Author: Paul Wirth

Parents Thanh and Helen Tran, and their six children – Tina 25, Tiffany 23, Maria 21, Emily 17, Vincent 16 and Daniel 13 – volunteer in many areas of their parish and the Diocese.

“Thank you in advance for your gifts, your prayers, your faith, and your friendship,” Bishop Alfred Schlert wrote in the Appeal letter. “It is a blessing to be with you in sharing the Light of Christ through the work we do together.”

The Office of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Boston has created a one-of-a-kind video series called “Scivias: Know the Ways of the Lord” as a vocational discernment guide for men considering the priesthood.

A fascinating close-up look at the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral is available on the website of National Review.

Encouraged by the success of its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic, Holy Family Manor has scheduled another one for April 23.

The Year of the Real Presence will be a time for the faithful to rededicate themselves to, and to reaffirm their belief in, the presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. The year also will be a time for people to rejoice in the gift of their own presence at Mass with families, friends, and clergy.

Ever since our founding, the Diocese of Allentown, her clergy, religious men and women, and the lay faithful, have been blessed by the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist.

On the date our Diocese came to life 60 years ago, and on the first day of the Year of the Real Presence, and at the start of a Jubilee Year in the Diocese of Allentown, Bishop Alfred Schlert celebrated Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, Allentown.