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Young Adults Gather for ‘Vespers with the Bishop’ in Nesquehoning
The Diocese offers many opportunities for young adults and is welcoming to all who may wish to reconnect with their religion. It provides opportunities for them to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ, and to learn more about their Catholic faith through social, service and spiritual programs.
Because We Are Catholic: A Deacon Assigned to Minister to the Mentally Ill
Every Sunday, when Deacon Christopher May finishes with his duties at one of his two assigned parishes, he heads to Wernersville State Hospital to deliver Communion to the patients on the wards.
A Catholic Perspective on Suicide
“Making Sense Out of Bioethics” is a column by Fr. Tad Pacholczyk. He earned his doctorate in neuroscience from Yale and did post-doctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, and serves as director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.
Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena Celebrates Centennial as Parish
The parish was officially established by Cardinal Dennis Dougherty on Oct. 8, 1919, later to be designated the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Allentown in 1961.
First Friday Prayer for Vocations Begins
A devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Eucharistic adoration and a holy hour drew faithful to Bethlehem on Sept. 6. First Friday Adoration, Holy Hour and Sacred Heart Devotion, will continue on First Fridays, Oct. 4, Nov. 1, Dec. 6, Jan. 3, Feb. 7, March 6, April 3 and May 1, 7 to 8 p.m. at Holy Ghost Church, 417 Carlton Ave., Bethlehem. Faithful of all ages are welcome.
Ribbon Cutting Opens First School Year at Kolbe Academy
“With support of high schools such as this we see an individual wrapped in care and love that leads to success,”said Ellen DiDomenico, deputy secretary for Pennsylvania State Department for Drug and Alcohol Program.
Diocesan Seminarian Rides for ‘Biking for Vocations’ in Philly
Anh Do Mai, second year college student at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, participated in the Archdiocese’s “Biking for Vocations,” a 150-mile biking pilgrimage Aug. 8-12 throughout the Archdiocese to bring awareness of vocations.
Bishop Schlert Celebrates Mass with Allentown Knights of Malta
The Order of Malta is the oldest lay religious order of the Catholic Church and seeks to glorify God by promoting the sanctification of each member through his or her work with the sick and poor, and his or her defense of the Catholic faith.
Because We Are Catholic: Advocating for Children When Their Parents Cannot
Vince Wohlheiter is a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate who monitors children who needed to be taken from their parents by a legal system to protect them from neglect, drug abuse or abandonment.
Theology on Tap Hears Personal Story ‘From Islam to Christ’
Derya Little was 11 years old when she rejected her family’s Islamic faith after her parents’ divorce and set out to live an atheistic life – until she encountered the Catholic faith.
