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New & Noteworthy

Friar Peter George Flynn, OFM Conv., ordained to the priesthood

On the morning of Saturday, August 30, 2025, at the Conventual Franciscan parish of Our Lady of the Visitation in Dublin, Ireland, Deacon Peter George Flynn, OFM Conv. was ordained a friar-priest. The ordaining bishop, the Most Rev. Paul Dempsey, auxiliary ...

Friar Gerry Waterman, OFM Conv., walks with college students on their faith journey

Friar Gerry Waterman, OFM Conv., was a guest on "Catholic Conversation," produced by the Diocese of Syracuse, talking about what it means to walk with Syracuse University students in their faith journey, and how the chapel and new Catholic center ...

FrancisCorps Commissions Three

Three young people, Madeline, Amanda, and Karlie were commissioned as the 27th group of FrancisCorps volunteers by Minister Provincial Friar Michael Heine, OFM Conv., at Assumption Catholic Church in Syracuse, N.Y. The mission of FrancisCorps is Gospel Service. As brothers ...

Men’s religious leaders confront change with fraternity and faith

The question was simple and familiar to many in religious life: How does one deal with a curmudgeon – someone who is set in his ways, resistant to change and vocal about it? “I have an idea, but I can’t say ...

St. Stanislaus Basilica in Chicopee, Mass., participated in Steubenville East this past weekend in Springfield, Mass.  Friars John Koziol and Edgar Varela participated together with Sr. Agnesa Neru and Sr. Cordelia, Deacon David Southworth, and parishioner Michael Benoit and his daughter ...