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Mandated Reporter Training
The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown Office of Children and Youth Protection will sponsor Mandatory Reporter Training on June 1. MORE
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
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...
FAMILY LIFE
KEEPING THE FAITH
A Legacy of Connecting People Through Prayer and Television
By Tony DeGol
Proclaim!
Not many little boys are lucky enough to find a mentor who will still influence them later in life.
David Micik found that...
COMMENTARY
Three Types of God’s Graces on the Path to Holiness
By Father Rich Tomkosky
The solution to all of our sins and difficulties and struggles in life, which arise from the effects of original sin,...
The Connection Among Mass, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Integrity of Our...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
This past summer, we as a Church went through the entire Eucharistic chapter, or the Bread of Life discourse, of Saint...
The Prodigal in Each of Us
Column by Father Jonathan Dickson
A couple of weeks ago when I began thinking about this article I happened to be preparing a Sunday homily,...
Vocations Spotlight: Priests Fight to Win Souls
Column by Father Peter Crowe
In the Gospel of Sunday, Saint Matthew (14:13-21) recalls how our Lord was trying to find some rest in prayer...
Being Spiritually Prepared for Jesus’ Return and the Gift of Salvation
By Father Rich Tomkosky
In this second week of Advent, the Lord is calling us to reflect upon our lives and to invite the Holy...
SPIRITUALITY
Presepio Featured at Altoona Parish
Submitted by the Very Rev. Frank Scornaienchi, TOR
Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Altoona is once...