News Release

To meet a growing need, the Diocese of Allentown Office of Education will open a second Berks County location of its Aquinas Learning Support Program

A statewide Grand Jury has been investigating clergy sexual abuse in six dioceses in Pennsylvania, including Allentown

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.

26 priests of the Diocese of Allentown have received new or additional assignments that are effective Tuesday, June 19.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.