Mar 1, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 5, 2015
Hundreds went under the clippers in Syracuse March 1, voluntarily losing their locks to raise money to find a cure for childhood cancers. Teams and individuals from all over Central New York gathered at Kitty Hoynes Irish Pub & Restaurant for the pub’s 11th...
Mar 3, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 5, 2015
Women from St. Ann’s Parish offer unique reflection series for Lent MANLIUS — On Ash Wednesday, the first video in a new Lenten reflection series starring women from St. Ann’s Parish in Manlius was released on the parish’s website and YouTube channel. The series,...
Mar 3, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 5, 2015
More than 100 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...
Feb 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 5, 2015
The seventh annual IGNITE Catholic Men’s Conference will be held on March 21 at Onondaga Community College’s SRC Center in Syracuse. The theme for IGNITE 2015 is “Rise Up. Be Strong. You Are Sent.” “The conference offers men a way to get closer to Christ,” said...
Feb 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 5, 2015
By Catholic News Service NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Holy Cross Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, who led the University of Notre Dame through a period of dramatic growth during his 35 years as president and held sway with political and civil rights leaders, died Feb. 26 at the age...
Mar 3, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 5, 2015
What does it take to effectively share the Good News today? Brandon Vogt has it narrowed down to three essentials. Vogt shared those three pillars during a visit to St. James Church in Syracuse Feb. 24, where he offered a talk about “the New Evangelist.” Raised...
Mar 8, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 5, 2015
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A religious procession, a brainstorm session and a few glasses of wine led a group of residents gathered in a shantytown on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to come up with a plan to interview Pope Francis. It was a warm, Southern...
Mar 11, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 5, 2015
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador May 23, according to the newspaper of the Italian bishops’ conference. Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator or chief promoter of the archbishop’s...
Mar 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun March 5, 2015
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS) — Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador May 23, said Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator or chief promoter of the archbishop’s sainthood cause. The ceremony, which moves the...