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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

The Meaning of the Presentation of the Lord for Our Spiritual...

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By Father Rich Tomkosky This past weekend, we celebrated the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in lieu of the normal Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time....

The Mystery of the Ordained Priesthood in Light of the Mysteries...

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By Father Rich Tomkosky The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown has kicked off "Called by Name," a new initiative to encourage vocations to the ordained priesthood. If...

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...

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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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

God’s Grace Transforming Our Nature in Regard to the Passions/Emotion

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By Father Rich Tomkosky All of us daily deal with the mystery of good and evil. The choice is ultimately ours whether we embrace good...

Overcoming Anxiety by Daily Embracing the Lord’s Grace and Holy Providence

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By Father Rich Tomkosky We are called to bear a rich harvest of spiritual fruit in the Lord’s vineyard. How can this happen? Only if...

God is Never Outdone in Generosity

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By Father Rich Tomkosky For the next five weeks we will be hearing from the Gospel of John chapter 6, which is the definitive teaching...

I Am Not a Saint, But I Hope to Be

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Column by Jonathan Nagy A few years back, in a deep philosophical discussion with my then five-year-old nephew, he asked me a profound question. He...

Missed Meals Equal Missed Opportunities

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Column by Jonathan Nagy Astonishingly, food is mentioned 1,207 times in the Bible. Everything from manna in the desert to the Bread of Life is...

SPIRITUALITY

Discernment: Listening for God in the Real World

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Brother David Henley Catholic News Service "Samuel, Samuel!" the Lord calls, in one of the more famous stories of discernment in the Bible. After bothering...

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