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Saturday, November 8, 2025

Bishop Announces Clergy Appointments

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On June 2, 2023, Bishop Mark announced the following clergy appointments, which take effect in early July. MONSIGNOR DAVID A. LOCKARD, Administrator of Saint Michael...

The Reality of Purgatory

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Earlier this week, we remembered our departed loved ones on All Souls Day. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which...

The Spiritual Difference Between the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Without the honest acknowledgement of our struggle with pride, sinfulness of various sorts, and our need for God, we are not...

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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KEEPING THE FAITH

A Legacy of Connecting People Through Prayer and Television

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By Tony DeGol Proclaim! Not many little boys are lucky enough to find a mentor who will still influence them later in life. David Micik found that...

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COMMENTARY

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...

Christmas Is Every Day of The Year

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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...

Beyond the Surface of Things to Spiritual Reality

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Humans see the appearance, but God sees the reality. There is a tendency in us humans to only look at the...

The Catholic View of Death

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By Father Rich Tomkosky “If Christ was not raised (from the dead), your faith is worthless. You are still in your sins, and those who...

Saint Peter and Saint Paul as Examples of How the Lord Can Transform Humans...

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By Father Rich Tomkosky One of the famous passages in the letters of Saint Paul is when Saint Paul is acknowledging his human weakness to...

SPIRITUALITY

A Message of Hope: Turn to Mary, Undoer of Knots

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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...

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