Faith is the center of my life, not a chapter of it.

I came back to the Church on a Sunday I couldn't explain, and everything that followed started there. This page is for anyone in Utica looking for the same thing I was: a place to belong, people who share your faith, and something worth carrying.

The Catholic community in Utica

Most of the groups around here are far better in person than they are online, so this list exists to get you in the door. Where a group has its own signup, it's linked. Where it doesn't, leave your email at the bottom and I'll connect you myself.

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One line on the parish, Mass times, and what it's known for.

Parish website

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When it meets, who it's for, what a first visit looks like.

How to join

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Recurring events for Catholics in their 20s and 30s.

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Adoration, Bible study, service days. Days and times.

Calendar

Come to dinner.

Every month I host a dinner for young adults in Utica who share the faith or are curious about it. No agenda, no pitch, just a table. Leave your email and I'll send the next date.

This list is for faith events only. It is never used for business.

The Cyrenian Way

Simon of Cyrene didn't volunteer. He was pulled out of a crowd and handed a cross that wasn't his, and he carried it alongside Christ. That's the whole idea: evangelization through accompaniment, walking with people rather than preaching at them.

The Cyrenian Way is a Catholic apostolate I co-founded to help parishes do that well, from ministry and outreach to the operations, finances, staffing, and technology that let a parish serve its people. It is mission only and lives on its own site.

Visit the Cyrenian Way

Faith and work

Long-form piece coming. Working prompt: what changed about how I run a business after I started going back to Mass.

If you want to talk about any of this, email me directly at mike@miketaftfle.com. No form, no funnel.