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'Cabrini,' the Movie and the Saint
We will be hearing a lot about Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini when a movie about her life premieres on March 8. Titled “Cabrini,” the movie depicts the life and work of St. Frances in America at the turn of the last century.
Vietnamese Catholics Celebrate Lunar New Year
Bishop Alfred Schlert celebrated Mass for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year – Year of Dragon – with the Vietnamese Catholics on Feb. 11 at SS. Simon and Jude, Bethlehem.
Assumption B.V.M. of Slatington Offers Lenten Community Meal Raising Funds for Rice Bowl
From a quaint church in Slatington comes an extraordinary penitential meal and offering to Catholic Relief Services Operation Rice Bowl each Lenten season. Every Wednesday of Lent, the Altar and Rosary Society of Assumption B.V.M.
Sister Lisa’s 40-year Mission Spreads Love of Jesus Around the World
Reflecting on the year 1982, Sister Lisa Valentini remembers she was preparing to take final vows as a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I.H.M.) and to teach religion to second-grade students in a Philadelphia Catholic school.
Church Welcomes 96 People Preparing to Become Catholic
Like a heaven-bound march of saints, a column of adults, adolescents, and children processed down the aisle of the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, Allentown, on the First Sunday of Lent.