FEATURES
Jesuit Father's sainthood cause opens
Father Arrupe worked to help Jesuits rediscover the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and the method of personal discernment and discernment in common helped the Jesuits renew their life, vows, community and mission.
Happy New Year
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger joined Father Quy Vo and the Vietnamese community at Sacred Heart parish in Albany on Feb. 3 to help celebrate “Tet,” the Vietnamese New Year.
A parish in focus
Parishioners involved in the ministry act as volunteer photographers for parish events, special Masses or parties, helping to chronicle the life of the St. Pius X community through photos.
Build the ‘City of God’ with the help of Legos
Four years ago, Vici Armsby, pastoral associate for faith formation, had an idea to try an “out-of-the-box” approach to faith formation in her K-sixth grade sessions after attendance dwindling in the cold, winter months of January and February.
LIFE LINES
Finding light in the winter darkness
One of my favorite things about this season of seemingly ever-present physical darkness is the occasional pocket or flash of light.
Mater Christi program gives students perspective on priesthood
A seventh-grader at Mater Christi School in Albany, Annabelle looks forward to when she can write to her “adopted” class pen-pal: Kyle Gorenski, a seminarian studying at Our Lady of Providence Seminary in Rhode Island.
TANGIBLE SIGNS
Seminarians make pilgrimage to Holy Land
Matt Duclos and Stephen Yusko of the Albany Diocese were among 34 seminarians and three priests traveling on pilgrimage to the Holy Land recently.
MUSIC MINISTRY
Copake Falls harpist brings sacred sounds to parish, patients
Melinda Gardiner, a parishioner at Our Lady of Hope parish in Copake Falls, has donned many hats throughout her life in the Albany Diocese. She is a singer, a registered nurse, a hospice volunteer at local hospitals in Columbia County, and has spent almost 50 years studying, teaching and working …
CATHEDRAL GLASS
Historic window undergoes restoration
The Cathedral recently restored its 167-year-old colored-glass window, located on the east facade of the building.
ANSWERING THE CALL
New House of Formation opens in Albany
Ten men have moved into the new St. Isaac Jogues House of Formation, located at 93 Park Ave. in Albany.
TEACHING TEAM
Parish teaching team returns from Haiti
Parishioners and pastor from Corpus Christi in Round Lake return from "life-changing experience."
PRISON MINISTRY
Jesus is everyone’s Savior
At Washington Correctional Facility in Cornstock on Dec. 21, Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger delivers a Christmas homily.
EXCLUSIVE REPORT
Exclusive report from St. Clare's meeting
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger met with former employees of St. Clare’s Hospital Dec. 20 at Siena College, calling it a “first step” in what will be an ongoing conversation.
PARTNERSHIP
St. Catherine’s, CDPHP join forces
St. Catherine’s Center for Children in Albany and CDPHP announced a partnership to offer housing support and critical services to some of its most vulnerable members.
Caroline M. Mickiewicz, 93, mother of priest
A funeral Mass was offered Dec. 28 at St. Michael’s Church in Cohoes for Caroline Mickiewicz, who died in her Waterford home Dec. 21. She was 93.
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