Building hope on a solid foundation

Nov 17, 2021 | Local

HOPE Appeal campaign is primed for a strong finish By Deacon Tom Cuskey | Editor Some of Beth Lynn Hoey’s friends have asked, “What exactly do you do for the Diocese? What is the Foundation?” She answers with a smile and an insight into a...

Looking within: A HOPE Appeal profile

Nov 17, 2021 | Local

Donor pays it forward Gloria Palmiere of St. Matthew’s Church in East Syracuse retired after a 42-year career as a dental hygienist. Little did she know her real work was just beginning. “Father Peter Tassini got me involved in funeral ministry and then...

Synodal Listening Sessions continue in all shapes and sizes

Nov 17, 2021 | Local, Synod

By Deacon Tom Cuskey and Tom Maguire Bishop Douglas J. Lucia continued this past week to move through the calendar of diocesan Listening Sessions in preparation of the Synod of the World’s Bishops in 2023. Notes and records from Listening Sessions held around...

‘Shelly Pennefather Day’ honors hoopster who pivoted to cloister

Nov 17, 2021 | Local

By Tom Loughlin Jr. Notre Dame Jr./Sr. High School’s “Shelly Pennefather Day” honoring the record-setting basketball player who graduated from the Utica school in 1983 marked the beginning of the school’s annual Catholic Vocations Week on Nov....

Church organist Dominic Fiacco earns standing ovations in Utica

Nov 17, 2021 | Local

By Philip Fiacco Dominic Fiacco, a 17-year-old organist from the Village of Poland in Herkimer County, gave a pipe organ recital Nov. 14 at Holy Trinity Church in Utica, as part of the parish’s 125th anniversary celebrations. Dominic is assistant organist at the...