VOCATIONS
PRIESTHOOD STUDIES
HOME, SWEET ROME: Seminarians report from Italy
Nine months ago, two future priests were in the pre-theology program at Cathedral Seminary downstate in Douglaston, N.Y., when Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger tapped them to study instead at the Pontifical North American College (NAC) in Rome.
SPECIAL SECTION: PRIESTS' ANNIVERSARIES
One assertion is common among the 14 priests of the Albany Diocese celebrating significant anniversaries of ordination: They’re glad they made the choice to answer God’s call.
Vocations
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REFLECTION
Seminarian's story
I first felt called to the priesthood when I was 15 years old. I was an altar server at St. Bernard's parish in Cohoes at the time and I had a powerful experience of God working in my life. That is when I began questioning whether or not God was …
OVERVIEW
Diocese works toward 'culture of vocations'
Rev. Anthony Ligato wants to redefine the word "vocation" for the Albany Diocese. While Catholics might automatically picture priests, deacons, religious sisters and brothers, he explained, pursuing a vocation is "simply living out our faith life."
EVENT AT SHRINE
Vocations Summit to convene in Auriesville
Hundreds of Catholics from every corner of the Albany Diocese are about to convene at the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville to address the current scarcity of vocations.
TO BE ORDAINED FOR DIOCESE
Four new priests all surprised by vocations
A quartet of new priests about to be ordained for the Albany Diocese are putting four remarkably different personalities and skill sets to work in the vineyard of the Lord, but all have one thing in common: surprise that God called them to serve. As their ordination by Bishop Edward …
REFLECTION
Boasting about vocations and trusting in the Lord
It is in those times when the struggle seems so great that we encounter the Lord most profoundly. Let me share a couple recent experiences of the struggle and the joy.
SPANISH CATHOLICS/LOS CAT
Los católicos españoles cómo promover las vocaciones**************How Spanish Catholics promote vocations
Criada en una familia católica en El Salvador, mis padres me enseñaron el significado de la palabra "vocación" en un sentido muy general. Having being brought up in a Catholic family in El Salvador, I was taught the meaning of the word "vocation."
BISHOP'S COLUMN
The vocation of marriage
This column is the second in a three-part series on marriage and support for those in marital stress or collapse. Read last week's column at www.evangelist.org. Next week, Bishop Scharfenberger will address ecclesiastical annulments and other remedies for people struggling with family-life issues.
SEMINARIANS
Two Vietnamese men studying for priesthood for Albany Diocese
Thien "Peter" Nguyen and Duyet "Anthony" Nguyen share more than a last name. Both of them came to the United States from Vietnam a few months ago through the efforts of a priest who helps Vietnamese seminarians pursue priesthood in America.
HOLY CROSS
Missionary from Diocese marks 50 years of priesthood
On June 22, Father Shea's family members, American friends and some other Peruvian compadres honored Father Shea for his 50th anniversary of priestly life. There was a Mass at Our Lady of the Assumption parish in Latham and a party planned by the missionary's cousins at the Colonie Elks Club.
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.
'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?"
CATHOLIC SISTERS WEEK PROFILE
Sister Mary Fran is 'heart and soul' of Consultation Center
On a recent afternoon, Sister Mary Frances Beck, SNJM, answered a ringing phone at the Consultation Center of the Diocese of Albany. "Good morning, Consultation Center," she said softly, as she has for the past 39 years.
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