 | | | MORE TOP STORIES | | |  | | The latest on 'Called to be Church' | "We're used to one priest per parish," said Deacon Frank Berning, director of the diocesan Office of Pastoral Planning. "Well, we're not going to be able to do that in this diocese."
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 15, 2012 17:14
| Priest placed on leave | The Albany Diocese has placed a Greene County priest on administrative leave from ministry pending the outcome of investigations into allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. The Diocese has referred the allegations to the Greene County District Attorney's Office.
Thursday, April 19, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 16, 2012 13:30
| Healing service at charismatic day | On April 21, Maria Vadia, a popular Catholic lay evangelist with an international healing ministry, will return to St. Edward's parish in Clifton Park as part of a diocesan Catholic Charismatic Renewal healing and renewal day.
Thursday, April 12, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 10, 2012 10:51
| Easter Mass on TV | The televised Easter Mass with Bishop Howard J. Hubbard was taped at St. Mary's parish in Glens Falls. It will be aired Easter morning, April 8, in the Albany Diocese.
Thursday, April 05, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 3, 2012 16:39
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| | | | | OPINION | | | | | Remembering Rev. Bill Shannon | Toward the end of my studies, I vowed to take whatever Rochester offered next - and so I was privileged to study acclaimed writer and Trappist monk Rev. Thomas Merton under Msgr. William Shannon, Ph.D.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 8, 2012 15:21
| A future priest reflects
on Called to be Church
and growing love of God | Most Catholics know that a man who aspires to become a priest must be well-prepared for it, educated at a Catholic seminary. What often surprises some people is knowing that seminary preparation normally lasts for six years.
Thursday, April 26, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 24, 2012 16:21
| An odyssey in Turkey | Imagine you're reading your favorite book and a letter arrives, offering the opportunity to spend a year living in the world the book describes. Three weeks after I graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 2011 with a degree in classics and religious studies, that's exactly what happened to me. I received an acceptance letter from the Fulbright Commission, offering me a chance to teach English in Turkey for nine months.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 16, 2012 13:25
| A sister parish comes to Albany | Building and maintaining relationships happens one person at a time. This is also true for the five-year connection between St. Vincent de Paul parish in Albany and our sister parish, St. Anthony de Padua in Darien, Panama.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 10, 2012 10:55
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| | | | | FEATURES | | | | | Parishioners help family after fire | It's unusual for a local parish to earmark a special collection for specific parishioners. But Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Schenectady took that step last weekend for a family devastated by a house fire on Bradley Street late last month.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 8, 2012 15:18
| Resurrection Sisters
selling greeting cards | Move over, Hallmark: Local women religious have entered the greeting card business. With their new initiative, "CR Cards," the Castleton-based Sisters of the Resurrection aim to use designs and spiritual messages to evangelize and inspire.
Thursday, May 03, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 15, 2012 17:13
| Teen songwriter hopes for stardom | Louis Gargiula could sing before he could walk. Now, he's a finalist in the National Catholic Youth Conference talent competition. The 15-year-old from St. Thomas the Apostle in Delmar awaits a trip to Chicago, where he'll record his original song, "One Day," for an album featuring the competition's top 10.
Thursday, May 03, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 15, 2012 17:13
| Allison's
dressing
for success | The first time Allison Deutschman set foot in a mall, she was in sixth grade, but the 17-year-old from Mohawk feels called to a career in fashion. Allison is finishing her senior year at Gregory B. Jarvis Jr./Sr. High School in Mohawk while getting a head start on college credits in fashion merchandising at Herkimer County Community College.
Thursday, April 12, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 10, 2012 11:02
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