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Friday, December 27, 2024

Benedictine Sister, 107, is living in her Second Pandemic

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By: Dan Stockman CHICAGO (CNS) — For Benedictine Sister Vivian Ivantic, these times are not unprecedented. Sister Ivantic was born in 1913, five years before the Spanish...

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 Celebrates Mercy Roots

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Mount Aloysius College will celebrate their annual Mercy Week beginning September 22. The week will be filled with events honoring the Mercy tradition of...

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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

Back to School: A Message from the Director of Education

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By Jo-Ann Semko After months of planning, we are eagerly anticipating the start of a new school year. Over the summer months, many of our...

Repent and Believe in the Gospel

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By Father Rich Tomkosky As we move through the early part of the Lenten season, it is a good time to remind ourselves what the...

The Importance of the Bible in Our Spiritual Life as Catholic Christians

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By Father Rich Tomkosky As Catholics, we base our faith on both the Bible and Sacred Tradition. Saint Jerome, the great biblical scholar of the...

Where Do You Want to Belong?

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Column by Jonathan Nagy What do Saint Augustine, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, John Wayne, Buffalo Bill Cody, Saint Paul, Jane Roe (from the case of...

The Message of Our Lady of Akita, Japan

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Our Lady appeared to Sister Agnes Sasagawa, part of the religious community, the Eucharistic Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, in 1973...

SPIRITUALITY

Presepio Featured at Altoona Parish

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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...

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