PEOPLE OF FAITH
COMING IN 2016
Posthumous book by Sister Anne Bryan Smollin will focus on living fully
Two years after her death, nationally-known speaker and author Sister Anne Bryan Smollin, CSJ, will have a new book published.
VOCATION STORY
25 years as a sister 'a blessing and a gift'
Sister J. Elizabeth "Betsy" Van Deusen, CSJ, has had enough careers for several people - and she's still just about the youngest jubilarian among the Sisters of St. Joseph in the Albany Diocese. This year she's celebrating her 25th anniversary of religious life.
OVERVIEW
Diocese works toward 'culture of vocations'
Rev. Anthony Ligato wants to redefine the word "vocation" for the Albany Diocese. While Catholics might automatically picture priests, deacons, religious sisters and brothers, he explained, pursuing a vocation is "simply living out our faith life."
SPECIAL SECTION
Special Section: VOCATIONS
Highlighting vocations to religious life, marriage, single life and lay ministry
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
Wheels and Ways to Work provides car loans and 'financial education'
UPDATE: THIS PROGRAM ENDED IN 2016. Catholic Charities can no longer assist with vehicle purchases through Wheels and Ways to Work. For other Catholic Charities services, see www.ccrcda.org or call (518) 453-6650.
PRIEST-ADMINISTRATOR
Priest new to Diocese is inspired by Guadalupe
In 1989, when Blessed Teresa of Kolkata told Silvaster Sarihaddula that he would be traveling from his home in India to Tijuana, Mexico, to study for the priesthood, the only thing he could say was, "Yes."
ST. MICHAEL'S, COHOES
Centenarian 'doesn't feel old'
Jane Korbel sat in her living room surrounded by eight massive bouquets of flowers. "It looks like a funeral parlor with all the flowers in here," she remarked.
CAMPUS LIFE
CATHOLIC IN COLLEGE: How students find faith
For college students, staying connected with and involved in their Catholic faith can be difficult. With classes, clubs, athletics and friends, many fall away from attending Mass or connecting with the faith in other ways.
SARATOGA FAMILY'S STORY
Cancer diagnosis came during Lent
Most people wouldn't remember what they were doing on Feb. 8, 2015. Laura Greco and her family can't forget.
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
At Siena, Sister recalls caring for victims in Selma
In 1965, Sister Barbara Lum, SSJ, was a 29-year-old nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in Selma, Alabama. One of her patients was Jimmie Lee Jackson, a civil rights activist whose 1965 shooting inspired the historic protest march from Selma to Montgomery.
NEW BOOK
Author recounts spiritual growth at Albany's Abba House of Prayer
More than 20 years ago, Anne Samson of Christ Our Light parish in Loudonville changed her life by opening a phone book and searching for "prayer." The result is a new book about how her spirituality was deepened through her involvement with Abba House of Prayer, an Albany diocesan site …
POLISH PRIDE
Diocesan employee also in polka band
Joyce Solimini doesn't sleep in on Saturdays. The associate director of the diocesan Office of Prayer and Worship has to get up early for band rehearsal: She sings with The Polish Night Players, a polka band.
SENIOR WITH A SCROLL SAW
Woodworker's cross will adorn northern parish
Walter Ulrich makes crosses and other items out of wood. He recently donated an intricate scrollwork cross to St. Joseph's parish in Greenfield Center that features the Stations of the Cross carved into the wood.
RECONNECTED CATHOLIC
Back to Church and behind the camera
"I just want to be known for doing good," said Richard Martin of St. Mary's parish in Coxsackie, who came back to the Church two years ago.
SHAKER POINTE VOLUNTEERS
Every Tuesday morning, about a dozen residents of Shaker Pointe independent senior living community in Latham head out to volunteer at the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, located in Troy.
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