by RQue Royal Design | May 13, 2020 | Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
The following is a message from Bishop Mark to all people of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown on May 13, 2020. Specific directives are being finalized and will be available prior the the reopening of church buildings on Saturday, May 16, which marks the...
by RQue Royal Design | May 12, 2020 | Saint of the Day
Bishop of Colonia in Palestine and a hermit. Born in Nicopolis, Armenia, he established a monastery at the age of eighteen. Appointed a bishop at the age of twenty-eight, he spent nine years in his office before retiring to Jerusalem to embrace the eremitical life....
by RQue Royal Design | May 12, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Wednesday May 13, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 15:1-6Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5Gospel, John 15:1-8 Reading 1, Acts 15:1-6 1 Then some men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the...
by RQue Royal Design | May 11, 2020 | Saint of the Day
So often we hear people or even ourselves excuse an action by saying “I was only following orders.” But for Nereus and Achilleus this excuse could not stand in the face of the cross. Everything we know from authority about the two first- century martyrs...
by RQue Royal Design | May 11, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Tuesday May 12, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 14:19-28Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 145:10-11, 12-13, 21Gospel, John 14:27-31 Reading 1, Acts 14:19-28 19 Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and turned the people against them. They stoned Paul and...
