PEOPLE OF FAITH
CHRISTIAN MUSIC
Hip-hop artist 'unafraid' of faith
A 20-year-old Schenectady Catholic is making a name for himself in the hip-hop and contemporary Christian music worlds - but he doesn't care about his Facebook followers or fan mail.
TIME IN NICARAGUA
Spanish-speaking teen uses skills on mission trips
Volunteering is an "opportunity" to Aidyanne Jeriliss Torres of Our Lady of the Americas Shrine Church, a mission of Blessed Sacrament parish in Albany. So, when a relative encouraged the 17-year-old to join a mission trip to Chiquilistagua, Nicaragua, two years ago, "I took it just as quickly as I …
HEALTHY EATING
Girl Scout creates camp on nutrition
A dozen grade-schoolers wobbled and grinned as they balanced on one leg and arched their arms over their heads, heeding a peer yoga instructor. Twenty feet away, in the parish center kitchen at St. Michael the Archangel parish in Troy, more children scooped oats and squeezed honey to make nutritious …
NEW CATHOLIC
Convert going strong at 100
An Albany nonagenarian who was baptized, made her First Communion and was confirmed all in one day four years ago is turning 100 next week - and she still reports joy in her young Catholic faith.
RELIGIOUS LIFE
Diocese prepares to call more vocations 'by name'
Encouraging vocations in the Albany Diocese has gained new momentum.
VOCATIONS
Teen who came back to faith thinking about religious life
It was only two years ago when Kylie Spinelli of Glens Falls begrudgingly attended a Catholic youth conference to fulfill a requirement for confirmation - a sacrament she only intended to receive to appease her parents.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
True love for 78 years and counting
In the early years of the 20th century, a young girl named Edith was taught by nuns overseeing a Catholic children's group to pray for her vocation. "And then I met him," Edith said of her husband, William Fugazzi. "I just knew he was the one for me. We were …
SENIOR SISTER
Sister Gussie's not quite ready to retire
For Sister Augusta Ann "Gussie" Burgess, CSJ, retirement is a process. She recently cut just one day from her schedule at an early intervention program for children in Troy.
AMSTERDAM
Doc walks to fundraise after wife's breast cancer
After Dr. Michael Sheridan's wife survived breast cancer, the Amsterdam family physician sought a way to make a difference. To date, he's logged more than 600 miles during 14 benefit walks, staged 10 golf tournaments and collected about $740,000 for medical research and grants for uninsured or under-insured patients.
PARISHES' HISTORY
Cohoes Catholics dedicate a year to heritage of faith
Starting in the late 1990s, Catholics in the city of Cohoes have witnessed eight parishes - several of which were steeped in rich ethnic traditions - gradually merge into two.
RAISING AWARENESS
Diabetic cyclist rides to fight climate change
Peter Trolio is still flying high after cycling 300 miles in five days for charity. Last month, he rode his bicycle from New York City to Washington, D.C., to spread awareness about climate change, learn the importance of teamwork and push the physical boundaries presented by his Type 1 diabetes.
N.Y. TRANSPLANT
Popular priest can't seem to retire
Rev. John Hunter came to the Albany Diocese from the Archdiocese of New York to retire - but six years later, he's still pitching in at parishes and has made an obvious mark on the Diocese.
TROY RESIDENCE
Veterans in need find home at St. Peter's
Louis Giancamillo, a former air traffic controller in the U.S. Air Force, was already no stranger to living in homeless shelters when he lost his job and house this fall.
SACRAMENTS
Her Christmas gift: First Communion
A sixth-grader at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School in Schenectady received a special Christmas gift in the presence of Bishop Howard J. Hubbard and her school community this week: Jesus.
AVERILL PARK WOODWORKER
Carving solace for grieving people
Jonathan Clement has scaled church steeples to put up ladders and scaffolding, restored historic buildings like the State Capitol and Albany City Hall and done copper work on roofs and gutters in Troy.
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