Jason Bach leads a busy and rewarding life as a high school teacher, adjunct college professor, and proud parent of twins. But he also makes time to volunteer as an instructor for the Diocese of Allentown’s One in Christ Marriage Preparation Program.

As your Bishop, I am deeply saddened by the findings in the Grand Jury Report. I sincerely apologize for the past sins and crimes committed by some members of the clergy. I apologize to the survivors of abuse and their loved ones.

Preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage includes taking the One in Christ© Marriage Preparation Program. Watch one couple's journey through the program to their wedding day!

Since 2003, the Victim Assistance Coordinator has been providing immediate pastoral care for victims and survivors of sexual abuse and has been helping coordinate counseling, treatment and social-service assistance.

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Vocations come from all walks of life.
A gift to the Appeal supports the ministries of the Diocese of Allentown to meet the social service and ministerial needs of people in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill counties.

Adults become members of the church through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).  Read more about it from the USCCB by

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.