‘Forward!’ Part 2
Bishop Lucia is looking ahead as he celebrates his 3rd Anniversary In our August 4 edition, we celebrated Bishop Douglas J. Lucia’s third anniversary (the official anniversary date is August 8th) as the Shepherd of the Diocese of Syracuse. This is Part 2 of the...
When CBA’s Cariseo coaches, ‘they know where they stand’
New girls varsity hoops coach has loved the game going all the way back to his St. Daniel’s days By Tom Maguire | Associate editor The prelude to sports night was pointed — aimed at No. 7. Mike Cariseo, then probably 11 years old, invited his friends, all Yankees...
Mike and Lisa Melara to be honored at Le Moyne’s 2022 Founders’ Day
Michael F. Melara ’81 and Lisa Mannella Melara ’85 have been selected as the honorees for the 2022 Founders’ Day Gala at Le Moyne College. At the event, which will be held on campus on Friday, Oct. 21, the Melaras will be presented with the Simon Le Moyne Award, the...
Gabby & John are getting married: Meet the groom!
By Dc Tom Cuskey | Editor Tick-tock, tick-tock. The time is winding down to January 2023 and the wedding of Gabrielle “Gabby” Gleason and John Pattwell, the Broome County couple we have been following this year as they prepare for their nuptials. The couple are...
‘Here I am; send me’
Two seminarians receive the Rite of Candidacy It was very fitting that on August 4, the feast day of St. John Vianney, two seminarians of the Diocese of Syracuse would receive the Rite of Candidacy on their journey to the priesthood. Benjamin Schrantz and Pawel Zmija...
CARING FOR GOD’S CREATION: Helping to bring Pope Francis’s encyclical to life in our community
From the Diocese of Syracuse “Care for Our Common Home” Task Force By MaryAnne Barrington | Contributing writer “Each community can take from the bounty of the earth whatever it needs for subsistence, but it also has the duty to protect the earth and to ensure its...
Historic Old St. John’s Church hosts free concert series
Historic Old St. John’s Church in downtown Utica will offer two free concerts to the public on two Sunday afternoons in August and September. Each concert will be around one hour long. The first will take place on Aug. 21 at 3 p.m., featuring the Ida Tili-Trebicka...
Meet our new principals
Diocesan schools welcome new leaders; still vacancies to fill By Eileen Jevis | Staff Writer The nationwide teacher shortage has been in the headlines for months. In the Syracuse City School District, there are 300 open teaching positions, far more than any other...
Meet the ‘Voice of the Chancery’
Christine Werbeck assumes a new role in the diocesan office campus. She has a smiling face and, perhaps more importantly, a smiling voice. She is typically the first person people come in contact with when they call or visit the Chancery offices of the Diocese of...
Ladies of Faith at Cicero parish make pilgrimage to 2 shrines
The Ladies of Faith at Sacred Heart Parish in Cicero invited people on a July 16 pilgrimage to the Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, N.Y., and the Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site in Fonda, N.Y. Led by Terry and Deacon Ken Money, a...
30 years of teaching peace at OLS in Vestal
Over twenty years ago, Colman McCarthy, a former Washington Post columnist and director of the Center for Teaching Peace, visited Binghamton and gave an inspiring presentation on teaching peace to the next generation and in the audience were Dr. Jody and Mrs. Terry...
By Faith
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Bishop Douglas J. Lucia’s homily from Sunday, August 7; Bishop has received requests to print this as part of his anniversary observance. “The night of the Passover was known beforehand to our fathers, that … they might have courage.” (Wisdom...
“Forward!”
Bishop Lucia is looking ahead as he celebrates his 3rd Anniversary “In the Name of Jesus” is the guiding motto that Bishop Douglas J. Lucia adopted when he was ordained and installed as the 11th bishop of the Diocese of Syracuse on August 8th, 2019. Bishop Lucia met...
Pope brings apology to Arctic Indigenous communities
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service IQALUIT, Nunavut (CNS) — On a stage designed to evoke a qammaq — a traditional Inuit summer home built of whale ribs, sod and stone — Pope Francis again apologized to the Indigenous communities of Canada for...
Collection Helps Aging Sisters, Brothers, Priests in Religious Orders
The Diocese of Syracuse will hold the Retirement Fund for Religious collection Aug. 13-14. The parish-based appeal is coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) in Washington, D.C. Proceeds help religious communities across the country to care for...
“To act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with your God”
It was on July 31, 2019 that I formally left the Diocese of Ogdensburg to take up residence in my new home of the Diocese of Syracuse. It happened also to be the memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola whose prayer known as the “Suscipe” is one of my favorites. For those...
The “Men in Black” knock it out of the park for vocations
It was a warm, humid Sunday evening at Skyway Park in North Syracuse, and the rain fell on and off. It did nothing, though, to dampen the enthusiasm of the Men in Black diocesan softball team’s effort to promote diocesan vocations and have a lot of fun in the...
St. Anne’s Triduum has deep roots in Syracuse, Binghamton
By Dc. Tom Picciano, contributing writer, and Dc. Tom Cuskey, editor Svhe is the grandmother of Jesus, on Mary’s side of the Holy Family, and her feast day is July 26. She is St. Anne, and two parishes in our diocese celebrate her life and seek her intercession with...
