PEOPLE OF FAITH
YOUTH FORUM
Future med student tries out career
Defibrillating a medical mannequin and suturing a banana during simulated emergencies were fun for 17-year-old Aileen Shaughnessy. "Mine was not the prettiest one, but it's OK," Aileen said of her stitched-up fruit, which substituted for a wounded person. "I have years to learn."
STEPPING OUT
Just call him 'Dancing Deacon'
Clutching an imaginary dance partner, he glides across the wooden living room floor, his bare feet hardly making a sound. The simple waltz strays into an ethereal session of improvised dance, perhaps inspired by the lyrics of the song emanating from the portable cassette player.
AUTISM AWARENESS
Swimmer raises funds in honor of brother
The Poulin family's home overlooks the Great Sacandaga Lake. Though daughter Mary-Kate is an accomplished competitive swimmer, her parents always cautioned that if she was going to swim across a lake that large, it needed to be for a cause. A little over a month ago, Karen Poulin and her …
IN HER OWN WORDS
My second mission trip: 'Amazing how friendships can build so quickly'
It's amazing how friendships can build so quickly when you're so busy tearing down and building porches and in just one short week. I met people from all over the country - from close to home and from Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Wisconsin and other places.
ACTIVE SENIOR
Half a dozen jobs are about right for Siena prof
At 74, Doug Lonnstrom has taken some work responsibilities off his plate in recent years - but he has no plans to retire. A founding director of the Siena Research Institute at Siena College in Loudonville, Dr. Lonnstrom still keeps tabs on six distinct jobs...
CATHOLIC VETERAN
For 95-year-old drummer, beat goes on
One of several seniors profiled in The Evangelist's special retirement and financial planning issue.
CATECHIST PROFILE
Pediatrician prescribes faith for students and self
For the past four years, Lisa Mooney, 45, has carefully balanced family life and her work as a pediatrician to find time to volunteer as a catechist to fourth-graders at St. Mary's parish in Cooperstown.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS
What makes a good catechist?
Catechists are entrusted to teach the Catholic faith to the next generation. What makes a good catechist?
PRIESTHOOD SUNDAY
'Five and under' group supports new priests
Catholics turn to their priests in times of sorrow and joy. To whom do priests turn for support? In the Albany Diocese, priests with fewer than five years of experience meet in a group five times a year.
COMMON GROUND
Calligraphers of three faiths team up
A week after the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Christian, Muslim and Jewish artists came together to celebrate their faith traditions through art - and to remember that their commonalities matter most.
FATHER VO'S FIRST YEAR
One year in, an ever-growing vocation
What if parishioners don't like Rev. Quy Vo's homily? How does he celebrate a funeral Mass for a person he's never met? What if the young adult group he moderates questions his commentary on social topics? A year into the priesthood, Father Vo has overcome many such challenges. The rookie …
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
Runner sets course for religious life
On Oct. 2, Mary McMahon will suddenly have sisters - a lot of them. In a ceremony at Our Lady of Hope Residence in Latham, the 21-year-old will enter the Little Sisters of the Poor as a postulant, a first step in religious life.
PERMANENT DIACONATE
Deacons reminisce as they mark 25th anniversary
Deacon Jerry Grigaitis boasts that his 1986 ordination class of 20 men was the largest "graduating class" of deacons in the Albany Diocese. He's almost right: Two of the classes that preceded his turned out a few more deacons, but numbers haven't even come close since then.Classes today average between …
GENERATION LIFE
Young Catholic spreads pro-life message
When Megan Mastroianni gave her first pro-life talk for Generation Life at a high school in King of Prussia, Pa., she had to convince a classroom full of teenagers that sex is for a purpose and a child isn't a "choice." It wasn't an easy sell - but instead of …
OLD IS NEW AGAIN
Eucharistic adoration gains local popularity
Eucharistic adoration - praying before the Blessed Sacrament - is making a comeback in the Albany Diocese. In the past few years, three area parishes have adopted a 24-hour perpetual adoration schedule.
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