Sep 21, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 15, 2016
Three offices unite to promote love and justice By Tom Maguire | Associate editor With their green and white scarves, the Diocese of Syracuse marchers will be easy to identify at the 2017 March for Life. There could be about 100 more of them, too. The diocesan...
Sep 20, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 15, 2016
Members of the Maine-Endwell Little League team: Billy Dundon*, Jude Abbadessa*, Brody Raleigh*, Michael Mancini*, Jordan Owens, Ryan Harlost, Conner Rush*, Jayden Fanara, Justin Ryan, James Fellows, Jack Hopko*. Coaching staff: Manager Scott Rush*, Assistant Coach...
Sep 15, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news, Sun September 15, 2016
Little League champs come home to their church in Endwell By Deacon Tom Picciano | Contributing writer Endwell — The Maine-Endwell Little League team made a triumphant return to the community just a day after winning the World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Dozens of...
Sep 15, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 15, 2016
Catholic school students are warmly welcomed back by faculty and staff throughout the...
Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 15, 2016
By Tom Maguire | Associate editor Discoverers don’t drop out. Celeste Snyderman, of St. Paul Church in Rome, attended a “Discovering Christ” event and submitted this email report to Mary Hallman, director of the diocesan Office of Evangelization: “On the first night...
Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 15, 2016
By Father Christopher R. Seibt | Contributing writer On September 4, 2016, I joined more than one hundred thousand other people who gathered in the eternal city of Rome for the canonization of yet another saint of our time: Mother Teresa of Calcutta. It was a warm,...
Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 15, 2016
Watch highlights from this event by visiting the Syracuse Catholic Television YouTube channel! Faithful urged to see God in every person By Tracy Kinne | Contributing writer Sometimes people can get a little lazy in their moral lives. As a Catholic, “I’m forgiven no...
Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Obituaries, Sun September 15, 2016
Obituary: Father James F. Smith, S.J. Father James Smith, S.J., died on Sept. 7, 2016. He was 86 years old. Father Smith was born in Syracuse on April 26, 1930. He was the son of Frederick and Katherine (Gorman) Smith. He attended Le Moyne College in Syracuse from...
Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 15, 2016
Institution will continue to provide faith-based, compassionate care By Kathryn Connerton and Sister Ellen Reilly, DC In 1925, at the request of Catholic Bishop Daniel Curley of Syracuse, four Daughters of Charity came to Binghamton to bring their unique vision of...
Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 15, 2016
Pledges sought for ‘the mother church of the diocese’ By Tom Maguire | Associate editor On Sept. 7, a worker in a green hard hat and red suspenders stood in a crane bucket 20 feet off the ground and sand-blasted the ancient stonework of the Cathedral Parish offices...
Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 15, 2016
Editor’s note: Father Michael Bassano, MM, who grew up in Binghamton, continues to live and minister in the large refugee camp in Malakal, South Sudan. Father Mike has been there for several years; he is the Catholic chaplain in the camp of thousands of refugees....
Jul 22, 2016 | Latest news, Sun September 15, 2016
By Tom Maguire Associate editor A hilltop church, St. Vincent de Paul has an allure that draws people back or compels them to visit for the first time. On the sunny morning of June 28, a car from South Carolina pulled up and parked across the street. A man got out and...