This is a list of the in-person Masses/Liturgies for Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021 in the Diocese of Rochester parishes. The following list was compiled from parish bulletins and websites. Parishes that noted specific Masses/Liturgies that would be livestreamed have been listed as well. Some parishes may have been omitted because these resources were not available or updated. They will be added as soon as they become available.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Diocese of Rochester will distribute ashes by Vatican form by sprinkling the ashes on the head.
Addison
St. Catherine of Siena – 51 Maple Street
9 a.m.
Apalachin
St. Margaret Mary Church – 1110 Pennsylvania Avenue
7 p.m.
Auburn
Holy Family Church – 85 North Street
12:15 p.m.
Sacred Heart Church – 90 Melrose Street
8:30 a.m.
St. Alphonsus Church – 10 S. Lewis Street
5:30 p.m.
St. Francis Church – 303 Clark Street
5:30 p.m.
St. Hyacinth Church – 63 Pulaski Street
9 a.m.
St. Mary Church – 15 Clark Street
7 a.m.
Noon
7 p.m.
Aurora
St. Patrick Church – 299 Main Street
9 a.m.
Avon
St. Agnes Church – 96 Prospect Street
8:15 a.m. Word Service with Ashes
7 p.m. Word Service with Ashes
Bath
St. Mary Church – 32 E. Morris Street
12:10 p.m.
Bloomfield
St. Bridget Church – 15 Church Street
6 p.m.
Bradford
St. Stanislaus Church – 7646 Whitehead Hill Road
5 p.m.
Brighton
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church – 601 Edgewood Avenue
7 a.m. (Mass will be livestreamed at olqpstm.com)
7 p.m.
St. Thomas More Church – 2617 East Avenue
12:15 p.m.
Brockport
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 152 Main Street
12 p.m.
7 p.m.
Caledonia
St. Martin de Porres Parish at St. Columba – 198 North Street
8:30 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
6 p.m.
(There will be no Ash Wednesday Masses or Services at St. Vincent in Churchville and St. Mary in Scottsville)
Campbell
St. Joseph the Carpenter Church -8508 Main Street
6:30 p.m.
Canandaigua
St. Mary Church – 95 North Main Street
9 a.m.
12 p.m.
7 p.m.
Cato
St. Patrick Church – 2576 Mechanic Street
9 a.m.
Charlotte
Holy Cross Church – 4492 Lake Avenue
7:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m. (Mass will be livestreamed at https://www.holycrossrochester.org/index.php/stream)
Chili
St. Pius Tenth Church – 3010 Chili Avenue
7:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
(Reservations required at https://saintpiustenth.org/seat-reservations-for-sunday-mass-including-vigil-on-saturday/ or by calling the parish office at 585-247-2566 on Feb. 15 or 16.)
Clifton Springs
St. Felix Church – 12 Hibbard Ave
6:45 a.m. Liturgy of the Word with Ashes
Noon
Clyde
St. John Church – 114 Sodus Street
5:30 p.m. Prayer Service with Ashes
Corning
St. Mary Church -155 State Street
7:15 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Dansville
St. Mary Church – 40 Elizabeth Street
7 a.m.
12 p.m.
East Rochester
St. Jerome Church – 207 Garfield Street 7:30 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
(All Masses livestreamed)
Elmira
St. Patrick Church – 604 Park Place
8 a.m.
St. Mary Church – 224 Franklin Street, Elmira Southside
12:05 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Fairport
Church of the Assumption – 20 East Avenue
7:30 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
6 p.m.
Church of the Resurrection – 63 Mason Road
8:30 a.m.
St. John of Rochester – 8 Wickford Way
6:30 a.m.
Noon
6 p.m.
Drive-up ash and Lenten materials distribution (No Mass) at St. John of Rochester
10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
(Drive up to front of Parish Center, stay in car and ashes will be brought to your car)
Freeville
Holy Cross – 375 George Road
10:30 a.m.
Gates
The Parish of the Holy Family Church – 4100 Lyell Road
9 a.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m. Vietnamese Mass
(All Masses will be live streamed at http://theparishoftheholyfamilygates.sermon.net/main)
St. Theodore Church – 168 Spencerport Road
8:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
Geneseo
St. Mary Church – 4 Avon Road
6:30 p.m.
(Mass will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLb4aX14NU9GRkCHPbCgznw)
Geneva
St. Stephen Church – 48 Pulteney Street
7 a.m.
5 p.m.
