Category: Features
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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Movie Review: The Turning
Over the years, Henry James’ classic 1898 novella-length horror story “The Turn of the Screw” has proved fertile soil for movie adaptations. Of the numerous big-screen takes, 1961’s “The Innocents” is probably the most distinguished.
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Honorees announced for 2020 Catholic Charities Gala
This year’s gala honorees are: Monsignor John Martin, pastor of St. Peter, Coplay; and Anthony (Tony) and Mary Martocci, parishioners of Assumption BVM, Bethlehem.
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‘A Savior Has Been Born for You’
Bishop Schlert’s Christmas Message When the Angels greet the shepherds, their angelic messenger...
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Catholics Celebrate with Splendor Our Lady of Guadalupe
By WALDO ALVARADO – Pastoral Council Member at St. Peter the Apostle Church How many times have you seen Bishop Alfred Schlert celebrate Mass in Spanish? Can you imagine the feeling of singing the Mass hymns with a live...
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St. Anne School Students Welcome Former NASA Astronaut
St. Anne School, Bethlehem hosted former NASA Astronaut Terry Hart Nov. 7 for a presentation to...
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