Aug 16, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Sun August 23, 2018
The choir at the Aug. 13 Monday Night Concert at St. Joseph–St. Patrick Church in Utica. (Photo provided) Submitted by Andrew Siuta The Aug. 13 Monday Night Concert at St. Joseph–St. Patrick Church in Utica was a success. Organist Dominic Fiacco, 13, played tricky...
Aug 16, 2018 | Obituaries, Sun August 23, 2018
Sister Christine Michael LaFrance, CSJ, 83, died Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for the past 62 years. Sister Christine, the former Rose Marie LaFrance, was born on November 25,...
Aug 16, 2018 | Obituaries, Sun August 23, 2018
Sister M. Lisbeth Hartnett, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. She was born on May 22, 1921, in Beaverdale, Pa., and given the name Dorothy Marie. She was the...
Aug 16, 2018 | Briefs, Local
A special invitation is extended to all for the Mass on the Feast of the Holy Cross Friday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. at Holy Cross Church, 4112 E. Genesee St., DeWitt. Planned is a wonderful celebration of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, featuring...
Aug 16, 2018 | Briefs, Local
A free workshop for religious-education directors and RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) coordinators is slated for 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Park Central Presbyterian Church, 504 E. Fayette St., Syracuse. Interested in adding some creativity to your...
Aug 16, 2018 | Briefs, Local
A sacred choral reading session (Advent and Christmas Music) will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, at Our Lady of Pompei–St. Peter Church, 301 Ash St., Syracuse. It is sponsored by the Diocese of Syracuse. A choral reading allows a group of musicians to get...
Aug 16, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh addresses the media Aug. 14 at the pastoral center in Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania attorney general released a grand jury report that day on a months-long investigation into abuse claims spanning a 70-year period in the Diocese of...
Aug 16, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori concelebrates Mass during the 2017 Catholic convocation in Orlando, Fla. Archbishop Lori said Aug. 14 the Pennsylvania’s grand jury report about past claims of sexual abuse of children in six of the state’s dioceses...
Aug 16, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
The following statement was released by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops August 16: President of U.S. Bishops’ Conference Announces Effort That Will Involve Laity, Experts, and the Vatican stating, “Let me ask you to hold us to all of these resolutions,”...
Aug 15, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
The Oswego parishes of (clockwise from top left) St. Mary, St. Paul, St. Joseph, and St. Stephen. (Sun photos | Katherine Long) By Katherine Long | Editor Christ the Good Shepherd has been chosen as the patron of the Oswego Catholic Community. The Oswego parishes of...
Aug 15, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
Pope Francis poses for a photo with Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, during a private audience at the Vatican April 19. Cardinal O’Malley Aug 10 called for an investigation of St....
Aug 15, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
Pope Francis waves as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption. (CNS photo | Claudio Peri, EPA) By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Mary’s...
Aug 15, 2018 | Uncategorized, Uncategorized
Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, is seen during the opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Jan. 18. The cardinal said June 20 he would no...
Aug 15, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
A photo panel shows Pennsylvania Bishops Ronald W. Gainer of Harrisburg, David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh, Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, Alfred A. Schlert of Allentown, Edward C. Malesic of Greensburg and Lawrence T. Persico of Erie. The Pennsylvania attorney general...
Aug 15, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
In a screen grab taken from video, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during an Aug. 14 news conference to release a grand jury on a months-long investigation into abuse claims spanning a 70-year period in the dioceses of Harrisburg, Pittsburgh,...
Aug 14, 2018 | Briefs, Local
(Image courtesy Office of Evangelization) By Katherine Long | Editor Deacon Keith Strohm has an invitation for the Diocese of Syracuse: “If you are passionate about seeing renewal and new life your parish, come to this training.” Deacon Strohm and the Office of...
Aug 14, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl said Aug. 14 that during his tenure as bishop of Pittsburgh from 1988 to 2006, he “established strong policies that addressed the needs of abuse survivors, removed priests from ministry and protected the most vulnerable in the...
Aug 14, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
Editor’s note: The New York State Catholic Conference issued the statement below following the Aug. 14 release of a grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses: “The catastrophic clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church,...
Aug 14, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
Diocese of Syracuse Bishop Robert J. Cunningham offered the statement below following the Aug. 14 release of a grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses: “These are difficult days to be a Roman Catholic. The allegations regarding...
Aug 14, 2018 | Latest news, US & World
The Pennsylvania statehouse is seen from the State Street bridge in Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania attorney general released a grand jury report Aug. 14 on a months-long investigation into abuse claims spanning a 70-year period in the Dioceses of Harrisburg, Pittsburgh,...