St. Francis de Sales – 130 Exchange Street
12:10 p.m. (will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Our-Lady-of-Peace-Parish-Geneva-NY/421888580443)
Greece
Our Mother of Sorrows – 5000 Mt. Read Blvd.
8:00 a.m.
2 p.m. Liturgy of the Word with Ashes
5:30 p.m. (Mass will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/MotherOfSorrows/)
St. Charles Borromeo Church – 3003 Dewey Avenue
8 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Must register in advance at https://stcharlesborromeochurch4.flocknote.com/signup/40202
St. John the Evangelist – 2400 West Ridge Road
9 a.m.
12:05 p.m.
6 p.m.
St. Lawrence Church – 1000 North Greece Road
8:30 a.m.
7 p.m
St. Mark Church – 54 Kuhn Road
8 a.m.
12:30 p.m. Prayer Service with Ashes
5:30 p.m. Prayer Service with Ashes
Groton
St. Anthony Church – 312 Locke Road
8:30 a.m.
Hammondsport
St. Gabriel Church – 78 Shethar Street
6:30 p.m.
Hamlin
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – 3747 Brick Schoolhouse Road
9 a.m.
7 p.m.
Henrietta
Guardian Angels Church – 2061 E. Henrietta Road
8 a.m. (Mass to be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxEG-NYtWzvn7D8DRzB95Yw/videos)
12:10 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
Hilton
St. Leo the Great – 167 Lake Avenue
8:30 a.m.
7 p.m.
Honeoye
St. Mary Church – 8961 W. Main Street
9 a.m. Liturgy of the Word with Ashes
Honeoye Falls
St. Paul of the Cross – 33 Monroe Street
9 a.m.
Horseheads
St. Mary Our Mother Church – 816 W Broad St, Horseheads
6:45 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
Irondequoit
Christ the King Church – 445 Kings Highway South
12 p.m.
St. Cecilia Church – 2732 Culver Road
9 a.m.
St. James Church – 130 Brett Road
6:30 a.m.
St. Margaret Mary Church – 401 Rogers Parkway
7 p.m.
Ithaca
Immaculate Conception – 113 N. Geneva Street
7 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
7 p.m.
St. Catherine of Siena – 309 Siena Drive
9 a.m.
Kings Ferry
Our Lady of the Lakes – 8695 Rt. 90
7 p.m.
Lansing
All Saints Church – 347 Ridge Road
7 p.m.
Lima
St. Rose – 1985 Lake Ave.
8 a.m. Word Service with Ashes
Livonia
St. Matthew Church – 6591 Richmond Mills Road
5:30 p.m.
Lyons
St. Michael Church – 3 Holley Street
8:30 a.m.
Macedon
St. Patrick Church – 52 Main Street
6:30 p.m.
Mendon
St. Catherine of Siena – 26 Mendon-Ionia Road
9 a.m.
7 p.m.
(No reservations needed)
Moravia
St. Patrick Church – 51 Grove Street
5:30 p.m.
Mt. Morris
St. Patrick Church – 46 Stanley Street
Noon
Naples
St. Januarius Church – 180 N. Main Street (Route 21)
8 a.m.
7 p.m. Ecumenical Service with Ashes
Newark
St. Michael Church – 401 S. Main Street
Noon – Prayer Service with Ashes
6 p.m.
Newark Valley
St. James Church – 28 Rock Street
5:30 p.m.
North Chili
St. Christopher Church – 3350 Union Street
9 a.m. (Mass will be posted online as well)
Nunda
Holy Angels Church – 45. N. Church Street
6:30 p.m. Prayer Service with Ashes
Ontario
St. Mary of the Lake – 5823 Walworth Road
7 p.m.
Ovid
Holy Cross Church – 7321 Main Street
6 p.m.
Owego
St. Patrick – 300 Main Street
Noon
7 p.m. Prayer Service with Ashes
Palmyra
St. Anne Church – 130 Church Street
8:30 a.m.
Penfield
St. Joseph Church – 43 Gebhardt Road
9 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
Penn Yan
St. Michael Church – 312 Liberty Street
8 a.m.
Noon
7 p.m.
Phelps
St. Francis Church – 12 Church Street
9 a.m. Liturgy of the Word with Ashes
Pittsford
Church of the Transfiguration – 50 West Bloomfield Road
6:45 a.m.
12:10 p.m. Prayer Service with Ashes
5 p.m.
St. Louis Church – 64 South Main Street
6:45 a.m.
