PEOPLE OF FAITH
CATHOLIC SONGWRITER
Teen's career already hitting high notes
When he made his First Communion, Anthony Gargiula got a website and business cards. He has his own LLC and aims to form a publishing company for his songwriting. "There aren't too many people in this world that are like me," said Anthony, now 13.
ST. ANNE INSTITUTE
After 47 years, art teacher won't be going back to school
Back-to-school time will be a little different for Edith Lockett this year: The 84-year-old has retired from 47 years of teaching art at St. Anne Institute, a treatment center and school for troubled teenage girls in Albany.
CONQUERING POVERTY
Matriarch raising relatives -and hopes
Susan Terry's children call her "Nunu" - which is easier than explaining they consider her their mother, father, grandmother and great-aunt.
SPECIAL SECTION
Back-to-School
The Evangelist has a long list of interesting stories and photos about local students, teachers and more: A matriarch raises generations of her extended family - and makes sure they attend Troy's Catholic schools; A student-run group at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School in Schenectady provides sporting goods for needy youth; …
EVANGELIZATION
Retired priest still going door-to-door
He's at it again. Rev. Charles Gaffigan, a retired priest of the Albany Diocese, recently added Gloversville to a long list of towns where he's conducted door-to-door visits on behalf of parishes, reminding them that a Catholic church is nearby if they're interested.
UPCOMING FEATURES
Gospel music expert will energize Catholics
A world-renowned church musician and lecturer will visit the Albany Diocese this month to teach about the history and intricacies of gospel music.
LIFE OF SERVICE
The new face of retirement: Deacon ministers at 90
You know a deacon is doing a good job if parishioners think about his homilies at the grocery store. For more than three decades, Deacon Earle Flatt has been making such impressions on members of St. Madeleine Sophie in Schenectady by turning everyday items like macaroni and peanut butter into …
INTERFAITH CENTER
UAlbany's Chapel House changes its name
What a difference a name makes. For decades, the building serving faith-seeking UAlbany students was informally called Chapel House - a name that reportedly made some non-Christian students uncomfortable. When the University at Albany began using "the Interfaith Center" on signs and materials this summer, that reaction changed.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS
Union College campus ministry is on the grow
When Maria Dreeszen, a junior at Union College in Schenectady, first became involved with the Catholic Student Association (CSA) there, only a handful of other students went to Masses and participated in activities. Three times as many do today.
UPCOMING EVENT
Amsterdam estate sale includes Kateri items
An upcoming Amsterdam estate sale will offer an eclectic Catholic collection that showcases its owner's aim of spreading Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha's story.
SPECIAL SECTION
Pet pages
A seminarian describes his summer in Herkimer/Little Falls with Rev. Tom Lawless' two dogs, three parrots and fish; and a Greenfield Center parishioner reflects on lessons from Chip, her golden retriever.
UPCOMING EVENT
Kateri's special day approaches
The Evangelist brings you more updates on "Kateri news" from around the Diocese: Local Catholics prepare to head to Rome for Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha's canonization; an artist creates an icon of this first Native American saint; and an estate sale offers a vast collection of Kateri items from a collector …
MISSION WORK
Nigerian sister has big plans in Albany
A superior of a young, Nigeria-based order of women religious is setting up shop in the Albany Diocese. Sister Mary Pedro Chinedu Opara, a member of the New Evangelization Sisters of Mother of Perpetual Help, arrived in Albany in August to evangelize, serve the poor and gain exposure for her …
ST. JOSEPH'S, TROY
Carmelite priest comes back 'home'
A "pseudo-retired" Carmelite priest is back at St. Joseph's parish in Troy after 20 years of serving downstate parishes - and he feels he's come home. Rev. Lucian Beltzner, O.Carm, isn't a native of the Albany Diocese, but he says South Troy is similar to his hometown of Allentown, Pa. …
NEW PROGRAM
See a potential priest? Try calling him by name
Do you know someone who'd make a good priest? The Albany diocesan Vocations Office hopes you'll make your recommendation known. In response to a projected much smaller number of priests in the Diocese in less than a decade, the Vocations Office is re-launching "Called by Name," a program that asks …
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