DON'T MISS
Diocese Recognizes Men and Women Religious Marking Jubilees
The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown prayerfully and proudly recognizes men and women religious who celebrated jubilees in 2020 and 2021. We thank them for ministry...
CATHOLIC LIVING
The Vision of Hell at Fatima and Our Time
By Father Rich Tomkosky
This past Sunday marked the 108th anniversary of the most striking apparition of Our Lady in Fatima, Portugal, and the one-year...
Are We Using Our Freedom for Good or Evil?
By Father Rich Tomkosky
This past Friday we as a nation celebrated the 4th of July or Independence Day: the beginning of the celebrations in...
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
Christmas Is Every Day of The Year
Column by Jonathan Nagy
In the 1965 classic A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie Brown finds himself fed up with the commercialism of Christmas and searches...
Reflecting on the End of Our Earthly Life
By Father Rich Tomkosky
We are in the last two weeks of the Liturgical year. The readings should cause us to reflect carefully on the...
Jesus: The Duct Tape of Life
Column by Jonathan Nagy
A few years ago, on a particularly frigid Christmas Eve, I began playing beautiful written carols on the historic Carnegie Pipe...
God is Never Outdone in Generosity
By Father Rich Tomkosky
For the next five weeks we will be hearing from the Gospel of John chapter 6, which is the definitive teaching...
The Ultimate Purpose of Holy Week: The Gift of Salvation for the Human Race
By Father Rich Tomkosky
At my parish of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Bedford, a kind soul donated a beautiful picture of Saint Micheal the...
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...