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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Bishop, Diocese Committed to Safety as Mass Obligation Returns

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As previously announced, the obligation to attend Sunday and Holy Day Masses will be restored in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown on the weekend of...

The Vision of Hell at Fatima and Our Time

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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?

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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

Father Paul Taylor, OSB, Named 18th President of Saint Vincent College

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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...

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Proclaim! TV

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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

“Do Whatever He Tells You”

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By Father Rich Tomkosky As we move back into the Ordinary Time of the Church’s liturgical calendar, we are called to put the mysteries of...

Drawing Close to the Holy Trinity in Our Life as Catholics

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By Father Rich Tomkosky This past Sunday, we celebrated the gift of God’s revelation to the human race of who He is in His inner...

Thank You, Mom

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Column by Jonathan Nagy Happy Easter! He is risen! Truly He has risen! In the words of Father John Byrnes, “What a difference a year...

A Golden Opportunity to Grow in Holiness: Lent 2025

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By Father Rich Tomkosky We all know very well how hard it is to consistently choose what is good. Because of sin, all of us...

Keeping Holy the Lord’s Day

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By Father Rich Tomkosky The justice and righteousness we are to show in our relations with our fellow human beings must be rooted in giving...

SPIRITUALITY

Six Diocesan Priests Mark 60th Anniversary of Ordination

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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...

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