PEOPLE OF FAITH
IN PROFILE
Teens connected by faith - and ValleyCats
Several teens who volunteer at summer camps at St. Michael the Archangel parish in Troy also work together for the Tri-City ValleyCats minor league baseball team.
NEW GROUP
Teen girls learn to be 'Friends of Peace'
Teens can be peacemakers: That's the goal of "Friends of Peace," a new prayer, social and service group for teenage girls that's been hosted by the Dominican Retreat and Conference Center in Niskayuna since last spring.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
VITA program offers free tax preparation
If Davika Maharaj had gone to a commercial tax preparer this year, she says she would have paid about $200. Saving that $200, combined with her refund, will help pay off her $15,000 roof repair bill.
SAINTS
A talk about 'grandparenting' for feast of Ss. Anne and Joachim
Readers may not be aware that July 26 is "Grandparents' feast day." That's because it's the feast day of Jesus' grandparents, Ss. Anne and Joachim.
ONEONTA COLLEGES
Catholic students plan 'Midnight Run'
Catholic students at The State University of New York at Oneonta and Hartwick College won't be getting too much sleep the night of Oct. 17. The colleges' Newman community will be traveling to New York City on a "Midnight Run" to deliver clothing and bagged lunches to homeless people.
PROFILE
Teacher muses on education and faith
"Listen; research; understand, before you pass judgment," said Michael Sgambelluri of Mater Christi parish in Albany.
HOLY NAMES SISTER
Sister Eileen looks back -- and ahead
"I always wanted to become a sister," said Sister Eileen Kelleher, SNJM.
FOUR CHAPLAINS AWARD
Vet honored for advocacy work
Bob Becker Jr. may be retired, but he is still putting in countless hours of work for local veterans.
ST. CATHERINE'S CENTER, ALBANY
Foster family has parented 110 times over
"You don't have to be perfect to be a foster parent," said Marcia Andersen. Mrs. Andersen and her husband, Kenneth, became involved with St. Catherine's Center for Children in Albany after attending a class on foster parenting in 2000. Since then, the Andersens have taken in around 110 foster children.
YEAR FOR CONSECRATED LIFE
Sister's journey: across the U.S., home in Ballston Spa
Sister Nancy Schmidt, CSJ, seems at home in her small office at St. Mary's School in Ballston Spa, where two red chairs and a small table have given her the opportunity to talk with parishioners so many times over the past seven years.
VOLUNTEER WORK
Builders make kitchen for Sunnyside Center
The summer months are prime time for construction work. But for Dett Otterbeck, Paul Pepino, Jack Seydler and other members of the Capital Region Builders and Remodelers Association (CRBRA), putting a few days aside to volunteer for Catholic Charities is a no-brainer.
TWO PRIESTS
Adirondack retirees still in ministry at 87
"Everybody needs a home," said Rev. Paul Cox, sitting in his cabin on the southeast shore of Lake George. Father Cox and Rev. Nellis Tremblay were ordained in 1954. The former will turn 87 in November; the latter says he's "87 and a half."
ST. KATERI'S, SCHENECTADY
Local teen drafted by Tampa Bay Rays
Garret Whitley of St. Kateri Tekakwitha parish in Schenectady is living the dream: The 18-year-old, who just graduated from Niskayuna High School, was drafted as the 13th pick in the first round by the Tampa Bay Rays during the 50th Major League Baseball draft in Secaucus, N.J. He'll be an …
PROFILE
Catholic couple's life on Delaware County farm
"I couldn't see the cows out there," remarked 74-year-old farmer Frank Bachler. On a recent cool morning, a blanket of fog hid the Black Angus beef cattle on the Bachler farm in East Meredith, a small town in Delaware County.
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