During Lent, we are asked to devote ourselves to seeking the Lord in prayer, to service by giving alms, and to sacrifice self-control through fasting.

The Bishop-elect's remarks at a news conference at the Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena on the day Pope Francis appointed him the Fifth Bishop of Allentown.

A Whitehall man was ordained to the priesthood in ceremonies at the Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena in Allentown on Saturday, June 3.  Father John F. Rother had been preparing for the priesthood at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary near Philadelphia since 2009.

Living Stations of the Cross were presented by Sacred Heart of Jesus parish the afternoon of Good Friday in  Allentown starting at 6th and Turner streets.