Apr 24, 2023 | Brief - photos
Liturgical dancer Addison Sullivan gave a spectacular performance that everyone enjoyed at the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Mary Mount Carmel – Blessed Sacrament Parish in Utica, says parishioner Connie Watkins. Addison is also an altar server. (Photo courtesy...
Apr 24, 2023 | Brief - photos
Spring Confirmation season in the Diocese of Syracuse is in full swing Bishop Emeritus Robert J. Cunningham bestowed the Sacrament of Confirmation on young members of St Mary of the Lake parish in Skaneateles. Father Richard B. Dunn, pastor, is at...
Mar 21, 2023 | Brief - photos
The children in the Religious Education program at Immaculate Conception Church of Greene, Chenango County, created their own Stations of the Cross folder to take home and enjoy with their family. They first walked and prayed at the stations in the church as a group,...
Mar 21, 2023 | Brief - photos
The Diocese of Syracuse will celebrate a Palm Sunday Vigil Mass for the deaf community with Bishop Douglas J. Lucia at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at Christ the King Retreat House. Dinner will be served after Mass; dinner is free but donations are accepted....
Feb 28, 2023 | Brief - photos
Many thanks to all our readers who followed along The Catholic Sun wedding series journey of John and Gabby Gleason Pattwell. The beautiful couple were married on Jan. 28 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Vestal. We wish them blessings and many years of...
Feb 28, 2023 | Brief - photos
Students from Blessed Sacrament Parish in Syracuse Faith Formation, First Penance, and Confirmation programs recently got together to celebrate the best of February: Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day and, most importantly, Random Acts of Kindness Day. The students...
Feb 28, 2023 | Brief - photos
Youth groups from the Spirit of Hope Catholic Community and Route 20 Catholic in Madison County celebrated President’s Day (and a day off from school) with a trip to Dave & Buster’s at Destiny USA in Syracuse. The young people, Fathers Jason Hage and Christopher...
Nov 22, 2022 | Brief - photos
St. Francis of Assisi in Binghamton’s Creation Care Team, confirmation candidates and other members of the parish community recently participated in the annual Broome County Riverbank Cleanup organized by the Broome County Environmental Management Council. They...
Oct 26, 2022 | Brief - photos
Archbishop Charles Brown, Papal Nuncio to the Philippines, visited Binghamton and celebrated the weekend liturgies of Oct. 15 and 16 at St. Francis of Assisi Church. It was not an “official” visit, per se, but a family matter. Archbishop Brown’s brother, Peter, is...
Oct 26, 2022 | Brief - photos
Youth ministry members of St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus Church in New Berlin made an important delivery on Oct. 16. They celebrated the Crop Walk to recognize world hunger by walking from faith-formation class at the church to the local food pantry with a wagonful...
Oct 26, 2022 | Brief - photos
Most Holy Rosary School in Syracuse is hosting its annual fundraiser, “Taste of Strathmore,“ from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the MHR Parish Center. As always, the event will feature delicious dishes prepared by MHR supporters and restaurants, an...
Oct 26, 2022 | Brief - photos
Fayetteville — Immaculate Conception School Interim Principal David Wheeler visited the kindergarten class of Maureen Pierrett and read the book “Big Pumpkin” which teaches a lesson about friendship and cooperation. They had fun listening to the story and they were...
Oct 26, 2022 | Brief - photos
More than 125 people turned out for the Fall Family Fun Day sponsored by the diocesan Family/Respect Life Office, in collaboration with Our Lady of Sorrows parish Oct. 15 in Vestal. Families enjoyed painting pumpkins; assembling fall crafts; music, cider and...
Sep 14, 2022 | Brief - photos, Local
Fayetteville — Immaculate Conception School Principal Stu Amell welcomed all returning students and new families Sept. 6 on the first day of school. Along with the principal, IC Church Pastor Father Thomas Ryan also welcomed everyone and visited the classrooms....
Sep 14, 2022 | Brief - photos, Local
By Eileen M. Clinton | Contributing writer They rode and rode and rode. The Bike for Brady fundraiser was held Sept. 10 in Syracuse. The idea was to get out and move while supporting and celebrating the mission of Brady Faith Center (BFC), which strives to serve as...
