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Father Peter Crowe Appointed Director of Vocations
Bishop Mark has announced the appointment of Reverend Peter Crowe as Diocesan Director of Vocations, effective June 1, 2020. Father Crowe will continue to...
CATHOLIC LIVING
The Holy Spirit’s Mission to Lead Us into All Truth and...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
As we conclude the Easter season over the next two weeks, we are going to hear a lot about the gift...
Bishop Howard J. Carroll Would Be Proud
Column by Jonathan Nagy
Graduation season is upon us in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. We have much to be proud of with our Catholic elementary,...
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
The Gift of God’s Mercy is Our Hope and Salvation
By Father Rich Tomkosky
The ultimate source of God’s mercy or His all-encompassing love for the human race and the desire for every person’s ultimate...
Embracing the Gift of God’s Peace in Our Life
By Father Rich Tomkosky
Peace in the Scriptural and Catholic understanding is not simply the absence of conflict, which is a part of peace that...
Faith Can Move Mountains
Column by Jonathan Nagy
In 1921, British mountaineer George Mallory set out on an expedition attempting to become the first man to climb to the...
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...
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...