CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
ST. BERNARD'S
Diocese's graduate school marks 25th anniversary
St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry in Albany celebrated its 25th anniversary this month, but Sister Katherine "Kitty" Hanley, CSJ, its director for nine years, says the graduate and professional school's goals haven't changed much since it came to the Albany Diocese.
COLLOQUIUM
Siena, on sacred spaces
Siena College in Loudonville has also been focusing on adults lately: The Hayyim and Esther Kieval Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies at Siena held its annual colloquium Nov. 2.
STUDENT PROFILE
Shayla's success a credit to school
Shayla Lyons is a five-sport athlete and a high-honor-roll student at Bishop Maginn High School in Albany - but her parents say it's her compassion for others that makes her a rare breed.
NEW PROGRAM
Junior-high students mentor little ones at St. Ambrose
A princess, a policeman, an angel, Elsa from the movie "Frozen," a priest, a firefighter and Dora the Explorer: These are the most common answers pre-kindergartners through first-graders gave during a recent lesson about vocations at St. Ambrose School in Latham.
ST. KATERI'S, SCHENECTADY
New principal's big plans
Lucia Gutierrez thought she'd become a Salesian missionary after she retired from Albany High School, where she spent 25 years teaching Spanish.
SCHOOL NEWS
St. Ambrose tries tuition credit raffle
"Tuition Credit Raffle: Win $5,000 tuition credit for the 2015-16 school year," boasted a flyer passed out by St. Ambrose School in Latham over the past few weeks and placed in the parish bulletin.
CATHOLIC EDUCATION
Committee ponders changes to Troy schools
A committee has been formed to examine several Catholic schools in the Troy area -- Catholic Central High School, Sacred Heart School and St. Augustine's School, all in Troy, and St. Jude the Apostle School in Wynantskill -- and members uniformly say they're excited about this new way of planning.
TROY SCHOOL CLOSING
Snapshot of St. Augustine's
When The Evangelist visited on a recent afternoon, the students were using their imaginations to travel to a foreign country. At the start of the next school year, they'll be in new territory for real: St. Augustine's School is closing in June.
NEW OFFERING
Strike up the band at St. Francis School
"Instruments up!" says Donna Dillman, music teacher and new band director at St. Francis de Sales School in Herkimer. Listeners wouldn't guess that, a few months ago, most of the students didn't even know how to hold an instrument.
ST. MADELEINE SOPHIE, SCHENECTADY
Pre-K kids learn voting by naming teacher's baby
After teaching her three-year-old students the story of the first Christmas, Heather Gaugler of St. Madeleine Sophie School in Schenectady got some questions about whether the child she's carrying will be the baby Jesus.
OUT OF THIS WORLD
Astrophysics program grows at Siena College
Students at Siena College in Loudonville are getting out-of-this-world opportunities for study through the college's growing astrophysics programs.
ALBANY EDUCATION
Maria College honors 'president emerita,' plans center to help with learning needs
Maria College in Albany held a ceremony May 3 to honor Sister Laureen Fitzgerald, RSM, with president emerita status.
ALBANY SCHOOL
Cathedral Academy alums gather for 65th reunion
"I have no idea where 65 years went to," declared Mary Carmody Sgambellone of Mater Christi parish in Albany. "It's good to see everybody and be with them. It's like we never left."
THEOLOGY GRAD SCHOOL
Unusual courses to be offered at St. Bernard's
Three unusual courses will make for an interesting fall semester at St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry in Albany.
SHEEP AND GOATS
School, parish choose 'natural lawnmowers'
Animals abound in the Albany Diocese this summer. With the help of some farming friends, Bishop Maginn High School in Albany and St. Paul the Apostle parish in Hancock are taking an environmentally-friendly route to maintaining their property.
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