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The Diocese of Allentown has completed the sale of two tracts of land in connection with the funding of the now-completed Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program, which provided victims of clergy sexual abuse with compensation as one aspect of their healing.

Holy Family Manor residents are receiving antibody treatments to treat symptoms of Covid-19, thanks to the facility’s continuing aggressive approach to managing the Coronavirus.

“Yesterday’s attack on our national legislature at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. was unconscionable.”

Ordination to the Sacred Order of the Priesthood was conferred on Rev. Mr. Juan Rodriguez by Bishop Alfred Schlert at a special Mass Jan. 6.

Continuing their ministry through music, two priests of St. Anne Parish, Bethlehem, have released a compact disc of sacred, secular and folk songs. Father Anthony Mongiello, pastor, and Father Giuseppe Esposito, assistant pastor, are teamed up once again for an album entitled “No Thread.” All proceeds benefit the parish.

It is customary in Catholic churches on New Year’s Eve to sing the hymn of thanksgiving, Te Deum....

 An Epiphany tradition that may be better known in Europe than it is in the United States is...

The Christmas Season, already a time of great hope and joy, will be the setting for another joyous event when the newest priest in the Diocese of Allentown is ordained.

Christmas is more than one day; it’s an entire season of the Church year, from Christmas Eve straight through January 10, the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord.

“We can see ourselves in the example of Mary and Joseph, finding joy in the birth of a Child, despite the swirling anxieties around us. Like these Holy Parents, we also find hope.”

Parishes are finding creative ways to welcome as many people as possible on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day while continuing to comply with the Diocese’s capacity restrictions in churches.