Oct 13, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun October 13, 2016
Church fills up for ceremony in Central Square By Tracy Kinne | Contributing writer Central Square — Lines of people wrapped around the 7,000-square-foot Divine Mercy Church on the evening of Oct. 5 before a dedication ceremony for the renovated, expanded building....
Oct 12, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Defending religious freedom, fighting indifference to attacks on human dignity and promoting care of creation are obligations that Orthodox and Catholics share and areas where Pope Francis said he and...
Oct 11, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic Charities agencies joined emergency response efforts in coastal communities in four Southeastern states as residents and parish staffers began returning to assess the damage Hurricane Matthew left...
Oct 6, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun October 6, 2016
Speaker shares his insights about life of Mother Teresa By Renée K. Gadoua | Contributing writer When Tom Gallagher reflects on his two visits to Calcutta, India, the center of Mother Teresa’s ministry, he uses a single word: intensity. “There’s an intensity of...
Oct 6, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun October 6, 2016
Catholic Charities USA’s president praises local services By Tom Maguire | Associate editor The six Catholic Charities agencies within the Diocese of Syracuse are doing extraordinary work, the national leader of Catholic Charities said in a visit to Syracuse last...
Oct 6, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun October 6, 2016
Advocacy is one of the priorities of Catholic Charities By Tom Maguire Associate editor Catholic Charities USA’s CEO figures that her agency helps keep people alive, so she fights to prevent the government from killing the funding. That means that Sister Donna...
Oct 6, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun October 6, 2016
By Mary Lou Kilian | Contributing writer Lake Placid — Bishop Terry R. LaValley’s mind was on miracles Sept. 25 as he welcomed nearly 4,000 Catholics to the Diocese of Ogdensburg’s “Inspire: Called to Love” vocation summit at the 1980 Olympic Arena. On the site of the...
Oct 6, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun October 6, 2016
By Ellen Benton | Contributing writer On Sept. 4, 2016, Pope Francis elevated Mother Teresa to sainthood, noting in his homily that she “was a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making herself available for everyone through her welcome and defense of human life,...
Oct 6, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun October 6, 2016
United Tour against abortion draws crowd in Syracuse By Tom Maguire | Associate editor The pro-life message expressed itself in booming voices, soft-spoken entreaties, and whispered recitation of the rosary Sept. 30 in front of Planned Parenthood in Syracuse. More...
Oct 6, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun October 6, 2016
By Tom Maguire | Associate editor The Diocese of Syracuse, the New York State Catholic Conference, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) are encouraging Catholics to vote on Nov. 8. Father Charles S. Vavonese, Director of the Diocesan Public...
Oct 5, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are called to follow the example of St. Therese of Lisieux, who helped draw people to Jesus by way of attraction, not by proselytizing, Pope Francis said. She was a reminder that an...
Oct 3, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM AZERBAIJAN (CNS) — Catholics facing difficult political choices must study the issues, pray about the election and then vote according to their consciences, Pope Francis said. Flying back to Rome from Azerbaijan Oct. 2, the pope was asked...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Briefs
Catholic Charities of Onondaga County will honor Camille Tisdel with the “Mover & Shaker” award Oct. 5 at the 5th Annual Salt City Shaker. The “Mover & Shaker” award is presented to a community leader who lives out Catholic Charities’ mission of promoting...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Briefs
Le Moyne College Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Matt Bassett has accepted an invitation to attend “Sport and Faith at the Service of Humanity,” the first global conference on faith and sport. The conference, Oct. 5-7 at the Vatican, is described as...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Briefs
The Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities will hold a Creation Celebration Sunday, Oct. 2, at the Spirituality and Nature Center at Alverna Heights. Bring a friend or the whole family and celebrate God’s creation. All are welcome at the 1-5 p.m. event at 1...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
The new Leadership team of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities was installed during a Liturgy Sept. 17 at Holy Cross Church in DeWitt. The new Leadership members are Sister Barbara Jean Donovan, General Minister; Sister Louise Alff, Assistant GM;...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 29, 2016
Canon lawyer says people’s conscience under the gun By Tracy Kinne | Contributing writer When Dr. Marie T. Hilliard took the stage Sept. 22 at Le Moyne College, she said some of the audience might have noticed her checking her cell phone a few moments earlier. As...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 29, 2016
By Tom Maguire | Associate editor When he was a high school kid in New Jersey, shy and bullied, Father Michael A. Saporito pretty much shut down and maneuvered merely to survive. But now, as a star speaker in an evangelical program, he has been described as someone...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 29, 2016
Scores of tour buses filled with devotees of Sts. Cosmas and Damian arrived at The Church of St. Anthony and St. Agnes in Utica last weekend for the 104th annual Pilgrimage and Feast of Sts. Cosmas and Damian. The event included Masses, the Blessing of the Sick,...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 29, 2016
By Tom Maguire | Associate editor At Holy Cross School in DeWitt, just about everything is mobile, and technology is accelerating. On Sept. 27, the school rolled out its new Chromebooks and library/media center. “It’s truly 21st century learning,” Principal Martha...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 29, 2016
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Benedictine Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki of St. Vincent’s Archabbey in Latrobe, Pa., was with Arnold Palmer when the golfing great died Sept. 25 in Pittsburgh. It wasn’t the first time Archabbot Nowicki had visited Palmer that day. Palmer, 87, was...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Sun September 29, 2016
Niagara student spends her summer volunteering at school in Haiti By Tom Maguire | Associate editor The poorest of the poor in Haiti have dreams too, and Brianna Smith was there to support them. Smith, 20, a parishioner at St. Joseph’s Church in Camillus and a senior...
Sep 29, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The church is not just for people who are good, who think they’re good or pretend to be good, it is for everyone, especially the bad because the church is mercy, Pope Francis said. No one is excluded...
Sep 28, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
By Jessica Trygstad | Catholic News Service ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — An estimated 12,000 students, teachers and staff of Catholic schools filled a baseball park in downtown St. Paul Sept. 22 for the first all-school Mass of the Holy Spirit in the Archdiocese of St....
Sep 27, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Don’t respond to grief or anguish with pills, alcohol or avoidance, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. Figure out what is going on inside your heart, then turn to God and beg him for help, he said...
Sep 25, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Holy See has adhered to the U.N. Convention Against Corruption, an international treaty focused on preventing, outlawing and prosecuting corruption within nations and internationally. Cardinal Pietro...
Sep 24, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Journalists must not foment fear when covering issues or events such as forced migration due to war or famine, Pope Francis said. While criticism and exposing wrongdoing is “legitimate and, I would add,...
Sep 23, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news, Sun September 22, 2016
With God’s help and support of loved ones, women give birth By Tracy Kinne | Contributing writer Two women, in a swirl of emotions, consider abortion, but ultimately choose life. Curteese, who didn’t want her last name used, was sick during her third pregnancy. She...
Sep 22, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
By Julie Asher | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Eighty-six percent of the world’s refugees are living in developing countries and it is particularly hard for those countries to meet refugees’ needs and provide them an education and a livelihood,...
Sep 21, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news
By Mark Pattison | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new exhibit featuring artifacts revolving around St. Thomas More has opened at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington. Titled “God’s Servant First: The Life and Legacy of Thomas...
