Lives Well Lived: The priest who made ‘good trouble’

By David Levine, for the Times Union, January 8, 2026

Lives Well Lived, is a series from the Times Union, profiling ordinary individuals who lived extraordinary lives in upstate New York.

“Father Frank, as he was known, died Nov. 29, 2025, at age 80. He wove his faith and the events of the world into a life serving and protecting immigrants, most notably as the co-founder of the Ulster Immigrant Defense Network. He chafed against the idea that politics had no place in the pulpit. On the contrary, faith inspired him to ‘confront injustice’ and to ‘confirm goodness and condemn evil in society’.” Read the whole story.