News Releases

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Oct 8, 2021, 7:26 PM
Father Jerome R. Gingras, pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, Glenville; Our Lady of Grace, Ballston Lake, and St. Joseph’s, Scotia, died suddenly today. He was 71.
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Sep 14, 2021, 1:42 PM
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger will celebrate the annual White Mass for Health Care Workers on Saturday, Oct. 2, at 4 p.m. in the Coliseum church at the Our Lady of Martyr’s Shrine in Auriesville.
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Aug 27, 2021, 8:03 PM
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger has asked the independent Diocesan Review Board to offer advisement on the following clergy, each of whom has an allegation of child sexual abuse filed against him through the Child Victims Act.
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Aug 24, 2021, 7:26 PM
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger has asked parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany to take up a special collection to support those people devastated by the recent earthquake and storm in Haiti.
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Aug 21, 2021, 8:05 PM
Father Gregory Weider, a retired priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany who has been serving as Sacramental Minister at Sacred Heart in Margaretville and its mission, St. Anne’s in Andes, has been removed from public ministry by Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, effective Aug. 14, due to an allegation of sexual abuse related to a Child Victims Act (CVA) filing.
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Aug 14, 2021, 4:00 PM
Schenectady pastor withdraws from public ministry while independent Diocesan Review Board investigates CVA claim.
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Aug 6, 2021, 11:36 AM
A message and an invitation from Bishop Scharfenberger
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Aug 2, 2021, 11:59 AM
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, along with diocesan clergy, religious, and laity, will perform in the seventh annual Concert for Vocations at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 125 Eagle Street, Albany, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, beginning at 7 p.m.
Jul 30, 2021, 3:29 PM
In light of allegations of sexual abuse that were first reported in a Child Victims Act (CVA) case, Father John “Jack” Varno, a retired priest in the Diocese of Albany who serves as a sacramental minister in several parishes, has voluntarily withdrawn from public ministry while the case moves forward.
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Jun 28, 2021, 4:39 PM
Bishop Edward Scharfenberger is pleased to announce the following pastoral assignments