Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Recently, I read a new work of Bishop Erik Varden, a Trappist monk and Bishop-Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Trondheim, Norway, entitled, Towards Dawn: ...

Graduation date: Saturday, June 27 Location: Bishop Ludden Jr./Sr. High School 815 Fay Rd., Syracuse Valedictorian: Emily Bouchard Salutatorian: Katelyn Oswalt The graduates are as follows: Emily ...

As the new school year begins, five Catholic schools in the Diocese of Syracuse are welcoming new leadership. They each bring with them a diverse depth of experience in education and administration, ...

Praying the Way of the Cross is a familiar Lenten practice for many Catholics. It’s a time when we meditate upon 14 scenes in Jesus’ route to Calvary. Long ago, in the early centuries of Christianity, ...

Ordination is the sacramental ceremony in which a man becomes a deacon, priest, or bishop and is enabled to minister in Christ’s name and that of the Church (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops). The ...

On Sept. 8, 1926, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the cornerstone was laid for Loretto Rest, the first diocesan home for the aging in North America. The vision to build a home ...

About 10 years ago, Dc. Ron had the feeling that something was missing from his life. He was considering going back to school when a “wonderful lady from church” asked him if he had ever thought about ...

“Good things come to those who wait,” the saying goes. Father Jason Hage would agree! The pastoral announcement that Father Hage was leaving Route 20 Catholic and heading to Mary Mother of our Savior ...

Many Catholic school administrators and teachers from throughout the Diocese of Syracuse filled the pews at Holy Cross Church in DeWitt for the annual school year opening day Mass on the morning of ...

During May, the month of Our Lady, the Syracuse Diocese will experience an extraordinary event — the visit of the relics of St. Bernadette of Lourdes. This visit will occur on Memorial Day weekend at ...

I know at the end of my last column, I stated that my next writing would focus on the symbols and rituals of the Mass of the Roman Rite. However, I have decided to delay that column to address what I ...

Sister Jean has been a Sister of St. Francis for 70 years. For many years, she served as a teacher at St. Rose of Lima, North Syracuse; St. Joseph’s in Utica; Holy Family in Fairmount; St. Margaret’s ...