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Saint Therese Chapel is a mission parish of Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in South Glens Falls (www.stmichaelschurchsgf.com), and serving the faith community, out of Gansevoort, New York since the 1960's.

03/25/2026

It is with a sad heart that I tell you that Hattie Lamanski passed away this morning. Hattie spent her last month's at The Pines in Glens Falls. Her and Richard were long time parishioners at St Therese Chapel. She will be greatly missed.

03/03/2026

If the Bishop was coming to St Therese on Sunday, would you show up? How about if I told you that the Pope would be there. Would you come then? I have news for you. Jesus the Christ will be there. Will you?

02/20/2026

Today's Stations of the Cross has been canceled due to the impending snow event. Please pass this information on to whoever you think may need it.

02/19/2026

Commentary by Deacon Dan (Now is the Time!)
I retired as the Pastoral Administrator of our small chapel when I reached the age of 80 in 2017 and l appointed Bob McGough to take my place, with the approval of the Pastor of Saint Clements. I am a deacon, but l am not assigned to any specifie place or parish. I am simply a parishioner at our small chapel.
Lately I have been reading, researching in scripture and praving a great deal about Jesus, the son of Mary and the Holy Spirit (the historical Jesus) and what he said! He could have referred to the Law of Moses, but He chose rather to give us what we call The Beatitudes!! I see them as the positive view of the more negative way that is often attached to the commandments. Wihen I retired, The Evangelist sent a reporter to interview me and one of the things the reporter asked me was what I saw as needed in our church; not our small chapel, but our church, the Roman Catholic Church? I remember saying to her, l think we spend way too much time on thou shall not and not nearly enough time on
"blessed are you when"!!!
Many of you have asked me about giving up something for Lent?? I've thought about this a lot, and I am convinced that God is truly most pleased when we simply live out our Christian faith. There is an advertisement for a Christian and Jewish agency that is preparing food baskets for aging Jewish people; many of whom are survivors of the holocaust, and distributes them to parts of the Ukraine and other areas were such people are so badly neglected. In that advertisement, there's a bishop in plain clothes and I would think from some Protestant denomination and he says "if there was ever a time to let your Christian faith rise, now is that time"! My Wite, Isolde, opens our mail each day and we have requests for donations from many different charities and many are Catholic. We can't support all. But I love what the bishop said "if you’re ever going to let your Christian faith rise, now is that time"!
Let me say it again, "if you’re ever going to let your Christian faith rise, now is that time" Lent!!!
My prayer for our small chapel is simple; blessed are we when we let our Christian faith rise! We proclaim the gospel when others see Jesus in us. Hallelujah and Amen.

02/16/2026

Reminder
We will have Ash Wednesday prayer service at 5:30pm.
We will start our traditional Stations of the Cross at 3:30pm on the 20th.

02/12/2026

Ash Wednesday is February 18th. We will be having a prayer service lead by Deacon Danny at St Therese Chapel at 5:30pm. Hope to see you there.

02/11/2026

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Commentary by Deacon Dan (Symbolism and Use of Ashes)
The symbolism of marking oneself with ashes traces its history to ancient traditions. The Old Testament depicts several moments of figures that used ashes and sackcloth, both of which were often present when mourning or making a petition or repenting to God. In Esther 4:1, it says that "When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes and went through the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry" (NRSVue). In an example of repentance, Job 42:6, as he repented before God, says, "Therefore, I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes" (NABRE). In Daniel 9:3 says,
"I turned to the Lord God, to seek help, in prayer and petition, with fasting,
sackcloth, and ashes." Also in Jonah 3:6, after he preached to the people of Nineveh, it says: When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes." And in 1 Maccabees 3:47, it states the army prepared for battle: "That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their garments." (From my study notes at Institute on Sacred Scripture at Georgetown University).
Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and we begin the season of Lent. Recently we had The Scriptural Beatitudes at Mass, and in last week's column, I asked you to lay the written beatitudes next to the Ten Commandments and you might get a glimmer of what interpretation and translations do when we look at these two bodies of information side-by-side. I have often asked myself why God gave us the Ten Commandments in the first place.
Was it to punish us, enlighten us; or to save us from our own inherent weaknesses? I think we were simply given needed guard rails to protect us (my opinion)!! What is so great is our Lord and Savior Jesus; the Christ to God, gave us a much better way of looking at the law. He gave us the most beautiful set of sayings that are anywhere in the scripture, The Beatitudes!
Deacon Dan (retired]

