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Workshop, Partnership Boost High School Campus Ministry
Together with Bishop Schlert, several Priests, campus ministers, teachers, and other diocesan educators attended “Campus Ministry Beyond the Campus Minister,” a workshop designed to give high school campus ministry teams both practical tools and faith-based inspiration to ensure their success.
Speaking the Truth with Love: Q&A with Mary Rice Hasson on Gender Ideology
By Katya Fitzpatrick
St. Thomas More Youth Ministry Attends World Youth Day in Lisbon
The youth ministry of St. Thomas More Parish, Allentown, sent 19 high school students and six adults to World Youth Day in Lisbon. Fr. Brendon Laroche served as the group’s chaplain.
Senior Beauty Queen Enjoys Life, Peace of Mind, Thanks To Diocesan FreeWill Partnership
By Gia Myers
Most beauty pageant contestants don’t enter their first competition at age 66, but JoAnn Bechtel of Reading did just that in 2013, coming in second runner-up in Ms. Pennsylvania Senior America, a beauty pageant for women aged 60 and older.
Meet the Artist Behind Area Church Murals
St. Catharine of Siena Cathedral in Allentown, Holy Ghost in Bethlehem, Our Lady of Mercy in Easton, St. Joseph in Jim Thorpe—if you’ve visited one of these churches, you’ve seen the art of Dana Van Horn.
FOCUS Missionaries Coming to Lehigh University
Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) will send four in-person campus missionaries to Lehigh University, Bethlehem, for the 2023-24 academic year.
Baccalaureates Another Way to Unite Diocesan Students in Christ
“Tonight the Class of 2023 will celebrate Holy Mass for the last time together.” That’s how one of the seven high schools in the Diocese of Allentown described its baccalaureate Mass on social media because diocesan students have been celebrating Mass together regularly throughout their school da
Fertility Awareness Event Draws Crowd in Pottsville
35 people—both married couples and singles—from across the Diocese of Allentown gathered at Black Rock Brewing Company in Pottsville to learn about Fertility Awareness and God’s design for married love.
Bishop to Celebrate Mass for Memorial Day
Bishop Alfred Schlert will celebrate Mass on the grounds of Resurrection Cemetery, 547 N. Krocks Road, Allentown on Saturday, May 27 at 10 a.m., in commemoration of Memorial Day. Memorial Day this year is Monday, May 29.
Five Men Ordained as Deacons
On May 20, mere hours after Ascension Day liturgies commemorated the Great Commission of Jesus to His apostles, five men of the Diocese of Allentown – Nikolai Brelinsky, Keaton Eidle, Van-Vien Nguyen, Miguel Ramirez, and Aaron Scheidel – received their own distinct commission through their Ordination to the Diaconate.
