DON'T MISS
Bishop’s Appointments and Announcements
Bishop Mark announced the following clergy appointments on October 23, 2025.
REVEREND JERZY M. AUGUSCIK, OFM Conv., appointed two day per week Chaplain at Conemaugh Health...
CATHOLIC LIVING
Jesus’ Tough Teachings — But When Embraced, in Grace, Lead to...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Jesus reminds us frequently in the Gospels that the path to Heaven is narrow and the path to Hell is wide...
A Layman’s Nostalgic Reflection on Lent
Column by Jonathan Nagy
"Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and, in this way, to know the fundamental truth:...
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...
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
I Am Not a Saint, But I Hope to Be
Column by Jonathan Nagy
A few years back, in a deep philosophical discussion with my then five-year-old nephew, he asked me a profound question. He...
A Call to Be “Fishers of Men”
A Message from Father Peter Crowe
Diocesan Director of Vocations
In the Gospel of Mark, we hear about the calling of the first Apostles: Simon, Andrew,...
All Creation is Shouting for Joy!
Column by Jonathan Nagy
On the evening of September 6, 1780, while spending the night in a cabin high atop the Kickelhahn Mountain near Ilmenau,...
Prayer, Sacrifice, and Acts of Reparation for the Conversion of Hardened Sinners at the...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
One of the hardest concepts for Christians to grasp in the modern world is the reality of the redemptive meaning of...
The Spiritual Foundation for Both Evangelization and Promoting Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life,...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
As we deal with the crisis of faith in our time, the Catholic Church recently celebrated World Mission Sunday. It was...
SPIRITUALITY
Six Diocesan Priests Mark 60th Anniversary of Ordination
By Tony DeGol
Proclaim!
Six priests of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown are marking the 60th anniversary of their ordination this month.
Reverend Sylvester J. Bendzella, 86, is...








































