Saint Stan's Reopens

After parishioners held a vigil for 1150 days, Saint Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church in North Adams, Massachusetts celebrated its first mass on Palm Sunday April 1, 2012. The church was closed in December of 2008 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield and recently ordered reopened by the Vatican.
I had covered the vigil over the years, even sleeping in the church along with the vigilers. When I got word that their efforts had paid off and the church was going to be reopened I felt I of course had to be there for their first mass.

Weekend trip to NY

I took a trip down to NY and met with Jan Latus of the Nowy Dziennik "Polish Daily News" one of the countries largest Polish Newspapers if not the largest. I thanked him for the nice space I was given for my story on the parishioners of Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church in Adams, Massachusetts that was closed by the archdiocese of Springfield, Ma. I met with his boss who also seemed to really enjoy my photos and writing, she asked me to continue to cover the story of the church's struggle for the paper. I am thrilled and will return to Adams soon.
The next day while in New York among lessons in video editing I met with some friends who are working on a movie documentary about the well known wrestler turned pastor Ted "The Million Dollar Man" DiBiase. He was giving a men's retreat out on Shelter Island. I had a moment to photograph him.