Aspiring Permanent Deacons Take Next Step in Their Formation
On Saturday (1/28), the feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas, seventeen Candidates for the Permanent Diaconate from the Diocese of Allentown were instituted as Acolytes.
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Jan 30, 2023 | News
On Saturday (1/28), the feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas, seventeen Candidates for the Permanent Diaconate from the Diocese of Allentown were instituted as Acolytes.
Read MoreJan 30, 2023 | News
A former parish church building in Bethlehem, used only occasionally for the past 12 years, will be closed and offered for sale, the Diocese of Allentown has announced.
Read MoreJan 29, 2023 | News
John L. Allen Jr., Rome-based editor of the Catholic news site Crux, is not only enjoying Cooks With Collars, he’s writing that it provides “a delicious counter-narrative” that shows the best of Catholicism.
Read MoreJan 29, 2023 | Gospel Reflection, News
Gospel reflection from Bishop Schlert on the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read MoreJan 27, 2023 | News
No. But if we are living our lives contrary to what the Church teaches, then maybe it’s time for us to change our lives…not the Church’s teaching, according to today’s post in Summons, a series of essays published by an Allentown Diocese parishioner. Read it here.
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“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” –...
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Jan 19, 2023 | Commentary
Francis was born in Preston, England in 1859, the son of a doctor and homemaker. At a young age he...
Jan 10, 2023 | Commentary, News
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Nov 29, 2022 | Hispanic Ministry
Aquí inicia un nuevo Año Litúrgico. Comienza el domingo luego de Cristo Rey, hasta el 24 de...
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Jan 25, 2023 | News
Catholic Schools Week begins Sunday, Jan. 29. In advance of this annual celebration of all that is good about attending Catholic school, Dr. Philip J. Fromuth, Superintendent of Catholic Education, provides a message to the Diocese’s Catholic school teachers, students, and parents.
Read MoreJan 24, 2023 | News
Priests in the Diocese of Allentown have turned up the heat another notch in this year’s videos for Cooks with Collars, the on-line cooking competition that raises funds for parishes and for Catholic Charities.
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People from the Diocese of Allentown were among those making history at the landmark 50th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20. It was the first march since the Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, the infamous 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the United States.
Read MoreJan 23, 2023 | News
In its first large event in Berks County, the diocesan Commission for Men will sponsor a Morning...
Read MoreJan 22, 2023 | Gospel Reflection, News
Gospel reflection from Bishop Schlert on the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time.
Read MoreJan 20, 2023 | News
“This year will be a somber reminder of the millions of lives lost to abortion in the past 50 years, but also a celebration of how far we have come and where we as a movement need to focus our effort as we enter this new era in our quest to protect life.”
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