Jan 19, 2022 | Local, Uncategorized
It’s been almost two years since the term ‘covid-19’ entered our vocabulary, our society, and our lifestyles, and nowhere has that been more evident than in the education systems we trust to provide our children with needed skills and support tools....
Jan 12, 2022 | Local, Uncategorized
Dear Diocesan Family, As I continue to traverse across our diocese to its various corners, I am becoming more familiar with the territory and the faith communities that make up the Roman Catholic Church in Central New York. Upon study and discussions both with the...
Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Holy Cross Academy in Oneida celebrated its feast day on Sept. 14, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, with a procession from St. Patrick Church and School to Holy Cross Academy. Father Chris Ballard and Father Nathan Brooks led the procession, and third-...
Aug 18, 2021 | Local, Uncategorized
Bishop Douglas J. Lucia has accepted the recommendation to unify Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Utica, and Our Lady of the Rosary Church, New Hartford, as one parish with a new name: Mary, Mother of Our Savior Parish. Bishop Lucia believes the name is representative of...
May 19, 2021 | Local, Uncategorized
Father John Kurgan will become vicar general of the Diocese of Syracuse July 1, Bishop Douglas J. Lucia announced May 17. Father Kurgan is the pastor of Holy Cross Church in DeWitt, where he has served since 2017; he will continue this ministry in addition to his...
May 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Seven children from the Oneida churches of St. Joseph and St. Patrick received their First Communion May 2 at the 10:45 Mass at St. Patrick’s. They are (L-R front row) Emily Wright, Kendyl Sheedy, and Noah Mariano; (L-R back row) Alexandra Sanderson, Maryrose...
