Syracuse Catholic Women's Commission

10/12/2025

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Diocese of Syracuse - Commission on Women in the Church and in Society.

03/24/2025

The Women's Commission is pleased to announce the theme of our Fall Conference. "Mother of Divine Hope" for this Jubilee Year of Hope. Save the Date! October 25th, 2025 at the Oncenter.

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03/21/2025

The Women's Commission hopes and prays that everyone who attended one of our 3 Lenten Retreats was inspired to embrace their calling to forgive more fully. Our world needs so much forgiveness!

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03/10/2025

Registration for the Syracuse Lenten retreat is closed. They are at capacity

Binghamton is still taking registrations all week! Plan to join us!

03/06/2025

Registration is still open for the Syracuse and Binghamton retreats on the 15th. Mail in your registrations today! Syracuse has to place their catering order on Monday. Binghamton has more flexibility for late registrations, but we don't recommend waiting, there is limited seating!

for more information, check out our website at www.syracusecatholicwomen.org

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02/28/2025

Last Call to register for the Utica Retreat! They are due tomorrow! We will be opening mail on Monday for the final count to give to our caterer!

Registration for Syracuse and Binghamton is in the home stretch, get your registration in to assure your seat!

We are looking forward to hosting you! For more information, check out our website

Diocese of Syracuse - Commission on Women in the Church and in Society.

02/21/2025

Just a friendly reminder that the deadline for registration for the Women's Commission Lenten Retreats are looming! The deadline to register for the March 8th retreat in Utica is March 1st. That is next Saturday!!!!

Deadline for Syracuse is the following Saturday, March 8th, register before you forget! Binghamton will take walk ins if space is available, but we recommend you register now to guarantee your spot

Register today for a spirit filled morning to launch this year's Lenten Journey. $25 gets you a morning with breakfast, mass, fellowship, prayer, confession, and more. We hope that the time spent with us is priceless for your spiritual growth this Lent.

Check our website www.syracusecatholicwomen.org for registration forms and schedule/speaker details.

Diocese of Syracuse - Commission on Women in the Church and in Society.

02/15/2025

Here are the details of the third Lenten Retreat that the Women's Commission will be hosting! We are so pleased to be holding the Binghamton area retreat at St. Vincent's/Blessed Sacrament church in Vestal on March 15th. Mass and reflection will be offered by Padre Amedeo Guida!

Father Amedeo Guida, affectionately known as "Padre" was ordained on June 8. 1985 for the Diocese of Syracuse, NY. In the last 30 years as a priest he has held various appointments and been involved in various ministries in the Diocese. He was the first Director of the Spanish Apostolate for the Eastern Region from 1989 to 1995. He has served both as a prison and hospital chaplain. Since 2004 Padre has been serving as the bishop's liaison for the Charismatic Renewal Movement for the Diocese. Fr. Amedeo served as an Administrator - Pastor of numerous parishes in the diocese before taking a mini sabbatical to complete a two year program in healing and deliverance from The Pope Leo XIII Institute.

He is currently ministering at St. Joseph-St. Patrick of Utica, NY. He celebrates a monthly Mass of the Holy Spirit with a Healing Service as well as a Charismatic Mass with Healing Service for the Diocese. He also enjoys offering days of recollection and retreats , as well as being a speaker at conferences.

The cost for the retreat is $25, which includes program and breakfast. There is no catering deadline for this retreat, but walkins will be seated only if there is seating capacity available. We recommend that you preregister. For more information on schedules and to download the registration form, visit our website at www.syracusecatholicwomen.org. or send us a message here. Questions can be sent to [email protected]

02/13/2025

The Women's Commission is also hosting two more Lenten Retreats on Saturday March 15th, one in Binghamton and one in Syracuse Here are the details for the retreat in Syracuse!

The Syracuse area retreat will be held at Holy Cross Church, 4112 E. Genesee St. in Dewitt, featuring reflection speaker Anne Costa!

Anne Costa is a wife, mother and proud gramma, Catholic author, speaker and spiritual Hope coach. She is the founder of Revive Hope and Healing Ministries Inc. a family of ministries dedicated to helping Catholics live fully and free. She is passionate about sharing the hope of Christ with others, especially those who struggle with issues of mental and spiritual health.

Cost is $25, mail in registration only, deadline to reserve your spot is March 8th. More information on the schedule and registration forms are available at our website, www.syracusecatholicwomen.org or send us a message here. Questions? email [email protected]

02/11/2025

The Women's Commission is excited to host a Lenten Retreat at Mary, Mother of Our Savior Parish, 2222 Genessee Street, Utica 13502 on March 8th, with spiritual reflections given by two of our newly ordained priests! Fr Ben Schranz and Fr. Pawel Zmija

Rev. Ben Schrantz is Parochial Vicar at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Augustine, and St. Mary of the Assumption in Baldwinsville. Father Ben was a parishioner of St. Paul’s Church in Whitesboro. He attended Westmoreland Road and St. Peter’s elementary schools, Notre Dame JuniorSenior High School, and Mohawk Valley Community College before transferring to SUNY Fredonia.
At Fredonia, he majored in History and minored in Political Science and Museum Studies. Following his undergraduate work and after deciding to pursue the priesthood, he attended Theological College at The National Seminary of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Though he didn’t fully realize his calling until his college years, Father Ben deeply believes God and the Holy Spirit are guiding him. “I think God calls each of us to do something,” he said. “I think of St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians (12: 1-31). In that quiet place in our hearts, that is where God speaks to us. It is in our gifts and our talents, what makes us happy — really happy, a joyful happiness — that God calls us to grow. I do not know what kind of priest I will be, but I believe God called me down this path. And if I believe that, then I have to believe God will supply me with the tools to do the tasks at hand.”
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Father Pawel Zmija is a native of Katowice, Poland. He studied at the University of Silesia in Katowice and at the Theological Institute of Missionaries in Krakow. In 2020, he moved to the United States and continued his formation at SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan. He finished his English courses at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. In 2021, he was accepted to the Diocese of Syracuse by bishop Douglas J. Lucia and sent to St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore. Fr. Pawel graduated from the seminary in 2024 and received his Master's Degree but is still working on his STL (Licentiate of Sacred Theology) degree. Fr. Pawel was ordained to the priesthood in 2024. His interests include systematic theology, the history of the church, the history of the Middle Ages and Scriptures. His leadership in many conferences and retreats in Poland and the United States has inspired many

For more information on location and schedule, check our website athttps://www.syracusecatholicwomen.org/_files/ugd/585b05_726b9438dc944dcaa9747fbd17109841.pdf

Registration is by mail only, deadline to reserve is March 1st. Reserve your spot today!