Dec 22, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun December 22, 2016
A unique living Nativity was presented at the Franciscan Church of the Assumption in Syracuse Dec. 18. The church was filled with prayer and song, followed by a re-creation of the live Nativity first created by St. Francis of Assisi in Greccio, Italy, in 1223....
Dec 22, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun December 22, 2016
By Tracy Kinne Contributing writer Michael J. Falcone, founder and chairman emeritus of The Pioneer Companies, was trying to decide the best use for a former retail site that for 15 years had housed Cayuga Community College’s Fulton extension. His wife,...
Dec 22, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun December 22, 2016
By Tom Maguire Associate editor When Joseph G. Slavik started as CEO and president of Catholic Charities for the diocese, the annual budget was $48 million. Next year, the agency is projecting a budget of $64 million, he said. “That’s seven years’...
Dec 22, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun December 22, 2016
Catholic Charities CEO reflects on his 42 years with agency By Tom Maguire Associate editor At the diocesan yuletide gathering last week, Catholic Charities honcho Joseph G. Slavik said he has never met a microphone he didn’t like. With all the blessings he...
Dec 22, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun December 22, 2016
Compiled by Tom Maguire Associate editor 2016: It was a year when charity was both displayed and recognized throughout the seven-county Diocese of Syracuse. Churches marked milestones, and so did many members of the clergy. There were new vows and a...
Dec 22, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun December 22, 2016
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “For a child is born to us, a son is given to us” (Is 9:5)! The angels sang when the child was born, “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests” (Lk 2:14). The shepherds went in haste to find...
