 | | | MORE TOP STORIES | | |  | | St. Catherine's Center
gets new director | The 125-year-old institution has a new executive director: William T. Gettman Jr., only the second layperson to head St. Catherine's, which was founded by the Daughters of Charity. He succeeds Helen Hayes, who led the center for 20 years.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 24, 2012 17:35
| Kateri connections | Auriesville and Fonda, where Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha made her home in the Albany Diocese, aren't the only places where Catholics are rejoicing at the news of her upcoming canonization...
Thursday, January 12, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 18, 2012 16:18
| Building for Troy parish
gets historic designation | Rather, it is the "C+CC's" architectural uniqueness and artistic minimalism - it's made of unfinished blocks - that made it eligible, said Tom Mattern, interim director. The building was conceived and designed as a multi-purpose facility, combining the sacred and the secular.
Thursday, January 05, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 4, 2012 10:43
| Top 2011 headlines | A review of major news items about the Albany Diocese that appeared in The Evangelist during the 12 months of 2011.
Thursday, January 05, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 4, 2012 10:02
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| | | | | OPINION | | | | | Sisters inspired
at peace retreat | One way the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet of the Albany province observe Martin Luther King Day each year is to sponsor a peace retreat - a tradition for more than 20 years.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 24, 2012 17:20
| The beauty of the new Roman Missal | Secondly, the language of the new missal is objectively beautiful and theologically rich. This is the result of a translation that not only is faithful to the Latin, but takes into consideration the text's theological and ritual components.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 24, 2012 17:24
| Renewed by St. Davids | Last August, my family traveled to Wales for our two-week vacation. I invited my husband's parents, who live in Lithuania, to join us. We only see them once a year, and the beautiful Welsh countryside seemed the perfect spot to enjoy our time together.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 17, 2012 10:53
| Prayer, advocacy and AIDS | Zimbabwe remains an epicenter country for the AIDS pandemic. It now has more than 1.2 million AIDS orphans, but only limited access to anti-retroviral medications to treat AIDS. These life-saving medications are routinely available in many parts of the world - but not in sub-Saharan Africa, where 70 percent of the 1.8 million AIDS deaths occurred last year.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 17, 2012 10:55
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| | | | | FEATURES | | | | | Hello, my
name is... | But the school's name only reflects its connection to one of the parishes - so, sometime in the spring, St. Helen's School will be renamed.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 24, 2012 17:26
| Hosts welcome ND-BG
international students | Like many parents, Ida-Jo Sudano struggles to get her teenager to clean his room. But Eric Oh, the 16-year-old international student living in her Colonie home, has a good excuse: Back home in Korea, adults take care of chores to allow kids ample time for schoolwork.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 24, 2012 17:45
| Parish chooses council
using 2,000-year-old method | Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Schenectady found its newest pastoral council members using a popular discernment method begun more than 2,000 years ago by the disciples of Jesus.
Thursday, January 05, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 4, 2012 09:55
| Story of a special saint | The two Jesuits who knew her well, Revs. Claude Chauchetiere and Pierre Cholenec, convinced of Kateri's intimacy with God, wrote biographies for their Jesuit confreres in France. They stressed her deep faith, devotion to prayer and austere penances.
Thursday, January 05, 2012 | | Read more | |
January 4, 2012 10:17
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