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Bishop Announces Date for Restoring the Sunday Mass Obligation; Extends Warm...

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A letter to the faithful in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown July 15, 2021 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I recently spoke with a family who returned...

Saint Peter and Saint Paul as Examples of How the Lord...

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By Father Rich Tomkosky One of the famous passages in the letters of Saint Paul is when Saint Paul is acknowledging his human weakness to...

The Gift of God’s Mercy is Our Hope and Salvation

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By Father Rich Tomkosky The ultimate source of God’s mercy or His all-encompassing love for the human race and the desire for every person’s ultimate...

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

A Golden Opportunity to Grow in Holiness: Lent 2025

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By Father Rich Tomkosky We all know very well how hard it is to consistently choose what is good. Because of sin, all of us...

We are All in this Together in the Mystical Body of Christ

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Saint Paul speaks about the concept of the Church as the “Mystical Body of Christ,” meaning we all have a distinct...

Every Scar Tells a Story

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Column by Jonathan Nagy In 1895, American author Stephen Crane completed his most famous work, “The Red Badge of Courage.” The story focuses on a...

The Pearl of Great Price

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By Father Rich Tomkosky The greatest gift God has bestowed on us is not our health, our physical beauty, our family, our livelihood, or our...

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

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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