PARISH LIFE
AVERILL PARK, CLIFTON PARK
Parishes help in fighting diabetes
Every month, parishioners of St. Henry’s Church in Averill Park gather in the parish’s community room to talk about how to have a healthy and safe lifestyle while living with diabetes.
PARISH MINISTRY
Memory Café helps people with dementia
Twice a month, Immaculate Conception parish in Glenville is hosting what it calls a “Memory Café” for individuals or families living with memory issues.
CATHEDRAL, ALBANY
Mass-goers excited by Divine Mercy benefits
On April 8, Catholics from all over the Albany Diocese gathered at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany for the annual diocesan Divine Mercy Sunday celebration, led by Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger.
YOUTH MINISTRY
Teens lead joint Masses
While many parishes focus on building community in their own congregations, parishes in the Schenectady area are thinking bigger.
ALBANY DIOCESE
Growing options for Hispanic Catholics
Nationwide, bilingual priests are in high demand. A recent national study by the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs found that just 2,335 priests out of more than 13,000 respondents could minister to Hispanics. More than 30 million Hispanic Catholics live in the U.S.; Hispanic youth are the Church's fastest-growing …
PARISHES' SERIES
'Amazing God' events welcome Catholics
During Lent, two parishes in the Albany Diocese are taking advantage of this season of reflection to reenergize their parishioners.
GATHERING IN MADRID
Rensselaer Catholics will attend World Youth Day
As hundreds of thousands of Catholics in more than 170 countries gear up for World Youth Day in Madrid, youth at a Rensselaer parish continue dreaming up fundraisers to finance their August trip to Spain for the event. For two years, members of the Parish of St. John the Evangelist …
CHERRY VALLEY PRESENTATION
Rural Catholics advocate eating locally - and morally
For the rural parish of St. Thomas the Apostle in Cherry Valley, the well-being of local farmers is a serious concern. To educate on the importance of "eating locally," the parish is holding a potluck dinner and presentation May 15 to discuss Catholics' moral responsibility for how and where food …
ST. ANTHONY'S, SCHENECTADY
Out with dough, in with dough: Annual bake sale rakes in $12K
On Palm Sunday weekend, hundreds of hungry people brought their money and their appetites to St. Anthony's Church in Schenectady to take part in an annual tradition: a bake sale to support parish projects. The event is no ordinary brownie-and-cupcake sale. As proof, this year's version raised $12,652.80.
D.C. CONFERENCE
Amsterdam students study up on leadership
Eleven-year-old Joaquin Pasco's first big trip in the United States wasn't to Disney World for a vacation or New York City for a field trip. It was a sojourn to Washington, D.C., for a week of meetings, tours, reading and writing.
PARISHES AND TOURISM
Summertime, and the living is...different
Some pastors say attendance doubles or triples at their parish between July 4 and Columbus Day, depending on the weather. Some rely on the additional revenue to carry them through the year; others say it helps only a little.
NEW TREND
They're lining up for reconciliation in Round Lake
His homilies must be working: For the past month, Rev. James Clark has been hearing twice the number of confessions he normally hears at Corpus Christi parish in Round Lake.
PARISH SALES
Fair-trade coffee a staple in Crescent
St. Mary's parish in Crescent has been helping the environment through fair-trade coffee sales for an impressive 15 years. Twice a month, the parish's Building Bridges committee sells coffee it buys from a cooperative in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala.
BALLSTON SPA
Documentary puts parish in spotlight
When Greg Hitchcock joined the choir at St. Mary's parish in Ballston Spa in January, he found himself looking at the church from a whole new perspective. The view from the choir loft of Mass-goers, statues and stained glass windows below made him realize that such images needed to be …
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