News Release
Carbon County man to be ordained diocese's newest priest
May 30, 2018
Rev. Mr. John A. Hutta II, a transitional deacon, will be ordained to the priesthood at ceremonies at the Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena in Allentown this Saturday, June 2 at 10:30 AM.
Diocese priests get new assignments
May 21, 2018
26 priests of the Diocese of Allentown have received new or additional assignments that are effective Tuesday, June 19.
Three men to be ordained transitional deacons
May 16, 2018
Diocese of Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert will ordain three men transitional deacons in ceremonies at the Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena in Allentown on Saturday, May 19 at 10:30 AM.
$140,000 in scholarships to be awarded at ceremony
April 26, 2018
146 students at high schools, elementary schools and special learning centers in the Diocese will be awarded scholarships at the annual Bishop's Scholars Awards Ceremony on Saturday
Pastors announce Jim Thorpe School to close in June
April 13, 2018
With enrollment for next year of only 41 students across its nine elementary school grades, the four pastors that sponsor St. Joseph Regional Academy in Jim Thorpe have announced the school will close at the end of this school year
Diocese awards $97,000 in Poverty Relief Fund grants
April 04, 2018
The Diocese of Allentown has announced that 18 programs and agencies from around the diocese have been awarded Poverty Relief Fund grants totaling just more than $97,000.
Bishop accepts parish plan to go to one church
March 20, 2018
A request of the pastor, the pastoral council and finance committee of St. John XXIII Parish in Tamaqua to go from two churches to one, has been approved
Pastor announces parish school will close in June
March 16, 2018
In a letter emailed to the parents of the 71 students enrolled in grades K-8 at Our Lady Help of Christians School in East Allentown, the administrator of the parish of which the school is a part, announced it will close at the end of the current school year in June.
Nationally known speaker to present at DeSales
January 23, 2018
Author and nationally known speaker Matt Fradd will offer two presentations, open to all, at DeSales University in Center Valley on February 6 and 7.
Catholics in Diocese invited home for Christmas
December 12, 2017
In a letter from Diocese of Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert sent to 83,000 homes, in radio commercials, social media posts and on the Diocesan website, Catholics who may not be attending Mass regularly at this time are being invited “home for Christmas.”