PEOPLE OF FAITH
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HEARTS ON THEIR SLEEVES: Amsterdam youth spread pro-life message through t-shirts
Six eighth-grade girls from St. Mary's Institute in Amsterdam created a stir when they wore matching t-shirts last month. The shirts featured the ultrasound image of an unborn child and were emblazoned with the words "I am a person."
GATHERING IN MADRID
Rensselaer Catholics will attend World Youth Day
As hundreds of thousands of Catholics in more than 170 countries gear up for World Youth Day in Madrid, youth at a Rensselaer parish continue dreaming up fundraisers to finance their August trip to Spain for the event. For two years, members of the Parish of St. John the Evangelist …
NEW CATHOLIC
Help and homilies drew her to Church
For much of her life, Linda Kay Thompson has found herself in the company of Catholics: friends, doctors, confidants in the clergy and nurses who are all quietly devout.Raised Southern Baptist, she had been searching for her own path to faith. Having just been received into the Catholic Church at …
ALBANY PROGRAM
New Sanctuary movement aids immigrants to area
When Holy Family parish in Albany lost its youth minister six years ago, both the parish and the community suffered. The youth minister's family had been deported back to Mexico, and the parish had one fewer leader. But for one parishioner, that loss was a motivation to help other immigrants …
VIEWPOINTS
Spring Enrichment participants reflect on workshops
During last week's Spring Enrichment gathering at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, The Evangelist asked participants to talk about their favorite workshops. The four-day event brought together religious educators from across the Albany Diocese for courses on various aspects of faith.
PARISH LIFE DIRECTOR
'Dr. Sous' earns the title
It took several careers and a few moves across the northeast, but this May, Kathie Sousa finally earned the doctoral degree she first sought 38 years ago.Back then, she didn't know that her degree would be in ministry, or that she'd become the parish life director at Blessed Sacrament parish …
COLLEGE-BOUND
Advice for freshmen from new sophomores
After the first year of college, a student has not only survived one of the biggest transitions of his or her life, but has also learned a thing or two: where the best coffee is on campus, which professors to avoid, what belongings simply take up space in a dorm …
FAITH AND TECHNOLOGY
LOCAL BLOGGERS: Where to find Catholics online
Among the thousands of Catholic bloggers populating the Internet with thoughts on spirituality, politics and the Church are several well-known residents of the Albany Diocese.
CALLED TO BE CHURCH
Athens and Catskill Catholics discover that change is good
Only two years ago, this get-together would have been a somewhat awkward affair. When St. Patrick's parish in Athens and St. Patrick's in Catskill first became linked during the Albany Diocese's "Called to be Church" pastoral planning process, there was what choir member Joe Capobianco described as "dissension."
CAST IN MOVIE
Local Catholics get 15 minutes of fame
On the sweltering evening of Aug. 5, more than 100 people crowded into St. John the Evangelist parish in Schenectady for a baptism. But instead of family and friends, the attendees were extras in a movie cast; instead of parishioners, the "parents" were celebrities; and instead of one sacrament, many …
SARATOGA TO PORT-AU-PRINCE
A student's year in Haiti
Wreckage and disease still devastate Haiti in the wake of a 2010 earthquake - and 20-year-old Josh Kent, a native of St. Clement's parish in Saratoga Springs, has pitched in to help Haitians suffering from cholera, living in crowded tent cities. At the end of Josh's spring semester of college …
MICHAEL CANTY
Memorial fund marks 10th year
The 10th anniversary of 9/11 is also the 10th anniversary of a scholarship fund established in memory of a 30-year-old Schenectady native who perished in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
CHAPLAIN WHO PERISHED
Remembering Father Grogan
A votive candle will be lit Sept. 11 at St. Joseph's Center in Valatie in front of a photograph of Rev. Francis Grogan, CSC. Lost in the terrorist attacks on the U.S. 10 years ago, Father Grogan will be remembered by the Holy Cross brothers who had expected him to …
HELPING HEIFERS
Farmer/inventor moooves into retirement
If cows could talk, they'd probably thank Henry Tassitano for creating a gadget that can save their lives. Mr. Tassitano, a parishioner of St. John the Baptist Church in Walton, lives with his wife, Mary, on a 200-acre farm in Walton. He cared for 50 Jersey cows for decades until …
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
Faiths have collaborated for 70 years
As the Capital Area Council of Churches celebrates its 70th anniversary, the organization of different communities of faith is looking back at its evolution from a simple ecumenical group into a provider of social services.
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