DON'T MISS
One Life One Rose
The Pilgrimage of the Silver Rose, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, is making a stop in Altoona. The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament...
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
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
Catholic Schools: Saving the World, One Student at A Time
Column by Jonathan Nagy
Just over two years ago and a little less than a year before his death, I spent time at a gathering...
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...
Navigating the Digital World as a Parent
Column by Andre McCarville
“I’m pretty sure my kid is doing ok. They don’t seem to get into trouble. They just kind of sit up...
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...
Mary the Spiritual Shining Star Pointing Us to Christ
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Earlier this week, we celebrated Mary sharing in the victory of her Son Jesus over Satan, sin, and death. After falling...
SPIRITUALITY
Parish First Holy Communion Photos
Congratulations to young people throughout the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown receiving the Body and Blood of Jesus for the first time through First Holy Communion....