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🍂🐄 A glorious fall day on the farm! 🌽

Students in all grades at Holy Family School in Norwich enjoyed a wonderful autumn visit to Peila View Farms in Oxford! From navigating the corn maze and riding the cow train to bouncing on the jump pillows and meeting the animals, there was plenty of fall fun for everyone.

What a fun-filled day making memories on the farm! 🍁

📸 Photos by Samantha Browne by @syrcatholicsun

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Chicago students send Pope Leo a White Sox care package after cancer surgery

By OSV News

CHICAGO (Vatican News) -- As Pope Leo XIV continues recovering from lung cancer surgery, students from his hometown of Chicago are sending a heartfelt care package to the pope, including get-well cards and a Chicago White Sox blanket.

The effort is being led by Team 14, a student group at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy named in honor of the pope. The group gained attention last year after a mock conclave went viral on social media, and several students later traveled to Rome to meet Pope Leo in person.

The roughly 40-member group regularly gathers for prayer and service projects, including food drives for people in need. Students said the pope's illness hit close to home because of the personal connection they feel with him. One sixth-grader described Pope Leo as "like a close friend," while an eighth-grade student said meeting him made the news of his illness especially concerning.

Pope Leo underwent surgery at Gemelli Hospital on Oct. 13, when doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung. According to the Holy See Press Office, follow-up blood tests and a chest X-ray on Oct. 14 showed his postoperative recovery is progressing normally.

PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV poses for a photo with the students, including fourth-grader Augie Wilk, dressed as a pope, and Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, at the conclusion of the pope's weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Oct. 8, 2025. As Pope Leo recovers from surgery on Oct. 13, 2026, during which doctors removed his lower right lung to treat a cancerous tumor, a group of students from the Chicago school is sending him get-well cards and a Chicago White Sox blanket. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) by @syrcatholicsun

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🍎 A fall field trip full of apple-y fun!

Fayetteville's Immaculate Conception kindergartners had a wonderful time on their fall field trip to Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards! The students rode a tractor through the orchard to pick apples, enjoyed cinnamon doughnuts and apple cider for a snack and had fun exploring the new playground.

The trip brought their classroom learning to life! The students have been learning about apples, including their different parts and how to make applesauce. They also read a book about Johnny Appleseed.

It was a fun-filled day for everyone, including the parent volunteers! 🍂 by @syrcatholicsun

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🐄First-graders at Immaculate Conception School recently spent a fun morning at Our Farm in Manlius, a family-owned farm that's been growing and selling fresh produce at a roadside stand near Cazenovia since 1985.

During the visit, the students watched Boris, the farm's amazing trebuchet that has launched over 2,000 pumpkins! They also rode a scenic wagon ride to the pumpkin field, where they picked a pumpkin to bring home. The class made new animal friends at the farm's petting zoo, which included goats, sheep, a donkey calf, and a mini horse. There was also a duck-shaped maze and horseback riding to enjoy.

What an exciting morning at the farm! 🚜 by @syrcatholicsun

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St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Syracuse celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 4 with a special Mass, followed by a reception featuring food, music and dancing.

More photos and details will be coming in an upcoming issue of The Catholic Sun! by @syrcatholicsun

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Don't forget - the St. Sharbel Healing and Anointing Mass is this Thursday! by @syrcatholicsun

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The annual Red Mass, in honor of the beginning of the court year and members of the legal profession, was celebrated today at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

During his homily, Bishop Douglas J. Lucia read a portion of this prayer by St. Thomas More, the patron saint of those in the legal profession:

O Lord, give us a mind that is humble, quiet, peaceable, patient and charitable, and a taste of your Holy Spirit in all our thoughts, words and deeds. O Lord, give us a lively faith, a firm hope, a fervent charity, a love of You. Take from us all lukewarmness in meditation and all dullness in prayer. Give us fervor and delight in thinking of You, your grace, and your tender compassion toward us. Give us, good Lord, the grace to work for the things we pray for. Amen. by @syrcatholicsun

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Coming up this Sunday! by @syrcatholicsun

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Tomorrow! 🍷 by @syrcatholicsun

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What's coming up in this week's Catholic Sun? 👀
Our Editor-in-Chief, Tami Scott, shares what you can look forward to when our next issue arrives in mailboxes later this week!

Which article are you most looking forward to? Let us know in the comments! by @syrcatholicsun

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Immaculate Conception fifth- and sixth-graders recently spread kindness and positivity during recess with “Chalk the Walk,” writing words of encouragement for those walking into school that day. What an uplifting way to brighten someone’s day, offer inspiration, and remind others that a few kind words can make a difference! 💛 by @syrcatholicsun

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🎒✏️ Angel scholars with the Guardian Angel Society at Bishop Ludden-Grimes recently met for the first time during the new academic year. The Guardian Angel Society was founded by Father Champlin (seen on the poster behind the students) and helps ensure underprivileged families can provide their children with a Catholic School education.

Next year, the Guardian Angel Society will be celebrating 30 years since its founding. 👀 Look for a full article on the organization's past, present, and future in the next SOLIS magazine - due out later this fall! by @syrcatholicsun

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