ST. MARY’S
Crescent parish offers booklet to aid faith formation for families
St. Mary’s parish in Crescent is helping faith formation students — and their parents — to practice their faith with the parish’s first catechism booklet, titled, “Knowing Our Faith: A Guide to the Assessment of Catholic Basics.”
BISHOP ON ST. CLARE’S PENSION
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger issued this statement on the crisis facing employees of the former St. Clare’s Hospital in Schenectady, who are facing the loss of their pensions.
HOLY TRINITY PARISH
Hudson to dedicate chapel for perpetual eucharistic adoration
Rebecca Romanchuk, who attends St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hudson, was the driving force behind the new Chapel of Our Lady of Victory, a perpetual eucharistic adoration chapel located at St. Mary’s Church in Hudson. It will be dedicated Nov. 17.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Education consultants begin assessing diocesan high schools
The Albany diocesan Catholic Schools Office has released the following announcement.
STATEMENT
Bishop: ‘We will not let hate win’
Bishop Scharfenberger's statement on the Pittsburgh shooting.
SURPRISE
Miracle at a school assembly
On Oct. 26, Miracle Carter got the surprise of her life when she learned that her wish to go to Walt Disney World in Florida was being granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northeast New York.
PASTORAL PLANNING
Diocese to use interim parish teams to fill vacancies between pastors
A new development in pastoral planning for the Albany Diocese will help meet the needs of parishes that are in-between pastors. From now on, when a pastor retires or is reassigned, an “interim parish team” will be assigned to the parish.
OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM
Bishop preaches at Episcopal cathedral
On Oct. 14, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Walsingham with a special neighbor: the Episcopal Diocese of Albany.
ST. STANISLAUS, AMSTERDAM
Funeral homily promises peace for those lost in tragic accident
A funeral Mass was offered Oct. 13 at St. Stanislaus parish in Amsterdam for eight of the 20 victims of a tragic limousine crash in Schoharie. Remembered in prayer were the four King sisters, their husbands and the brother of one of the husbands: Mary King Dyson and Robert Dyson, …
GRADES SIX-EIGHT
Middle school youth rally will serve ‘often lost’ group
On Oct. 28, noon-6 p.m., middle school students from across the Albany Diocese will gather for the second annual middle school youth rally.
SCHOHARIE TRAGEDY
Some victims of limo crash had Catholic connections
Among the 20 people killed in a devastating limousine accident Oct. 6 in Schoharie were several victims who had connections to parishes, schools and Catholic organizations of the Albany Diocese.
MARRIAGE JUBILEE CELEBRATION HELD AT CATHEDRAL
COUPLES CELEBRATE the gift of marriage each year at the diocesan Marriage Jubilee celebration, held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany.
FILIPINO COMMUNITY OFFERS SPECIAL MASS
FILIPINO CATHOLICS in the Albany Diocese gathered last weekend for a special liturgy at Christ Our Light Church in Loudonville to mark the feast day of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, a 17th-century saint who is the patron of the Philippines and its people.
CHESTERTOWN
The Priory Retreat House closes after five decades
On Sept. 20, a quiet email was sent to supporters of The Priory Retreat House in Chestertown from its board of directors: “We are writing to tell you that, as of the end of September, we will cease to operate The Priory as a retreat house.”
ILION PARISH MARKS SESQUICENTENNIAL
THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY of the Church of the Annunciation in Ilion was celebrated last weekend with Mass with Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger. The parish also had an anniversary dinner, a display of memorabilia and a slide show on its history.
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