2002. Only four popes have enjoyed longer reigns: Popes Pius IX, Leo XIII, Pius VI, and St. Peter himself!
During those 24 years, John Paul II has: visited 301 of the 334 parishes in his Diocese of Rome; made 142 trips inside Italy, and 98 foreign trips, to 129 different countries, traveling over 740,000 miles; delivered over 3,300 speeches during his trips, and spent roughly 11.5 percent of his pontificate outside Rome; written 13 encyclicals, 13 apostolic exhortations, 11 apostolic constitutions, and 42 apostolic letters (including a new document on the Rosary, beatified 1,297 people, including 1,024 martyrs and 272 confessors, in 135 separate ceremonies; and canonized 464 saints (401 martyrs and 63 confessors) in 47 ceremonies; held 8 consistories, at which he has created 201 cardinals, including 115 of those who are now eligible to vote in a papal conclave; convened 6 meetings of the College of Cardinals, and 15 meetings of the Synod of Bishops; held over 1,430 private audiences with visiting dignitaries, including 944 visits with heads of state or chief government ministers; and presided at over 1,055 public audiences, at which he has spoken to roughly 16,500,000 people.
He died in April 2005
