DON'T MISS
An Urgent Request to Everyone in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
A Message by Bishop Mark
In a matter of 72 hours (August 14-16), the Caribbean country of Haiti was struck by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake...
CATHOLIC LIVING
Keeping the Spirit of Christmas All Yearlong: Become an Ambassador of...
A Message from Cindy O'Connor
The Christmas countdown has begun! Bright lights and shiny decorations are inside and out, bakers are making sweet treats, presents...
Christmas Is Every Day of The Year
Column by Jonathan Nagy
In the 1965 classic A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie Brown finds himself fed up with the commercialism of Christmas and searches...
SCHOOLS
COLLEGES
MAC Students Learn Through Religious Experience
Submitted by Sam Wagner
A recent cohort of Mount Aloysius College students experienced a weekend Monastery Retreat in Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville, Va. The...
FAMILY LIFE
KEEPING THE FAITH
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...
COMMENTARY
Journey of Grace: A Series Spotlighting the Journey Toward the Catholic Faith
Editor’s Note: Each year, the Catholic Church proudly welcomes new members through the Christian Initiation process. In recent years, we have seen impressive numbers...
The Message of Our Lady of Akita, Japan
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Our Lady appeared to Sister Agnes Sasagawa, part of the religious community, the Eucharistic Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, in 1973...
The Purification of One’s Heart
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Are our hearts focused on God? Or are they divided? It is a real battle, as Saint Paul says (see Romans...
The Holy Family as the Model for Catholic Family Life
By Father Rich Tomkosky
We as a Church are still celebrating the Christmas mystery. This past Sunday, the Church called us to ponder deeply the...
The Holy Spirit: The Sanctifier
By Father Rich Tomkosky
This past Sunday was the birthday of the Catholic Church, the completion of Jesus’s mission on earth when He sends the...
SPIRITUALITY
Carmelite Nuns to Pray Novena in Honor of Saint Joseph
Everyone is invited by the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Loretto to share in their private Novena in honor of the glorious Saint Joseph, who...