Cathedral to Host Syracuse Brass Ensemble
ABOVE: Brian Dusell, music director of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble presents its Spring Concert at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse on Sunday April 14 at 1 p.m. The Cathedral is located at 259...
The Empty Tomb
Editor’s note: This was Bishop Lucia’s homily for Easter Sunday “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” (Mk 16:3) When I heard this question in the Easter gospel, it translated in my head to: “Who is going to be there for them now?” It is...
Peace advocate to speak at two area churches
By Kathryne Rakowski, contributing writer Internationally known author and peace activist John Dear will be making two stops in the Diocese of Syracuse as part of his 5-month national speaking tour for his new book, The Gospel of Peace, A Commentary on Matthew, Mark...
Walking Together in Ordinary Time
By Lucia A. Silecchia In the candle-lit glory of the Easter Vigil Mass, I watched with joy as new sisters and brothers were welcomed to the Church through the waters of Baptism. There just may have been water of a different kind that welled up in my eyes as I watched...
Obituary: Father Thomas J. McGrath
Father Thomas J. McGrath, priest of the Diocese of Syracuse, passed away peacefully on March 22, 2024 at the age of 90. He was born in Syracuse on August 13, 1933 to Harold and Catherine (Hogan) McGrath. A parishioner of St. Brigid’s in Syracuse’s Tipperary...
Obituary: Father Thomas J. McGrath
Father Thomas J. McGrath, priest of the Diocese of Syracuse, passed away peacefully on March 22, 2024 at the age of 90. He was born in Syracuse on August 13, 1933 to Harold and Catherine (Hogan) McGrath. A parishioner of St. Brigid’s in Syracuse’s Tipperary...
Pope asks nations to repeal laws discriminating against women
By Carol Glatz , Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Governments must eliminate laws discriminating against women and help guarantee women’s human rights, Pope Francis said. “Let us respect women. Let us respect their dignity, their basic...
Let ‘tears of repentance’ flow, pope tells priests at chrism Mass
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Just before some 1,500 priests, bishops and cardinals renewed their priestly promises, Pope Francis asked them to embrace “compunction,” which he said was “an aspect of the spiritual...
St. Joseph’s Table returns
St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Blessed Sacrament Parish in Utica held their first St. Joseph’s Table after many years on March 17th following Mass. The tradition traces its origins to Sicily where a celebration of gratitude was offered to St. Joseph following a prolonged...
