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Sunday, November 23, 2025

Bishop’s Christmas Message: Christmas is More than Nostalgia

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By Bishop Mark People often observe that Christmas makes people nostalgic. I read a story online which began, “God knows we need something whimsical these...

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

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Picking up from last week's column --  The Sorrowful Mysteries This is where the rubber meets the road, the nitty gritty of...

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...

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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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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

Jesus’ Teaching on the Sanctity of Marriage and Difficult Marriage Situations

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Jesus said in this past Sunday's Gospel: the path to Heaven is narrow and the path to Hell is wide -...

Where are We Finding Our Happiness/Spiritual Joy?

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By Father Rich Tomkosky In the first reading this past weekend, we heard Job saying, “I shall not see happiness again,” as he has come...

Have We Freely Invited Jesus to Be the True King of All Aspects of...

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By Father Rich Tomkosky This past Sunday was the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year. How appropriate to celebrate Jesus Christ as the King of...

The Gift of the Holy Eucharist: The Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus...

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Reality - Jesus’s one eternal Sacrifice for the salvation of the human beings, living and deceased, is renewed at every Mass!...

All Creation is Shouting for Joy!

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Column by Jonathan Nagy On the evening of September 6, 1780, while spending the night in a cabin high atop the Kickelhahn Mountain near Ilmenau,...

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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