PARISH LIFE
ST. MADELEINE SOPHIE/ST. GABRIEL'S
Youth ministry starts unusual project: dehydrating foods for people in need
Sister Rosemary Cuneo, CR, is on the hunt for bruised apples, browning bananas and other "otherwise wasted foods."
SIGNING UP FOR FAITH
The Rite of Election was held last weekend at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany for persons wishing to join the Catholic Church.
JESUS' JOURNEY, FOR FAMILIES
THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS for children brought together families at St. Patrick's parish in Cambridge last weekend to learn about Jesus' journey to Calvary in an interactive way.
PETER COTTONTAIL COMES TO CORINTH
AN EASTER EGG HUNT at Holy Mother and Child parish in Corinth/Lake Luzerne last weekend was sponsored by the ninth- and 10th-grade faith formation classes.
CALLED TO BE CHURCH
Johnstown parishioners heal with pastor's help
Mass attendance is creeping back up to normal levels at Holy Trinity parish in Johnstown. A March liturgy attracted 508 congregants, up by about 100 from two months ago. Attendance had dwindled a bit in recent years, a side effect of the merger of three of the city's parishes and …
WORKS OF MERCY
Mother Teresa Community serves Albany's South End
The Mother Teresa Community started as a way to maintain a Catholic presence in Albany's South End. Today, it has a food pantry, community meals, housing for about 100 men each year and a 4 p.m. Mass on Sundays.
IT'S A BOOK!
Former editor's antique-store find evolved into book on WWII soldier
Attention must be paid to the millions of "ordinary" World War II veterans who were never properly memorialized, a local Catholic author asserts in his new book.
INTERFAITH EVENT
Let peace begin - in Athens
Different faith traditions in Greene County have launched serious dialogue - and it all started with a dead tree at a Catholic church in Athens.
WATERVLIET MINISTRY
Three-year-old soup kitchen thriving
Poverty doesn't discriminate. "It could be me tomorrow. Our motto is, 'If you're hungry, come,'" volunteer chef Jack Whited says of Mary's Kitchen in Watervliet.
FLOODING IN DIOCESE
Irene and Lee cleanup, a year later: 'Life will never be the same'
A year may have passed since Tropical Storms Irene and Lee ravaged parts of the Albany Diocese, but the recovery process continues. The August 2011 storms turned almost a dozen counties in the Diocese into federal disaster areas, compelling parishes, Catholic Charities agencies and communities to provide aid. Some parishes …
SACRED HEART PARISH
Lake George kids create pathway to peaceful hearts
Best friends Alydia Meinecke and Grace Harris, 13-year-old parishioners of Sacred Heart in Lake George, can measure their childhood by visits to the parish garden.
PARISH FIND
Johnstown discovery can't be bottled up
The custodian at Holy Trinity parish in Johnstown predicts that the excavation excitement his community experienced last winter will catch on at other parishes: "You'll probably have people crawling under steeples now."
VOLUNTEERS
Warrensburg Catholics come home from Guatemala
The homes in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala, consist of cement block and stone walls, tin roofs and dirt floors that in some cases hold more than a dozen people with as few as two beds. Men, women and children routinely carry their body weight in wood for cooking on treks …
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