Exhibition captures history of Diocese

The exhibition is now open to the general public, seven days a week, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at 465 State Street in Albany. Individuals, families and groups are welcome to visit the site; volunteer guides from the diocesan Ladies of Charity will be on hand to assist visitors.

Curators of the exhibition are Joseph and Constance Mondel, from St. James parish in Chatham. They spent 18 months traveling 3,000 miles around the Diocese, meeting with archivists and pastors, and collecting the items in the display, which fills two rooms at the Chancery. The building itself is an historic site; it was designed by noted architect Stanford White.

The exhibition was created by Tom Nelson from the Albany Institute of History and Art, who used 14 panels and filled two large display cases to tell the story of 150 years of Catholic history in upstate New York.

In the photos by Dave Oxford arrayed on this page, guests at the opening examine the exhibits, which range from photos of early bishops and chalices to an unusual portrait of Our Lady.

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