Dec 20, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun December 21, 2017
By Renée K. Gadoua | Contributing writer All Saints Church in Syracuse has prepared a space to shelter an undocumented immigrant challenging the deportation process. The parish announced its status as a sanctuary church December 11, as leaders introduced the Central...
Dec 20, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun December 21, 2017
By Renée K. Gadoua | Contributing writer Justin Ndayambaje and Bienvenue Mbuguje spent Christmas 2016 in Rwanda’s Kiziba Refugee Camp. The brothers, their parents, and a cousin marked the birth of Jesus Christ last year with a treat — a rare meal with meat — and...
Dec 20, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun December 21, 2017
Ludden coach brings boxes and boxes of gifts to needy By Tom Maguire | Associate editor The soccer coach made the save. In the darkness outside Manlius Pebble Hill School, three huge boxes destined for needy Colombian kids started to tip off the hand truck pushed...
Dec 20, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun December 21, 2017
By Katherine Long | Editor One of the greatest lessons Michael Thayne learned during his time in the diocesan Formation for Ministry program was that “we are all 100 percent called and gifted by God,” he said. “It’s not just me being called — it’s all of us.” Thayne...
Dec 20, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun December 21, 2017
Jesse Tree Tradition honors Old Testament and story of Jesus Submitted by John Kocik At St. John the Evangelist School in Binghamton, the Advent season is a special time of the year for everyone. It is even more exciting in an elementary school where young children...
Dec 20, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun December 21, 2017, Year of the Family
“Let us not forget that the family and the Church are communities that build us up and support us in love. When the family is a strong community then the Church is strengthened and becomes an impressive ‘cloud of witnesses’ (Hebrews 12:1). Please help to build up the...
Dec 20, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Sun December 21, 2017, US & World, Year of the Family
“Let us not forget that the family and the Church are communities that build us up and support us in love. When the family is a strong community then the Church is strengthened and becomes an impressive ‘cloud of witnesses’ (Hebrews 12:1). Please help to build up the...
Dec 19, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Sun December 21, 2017, US & World
By Katherine Long | Editor One of the greatest lessons Michael Thayne learned during his time in the diocesan Formation for Ministry program was that “we are all 100 percent called and gifted by God,” he said. “It’s not just me being called — it’s all of us.” Thayne...
Dec 18, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Sun December 21, 2017, US & World
By Katherine Long, Editor Christmas is indeed the season of giving, but giving is always in season at Bishop Grimes. Students at the junior/senior high school in East Syracuse have undertaken a number of service projects recently, continuing work that’s long been a...