Carolers Visit the School Office

Christ the King Students spread the Christmas Spirit! 

On our Way

 

More Pictures from the Trip to Delhi

 

 

Diocese-wide Christmas service project helps seniors affected by floods

Diocese-wide Christmas service project helps seniors affected by floods

-Students to deliver Christmas cheer, support-

(ALBANY) - Catholic schools from throughout Albany Diocese have a special Christmas service project this year: They have "adopted" residents at the Delhi Senior Housing Complex in Delaware County. Together, Diocesan School Board members and students from 17 Catholic schools have worked together, raising funds to purchase gift cards and other gift items that residents need to help restore their homes and lives, and to reassure them that at this holiest of seasons, they have not been forgotten. The effort is coordinated by Diocesan School Board member Kate Burgess.

A group of students and administrators will deliver items and partake in a Christmas celebration this Friday, December 15 from 10:30-noon at the Delhi Senior Community, located at 7 Main Street in Delhi. Beginning at 8:00 a.m., students and staff will load items for donation into a caravan of cars from the Diocese Pastoral Center, located at 40 North Main Ave., Albany, NY 12203

Delhi is HUD subsized housing for very low-income seniors age 62 and over. The residence was seriously damaged during the June floods, rendering 19 apartments on the first floor uninhabitable. Consequently, the senior citizens who lived in those apartments lost everything. It is a great hardship for these residents to replace the furniture, clothes, and other household necessities that they need because most residents have incomes below $9,000, many with annual incomes below $5,000.

Schools participating in this project include Blessed Sacrament, Christ the King, Holy Cross, Holy Spirit, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School, St. Ambrose, St. Casimir’s Regional School, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Helen’s, St. Madeleine Sophie, St. Mary’s-Ballston Spa, St. John the Evangelist, St. Mary’s-Oneonta, St. Thomas the Apostle, and St. Patrick’s Academy in Catskill.

Catholic Schools Award Ceremony

AWARD RECIPIENTS

· Saint John Neumann Award

This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to Catholic School education. The individual/organization has communicated to the Catholic community, and to the broader community that Catholic schools are the best investment and hope for the future of church and society. The award gives public acknowledgment to a life of service to Catholic school education demonstrated through personal characteristics of zeal, support, enthusiasm, purpose and selfless generosity in the spirit of St. John Neumann.

Awarded to Rev. John Provost, Pastor, St. Thomas the Apostle Church.

Awarded to Rev. Paul Roman, Pastor, St. Mary’s Church/Oneonta.

· Bishop Hubbard Distinguished Principal Award

This award recognizes a principal who promotes a school’s Catholic education, seeking to foster a Christian community of love in which God’s truth and life are integrated into the entire curriculum and life of the school. The principal has demonstrated skilled leadership in inviting the church community, the teachers, and the parents to share in this mission. This leadership is spiritual, visionary and is rooted in an ongoing relationship with Jesus Christ.

Awarded to Mr. Dennis Mullahy, Principal, St. Pius X School.

· Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Distinguished Teacher Award

This award honors a Catholic schoolteacher who has promoted a school’s Catholic education and who has a strong awareness of a school’s Catholic identity and mission. The teacher has demonstrated excellence in teaching skills and has a positive effect on the moral growth of the students.

Awarded to Ms. Susanne Norton, Teacher, St. Mary’s School/Waterford.

· Mother Francis Cabrini Distinguished School Support Award

This award honors a member of the school community who challenges the entire community to make a radical commitment to the school’s Catholic mission through the personal giving of time and talents. This stewardship is an affirmation that the education of our youth involves the entire community.

Awarded posthumously to Mr. Mark Dylong, St. Stanislaus School.

· 25 Years of Service

Mary Ann Galarneau, Catholic Central High School

Marlene Omlor, St. Madeleine Sophie School

Kathryn Decatur, St. Madeleine Sophie School

Gail Griffin, St. Mary’s Institute

Susanne Norton, St. Mary’s School/Waterford

· 35 Years of Service

Sr. Marilyn Feehan, Catholic Central High School

Ed Novak, Catholic Central High School

Mary Anne Velz, St. Mary’s Institute