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Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena Celebrates Centennial as Parish
The parish was officially established by Cardinal Dennis Dougherty on Oct. 8, 1919, later to be designated the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Allentown in 1961.
First Friday Prayer for Vocations Begins
A devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Eucharistic adoration and a holy hour drew faithful to Bethlehem on Sept. 6. First Friday Adoration, Holy Hour and Sacred Heart Devotion, will continue on First Fridays, Oct. 4, Nov. 1, Dec. 6, Jan. 3, Feb. 7, March 6, April 3 and May 1, 7 to 8 p.m. at Holy Ghost Church, 417 Carlton Ave., Bethlehem. Faithful of all ages are welcome.
Ribbon Cutting Opens First School Year at Kolbe Academy
“With support of high schools such as this we see an individual wrapped in care and love that leads to success,”said Ellen DiDomenico, deputy secretary for Pennsylvania State Department for Drug and Alcohol Program.
Diocesan Seminarian Rides for ‘Biking for Vocations’ in Philly
Anh Do Mai, second year college student at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, participated in the Archdiocese’s “Biking for Vocations,” a 150-mile biking pilgrimage Aug. 8-12 throughout the Archdiocese to bring awareness of vocations.
Bishop Schlert Celebrates Mass with Allentown Knights of Malta
The Order of Malta is the oldest lay religious order of the Catholic Church and seeks to glorify God by promoting the sanctification of each member through his or her work with the sick and poor, and his or her defense of the Catholic faith.
Because We Are Catholic: Advocating for Children When Their Parents Cannot
Vince Wohlheiter is a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate who monitors children who needed to be taken from their parents by a legal system to protect them from neglect, drug abuse or abandonment.
Theology on Tap Hears Personal Story ‘From Islam to Christ’
Derya Little was 11 years old when she rejected her family’s Islamic faith after her parents’ divorce and set out to live an atheistic life – until she encountered the Catholic faith.
Bishop Alfred Schlert Reports on Progress on the Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report
The one-year anniversary of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report on clergy sexual abuse provides an opportunity for me to report on what the Diocese of Allentown has done, and what we will continue to do, to prevent abuse and to keep children safe.
Concrete Action to Prevent Abuse and Keep Children Safe
It has been one year since the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report on clergy sexual abuse, and during that time, the Diocese of Allentown has taken additional concrete steps – on top of the robust program it already has in place – to prevent abuse and to keep children safe.
Bishop Barron: Now is the Time to Stay and Fight
In his new book, one of America’s best-known Bishops has a message for Catholics who are thinking about leaving the Church because of the clergy sexual abuse scandal: Now is not the time to leave, but to stay and fight, on behalf of yourselves, and on behalf of those who have suffered abuse.
