From pysanky to the Passion

From pysanky to the Passion

Ukrainian Catholics celebrate sorrow and joy of Easter season By Connie Berry SUN editor Imagine not being able to celebrate Holy Week. Deacon Bohdan Hedz at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Church in Syracuse grew up in Western Ukraine. He was born there in 1981 and...
DPC members share means of evangelization

DPC members share means of evangelization

DPC discusses evangelization process at recent meeting By Claudia Mathis SUN staff writer At a gathering of the Diocesan Pastoral Council (DPC) on March 20 at Bishop Grimes Jr./Sr. High School, representatives from several parishes offered various ways in which they...
A sugar habit

A sugar habit

NunBetter candy store bustles before Easter By Jennika Baines SUN Assoc. Editor Imagine a room filled with crisp, sugary malted balls, mounds of bright jelly beans, chocolate cups bulging with smooth peanut butter and thick shards of dark chocolate scattered with...
Holy Week traditions

Holy Week traditions

Parishes celebrate old traditions, create new ones By Jennika Baines SUN Assoc. Editor Holy Week traditions are often as much about the shared experience of faith as they are the history and community of a parish. There is comfort to be found in the repetition of old...

Healing words

Healing Masses at Holy Family offer hope for the sickBy Jennika BainesSUN Assoc. Editor FAIRMOUNT — The evening Mass at Holy Family Church in Syracuse on March 4 seemed like any other Mass. Father Richard Prior, pastor, spoke during his homily about the fear the...

Consolata’s miracle Easter moments

By Father Michael Bassano, MMSUN contributing writer Greetings from Tanzania. Each of our own personal journeys is unique yet there is a common thread that unites us as sisters and brothers in this world. Life is a gift from God and we are called to uplift and enhance...

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