9:10 a.m. Prayer Service with Distribution of Ashes
11 a.m. Livestreamed Mass
5:15 p.m.
7 p.m.
Red Creek
St. Thomas Church – 6927 Main Street
6 p.m. Prayer Service with Distribution of Ashes
Retsof
St. Lucy Church – 2770 Retsof Avenue
7:30 a.m.
Rochester
Annunication Church – 1754 Norton Street
6:30 a.m.
8 a.m.
Blessed Sacrament Church – 534 Oxford Street
8 a.m.
7 p.m. Word & Communion Service with Ashes
Holy Apostles Church – 7 Austin Street
7 a.m. Spanish
12:10 p.m. English
Immaculate Conception/St. Bridget Church – 445 Frederick Douglass Street
6 p.m.
Our Lady of Lourdes -150 Varinna Drive
8:30 a.m.
7 p.m.
Sacred Heart Cathedral – 296 Flower City Park
6:30 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
5:20 p.m.
Reservation is necessary to attend these Masses. To make a reservation, please call 254-3221 x107 starting Monday, Feb. 15 at 8 a.m.
St. Ambrose Church – 25 Empire Blvd.
10 a.m. Distribution of Ashes only
12:10 p.m. Distribution of Ashes only
St. Anne Church – 1600 Mount Hope Avenue
8 a.m.
12:10 p.m. Prayer Service with Ashes
5:30 p.m.
St. Boniface Church – 330 Gregory Street
1 p.m. Word & Communion Service with Ashes
5:30 p.m.
St. John the Evangelist Church – 553 Humboldt Street
7 p.m. Distribution of Ashes only
St. Mary Church – 15 St. Mary Place
7 a.m. Communion Service with Ashes
12:10 p.m.
5 p.m.
St. Michael Church – 869 North Clinton Avenue
12:10 p.m. – Spanish
5:30 p.m. – Distribution of Ashes only
St. Monica Church –
8 a.m. Mass
10-10:15 a.m. -Ashes in the parking lot
11-11:15 a.m. – Ashes in the parking lot
12-12:15 p.m. – Ashes in the parking lot
3-3:15 p.m. – Ashes in the parking lot
4-4:15 p.m. – Ashes in the parking lot
5-5:15 p.m. – Ashes in the parking lot
St. Stanislaus Church – 34 St. Stanislaus Street
8 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m. (Polish)
Savannah
St. Patrick Church – Grand Avenue
Noon
Scottsville
St. Mary of the Assumption – 99 Main Street
7 p.m.
Seneca Falls
St. Patrick Church – 97 W. Bayard Street
12:10 p.m. Liturgy of Word with Ashes
7 p.m.
Shortsville
St. Dominic Church – 97 West Main Street
5:30 p.m.
Sodus
Church of the Epiphany – 105 West Main Street
8 a.m.
Spencerport
St. John the Evangelist Church – 55 Martha Street
8 a.m.
12 p.m. Prayer Service with Distribution of Ashes
6:30 p.m.
Trumansburg
St. James the Apostle Church – 17 Whig Street
9 a.m.
Union Springs
St. Michael Church – 162 Cayuga Street
Noon
Victor
St. Patrick Church – 115 Maple Avenue
7 a.m. Prayer Service with Distribution of Ashes
Noon
7 p.m.
Waterloo
St. Mary Church – 35 Center Street
8:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m. Liturgy of the Word with Ashes
Watkins Glen
St. Mary of the Lake Church – 905 N. Decatur Street
8 a.m.
12:05 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Waverly
St. James Church – 503 Clark Street
5:30 p.m.
Wayland
St. Joseph Church – 206 Fremont Street
9 a.m.
7 p.m.
Webster
Holy Spirit Church – 1355 Hatch Road
9 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
Holy Trinity Church – 1460 Ridge Road
6:30 a.m. Prayer service with ashes
9 a.m.
12:15 p.m. Prayer service with ashes
5:30 p.m.
St. Rita Church – 1008 Maple Avenue
7 a.m. Liturgy of the Word with distribution of ashes
12 p.m. Liturgy of the Word with distribution of ashes
6 p.m.
St. Paul Church – 783 Hard Road
8:30 a.m.
Noon
Weedsport
St. Joseph Church – 2667 Hamilton Street, Weedsport
5:30 p.m.
Wolcott
St. Mary Magdalene Church – 15 Northup Avenue
8:30 a.m.
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