Commentary

By Father Rich Tomkosky What is Saint John the Baptist’s message to the people of his time and for all time? The three R’s: REPENTANCE...

By Father Rich Tomkosky In this holy season of Advent, Jesus is calling us to a deep personal relationship with Himself. All of us are...

By Father Rich Tomkosky Jesus is the only King who began His reign on the throne of death, namely, the Cross. Pretty amazing - not...

Column by Jonathan Nagy On October 28, in a letter entitled Disegnare Nuove Mappe Di Speranza (Drawing New Maps of Hope), Pope Leo XIV declared...

By Father Rich Tomkosky Picking up from last week's column --  The Sorrowful Mysteries This is where the rubber meets the road, the nitty gritty of...

By Father Rich Tomkosky The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown has kicked off "Called by Name," a new initiative to encourage vocations to the ordained priesthood. If...

By Father Rich Tomkosky Earlier this week, we remembered our departed loved ones on All Souls Day. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which...

By Father Rich Tomkosky Without the honest acknowledgement of our struggle with pride, sinfulness of various sorts, and our need for God, we are not...

Column by Jonathan Nagy A few days ago, I was cleaning when a shelf in my closet broke and I had a giant mess on...

By Father Rich Tomkosky This past weekend, the Church celebrated World Mission Sunday. It was a reminder to us of the need to support the...