by RQue Royal Design | Feb 11, 2021 | Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Bishop Mark has asked pastors to make various opportunities for Confession available at their parishes throughout Lent. The Bishop has instructed the clergy to not sponsor the usual Communal Penance Services because of the continuing pandemic.The Diocese of...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 11, 2021 | Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Bishop Mark is permitting parishes to sponsor fish lunches/dinners this Lent, but only in the format of take-out service. There is to be no indoor dining, according to his directives, and anyone who assists in food preparation and serving must be screened by...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 10, 2021 | Saint of the Day
Paschal was the son of Bonosus, a Roman. He studied at the Lateran, was named head of St. Stephen’s monastery, which housed pilgrims to Rome, and was elected Pope to succeed Pope Stephen IV (V) on the day Stephen died, January 25, 817. Emperor Louis the Pious...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 10, 2021 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Thursday February 11, 2021 Reading 1, Genesis 2:18-25Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 128:1-2, 3, 4-5Gospel, Mark 7:24-30 Reading 1, Genesis 2:18-25 18 Yahweh God said, ‘It is not right that the man should be alone. I shall make him a...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 9, 2021 | Saint of the Day
St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God from her earliest youth. After her brother went to Monte Cassino, where he established his famous monastery, she took up her abode in the neighborhood at Plombariola, where she founded and governed a...
