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CCW Sister Remembered for Her Quiet Presence and Powerful Ministry

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By Tony DeGol  Proclaim!  Sometimes those who speak the gentlest can share the strongest message.  Carmelite Community of the Word Sister Celeste Ciesielka is being remembered as one such individual.  "She was...

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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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

God’s Overflowing Love for Humans; and Our Response Hopefully in Kind

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By Father Rich Tomkosky In this second week of Advent, the Lord is calling us to reflect upon our life and to invite the Holy...

The Call to Have a Living Relationship with the Blessed Trinity

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By Father Rich Tomkosky At every Mass, we begin with the greeting, "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and...

Encountering the Lord Jesus like the Disciples on the Road to Emmaus

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By Father Rich Tomkosky This past Sunday, we heard the powerful account of the two disciples speaking to the Lord Jesus on the road to...

The Dynamic of Fear in our Life

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Dealing with fear, anxiety, and craziness in life? I remember as a young priest a few years in, I was dealing...

Three Types of God’s Graces on the Path to Holiness

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By Father Rich Tomkosky The solution to all of our sins and difficulties and struggles in life, which arise from the effects of original sin,...

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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