02/11/2026

Commentary by Deacon Dan (Symbolism and Use of Ashes)
The symbolism of marking oneself with ashes traces its history to ancient traditions. The Old Testament depicts several moments of figures that used ashes and sackcloth, both of which were often present when mourning or making a petition or repenting to God. In Esther 4:1, it says that "When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes and went through the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry* (NRSVue). In an example of repentance, Job 42:6, as he repented before God,
Daniel 9:3 says,
- The says, 1 timed to the Lord God, to sed reper, in prayan dashes or with a sing
sackcloth, and ashes." Also in Jonah 3:6, after he preached to the people of Nineveh, it says: "When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes." And in 1 Maccabees 3:47, it states the army prepared for battle: "That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their garments." (From my study notes at Institute on Sacred Scripture at Georgetown University)-
Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and we begin the season of Lent Recently we had The Scriptural Beatitudes at Mass, and in last week's column, I asked you to lay the written be atitudes next to the Ten Commandments and you might get a glimmer of what interpretation and translations do when we look at these two bodies of information side-by-side. I have often asked myself why God gave us the Ten Commandments in the first place Was it to punish us, enlighten us; or to save us from our own inherent weaknesses? I think we were simply given needed guard rails to protect us (my opinion)!! What is so great is our Lord and Savior Jesus; the Christ to God, gave us a much better way of looking at the law. He gave us the most beautiful set of sayings that are anywhere in the scripture, The Beatitudes!!
Deacon Dan (retired)

02/07/2026

Commentary by Deacon Dan
After mass last Sunday, I was talking with a friend about Iran. As most of you know, who have been here for any length of time, I served a number of years in Iran as a advisor to The imperial Iranian Gendarmerie under Shah Palavi. I was a Chief Warrant Officer and Special Agent of US Army Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The Army sent me to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey California for a solid year to learn Farsi, the language of Iran; and ancient Persia. I was also sent to a state department center in Washington, DC to study the background and culture of the country of Iran.
Last Sunday, I put a column in our bulletin and it was primarily about two kings of Iran.
One 1 knew and served under and the other is Cyrus, who is mentioned in the scripture many times. Cyrus was used by God to set the Israelites free after 70 years of exile in the Babylonian exile. The reason I mention this is that Iran is currently in the news again there's nothing worse than bad information about anything because it obscures the truth and causes all kinds of reactions that are based on falsehoods. The person I was talking to after mass last Sunday had almost no knowledge about Iran.
Earlier this year I said in a column that I found Shah Palavi to be a good leader and a strong ally of our country. Most news outlet narratives really didn't tell you what his great sin was! He lifted the women of Iran out of the dark ages! He empowered women to be educated, to vote, and to be able to dress as they pleased; either, in traditional or in modem garb. His enemies were the Clergy of Islam. One of the most misunderstood things the news folks reported about had to do with somebody called the Shah's secret police. I remember talking to a different parishioner a while back who likened this group to the KGB, or worse. I asked the simple question; do we have a secret police? The answer is yes, we do, it's called the Secret Service! What was the mission of both police units? Ensure the safety of the national leader!!
Our Bible is written by Jewish authors and it's written about Jewish faith and the coming of Jesus as the son of Mary, and, the son of God; and this week we had the Beatitudes. It is a Jewish book; and, the apostles are all Jewish people; and, so is our savior in his human-ity, but also God's only begotten Son; and, both natures are total and complete. Our western mind thinks differently than the eastern mind and both are totally inferior to how God sees all! Lay the Beatitudes next to the Mosaic Law and you get a glimmer of what mean about interpretations" and "differences"!

01/31/2026

Sorry to say that through no fault of his own, our Bishop was not able to make it to St Michael's Saturday evening.
HOWEVER:
I have it on good authority that I will be at St Therese Chapel on Sunday.
Hope to see you there 🙏

01/31/2026

Our attendance has dropped off recently. Maybe you were awaiting a personal invitation? Wel here it is. I am inviting you and your family and friends to Mass on Sunday at 9:30AM. Hope to see you there.

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Gansevoort, NY
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