Aug 5, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun April 23, 2015
Where is the best place to pray — a church, the beach, at home or even a noisy sports arena? Favorite places to pray and prayer traditions vary as widely as the people who live in the diocese. This summer, the Catholic Sun and the Diocese of Syracuse are highlighting...
Apr 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, 2015 News, Sun April 23, 2015
Bishop Robert J. Cunningham announced the following personnel assignments April 14: RETIREMENTS • Father James E. Gehl, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Cicero, will retire on June 30, 2015. • Father Edward J. Zandy, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Blessed...
Apr 22, 2015 | Sun April 23, 2015
Do you know someone who has been sexually abused? Most people will say no, says Christine Larkin, child fatality review team coordinator at McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center in Syracuse. “But if you’re in a room of 11 people at any given time, chances are you know...
Apr 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, 2015 News, Sun April 23, 2015
Some 100 Le Moyne College students, alumni, faculty and staff, along with members of the Bishop Grimes Jr./Sr. High School community, participated in the college’s annual day of service April 18. Volunteers fanned out across Syracuse to assist at local organizations,...
Apr 21, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun April 23, 2015
By Katherine Long, Editor Beneath a soaring, vaulted ceiling and the eyes of saints in glowing stained glass, volunteers and staff of Syracuse’s Samaritan Center chopped carrots and hulled strawberries in their new home April 20. Later that afternoon, guests would...
Apr 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, 2015 News, Sun April 23, 2015
Barbara Holzhauer is first diocesan music teacher to manage Onondaga County All-County Music Festival It was a festival to remember. The Elementary All-County Music Festival for Onondaga County was held April 18 at Nottingham High School in Syracuse. The annual event...
Apr 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, 2015 News, Sun April 23, 2015
The parishioners of St. Joseph’s Church in Oswego will begin celebrating the parish’s centennial year with a special Mass on April 26 at 11 a.m. Many of the parishioners are direct descendants of the church’s founders. “Being a parish that is rooted in history, we...
Apr 21, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun April 23, 2015
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican approved new statutes and bylaws for the U.S. Leadership Conference of Women Religious [LCWR], ending a seven-year process of investigating the group and engaging in dialogue with its officers to ensure greater harmony with church...
Apr 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun April 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The questions raised by Supreme Court justices as they considered April 28 whether they should rule that same-sex marriage should be made legal nationwide covered a gamut of rights concerns — religious, equal protection, state’s...
Apr 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun April 23, 2015
BALTIMORE (CNS) — As the city cleaned up after a night of riots, looting and fires following the funeral of Freddie Gray, Archbishop William E. Lori said the church’s place is to pray, be a voice for peace, and participate in a wider community dialogue to...
Apr 29, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Sun April 23, 2015
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Two millennia after the “Gospel of the family” defeated an abusive social practice that humiliated women, the “radical equality” of spouses in Christian marriage must now bear “new fruit” in society,...
