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Parishes Announce Lenten Communal Penance Services
The following are schedules of Communal Penance Services at various parishes throughout the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. Please consult individual parishes for other Reconciliation opportunities...
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
Mount Aloysius College Announces New President
The Mount Aloysius College Board of Trustees announced today that John N. McKeegan, J.D. will serve as the College’s 15th president. Mr. McKeegan is...
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
So Help Me God
Column by Jonathan Nagy
In the long, great history of the United States, most presidents have been sworn into their positions with their right hands...
Modern Messengers of God
Column by Jonathan Nagy
Saint Thomas Aquinas was perhaps the most prolific theologian in Catholic Church history. His Disputed Questions on Truth, Summa contra Gentiles,...
What Goes to Caesar and What goes to God?
By Father Rich Tomkosky
"What Goes to Caesar and What goes to God?" This is a perplexing statement of Jesus in the Gospel. What is...
Jesus’ Encounter with the Woman at the Well as the Model of Conversion
By Father Richard Tomkosky
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us! Wow! Do we realize what that means? God has infinite love for...
The Catechetical Mission of the Church and Family
By Father Rich Tomkosky
With religious education classes underway at parishes throughout the diocese, it is a good time to reflect on the meaning of...
SPIRITUALITY
Birth of Mary Celebration Planned
The 38th annual Birth of Mary Celebration will be held on September 8 at Saint Catherine of Siena Parish in Duncansville. The theme will...