by RQue Royal Design | Aug 6, 2020 | Saint of the Day
In 1523, the Church was in sad shape. People could not get the spiritual nourishment they needed from the large numbers of uneducated and even immoral priests who took their money but returned nothing. When good priests and laypeople turned to the hierarchy for help,...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 6, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Friday August 7, 2020 Reading 1, Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7Responsorial Psalm, Deuteronomy 32:35-36, 39, 41Gospel, Matthew 16:24-28 Reading 1, Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7 1 To Judah See on the mountains the feet of the herald! ‘Peace!’ he...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 6, 2020 | Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
A Message from Bishop Mark – August 6, 2020By now you have heard about a person who tested positive for the Coronavirus and attended Mass last weekend at Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Johnstown. Public notice was made with due regard for the teaching and discipline...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 5, 2020 | Saint of the Day
Pope from 514-523, successor to St. Symmachus, and father of Pope St. Silverius Born in Frosinone, Campagna di Roma, Italy, he was an Italian, although he had a Persian name. Married and widowed prior to ordination, he succeeded St. Symmachus on July 21, 514. One of...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 5, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Thursday August 6, 2020 Reading 1, Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 97:1-2, 5-6, 9Gospel, Matthew 17:1-9Reading 2, Second Peter 1:16-19 Reading 1, Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 9 While I was watching, thrones were set in place and one most...
