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TOR Immaculate Conception Province Celebrates 100th Anniversary
The Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular, Province of the Immaculate Conception, Hollidaysburg, began the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the founding of...
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Personally Encountering the Lord Jesus in the Mass Like the Disciples...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
This past weekend, we heard the intriguing account of the two disciples speaking to the Lord Jesus on the road to...
Doubting Thomas, Jesus’ Mercy, and Our Lady’s Help to Embrace His...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Many of the saints have pointed out that in God’s holy Providence, the apostle Thomas not being present at the initial...
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Father Paul Taylor, OSB, Named 18th President of Saint Vincent College
Father Paul R. Taylor, O.S.B., Ph.D., a Benedictine monk and executive vice president, has been named the 18th president of Saint Vincent College, effective...
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Proclaim! TV
Watch Proclaim! every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. on WATM ABC 23 followed by the live broadcast of the Sunday Mass from Saint John Gualbert...
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Faith in Our Future
Column by Jonathan Nagy
"For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to...
Jesus’ Tough Teachings — But When Embraced, in Grace, Lead to True Life in...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Jesus reminds us frequently in the Gospels that the path to Heaven is narrow and the path to Hell is wide...
We Are Family
Column by Jonathan Nagy
As a teacher, I spend a great deal of time planning and preparing lessons, tests, homework, and other classroom-enhancing activities. While...
On Death: Keep Your Eyes Open, For You Know Neither the Day Nor the...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
The Church encourages us to prepare ourselves for the hour of our death. In the ancient litany of the saints, for...
Suffering and Truth: The Solution?
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Pilate in the Passion narrative from Saint John’s Gospel asks Jesus the biting, yet maybe slightly inquiring, question, "What is truth?"...
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Six Diocesan Priests Mark 60th Anniversary of Ordination
By Tony DeGol
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Six priests of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown are marking the 60th anniversary of their ordination this month.
Reverend Sylvester J. Bendzella, 86, is...







































