PARISH LIFE
PASTORAL CARE
Volunteers are needed to be 'face of Jesus' for homebound
For the homebound, Christmas is not "the most wonderful time of the year." "Every day is "a long, quiet day when you're by yourself," said Linda Banker.
BASKETBALL PROGRAMS
Diocese forms CYO commission
A new Diocesan CYO Commission has been formed to oversee Catholic Youth Organization basketball programs across the Albany Diocese.
RENOVATIONS
Cathedral receives award
The Historic Albany Foundation is presenting the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany with a stewardship award May 22, recognizing the ongoing efforts to maintain and restore the historic building that is the mother church of the Albany Diocese.
ON THE ALTAR
Sweeneys still serve, even after growing up
Waking up early on Sundays, sticking to their commitment and remembering all the components of Mass could make some young Catholics wary of signing up as altar servers. The Sweeney family of Blessed Sacrament parish in Mohawk feels differently.
FOUNDATION'S GENEROSITY
Schenectady residents treated to SPAC shows
"Summer Nights at SPAC," a program funded by the Wright Family Foundation, is treating some Schenectady residents to performances at Saratoga Performing Arts Center this summer.
CLASSES
Two parishes offer 'spiritual journaling' course
After teaching "spiritual journaling" classes at her home parish, Christ Our Light in Loudonville, Anne Samson was asked to do the same at St. Madeleine Sophie parish in Schenectady last fall.
HOLY TRINITY, COHOES
Parish 'travel committee' plans trips together
Carolyn Koval has been on almost every trip with what's become known as the "travel committee" at her parish, Holy Trinity in Cohoes.
ST. ADALBERT'S, SCHENECTADY
Parish team phones people not in pews
Mass-goers can get used to seeing the same faces in the pews around them each Sunday, but that doesn't mean an empty pew one week becomes a cause for concern. St. Adalbert's parish in Schenectady thinks maybe it should be.
ST. VINCENT'S PARISH
Cobleskill Catholics hold listening sessions
This summer, St. Vincent de Paul parish in Cobleskill held a group of "listening sessions" after a Saturday-evening vigil Mass to get parishioners' input on parish events, plans and projects for the new fiscal year.
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY
Training athletes and forming faithnot so different for catechist-coach
Ellen Kueterman is the new pastoral associate for kindergarten through fifth-grade faith formation at St. Vincent de Paul parish in Albany. When she learned in July that she got the job, Mrs. Kueterman left Siena after 12 years of coaching water polo and serving as life skills coordinator for all …
OCTOBER EFFORT
Amsterdam Catholics will ask St. Michael to fight opioid addiction
Education on the dangers of drugs and training in administering Narcan to counteract opioid overdoses aren't enough, according to three Holy Names Societies in Amsterdam. Their members are invoking St. Michael the Archangel to battle opioid addiction.
FOR LIFE AND LIBERTY
St. Luke's parish in Schenectady just held its annual eucharistic procession for religious liberty, an end to abortion and in commemoration of the feast of the exultation of the cross.
FIRST-CLASS RELIC
Whitehall parish gets a piece of St. Faustina
First-class relics -- actual pieces of the body of a saint -- usually go to significant shrines or churches named for that saint, says Rev. Rendell Torres. But now, the small Adirondack parish of Our Lady of Hope in Whitehall is home to a first-class relic of St. Mary Faustina …
ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH
Project Dawn feeds Troy's homeless people
Ministering to people in need in Rensselaer County has always been a goal for St. Michael's parish in Troy. Now, that effort has reached a new level with "Project Dawn," a bimonthly meal served in downtown Troy to people who are homeless.
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