Oct 31, 2018 | Briefs, Uncategorized
As he serves the people, Father Bassano also takes note of nature By Tom Maguire | Associate editor Father Michael Bassano, MM, has resumed his missionary work in South Sudan at his usual brisk pace. Father Bassano grew up in Binghamton and was ordained...
Oct 31, 2018 | Latest news, Sun November 1, 2018, Uncategorized
By Tom Maguire | Associate editor Diane Pare discovered the deep potential of a little word: “help.” “I have been involved in various ministries over the past 20 years,” she said, “starting when my pastor, Father Joseph Barker at St. Patrick’s Church in...
Oct 31, 2018 | Sun November 1, 2018, Uncategorized, Year of the Family
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse will once again observe National Vocation Awareness Week November 4-10, 2018. The annual observance is an opportunity for parishes to foster a culture of vocations for the priesthood, diaconate, and religious life. This year’s...
Oct 31, 2018 | Sun November 1, 2018, Uncategorized
By Father Jason C. Hage | Vocation Promotion Team member Editor’s note: Last year, vocation promotion efforts in the diocese expanded to a team approach, with several priests taking on new initiatives in collaboration with the Vocations Office. Father Hage wrote...
Oct 31, 2018 | Sun November 1, 2018, Uncategorized
By Father John Manno | Director, Office of Seminarian Formation Editor’s note: Father John Manno, pastor of Holy Family Church in Syracuse, is the director of the Office of Seminarian Formation. Here, Father Manno offers a look at the process of application and...
Oct 31, 2018 | Sun November 1, 2018, Uncategorized
Editor’s note: The seminarians of the Diocese of Syracuse offered the following fun facts for profiles featured at vocations-syracuse.org. Rev. Mr. Nathan Brooks Will be ordained to the priesthood on June 1, 2019, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,...
Oct 31, 2018 | Sun November 1, 2018
By Katherine Long | Editor More than 800 women gathered for a day of faith and fellowship Oct. 27 as the ninth annual Syracuse Catholic Women’s Conference was held at the Oncenter in Syracuse. The day, themed “Trust in the Truth,” featured three compelling...
Oct 30, 2018 | Latest news
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church and all its members must get better at listening to young people, taking their questions seriously, recognizing them as full members of the church, patiently walking with them and offering...
Oct 28, 2018 | Latest news
Syracuse Bishop Robert J. Cunningham released the following statement Oct. 28, after a gunman killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue the day before. “We join with our Jewish brothers and sisters in praying for those who have lost their lives due to the...
Oct 24, 2018 | Briefs
SYRACUSE — Assumption Catholic Academy’s Class of 1958 celebrated 60 years Oct. 14 with Mass at Assumption and a gathering at Tuscarora Country...
Oct 24, 2018 | Briefs
Submitted by Historic Old St. John’s Church On the occasion of its 200th anniversary, Historic Old St. John’s Church in Utica recently received a Papal Blessing from Pope Francis. The church will culminate its yearlong schedule of bicentennial events...
Oct 24, 2018 | Latest news, Sun October 25, 2018
By Tom Maguire | Associate editor The scene sparks like a fun house for the strong and the zany. The competitors, in their dicey acrobatic endeavors on an obstacle course, navigate the likes of the Rope Jungle, Rolling Pin, Roulette Row, Butterfly Ram, Cannonball...
Oct 23, 2018 | Latest news
By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Adorers of the Blood of Christ have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether their religious freedom rights were violated by the construction and pending use of a natural gas pipeline through its...
Oct 23, 2018 | Latest news
By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service CLEVELAND (CNS) — Franciscan Sister Janice Cebula isn’t one to turn down a chance to learn and be inspired. So when Network, the Catholic social justice lobby, decided to take its Nuns on the Bus campaign on the road...
Oct 22, 2018 | Latest news
By Joanne Fox Catholic News Service CARROLL, Iowa (CNS) — Keynote speakers at annual Rekindle event for teens in the Diocese of Sioux City emphasized God’s love to those in attendance, something that seems to be lost on today’s young people....
Oct 19, 2018 | Latest news
By Mark Pattison | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics are far from the only religion in the public-policy arena. One such Christian counterpart is the National Association of Evangelicals, which has published “For the Health of the Nation: An...
Oct 19, 2018 | Latest news
By Matthew Gambino | Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has received a subpoena as part of a federal grand jury investigating allegations of child sexual abuse and a cover-up of such claims, church officials confirmed Oct. 18....
Oct 18, 2018 | Latest news
By Emily Benson Catholic News Service AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (CNS) — A tragic limousine crash in Schoharie that took the lives of 20 people just the week before has changed “our lives, our community” forever, Peter Rose said in welcoming the congregation at...
Oct 17, 2018 | Sun October 18, 2018
Grace-filled experiences and religious items attract visitors By Tom Maguire | Associate editor At Destiny USA, markings on the floor tell where to stand for a photo of the carousel; where to walk to get a workout. The Franciscans tell where to stop in...
Oct 16, 2018 | Latest news
By Denis Grasska Catholic News Service SAN DIEGO (CNS) — Most people will never know firsthand what it’s like to see their real-life marital struggles played out on the big screen. But Darren and Heather Turner do and, as Darren freely admits, “It is...