Sep 14, 2022 | Brief - photos, Local
After a coronavirus-caused absence the past couple of years, the celebration of Mass at the NYS Fair returned this year. A popular Sunday morning Chevy Court tradition among Fair attendees and workers, the Mass moved indoors this year at the Art & Home Center....
Sep 14, 2022 | Brief - photos, Local
By Dc. Gary DiLallo Contributing writer After several months of Most Holy Rosary parish committee planning and coordinating, the 2022 Oktoberfest celebration has begun to take shape. This year’s event is scheduled for 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Most Holy...
Sep 2, 2022 | Brief - photos, Local
DeWitt — Christian Brothers Academy welcomes two new faculty members and three new staff members for the 2022-23 school year. Joining the faculty are Roberto Perez (Spanish) and Chiara Corey ’17 (chemistry). New staffers are Nicole Praetorius, academic intervention...
Sep 2, 2022 | Brief - photos, Local
To say Father Zachary Miller has made a big splash at his Liverpool parishes would be an understatement. At the Pope John XXIII-Christ the King Linked Communities summer picnic, Father volunteered to go in the dunk tank with proceeds from donations going to the...
Sep 2, 2022 | Brief - photos, Local
A festival choir of singers from around the diocese will reconvene for the first time since 2019 to perform Charles Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass as a concert with orchestra under the direction of Peter Ciarelli at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Cathedral of the...
Sep 2, 2022 | Brief - photos, Local
The 40th Family Rosary Crusade is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at St. Mary’s/Sacred Heart Church, 201 Main St., New York Mills. The event, which is in thanksgiving to Anna Marie Piacentino, will offer the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 2:45 p.m., consecration to Jesus...
Jun 15, 2022 | Brief - photos
By Fran Perritano | Contributing Writer The Rev. Thomas R. Servatius, pastor of Historic Old St. John’s Church in Utica, said if there is one thing for the young adults who were confirmed recently in his church to remember it is “that God is nuts about them.” “God...
Jun 8, 2022 | Brief - photos
Most Holy Rosary Church in Maine, Broome County, recently celebrated the reception of First Communion for three young parishioners. The First Communion candidates, under the direction of their teacher Nichole Langton, participated fully in the Eucharistic...
Jun 8, 2022 | Brief - photos
Can you find the Monsignor in the pipe band? He is front and center, Msgr. Timothy Elmer, marching on Memorial Day with the Syracuse Scottish Pipe Band....
Jun 8, 2022 | Brief - photos
St. John the Evangelist celebrated both Confirmation and First Eucharist during May. Bishop-emeritus Robert J. Cunningham is pictured with the parish’s Confirmation recipients who joined with the students at St. Paul’s in Rome for their liturgy. Father John F. Hogan,...
Jun 4, 2022 | Brief - photos, Featured, Local, Statements
June 4, 2022 Vigil of Pentecost Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Risen Lord, Pentecost is all about stepping out and putting into practice the words of the Risen Jesus found in Acts 1:8 before his ascension into heaven: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit...
Jun 2, 2022 | Brief - photos
Thirty Communicants received the Eucharist for the first time on May 7 with Father John Canorro officiating at Christ the Good Shepherd Parish int Oswego. It was the parish’s first full Communion rite since the COVID-19 pandemic...
Jun 2, 2022 | Brief - photos
Christ the Good Shepherd Catholic Community in Oswego had 29 students receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on May 17 with Bishop Robert Cunningham...
Jun 1, 2022 | Brief - photos
Father Joseph O’Connor brings his homily to the people, literally. Seated front and center at the altar, the pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Baldwinsville is pictured with some of the young Catholics who recently received their First...
Jun 1, 2022 | Brief - photos
Parishioners and staff at St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Binghamton recently celebrated their pastor’s 40 years of priesthood in the diocese. Father Jon Werner is pictured celebrating Mass and greeting well-wishers at a reception that followed. Congratulations —...
