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All of Us are Called to Become Saints By Our Baptism...

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Last week, the Catholic Church celebrated the Solemnity of All Saints, which celebrates all the known and unknown saints who are...

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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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

Embracing the Mercy of God Which Flows from the Salvific Death of Jesus

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By Father Rich Tomkosky We need to always remember why Jesus died on the Cross and rose from the dead in His sacred body and...

An Educational Journey Through the Faith

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Column by Jonathan Nagy The German poet Charles Bukowski once rhetorically asked the question, “Can you remember who you were before the world told you...

Homily Message for Kathleen Tomkosky

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Editor's Note: The following is the homily message given by Father Rich Tomkosky at the funeral Mass for his beloved mother, Kathleen Tomkosky, on...

What is the Good News?

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Column by Justin Kirkland As the Easter season approaches and the 40 day penance of stifling our Hallelujahs at Mass ends, the language of “Spreading...

“Neither Do I Condemn You – Go and Sin No More”

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By Father Rich Tomkosky As we move into the final days of Lent, and then into the Sacred Triduum, it is a time of special...

SPIRITUALITY

We Will Get Through This Together, Bishop Mark Assures

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A Message by Bishop Mark Bartchak I heard a story about a couple of retired men in a small town. They would meet every morning...

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