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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Diocese Preparing for Upcoming Ordinations to the Priesthood and Diaconate

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The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown is joyfully anticipating the Sacrament of Holy Orders for four men later this spring. Bishop Mark will ordain Deacon Brian Norris...

Preparing for Christmas in the Company of Mary

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By Father Rich Tomkosky We are in the final hours before celebrating the great mystery of the Incarnation on Christmas day: that the eternal Son...

Keeping the Spirit of Christmas All Yearlong: Become an Ambassador of...

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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...

SCHOOLS

Mount Aloysius Launches Semester with Move-In, Day of Service, and Cambria...

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Mount Aloysius College’s campus is buzzing with excitement for the start of the Fall 2019 semester. Mountie Freshmen will move-in Thursday, August 22 beginning...

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Proclaim! TV

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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

The Background and Meaning of Our Lady’s Miraculous Medal Apparition in 1830

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Adapted from the EWTN online library re: Saint Catherine Laboure (see www.ewtn.com). In the darkness of the night of July 18-19, 1830,...

How the Gift of Christ Coming Among Us Should Change Our Lives for the...

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By Father Rich Tomkosky What are we celebrating this Christmas season? The fact that the eternal Son of God, the second person of the Blessed...

What to Say to a Person Who Has Lost Someone They Love?

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Column by Andre McCarville On May 8th, the Family Life Office and Immaculate Conception Parish in New Germany hosted the Mass for Widows and Widowers....

CHURCH TEACHING W/ BISHOP MARK: Self-Serve Communion?

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By Bishop Mark Bartchak It seems pretty clever to think that individually packaged servings of bread and wine would be perfect during the current pandemic....

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

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By Father Rich Tomkosky This past Sunday, the Catholic Church observed the World Day of Prayer for the Sick, in honor of our Lady of...

SPIRITUALITY

Called to the Priesthood: My Surprise Los Angeles Story

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By Daniel J. Roberts National Vocations Awareness Week is Nov. 1-7.  (CNS) I arrived in Los Angeles on Oct. 4, 2007, the feast of St. Francis...

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