I’ll admit my bias up front: today, but for “particular norms” granted to the U.S. bishops, should be celebrated nationally as the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. In some parts of ...

Patricia M. Gallacher Patricia M. Gallacher died at home on May 19, 2025, surrounded by her family. She was 90 years old.

Nearly 30 years ago, two-year-old Jacqueline Brewer died of dehydration and neglect in a squalid Saint John apartment ... the judge included an order for a public memorial in Jacqueline's memory and ...

Nearly 30 years ago, two-year-old Jacqueline Brewer died of dehydration and neglect in a squalid Saint John apartment ... included an order for a public memorial in Jacqueline's memory and ...

Further reading: These last sixty years John XXIII and John Paul II are the 81st and 82nd popes canonized since Saint Peter. Over 2,000 years, nearly a third of the bishops of Rome have been ...

Fr. Robert Finlan, Pastor of Saint John XXIII Parish in Tamaqua and Saint Richard of Chichester Parish in Barnesville offered the Invocation.

wiping sweat from their brow, and setting a value on their toil.

Often, the chosen name pays homage to a saint ... Names like John, Gregory, and Benedict have been used more than 15 times each throughout history. In the 20th century, John XXIII broke with ...

Bishop Alfred Schlert has announced new assignments for diocesan priests. Every year the Bishop works with the Priest Personnel Board, an advisory body made up of experienced priests who are ...

The Rev. Robert T. Finlan, pastor of St. Richard Parish, Barnesville, and Saint John XXIII Parish, Tamaqua, who has also been a frequent presence at Marian, will assume Father Bob’s chaplaincy duties ...

The remarkable legacy of Saint John the Russian continues to thrive in Greece, where his revered relics are enshrined in a ...

Speakers ask fellow citizens to remember the attributes that tie the nation together rather than those that divide us. Among ...