PEOPLE OF FAITH
FROM GAME TO GOD
Albany native chooses faith over pro baseball career
One of the biggest decisions in Garrett Bernardo's life was between playing professional baseball or becoming a missionary.
GENERATIONS
Book reflects heavy load of at-home caregivers
Ann Preston and Louise Cowan each bore the burden of caring for their mothers at home during the last years of their lives. Now, the two Catholics have corroborated on a book about that experience.
VOLUNTEERING
Catholics share pets with nursing home residents
Joan Partyka was a teacher in the Albany City School District for 35 years. Now, she volunteers for the therapy dog organization Share-a-Pet with her golden retriever-poodle mix, Louie.
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK
Reflections and resources for dealing with mental illnesses....
ST. ISAAC JOGUES, WATERVLIET
Packed house helps future priests discern vocation journeys
For the first time, St. Isaac Jogues House of Discernment in Watervliet is filled to the rafters with men discerning and pursuing a vocation to the priesthood for the Albany Diocese.
'DEAR FATHER...'
Men from Africa hope to become U.S. priests
Every year, Rev. Anthony Ligato, vicar for vocations for the Albany Diocese, gets hundreds of letters from Africans asking to become priests. It's part of his job to separate the wheat from the chaff.
VETERANS' DAY
Two Catholics recall how Vietnam War impacted their lives
The New York Historical Society Museum in New York City recently opened an exhibit titled "The Vietnam War: 1945-1975." While it contains more than 300 artifacts, two of the first items visitors see are an old guitar and a battered duffel bag, the possessions of the late Gary Petrone of …
SENIOR PROFILE
At 80, Nancy has made up for 'lives I didn't have as a child'
Nancy Flaherty has led an interesting and often troubled life, starting when she was a seriously ill child. Nevertheless, her faith in God's goodness has never wavered.
LIFE WITH DISABILITIES
Dee's family calls her a 'gift from God'
Joanne O'Hara knew how to respond when a doctor suggested that she abort her daughter, Deirdre ("Dee"), who has Down syndrome.
LOCAL AT BEATIFICATION
MOLLY TOWNE OF ST. CLEMENT'S parish in Saratoga Springs participated in the beatification ceremony for Blessed Solanus Casey, an American who was a Capuchin Franciscan monk, in November in Detroit.
ST. CECILIA'S, WARRENSBURG
College student spends semester in Madagascar
Joe Schuster, a parishioner of St. Cecilia's Church in Warrensburg, returned to his hometown Dec. 14 after spending almost three months volunteering in the island nation of Madagascar, just off the east coast of Africa.
YOUNG ADULTS
New book outlines path to prosperity
Two Catholics from the Albany Diocese are hoping to point young adults toward success with their new book, "Richer Than a Millionaire: A Pathway to True Prosperity."
'BEYOND THE VEIL'
Deacon's book recounts stories of hope in hospice
Deacon Gerald Ladouceur has often been asked, "What happens to us after we die?"
ST. PETER'S HOSPITAL, ALBANY
'Volunteer cuddler' soothes infants in St. Peter's NICU
At St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, in the neonatal intensive care unit, Maureen Nyilis cradles five-day-old Adio snugly in her arms. The two sit in a cushioned chair next to Adio's NICU incubator.
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