 | | | MORE TOP STORIES | | |  | | The latest on 'Called to be Church' | "We're used to one priest per parish," said Deacon Frank Berning, director of the diocesan Office of Pastoral Planning. "Well, we're not going to be able to do that in this diocese."
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 15, 2012 17:14
| Priest placed on leave | The Albany Diocese has placed a Greene County priest on administrative leave from ministry pending the outcome of investigations into allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. The Diocese has referred the allegations to the Greene County District Attorney's Office.
Thursday, April 19, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 16, 2012 13:30
| Healing service at charismatic day | On April 21, Maria Vadia, a popular Catholic lay evangelist with an international healing ministry, will return to St. Edward's parish in Clifton Park as part of a diocesan Catholic Charismatic Renewal healing and renewal day.
Thursday, April 12, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 10, 2012 10:51
| Easter Mass on TV | The televised Easter Mass with Bishop Howard J. Hubbard was taped at St. Mary's parish in Glens Falls. It will be aired Easter morning, April 8, in the Albany Diocese.
Thursday, April 05, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 3, 2012 16:39
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| | | | | OPINION | | | | | Taking note of 20 years | When Carondelet Music Center in Latham opened its doors at St. Joseph's Provincial House 20 years ago, there were two Kindermusik classes - one with four children and the other with six children.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 15, 2012 16:37
| A dying bishop ponders life | A little over a year ago, while in the middle of a very active West Coast confirmation schedule, I fell ill and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. My prognosis was less than a year.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 15, 2012 16:51
| Remembering Rev. Bill Shannon | Toward the end of my studies, I vowed to take whatever Rochester offered next - and so I was privileged to study acclaimed writer and Trappist monk Rev. Thomas Merton under Msgr. William Shannon, Ph.D.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 8, 2012 15:21
| A future priest reflects
on Called to be Church
and growing love of God | Most Catholics know that a man who aspires to become a priest must be well-prepared for it, educated at a Catholic seminary. What often surprises some people is knowing that seminary preparation normally lasts for six years.
Thursday, April 26, 2012 | | Read more | |
April 24, 2012 16:21
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| | | | | FEATURES | | | | | Parishioners help family after fire | It's unusual for a local parish to earmark a special collection for specific parishioners. But Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Schenectady took that step last weekend for a family devastated by a house fire on Bradley Street late last month.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 8, 2012 15:18
| School
superintendent
named | His classroom may have changed slightly, but Michael Pizzingrillo, the new superintendent of Catholic schools for the Albany Diocese, will always be a teacher.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 16, 2012 10:09
| Family copes with
muscular dystrophy | Like most 11-year-old boys, Derek Murphy prefers gym over other classes and has played on baseball teams. He likes to swim at summer camp and sled on winter break. He even knows how to charm his parents into letting 10 of his friends sleep over at their North Greenbush home.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 16, 2012 10:10
| Resurrection Sisters
selling greeting cards | Move over, Hallmark: Local women religious have entered the greeting card business. With their new initiative, "CR Cards," the Castleton-based Sisters of the Resurrection aim to use designs and spiritual messages to evangelize and inspire.
Thursday, May 03, 2012 | | Read more | |
May 15, 2012 17:13
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