Tompkins County News
Local news and feature coverage of the Diocese of Rochester, including events, parishes, and people in Tompkins County, New York. This collection includes reporting from communities such as Dryden, Freeville, Groton, Ithaca, Lansing, and Trumansburg.
Coverage includes Holy Cross Church in Freeville; St. Anthony Church in Groton; All Saints Church in Lansing; and Immaculate Conception Church and St. Catherine of Siena Church in Ithaca.
Cross-county Catholic communities serving Tompkins County include the Parish of Mary, Mother of Mercy, whose Tompkins County worship site is St. James the Apostle Church in Trumansburg and whose other worship sites are in Seneca County. The county is also home to Cornell University’s Newman Center, which serves Catholic students at the university.
Although often associated geographically with the Finger Lakes, Tompkins County is included in the Courier’s Southern Tier coverage area. Related coverage may also appear within the Courier’s Southern Tier regional news section .
Use the Diocese of Rochester’s Parish Locator and Mass Times to find current parish information and worship schedules in Tompkins County.
Peace Week events scheduled at several locations around Ithaca
Catholic institute at Cornell offers 2026 summer programs
Ithaca Catholic cemetery hosts ceremony on Memorial Day 2026
2026 Holy Week and Easter Masses in the Southern Tier region
