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Bishop’s Appointments & Announcements
REVEREND JERZY M. AUGUSCIK, OFM CONV., appointed Administrator of Saint Augustine Parish in St. Augustine and Saint Monica Parish in Chest Springs, effective October...
CATHOLIC LIVING
Resources
By Cindy O'Connor
We all need resources to exist. Each one of us is a resource to our families, friends, employers, parishes communities and to...
Catholic Education – A Gift From Amalia Gallitzin
Column by Jonathan Nagy
In 1786, on her 38th birthday and the Feast Day of Saint Augustine, Princess Amalia Gallitzin found herself making a profound...
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
Holy Preparation in the Season of Advent for the Coming of the Lord
By Father Rich Tomkosky
As we begin this holy season of Advent and this new liturgical year it is a great opportunity to draw closer...
The Background and Meaning of Our Lady’s Miraculous Medal Apparition in 1830
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,...
Spiritual Renewal and the Triduum
By Father Rich Tomkosky
As we are in the midst of the holiest time of the Church’s liturgical year -- the Sacred Triduum, we are...
Stop and Smell the Roses
Column by Jonathan Nagy
Everyone has heard the phrase, “Take time to stop and smell the roses.” I remember hearing that as a young boy...
You Never Walk Alone
Column by Jonathan Nagy
Graduation season is upon us in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. In all thirteen elementary schools and four high schools, students from...
SPIRITUALITY
A Message of Hope: Turn to Mary, Undoer of Knots
A Message by Bishop Mark Bartchak
What can be more frustrating than having played baseball all afternoon in the rain with friends, and having hit...