DON'T MISS
Parishes Announce Christmas Eve, Christmas Day Mass Schedules
By Justin Kirkland
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As Catholics, there is no better way to celebrate and experience God’s presence with us then in the Holy Sacrifice of the...
CATHOLIC LIVING
The Meaning of the Presentation of the Lord for Our Spiritual...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
This past weekend, we celebrated the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in lieu of the normal Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time....
We are All in this Together in the Mystical Body of...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Saint Paul speaks about the concept of the Church as the “Mystical Body of Christ,” meaning we all have a distinct...
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
Have Yourself an Imperfect Little Christmas
Column by Jonathan Nagy
Week after week and year after year for over a decade, I sit down at the organ at the Basilica of...
A Time to Allow God to Transform Us
Column by Justin Kirkland
Lent is a time of purgation and seriousness in order that we be united to Christ even in the darkest parts...
Repent and Believe in the Gospel
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...
We Are Family
Column by Jonathan Nagy
As a teacher, I spend a great deal of time planning and preparing lessons, tests, homework, and other classroom-enhancing activities. While...
Advent: Getting Spiritually Prepared for Jesus’s First and Second Coming
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Advent is a time of waiting, active waiting in anticipation, in hope for the coming of the Lord. For the first...
SPIRITUALITY
Six Diocesan Priests Mark 60th Anniversary of Ordination
By Tony DeGol
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Six priests of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown are marking the 60th anniversary of their ordination this month.
Reverend Sylvester J. Bendzella, 86, is...