Sep 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Out & About
Sept. 12 • Fall Festival at St. James Church, 4845 S. Salina St., Syracuse, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event will feature continuous live music, great food, games, a silent auction and a bake sale. Parking and admission are free. All are...
Sep 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Briefs
BINGHAMTON — Samuel Breese, 18, valedictorian of Seton Catholic Central High School’s 2015 graduating class, received a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship, an honor that goes to less than one percent of high school students. The application process for the scholarship...
Sep 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Briefs
MAINE — Most Holy Rosary Church, Maine Federated Church and Union Center Christian Church, all in Maine, N.Y., combined efforts to create “Camp Edge” vacation bible school this summer. Jim Tokos, town supervisor for Maine, a member of Most Holy Rosary Parish and...
Sep 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun September 10, 2015
The 2015-2016 school year marks a significant change in direction for the four junior/senior high schools in the Syracuse Roman Catholic Diocese. As of July 1, 2015, Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School, Syracuse; Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School, East...
Sep 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun September 10, 2015
By Pat Shea Four new principals will begin the new academic year at elementary schools in the diocese of Syracuse. Kristin Healt Principal at St. Patrick’s School, Oneida Kristin Healt began working with St. Patrick’s staff in June, transitioning to her present role...
Sep 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun September 10, 2015
By Katherine Long MATTYDALE — Young scientists at St. Margaret’s School in Mattydale will have a new space in which to experiment and learn this year with the completion of a hands-on laboratory, part of the school’s new science program. St. Margaret’s is introducing...
Sep 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun September 10, 2015
A s students, faculty and staff head back to the classroom, many people throughout the diocese have sent prayers and best wishes for a faith-filled and fun school year. Here are just a few. From Bishop Robert J. Cunningham: Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of our...
Sep 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun September 10, 2015
There is a popular tool used today for education and communication. It transmits vital information about school events, curriculum, home studies and even the occasional, but often dreaded, personal note. This handy, low-tech resource is in need of prayers. St....
Sep 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun September 10, 2015
For two decades the summer youth program at Our Lady of the Rosary Church ministered to teens in the New Hartford parish. This year, OLR and the parishes in its pastoral care area came together to offer a collaborative summer program for teens throughout the PCA. The...
Sep 10, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Papal visit, Sun September 10, 2015
The Diocese of Syracuse is giving subscribers of the Catholic Sun an exclusive opportunity to win tickets to the papal Mass to be celebrated by Pope Francis at Madison Square Garden in New York City Sept. 25. The Archdiocese of New York released a limited number of...
Sep 4, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun September 3, 2015
Family, friends, clergy and religious gathered at All Saints Church in Syracuse Aug. 27 for the funeral Mass of Father Wilfred Evans, 79, who passed away on Aug. 23 after a long battle with Parkinson’s. Msgr. Timothy S. Elmer, vicar general of the Diocese of Syracuse,...
Sep 4, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Out & About
Sept. 12 • A Call to Grandparents and “Grandparents at Heart” Talk at St. Cecilia Church’s Denti Hall, 1001 Woods Rd., Solvay 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Presenters will address the three-fold mission of Passing on the Faith, Keeping Prayer in...
Sep 4, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Out & About
Sept. 12 • Fall Festival at St. James Church, 4845 S. Salina St., Syracuse, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event will feature continuous live music, great food, games, raffles, a silent auction and a bake sale. Parking and admission are free. All are...
Sep 4, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Out & About
Sept. 11 • “The Broadway Songbook” Concert at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 801 Main St., Vestal, 7:30 p.m. A dessert reception will follow. Proceeds will go to the Seton Catholic Central girls’ soccer team. Cost is $10 per person and $7 for senior...
Sep 4, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Out & About
Sept. 12 • A Call to Grandparents and “Grandparents at Heart” Talk at St. Cecilia Church’s Denti Hall, 1001 Woods Rd., Solvay 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Presenters will address the three-fold mission of Passing on the Faith, Keeping Prayer in...
Sep 4, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Out & About
Sept. 9 • Silver Tea at Pine Ridge Farm (home of Mr. and Mrs. Tucker Lounsbury), 3639 Cobb Hill Rd., Cazenovia, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Donations will be graciously accepted and will benefit Francis House. For more information, call Kristin Mancuso at (315) 446-0289 or Patte...
Sep 4, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Briefs
NEW YORK MILLS — Sacred Heart-St. Mary, Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church, in New York Mills, N.Y., held its annual Polish-American Parish festival Aug 7-8. More than 2,000 people attended the two-day event, including visitors from Poland. The festival offered...
Sep 4, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun September 3, 2015
Submitted by Le Moyne College Officials from Le Moyne College and the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University have entered into an agreement that reaffirms and expands the academic collaboration that has existed between the schools since 2011. The plans...
Sep 4, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun September 3, 2015
By Pat Shea Associate editor College students need a wide variety of supplies when heading off to campus to start a new school year, especially if it’s freshman year. Along with notebooks, backpacks, pillows, comforters, pictures of the family, (and, of course, food),...
Aug 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
By Michelle Martin, Catholic News Service CHICAGO (CNS) — When Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago received the pallium on his shoulders Aug. 23, he did so in a demonstration of unity that he said extended from the people in the pews to the bishops who joined...
