PARISH LIFE
CLIFTON PARK CHOIR
Young Choristers ready for Christmas Eve Mass
The older children sat up straight and held their sheet music at eye level, following prompts from the organist and assistant choir director at St. Edward's parish in Clifton Park.
BAKERS' GROUP
'Pierogi Angels' made Christmas happy in Amsterdam
Thousands of pierogis - some of the cabbage variety; some with potatoes and cheese - homemade by a team of 50 volunteers from St. Stanislaus parish in Amsterdam were taken out of freezers around the Capital Region this week and used as a main dish in Polish Christmas Eve celebrations.
DELANSON
Parish aids family after fire
Our Lady of Fatima parish in Delanson sprang into action with fundraisers and collections of clothing, furniture and gift cards after a fire in January destroyed the home of a family from the parish.
NUMBERS INCREASE
St. Anthony's, Troy: a parish success story
A decade ago, Mass attendance and the number of registered parishioners at Franciscan-run St. Anthony of Padua parish in Troy were so low, they dismayed the new pastor.
MINISTRY
Parishes must reach out to people with mental illnesses
Society's stigmatization of mental health problems and psychological disorders complicates awareness and ministry in parish communities.
ALBANY, EAST GREENBUSH
Parishes plan big renovations
A handful of parish communities throughout the Diocese are undergoing major renovations. St. Vincent de Paul in Albany and Holy Spirit in East Greenbush are two.
BLESSED MOTHER
For Mary's month, a list of 'Our Lady of...' sites
May is the month dedicated to the Blessed Mother, and the national Catholic newspaper Our Sunday Visitor just published a feature on "Our Lady of..." sites where Marian apparitions have been approved around the world. That sparked a list of the many parishes and shrines in the Albany Diocese dedicated …
DROP-IN CENTER
Schenectady storefront ministry to help Hamilton Hill residents
Two Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are teaming up to restore the Catholic presence in the Hamilton Hill neighborhood of Schenectady through a new storefront ministry they've dubbed St. Joseph's Place.
COHOES
St. Michael's celebration
As the parishes of Cohoes, past and present, celebrated with a Mass at the Cohoes Falls, St. Michael's parish in Cohoes was having its own Heritage Day: an exhibit on Polish culture, a polka Mass and a Polish dinner, and photos and highlights of the parish's history:
HOME-GROWN
How does your (parish) garden grow?
Many parishes in the Albany Diocese keep gardens to build community, provide a service to parishioners or support local food pantries and soup kitchens.
OUR LADY OF HOPE
Whitehall boasts of men's choir
When the men of Our Lady of Hope parish in Whitehall read a story in The Evangelist's Feb. 6 issue about a men's choir in Herkimer County, they were quick to point out that Ss. Anthony and Joseph parish in Herkimer does not have the only men's choir in the …
FIDO AND FLUFFY
Animal blessings in the Albany Diocese
The feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, is Oct. 4. It's a traditional time for parishes to offer blessings of family pets. Some brave parishes in the Albany Diocese even hold the events indoors; others invite children to bring stuffed animals along with their live pets.
PARISH LIFE
TAG, you're it: Teens stick with Gloversville youth group
The youth group that meets at Holy Spirit parish in Gloversville on Thursday nights is supposed to run from 6-7 p.m., but it's often past 8:00 when adult leaders finally shut it down - and then only because parents lose patience waiting in the parking lot.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Manna meals draw Catholic volunteers
Volunteers tend to flock to food pantries and soup kitchens in November, but Catholics in the western part of the Albany Diocese serve hungry people all year long.
STAMFORD
Stamford book group benefits whole parish
A recently-completed book club at Sacred Heart parish in Stamford dissected Matthew Kelly's "The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic."
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