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A Message about Coronavirus and the Diocese’s Response

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A Message from Tony DeGol Director of Communications Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown March 4, 2020 Over the past few days, local television and newspaper reporters have contacted me to...

Growing in the Gift of Gratitude Through the Mystery of the...

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By Father Rich Tomkosky How we deal with the mystery of suffering is the key to growing in holiness. Because we are all sinners, we...

Cherishing and Protecting Each Human Being Made in God’s Image

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By Father Rich Tomkosky The first Sunday in October every year is “Respect Life Sunday” in the Catholic Church in America. It is a yearly...

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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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FAMILY LIFE

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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

Why Are Human Beings So Interiorly Conflicted?

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By Father Rich Tomkosky One of the great mysteries of earthly life is how we humans can be so tortured, conflicted, full of existential angst...

You Never Walk Alone

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Column by Jonathan Nagy Graduation season is upon us in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. In all thirteen elementary schools and four high schools, students from...

The Mass/Eucharist as the Source of All Prayer

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By Father Rich Tomkosky In the last few weeks, the Lord has called us to reflect on what it means to be a person of...

Finding the Light in the Darkness

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Column by Jonathan Nagy “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.  Neither do people light a...

A Lesson in Forgetfulness

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Column by Jonathan Nagy The brilliant Albert Einstein was notoriously a forgetful person. Nicknamed “The Absent-Minded Professor,” he could not remember his own address or...

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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