Feb 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun February 26, 2015
ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) — As New York lawmakers began to consider a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, the New York State Catholic Conference launched a new website “to offer Catholics moral clarity and guidance on the church’s teachings regarding end-of-life...
Feb 26, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun February 26, 2015
ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) — Over her 50 years in religious life, Sister Mary Ann Walsh’s job titles have varied — teacher, reporter for a diocesan newspaper, Vatican correspondent and media editor at Catholic News Service, and spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops — but...
Feb 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun February 26, 2015
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), falling is one of the leading causes of injuries (both fatal and nonfatal) among elderly adults aged 65 and older. In 2013, CDCP reported that more than 2.5 million falls involving older adults that...
Feb 20, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun February 26, 2015
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, marked the beginning of the Lenten season. Here, a look at how two faith communities in the diocese — Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Endicott (this page) and Le Moyne College in Syracuse (opposite page) — celebrated the day....
Feb 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun February 26, 2015
Catechumens celebrated at the Rite of Election The Rite of Election was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Feb. 22, with Bishop Robert J. Cunningham presiding over a ceremony that included 72 catechumens from more than 30 parishes in the...
Feb 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun February 26, 2015
More than 130 individuals declared their desire to come into full communion with the Catholic Church March 1 as they participated in the Rite of Recognition and the Call to Continuing Conversion at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse. The rite...
