Sep 15, 2009 | SUN September 17, 2009
Mass celebration opens school year By Claudia Mathis SUN staff writer DEWITT — Holy Cross Church in Dewitt was the setting for a Mass on Sept. 8, one that celebrated the opening of a new school year on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The church...
Sep 15, 2009 | SUN September 17, 2009
Father Mannara lives out his calling By Claudia Mathis SUN staff writer Father Frederick Mannara, beloved pastor at Most Holy Rosary Church in Syracuse, realized he was destined for priesthood as an elementary school student in the 1940s. “In the simplicity of life of...
Sep 15, 2009 | SUN September 17, 2009
By Connie Berry SUN editor Friar Phil Kelly died on Labor Day, Sept. 7, at Francis House. He succumbed to the bladder cancer his doctors discovered in July. He was 77 and a Franciscan friar at Assumption Church on Syracuse’s north side. Friar Phil wrote a column, A...
Sep 15, 2009 | SUN September 17, 2009
by Jim Creskey SUN Contributing Writer Sometimes a country’s best diplomats are the ones the foreign ministry never heard of. That was true of Francis of Assisi, who went on a personal peace mission to the Muslim ruler at a time when the rest of Europe was sending...
Sep 15, 2009 | SUN September 17, 2009
SPAR program assists people with disabilities By Claudia Mathis SUN staff writer The SPAR (Special Adult Religious) program has been enhancing the lives of developmentally disabled people in the Syracuse Diocese for the last four years. It got its start in the fall of...
Sep 15, 2009 | SUN September 17, 2009
Evangelization is the DPC theme for 2009-10 By Connie Berry SUN editor The Diocesan Pastoral Council (DPC) met at Bishop Grimes Jr./Sr. High School on Saturday, Sept. 12. It was Bishop Robert Cunningham’s first meeting as bishop of the Syracuse Diocese. The groundwork...
