PARISH LIFE
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Nurse's Way of the Cross presented in Wynantskill
On March 16, nurses and laypeople from parishes across the Albany Diocese gathered at St. Jude the Apostle parish in Wynantskill to attend this year's Nurse's Way of the Cross. "It's so moving," said Johanna Flanigan, a parish trustee and coordinator of the event, which is sponsored by the Trinity …
SACRED HEART PARISH
Castleton symbol of Lent: sand in holy water fonts
Sacred Heart parish in Castleton is trying an unusual method to help Catholics prepare for Easter Sunday: filling the church's holy water fonts with sand.
RCIA PROCESS
Troubled past soothed by becoming Catholic
At nine years old, Marcella Clark was homeless. "We bounced around a lot," she explained. "We went from friend's place to friend's place. It was all a blur."
LIVING STATIONS IN JOHNSTOWN
FAITH FORMATION STUDENTS present the Living Stations of the Cross last weekend at Holy Trinity parish in Johnstown.
WRITING ICONS: ART AND PRAYER
A WORKSHOP AT ST. MARY'S parish in Coxsackie taught beginners how to write an icon of Our Lady of Fatima or the face of Christ.
COBLESKILL SEDER MEAL HELPS FAMILIES UNDERSTAND PASSOVER
ST. VINCENT'S PARISH in Cobleskill was one of many across the Albany Diocese to host a seder before Easter -- a traditional meal for Passover, marking the Exodus of the Jews from slavery in Egypt.
ECUMENICAL EFFORT
Catholics and Protestants take on the Bible together
With prayer intentions noted and coffee and tea served in a Schuylerville dining room on a recent Wednesday, the assembled Bible study group got down to business.
WORSHIP SPACES
To cry room or not to cry room
Diocesan officials theorize that "cry rooms" - separate spaces that let families watch the liturgy through a window and hear it through speakers - can be found in fewer parishes than in years past. This is true around the country, as well. Cry rooms sprang up in churches after the …
PARISH MUSICAL
Summer is always 'Psalty' at St. Vincent's
Take dozens of children between the ages of three and 18, dress them in costumes and tell them to sing, dance and act.Often, younger performers burst into tears over forgotten lines, leave abruptly to use the bathroom and push each other off risers during skits about peace and harmony.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS
What makes a good catechist?
Catechists are entrusted to teach the Catholic faith to the next generation. What makes a good catechist?
ROMAN MISSAL
Mass changes settle in
Two months into using new words at Mass, many liturgies in the Albany Diocese are still peppered with do-overs, smiles and giggles. Some church-goers view the changes to the Mass instituted in Advent as poetic and a more accurate translation of the original Latin text. Others see the differences as …
JOHNSTOWN
No bones about it: Parish's collection of relics impresses
A collection of 30 relics at Holy Trinity parish in Johnstown is a memorial to not only the lives of saints, but to several closed churches in the Albany Diocese.
OUTREACH
Chatham parish 'twins' with Haiti
Parishioners donated about $3,000 to support a new sister parish in a rural town in northeastern Haiti. Many have already offered to stage a talent show and involve parish ministries and community organizations in future fundraisers.
IMPROVING SPIRITUAL HOME
Cathedral's chimes will soon ring out
As the old song goes, "There were bells on a hill" - and a Northville man wants you to hear them ringing. Joe Connors, a retired computer consultant and self-proclaimed "accidental chime historian," is restoring the clavier of wooden levers that controls the bells in the north tower of the …
MUSIC AT MASSES
Summertime, and the music is at St. Luke's
After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the music director at St. Luke's parish in Schenectady invited area musicians to perform at a prayer service to help Haitian parishioners of St. Luke's heal. That was the impetus for the parish's summer music festival, which features professional musicians at every weekend Mass …
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