Quartet marking 25th anniversary

Four priests of the Albany Diocese are marking their silver jubilees of ordination:

* Rev. James Belogi, a native of Troy, has served as an assistant at St. John the Evangelist, Rensselaer; St. Madeleine Sophie, Guilderland; and St. Mary's, Glens Falls.

As a pastor, he has ministered at St. John/St. Ann's, Albany, and St. Madeleine Sophie, his current assignment.

Father Belogi has not announced plans to celebrate his jubilee.

* Rev. James Gulley, a native of Watervliet, was a member of the Christian Brothers for 24 years before being ordained a priest.

As a priest, he has been associate pastor and pastor of St. Mary's parish in Amsterdam.

He has not announced plans to mark his anniversary. Coincidentally, his brother, Anthony, is celebrating 50 years as a priest (see separate article).

* Rev. John Molyn, a native of Hartford, Conn., has been an associate at Annunciation, Queensbury, and Immaculate Conception, Schenectady; and chaplain at The University at Albany.

He has also served as director of campus ministry for the Albany Diocese and director of the diocesan Vocations Office (while also chaplain at St. Colman's Home in Watervliet).

In 1998, he was named pastor of St. John the Baptist parish in Valatie, where he currently serves.

Father Molyn has not announced plans to mark his jubilee.

* Rev. Donald Rutherford, a native of Kinderhook, served as an associate pastor at St. Gabriel's, Rotterdam; chaplain at Albany Medical Center Hospital; and associate at St. Mary's, Oneonta.

He began active duty as an Army chaplain in 1990 and has been stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; the office of the Chief of Chaplains, Washington, D.C.; Fort Stewart, Georgia; Ansbach, Germany; and the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Penn.

Father Rutherford has also been deployed to minister to troops in Iraq. He served in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom, Desert Thunder and Hurricane Andrew Relief. He is now stationed at the Command Chaplain U.S. Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany.

He has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and other medals.

He plans to concelebrate a Mass with fellow jubilarians on May 21, 2 p.m., at St. John the Baptist Church in Valatie, his home parish.

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