From Sunday bulletins

St. John the Evangelist and St. Joseph’s parish in Rensselaer celebrates ST. PADRE PIO Sept. 16 with Mass at 9:30 a.m. and brunch afterward. For tickets, call (518) 465-0482....

St. Augustine’s parish in Troy marked the 35th anniversary of its Our Lady of Perpetual Help adoration with a Mass and Rosary procession Sept. 7....

As parishioners of Notre Dame/Visitation in Schuylerville walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain, SHARON PECK created a Facebook page for those wanting to follow along; see “Father Marty’s Walk”....

Attention, fans of Polish food and music: St. Joseph’s parish in Broadalbin will hold a fall polka dance Oct. 14, 2-6 p.m., with music by the Rymanowski Brothers and homemade Polish food. Also, St. Gabriel’s in Rotterdam will have Dozynki, a harvest festival, Oct. 13; pierogi and golabki making is underway....

St. Francis of Assisi parish in Albany can boast of an impressive summer: Sacramental minister REV. SEAN O’BRIEN, OFM, celebrated 25 years as a Franciscan friar, native son DEACON DOUG ERICKSON was ordained and SISTER NATALIE RUNFOLA, RSCJ, who has done hospital visitation for the parish, celebrated 50 years of religious life....

YOUTH EDITION

At Our Lady of the Assumption parish in Latham, children in the parish’s vacation Bible school made an altar cloth, each designing a square; the cloth was used during Masses for the month of August....

Sacred Heart in Castleton just moved its Sunday-morning Mass back to 10:30 a.m. to accommodate faith formation classes and choir practice; it had been moved to an earlier time for the summer....

On Sept. 23 at 8:30 a.m. Mass, Transfiguration parish in Speigletown/Schaghticoke will celebrate “Sports Sunday,” noting the athletic abilities of parishioners young and old. Athletes of the parish can wear a favorite team shirt to Mass; there will be a blessing of athletes, followed by a hospitality hour in the hall. Coaches and teammates are invited to join in asking God’s blessings on their athletic endeavors, too....

At St. Thomas the Apostle School in Delmar, JAMES ANGERMEIER is the new PE/health teacher and coach; JEFFREY STEIN is the new music teacher.
On Sept. 28, 7:30 -9 p.m., St. Thomas parish is having a Day of the Dead Halloween card exchange with its sister parish’s youth group in Mexico. Parishioners can submit photos of favorite places — the church, school, library, town park and so on — along with their names and, in Spanish, a description of the picture, and everyone will gather Sept. 28 to write Halloween greetings in Spanish and make friendship bracelets to send to Mexico with the photos. There will also be Mexican snacks and games....

St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls has three new teachers: JOSEPH CAPUZZO from Orange, Mass., a new kindergarten, first- and second-grade teacher; OLIVE CAPONE from Vermont; a third- through sixth-grade math, science and social studies teacher; and CAROLIN BORBOLLA from Greenwich, who will teach Spanish and gym to pre-K-through-sixth-grade students.
SMA has just a few spots left in its pre-K 3 and pre-K 4 programs....

The youth ministry of St. Madeleine Sophie parish in Schen­ectady and St. Gabriel’s in Rotterdam will have a bowl-a-thon Sept. 29, 1-4 p.m., at Town and Country Lanes.