UTICA/ROME, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) — The Syracuse Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church announced earlier this week major changes to several local parishes.
In a letter dated Tuesday, June 16, Bishop Douglas Lucia announced that Our Lady of the Rosary Church on Burrstone Road in New Hartford will close effectively on Thursday, July 16.
The bishop had said that Reverend Jason Hage petitioned the diocese to demote the church to a “profane but not sordid use” designation…