Mar 28, 2018 | Briefs, Local
Nataley Kaufman, who is enrolled in Blessed Sacrament School’s Tiny Eagles program for three-year-olds, helped the school observe World Down Syndrome Day on March 21. “Everyone in our school just loves Nataley,” said Principal Andrea Polcaro. The theme for the day was...
Mar 28, 2018 | Briefs, Local
UTICA — Sister Lois Mary Paciello, CSJ, the parish minister of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Utica, will be the guest speaker at Theology Uncorked! on April 10 at Mohawk Valley Winery, 706 Varick St., Utica. Her topic will be “Divine Mercy.” The casual gathering for...
Mar 28, 2018 | Briefs, Local
Two volunteer board members of the Brain Injury Coalition of Central New York recently visited staff members of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center at St. Camillus in Syracuse to deliver a $1,000 gift to help augment the specialized brain injury care programs at...
Mar 27, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Caroline N. Agor-Calimlim | Immaculate Conception School FAYETTEVILLE — The fourth grade class of Janet Kirkgasser and Doreen Conrad re-enacted the Passion of Christ March 26. The play depicts the suffering and final hours of Jesus’ life, beginning...
Mar 27, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Judy Salamone | Christian Brothers Academy DEWITT — Christian Brothers Academy faculty member Vin Horan, along with students Lucy Person, Madison Doane, Grace O’Connor, Joe Akl, Chad Charette, and Hannah Aldridge spent winter break on a service...
Mar 26, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Suzy Kitchen | Principal, St. James School JOHNSON CITY — Students from all three Catholic elementary schools in Broome County — St. James in Johnson City, St. John the Evangelist in Binghamton, and All Saints in Endicott — gathered to celebrate 120 Days...
Mar 26, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Kelly Czajkowski | Rome Catholic School ROME, N.Y. — March 23 was Step Into Seuss Day at Rome Catholic School. Teachers and staff members dressed up as Dr. Seuss characters and decorated their classroom doors. Numerous community members volunteered to...
Mar 26, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Kelly Sperling | Mohawk Valley Health System UTICA, NY — On Thursday, March 8, 2018, the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), along with members of the Women’s Giving Circle, celebrated the dedication of the newly opened Butterfly Room, located in the...
Mar 22, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Sondra Nassar | Notre Dame Elementary School Students and teachers at Notre Dame Elementary School in Utica sported their bright, unique, and mismatched socks on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day. The socks were an invitation to start a conversation to...
Mar 21, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Judy DeLorenzo | Holy Cross School As part of their Lenten Journey, the students in Kathy Laurenzo’s 4th grade class at Holy Cross School in DeWitt raised $185 to be donated to St. Jude’s Hospital. The students made beautiful cards for the...
Mar 21, 2018 | Briefs, Local
The Immaculate Conception School Drug Quiz Team won first place at the diocesan competition held recently at Bishop Ludden Jr./Sr. High School. Pictured are L-R Audrey Schaefer, Ryan Hayden, Diego Garcia, Anthony Lisi, Razi Marshall, Addison Maliga, David Tyrel, and...
Mar 21, 2018 | Briefs, Local
A few times a year, the student council of Blessed Sacrament School in Syracuse makes gift bags for the Blessed Sacrament food pantry. All people who come in will receive one for their child. Recently the students made 110 bags. They decorate the bags themselves. One...
Mar 21, 2018 | Briefs, Local
Leo Gallagher scored 17 points as the Seton Catholic Central High School basketball team lost to Mekeel Christian Academy 42-37 in the state Class B championship game March 17 at Floyd L. Maines Memorial Arena in Binghamton. Seton, from Section IV, had won its...
Mar 21, 2018 | Briefs, Local
Jamesville-DeWitt defeated Seton Catholic Central High School in a girls Class A state semifinal basketball game March 16 at Hudson Valley Community College. Seton Catholic came out strong in the first quarter and took a 17-9 lead. Hanna Strawn and Reese Vaughan led...
Mar 20, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Nathan Brooks | Seminarian, Diocese of Syracuse BALTIMORE, MD — Seminarian Heath Munger was instituted into the ministry of Lector at St. Mary’s Seminary and University March 17 by Bishop W. Francis Malooly of the diocese of Wilmington, Delaware. This...
