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Vatican Christmas: Details of Stamps, Nativity Scene, Tree Released
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Although the Vatican knows Christmas may be very different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it...
CATHOLIC LIVING
Rooting for the Church
Column by Jonathan Nagy
There are few experiences in life that compare to a Penn State home football game Saturday. A crisp, sunny Autumn morning...
Reflecting on the End of Our Earthly Life
By Father Rich Tomkosky
We are in the last two weeks of the Liturgical year. The readings should cause us to reflect carefully on the...
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Bishop Urges College Students To Remember Who They Are As Catholic...
By Tony DeGol
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Logan Gottshall and Elisabeth Keim have an advantage as they head off to college this fall.
Both are attending Christian and Catholic universities...
FAMILY LIFE
KEEPING THE FAITH
A Legacy of Connecting People Through Prayer and Television
By Tony DeGol
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Not many little boys are lucky enough to find a mentor who will still influence them later in life.
David Micik found that...
COMMENTARY
Being a Christian Disciple = Embracing the Cross
By Father Rich Tomkosky
When we look at Jesus on the Cross what do we think? A great spiritual writer, Father Edward Leen from Ireland,...
The Ends Never Meet
By Cindy O’Connor,
Executive Director, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Whether it is at the gas pump or the grocery store, everything is...
How Do We Deal with the Storms of Life?
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Life can be difficult, sometimes overwhelming. There are two possible ways to deal with it – either to turn in on...
I’ve Seen the Face of Jesus
Column by Jonathan Nagy
In 2003, Mitch Albom wrote the inspiring novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, which followed the life and death...
Giving Thanks
Column by Father Jonathan Dickson
Anytime I consider what it means to give thanks, I am always drawn back to Luke 17:11-19. This is the...
SPIRITUALITY
ARISE Commissioning Mass, Convocation Planned
By Tony DeGol
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Two major events will serve as precursors to the upcoming third season of the diocesan renewal initiative ARISE Together in Christ.
A Mass...