T he community bulletin board in the lobby of St. Bernard's in Cohoes is empty.
Nothing is scheduled but the 162-year-old church's final Mass, and no one here needs a reminder.
As Christians around the globe prepare for Lent -- a solemn 40-day period of repentance leading up to Easter when, Scripture says, Jesus rose from the dead -- scores of the faithful across the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese are preparing to celebrate one of their most holy days in a church other than their own.
"You see Resurrection at the end of Lent, and I think the problem here is that we don't see resurrection at the end of this," said Michael Schweigert, 60, of Guilderland. His suburban church isn't closing, but he spent the morning photographing St. Bernard's …
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