May 31, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun June 1, 2017
By Dyann Nashton | Contributing writer UTICA — Plastic rosary beads were clutched in little hands as nearly 60 children from Notre Dame Elementary made their way to five different statues of the Blessed Mother on the grounds of their school and neighboring Our Lady of...
May 31, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun June 1, 2017
Submitted by Notre Dame Schools UTICA — Notre Dame Schools is pleased to announce the appointment of Ronald R. Spadafora, Jr., to the position of executive principal, effective July 1, 2017. Spadafora succeeds Sister Anna Mae Collins, CSJ, who retires in June after...
May 30, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun June 1, 2017
He had thought of teaching; now he’s preaching By Tom Maguire | Associate editor In his sophomore year at The Catholic University of America, Nader Nabil Ata found himself constantly returning to the friars’ website as if it were a favorite movie with a...
May 30, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun June 1, 2017
Talented baker recalls his days at Assumption By Tom Maguire | Associate editor Not all cakes are layered with love. Father Nicholas Carmelo Spano, OFM Conv., once thought of being a chef, but he sensed a certain flatness on the campus of a culinary institute...
May 30, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Sun June 1, 2017
Bishop ordains Father Nader and Father Nick By Tom Maguire | Associate editor At the church’s entrance, a young Franciscan swung a censer, and the smoke flowed toward the nave — toward the Spirit — where hundreds had gathered and a two-hour ritual was...
