DON'T MISS
Reverend Andrew Stanko 1945-2020
The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown is mourning the passing of a Senior Priest.
Reverend Andrew C. Stanko passed on November 9, 2020, at Garvey Manor Nursing...
CATHOLIC LIVING
What Saint Peter and Saint Paul Teach Us About Growing in...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
It was a very rare occurrence for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul to fall on a Sunday, which it...
How Do We Practically Grow in Our Love for the Lord...
By Father Rich Tomkosky
This past weekend in the Catholic Church in America, we celebrated the Solemnity of Corpus Christi or the Body and Blood...
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
How to Foster More Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life
By Father Rich Tomkosky
This past Sunday, we, as a Church, celebrated Good Shepherd Sunday based on the Gospel passage of that day. It was...
What is the Good News?
Column by Justin Kirkland
As the Easter season approaches and the 40 day penance of stifling our Hallelujahs at Mass ends, the language of “Spreading...
How Do We Bear Good Spiritual Fruit for God’s Kingdom?
By Father Rich Tomkosky
How can each one of us in our life become the seed, in the good soil, in which God’s Word bears...
God’s Love for Us and Our Response in a Hostile/Indifferent Culture
By Father Rich Tomkosky
As Saint John notes, “In this is love. not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent...
You Can Go Home Again!
Column by Jonathan Nagy
“...this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.” – Luke 15:32
One...
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...