Growing in Faith
Tools to Grow Your Faith
The following are videos, audio series, and more developed by the Diocese of Albany Communications Office with the goal of growing the faith of the laity and anyone interested in Catholicism through education and information. Please feel free to utilize in Faith Formation classrooms, church groups, OCIA meetings, for individual learning and/or any individual pursuits you may have.
Bishop Mark Teaches
In this video series, geared toward children and youth, Bishop Mark O’Connell tackles topics such as penance, what a Bishop is, and what it means to be an apostle. The following links direct you to worksheets that can be used alongside the videos as teaching tools. Click here to access videos
Worksheets:
“The Power of One Hour” is a five-part video series teaching about the Catholic Mass. Each video explains a different part of the Mass: Mass Preparation, Introductory Rites, Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist, and Communion & Concluding Rites.
Each segment comes with study guides, and each is closed-captioning in English, Spanish & Vietnamese.
Click here to access the videos and worksheets
State of the Saints
This series is made up of short videos hosted by Sr. Teresa Grace Baillargeon to explore the ever-growing Communion of Saints in the Catholic Church. Each episode features information on a different Saint, Venerable, Blessed, or Servant of God recognized by the Church and aims to encourage those watching as they walk their own journey toward sainthood. Geared toward individuals of all ages.
Click here to access the full series
The Called to Serve Podcast shares the stories of the many people in the Albany Diocese who are dedicating their lives to serving God as they further the mission of the Catholic Church. We thank them all for their dedication and for taking the time to share their stories with us, hopefully inspiring others to reflect on how God may be calling them to serve.
Click here to access all episodes
You can also find it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, and it airs on WOPG Radio at 10am Mondays, 4pm Thursdays, 3am Saturdays, 4:30pm Sundays.
