News Release

Diocesan newspaper wins two national awards
June 18, 2018

The A.D. Times, newspaper of the Diocese of Allentown, received two awards in the just-announced Catholic Press Association 2018 Catholic Press Awards.

Diocese to expand learning support program in Berks County
June 18, 2018

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

Diocese will learn from Pennsylvania grand jury report
June 06, 2018

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

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