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Photo: John Carl D'Annibale
Sister Mary Lou Liptak in the chapel of St. Lucy/St. Bernadette Church Thursday May 10, 2018 in Altamont, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale/Times Union)
Sister Mary Lou Liptak in the chapel of St. Lucy/St. Bernadette Church Thursday May 10, 2018 in Altamont, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale/Times Union)
Photo: John Carl D'Annibale
Sister Mary Lou Liptak in the chapel of St. Lucy/St. Bernadette Church Thursday May 10, 2018 in Altamont, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale/Times Union)
Sister Mary Lou Liptak in the chapel of St. Lucy/St. Bernadette Church Thursday May 10, 2018 in Altamont, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale/Times Union)
Photo: John Carl D'Annibale
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger leads a mass to celebrate the start of National Catholic Schools Week in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
lessBishop Edward B. Scharfenberger leads a mass to celebrate the start of National Catholic Schools Week in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate
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Katie Mattes, far right, from St. Mary's School in Ballston Spa, delivers the second reading during a mass to celebrate the start of National Catholic Schools Week in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
lessKatie Mattes, far right, from St. Mary's School in Ballston Spa, delivers the second reading during a mass to celebrate the start of National Catholic Schools Week in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany on
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Priests from area parishes process in at the start of a mass to celebrate the start of National Catholic Schools Week in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
lessPriests from area parishes process in at the start of a mass to celebrate the start of National Catholic Schools Week in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at the Cathedral of the
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Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger talks about the importance of Catholic school education during a mass to celebrate the start of National Catholic Schools Week in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
lessBishop Edward B. Scharfenberger talks about the importance of Catholic school education during a mass to celebrate the start of National Catholic Schools Week in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany on Sunday,
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Diocese newspaper rejects ad for documentary on a local Catholic church
The Evangelist, the official publication of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, has rejected an advertisement for a documentary about women, focusing on the Catholic parish in the Hilltowns.
"A Calling," directed by Nick Viscio, features Sister Mary Lou Liptak, the parish life director of St. Lucy/St. Bernadette Church in Altamont, and local Catholics, including parishioners and nuns working for social justice.
"Everyone has a calling," she told the Times Union last week. "The film intertwines the story of my calling to serve in our parish and the stories of those whose calling took them in places they perhaps could not have imagined."
The film will have its public premiere Friday night at Proctors GE Theater in Schenectady.
Viscio said he contacted the Evangelist about running an advertisement for "A Calling" a month ago and following a few email exchanges didn't hear anything more after May 3. communication went dead after that.
"We got word through one of the sisters in the film that the Diocese was not going to put our ad in, that they were uncomfortable," he said Thursday. "It's disappointing, I can't understand why the diocese wouldn't take pride in (the film)."
When asked why the weekly newspaper did not run the advertisement, Mary DeTurris Poust, director of Communications for the Diocese, said in an email that the decision "was made by the Evangelist, independent of the diocese."
"However, it would not be unusual for a Catholic publication to hold off on running an ad for a film related to the Catholic Church that its publisher or editor have not screened," she wrote.
Viscio, who is a parishioner of St. Lucy/St. Bernadette, said in a press release that the film "is a powerful untold story that will change your perspective of women in the Church."
Since the diocese started the role of parish life directors, he said, "women have been leading, but are seldom held up, as the prominent example of the change that they represent."
The feature-length film was shot in the Altamont church and at other local places, including the state Capitol. It was screened on May 16 at the church for the film's participants and their families. It will be shown at Proctors at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. with proceeds going to the parish.
https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Diocese-publication-rejects-ad-for-documentary-on-12941689.php
