Jan 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 29, 2015
George Bartlett was among the first to arrive for Ann O’Connor’s funeral Mass Saturday, Jan. 24. Bartlett had never been to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, and he didn’t want to be late to pay his respects to the longtime leader at Syracuse’s Unity...
Jan 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 29, 2015
Editor’s note: At the Catholic Schools Office’s Light the Way dinner Jan. 23, attendees paused for a moment of silence to honor a dedicated educator who gave much to the diocese over many years. Sister James Therese Downey, OSF, taught at schools in Syracuse, Fulton,...
Jan 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 29, 2015
Rebecca Marino, kindergarten teacher at St. Margaret’s School in Mattydale, is still in shock. Two days before Christmas, she learned that she was to receive the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) Distinguished Teacher Award at a ceremony on April 7 in...
Jan 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 29, 2015
11-year old altar server makes the world a warmer place for the homeless Damon Villnave Jr., or DJ, as he’s known to his family and friends, is one busy kid during the month of January. The 11-year-old student at Gillette Road Middle School and altar server for Sacred...
Jan 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 29, 2015
By Renée K. Gadoua, contributing writer Celebrations for St. Marianne Cope’s feast day Jan. 23 suggest the story of the Franciscan who was born in the 19th century and who ministered to the sick in Hawaii for 35 years remains relevant, even in the modern age. The day...
Jan 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 29, 2015
Editor’s note: More than 200 students and chaperones from the diocese traveled to Washington, D.C., with the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry Jan. 21-23 to participate in a three-day pilgrimage to the March for Life. One of the participants, Samantha Pare,...
Jan 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 29, 2015
The First Sunday of Advent in November 2014 marked the beginning of what Pope Francis has proclaimed as the Year of Consecrated Life. As this year unfolds, men and women religious are encouraged to “wake up the world” as witnesses of the full Gospel expression of how...
Jan 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun January 29, 2015
Some shining lights in Catholic education were honored Jan. 23 as the diocese’s Schools Office held its annual Light the Way dinner. More than 400 people filled the SKY Armory Event Center in Syracuse that evening in order to celebrate educators, volunteers and alumni...
