HOMEPAGE
ENTERTAINMENT COLUMN
TV-less Friday wins advocates
With the Easter season about to end on Pentecost, would you mind going back toward its beginning, specifically to Good Friday? In my column for that week, I invited readers to join me in giving up TV for the 24 hours of Good Friday as a small sign of our …
Pro-lifers to lobby for state to ban partial-birth abortion
Hundreds of pro-life advocates from across the state will gather in Albany May 20 to learn the facts about partial-birth abortion and lobby legislators to ban the procedure in New York State. The fourth annual "Lobby for Life Day," sponsored by the New York State Catholic Conference, the Christian Coalition …
Light of God shines in Troy
All windows invite the sunshine in while shutting the wind out. But the windows at St. Joseph's Church in Troy do something more: They take your breath away! Founded in 1847, St. Joseph's parish, like the Albany Diocese, is marking its sesquicentennial this year. Its windows, crafted at the studios …
Parish celebrates 75th by building on the past
See related article about the Church's expansion plans Parishioners of Our Lady of Grace Church in Ballston Lake are giving new meaning to the expression "Building On An Anniversary Theme." As they celebrate the parish's 75th anniversary this year, members of the congregation can be found toting hammers, saws, drills …
EDITORIAL
Doing what's right and doing it now
Why a bill as plain and simple and right as the one banning partial-birth abortion should prove to be so difficult for the New York State Assembly to pass should not surprise anyone with a sense of history. After all, legislative bodies in this state and nationally took far more …
Alums, students link(s) up
Long before Tiger Woods won the Masters Golf Tournament, the African-American alumni of Troy's LaSalle Institute planned on exposing the school's minority students to golf. Wood's victory and subsequent popularity helped the group recruit players. "We talked about it last year," said Larry Sheffield, a 1961 LaSalle graduate who is …
Lindsay's a veteran at veterinary volunteering
High school freshman Lindsay Rickmyre is required to volunteer 12 hours of community service a year as a school requirement. To date, she's logged 87 hours. The student from Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School in Schenectady looks upon community service as a learning experience rather than a burden. "Every day, I …
WORD OF FAITH
Meeting God of action
One of the main differences between modern followers of God and the authors of Scripture is that we think we can know God through our intellect (by reading a book or hearing a sermon), while the Sacred Writers believed that only those people really know God who experience God in …
GOOD NEWS FOR KIDS
Jesus lets everyone in
blain Clubs are fun when you're a kid. You can build a clubhouse, have code names like spies and make up special passwords to get in. The only problem is that everyone wants to be a member of your club! You have to decide whether you'll let everyone in, or …
Parish reclaiming rectory -- and history
Currently in what he terms "the demolition phase" of a massive renovation project, Rev. John French, pastor, is hoping the 160-year-old rectory at St. Mary's Church in Ballston Spa will soon be restored to its original character in the tradition of Greek Revival architecture of the Federal period. Originally a …
Spring Enrichment boosts Catholics
Pat and Jim DeLarm, parishioners of Blessed Sacrament Church in Hague, came to this week's 24th annual Spring Enrichment conference looking for direction. "We needed a spiritual boost, a lift, a sense of direction of where we're going next," said Mrs. DeLarm. The couple, graduates of the Albany Diocese's Formation …
Clusters' success: Working together
When parish clusters of the Albany Diocese submitted their plans for the future last fall, Bishop Howard J. Hubbard requested that each cluster create a governing body to implement those plans. Such "cluster councils" -- the title most clusters chose for the group -- would execute new Mass schedules in …
Historic Catholic school being reclaimed
A Catholic school that pre-dates the founding of the Albany Diocese is being given a new lease on life by Habitat for Humanity. Rev. John Kirwin, pastor of St. John's/St. Ann's Church in Albany, said the solid fieldstone structure has been leased to the non-profit housing agency for five years …
ENTERTAINMENT COLUMN
TV preachers have weak voices
On behalf of Protestants, could I say they deserve better than "Soul Man" and "7th Heaven"? The two shows feature ministers and their families, but neither program is doing anything to enhance the image of clergymen. "Soul Man" is ABC's late-season comedy series that stars Dan Aykroyd as a motorcycle-riding …
Journal recalls struggle with AIDS and renewal of faith
Dr. John R. (Dick) Noonan wanted to leave a legacy to let others know that he not only died well, but also lived well. He has done so in a unique book -- and, in the process, left a road map for those living with HIV and AIDS, their families …
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