Mar 20, 2018 | Briefs, Latest news, Local, US & World
Submitted by Dave Zasada | Trustee, St. Patrick’s Church, Taberg St. Patrick’s Church in Taberg held its annual St. Patrick’s Day Clambake on March 15, 2018. Despite several days of blizzard conditions, the weather cleared just enough that evening so that...
Mar 14, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Patricia Poulin (Sister Miriam Clare), 94, died Saturday, March 10, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 69 years. Sister Patricia was born in Oakland, Maine, and raised in Amsterdam, N.Y.,...
Mar 14, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Agnes Rose Burton, 88, died Monday, March 5, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham, N.Y. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 66 years. Sister Agnes Rose, the former Mary Augusta Burton, was born July 1, 1929, in Schenectady, N.Y.,...
Mar 14, 2018 | Briefs, Local
Father Laurence Kennedy passed away Sunday, March 11, 2018, the Diocese of Syracuse announced. Father Kennedy was 86 years old. He spent more than 60 of those years as a priest of the Diocese of Syracuse. Father Kennedy’s ministry included service at Our Lady of the...
Feb 20, 2018 | Briefs, Local
Fish fry at Divine Mercy Parish, 592 S. Main St., Central Square. Fridays during Lent. 11 a.m to 7 p.m. (except Good Friday 3 p.m. to 7...
Feb 19, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Uncategorized, Uncategorized
By Katherine Long, Editor For more than 50 years, Msgr. J. Robert Yeazel has offered dedicated service to the people of the Diocese of Syracuse. Thanks to an education endowment established in his honor, he’ll continue to serve them for many more years to come. The...
Feb 1, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Margaret Madden, CSJ, (Sister Bridget Agnes), 93, died Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 76 years. Sister Margaret was born in Syracuse on March 22, 1924, daughter of the late...
Feb 1, 2018 | Briefs, Local
UTICA — Bikash Regmi, FNP, has joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Medical Group as a family nurse practitioner at the Barneveld Medical Office and has privileges at Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare. Prior to joining MVHS, Regmi was employed as a registered...
Feb 1, 2018 | Briefs, Local
BINGHAMTON — The Catholic Schools of Broome County, an educational system of four schools in Broome County enrolling nearly 1,000 students, has announced more than $2.4 million received or pledged in support of a $3.2 million capital campaign. The campaign, titled A...
Feb 1, 2018 | Briefs, Local
Tuesday ~ February 13 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Talk, Food, Wine* Free! Our guest speaker is our very own, Rev. Richard Dellos, Pastor of St. Joseph & St. Patrick Church. Theme: The Golden Age of the Catholic Church vs. Mardi Gras! 2nd Tuesday of every month...
Jan 24, 2018 | Briefs, Local
March 9 Living the Final Chapter: A Symposium for Compassionate Care for Persons at the End of Life, sponsored by Francis House, at the Genesee Grande Hotel, 1060 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Keynote speakers: B.J. Miller, MD, Hospice and Palliative Care...
Jan 24, 2018 | Briefs, Local
February 5 8th Annual Interfaith Harmony Assembly, at Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas, 18 Patsy Ln., Jamesville, 6:30 to 8 p.m. A collaboration between InterFaith Works, Women Transcending Boundaries, and local faith communities to help spread a message of...
Jan 24, 2018 | Briefs, Local
February 3 The Good News Center’s 12th Annual “Dance the Night Away,” at Hart’s Hill Inn, 135 Clinton St., Whitesboro, 6:30 to 11 p.m. Features an exciting dance contest with local celebrities, hot dinner buffet, desserts, door prizes, and a fabulous sweetheart...
Jan 24, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister M. Adele slept peacefully into the Lord on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, at the Franciscan Villa in Syracuse. Born in Syracuse, she was the eldest child of the late Col. (U.S. Army, Ret.) Edward John and Mary Adele (Johnson) Bullock. She was 97 years old and had been a...
Jan 24, 2018 | Briefs, Local
Two medical professionals have joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Medical Group. Vishal Vakani, MD, is a hospitalist and a faculty member at the St. Elizabeth Family Medicine Residency Program. He has privileges at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Dr. Vakani...
