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Away With the Manger? Nativity Scene at Vatican Generates Controversy

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Especially in a year when the COVID-19 pandemic will rule out many people’s favorite Christmas traditions, they have...

Keeping the Spirit of Christmas All Yearlong: Become an Ambassador of...

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A Message from Cindy O'Connor The Christmas countdown has begun! Bright lights and shiny decorations are inside and out, bakers are making sweet treats, presents...

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...

SCHOOLS

Mount Aloysius Recognized as College of Distinction

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Once again, Mount Aloysius College was notified that it earned recognized as a “College of Distinction” for the 2019-2020 academic year.  In addition, the...

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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

Martha, Mary, and Mind-Tripping

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Column by Father Jonathan Dickson As I write this article I am also preparing a homily for Sunday July 21st, the Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary...

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...

COMMENTARY: Woe to Those Who Gossip

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Commentary By: Elise Italiano Ureneck Twelve years ago this month, I taught my first theology class at an all-girls high school. Fresh out of graduate school,...

Grandmother Shares Grandchildren’s Initiation Journey

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Editor’s Note: The following is the latest in a series of inspirational stories of conversion to the Catholic faith. This month, Director of RCIA...

Becoming Ambassadors of Christ

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Column by Jonathan Nagy During his rise to power, Napoleon Bonaparte declared the Catholic Church an enemy of the state in France. He destroyed churches,...

SPIRITUALITY

Pastors Share Uplifting Easter Messages Virtually to Parishioners

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By Tony DeGol Proclaim! Church pews are empty, but the glory of Easter still fills our lives. Pastors throughout the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown echoed that message this...

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