Jul 7, 2016 | Sun July 7, 2016
By Tom Maguire Associate editor If one pair of socks from one donor is a Christmas bounty for a person who is homeless, imagine the holiday windfall that a big group of walkers and runners could rustle up. St. James Emmaus Ministry hopes for a turnout of at least...
Jul 7, 2016 | Local, Sun July 7, 2016
By Tom Maguire | Associate editor Father Michael D. Calabria, OFM, Ph.D., understands Islam as a scholar, admires it as a Franciscan, and empathizes with it as a traveler who has seen the plight of refugees. Father Calabria, the director of the Center for Arab &...
Jul 7, 2016 | Sun July 7, 2016
By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The theme for the 2016 Fortnight for Freedom, “Witnesses to Freedom,” unfolded as 1,500 people spent part of their July 4 holiday in Washington attending the observance’s closing Mass and venerating the...
Jul 5, 2016 | Latest news, Sun July 7, 2016
By Tom Maguire, Associate editor Father Michael D. Calabria, OFM, Ph.D., understands Islam as a scholar, admires it as a Franciscan, and empathizes with it as a traveler who has seen the plight of refugees. Father Calabria, the director of the Center for Arab &...
Jul 5, 2016 | Latest news, Sun July 7, 2016
By Tom Maguire, Associate editor Islamic Society of Central New York member Maheer Azad, 20, was driving by a Syracuse church June 21 when he saw something on church property that made him turn around. A sign planted in the ground said this: “To Our Muslim Neighbors:...
Jul 1, 2016 | Latest news, Sun July 7, 2016
By Katherine Long, Editor The weather was cold but the atmosphere was warm as seven Syracuse-area parishes came together to host a special summer picnic at Woods Road Park in Solvay June 12. The hosts of “West-End Catholics, Hearts and Hands United” — Our Lady of...
