Category: Features
Catholic Charities Will Administer Covid Relief Program in Carbon
Catholic Charities has been asked by Carbon County officials to administer a new rent-relief...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Load Your Trunks and Start Your Engines
Catholic Charities will be collecting grocery donations in a drive-through, socially distant drop-off this Saturday, June 20, at the Vegan Butcher, 768 Union Boulevard, Allentown, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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It’s the Teacher That Makes the Difference, Not the Classroom
In a new video, the Diocese delivers and uplifting reminder that even in this time of school buildings being closed for safety, education in the Diocese of Allentown remains vital, effective, and authentically Catholic.
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At the Catholic Charities Soup Kitchen in Pottsville, the Meals Continue Thanks to One Woman’s Determination
“We might not have our volunteers right now, but the patrons still have me, and I’ll make sure they get fed.”
–Terry Alexander, kitchen coordinator.
St. Joseph the Worker Advancement Director Honored
Lisa Geosits, St. Joseph the Worker School’s director of school advancement, has been selected as...
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Popular ‘Living Stations of the Cross’ Goes Virtual in Mahanoy City
This year, ACTION Youth Group based at St. Teresa of Calcutta parish in Mahanoy City is taking its Living Stations of the Cross to the virtual sphere, allowing them to continue a tradition that has been alive for more than three decades.
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Catholic Charities Finds Creative Way to Distribute Food
The weekly groceries distribution will continue on Fridays, God and donors willing.
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Movie Review: ‘I Am Patrick’
The film — subtitled “The Patron Saint of Ireland” — seeks to debunk many of the myths and legends that have grown up around its subject over the centuries. The goal is to capture who Patrick really was as a man and a follower of Christ.
Read MoreCatholic Charities Gala Raises Funds to Help Those in Need
Catholic Charities receives 300 phone calls every week from people seeking assistance
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Operation Rice Bowl continues Lenten tradition of giving
It’s become a Lenten staple that families or groups eat a simple meal one day a week during Lent and contribute the funds that would have been spent on a more elaborate meal to Operation Rice Bowl to aid the world’s hungry.
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Ash Wednesday Masses Mark the Beginning of Lent
In a tradition that dates to the Old Testament, Catholics across the Diocese of Allentown Wednesday received ashes on their forehead in the sign of the cross, a visible symbol and spiritual reminder at the beginning of Lent.
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Bishop to Kids: Lent is like cleaning your fridge
Sometimes food goes into the fridge, the Bishop said, but goes bad before it is used, and has to be cleaned out. “In some ways during Lent,” he said, “we are like our fridge.”
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