by RQue Royal Design | Aug 17, 2026 | Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
By Father Rich Tomkosky One of the essential ways the Bible says we honor God and give Him proper respect is to “Keep holy the Sabbath” (Third Commandment). For us Catholics, that means keeping Sunday holy. What does that mean? Our late great Holy Father Pope St. John...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 16, 2026 | Saint of the Day
Clare was born at Montefalco, Italy, around 1268. As a young woman she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries. This group established Holy Cross Convent at Montefalco in 1290, adopting the Rule of St. Augustine. Clare’s sister Joan was the abbess of this...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 16, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Ezekiel 24:15-24 15 The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,16 ‘Son of man, at a blow I am about to deprive you of the delight of your eyes. But you are not to lament, not to weep, not to let your tears run down.17 Groan in silence, do not...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 16, 2026 | Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Sister Mary Andrew Hooper, SSCJ. Sister Mary Andrew Hooper, age 61, a perpetually professed Sister of the Congregation of Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, entered into eternal life on Thursday, August 13, 2026, at Garvey Manor Nursing Home,...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 15, 2026 | Saint of the Day
St. Stephen the Great (977-1038), was the son of the Magyar chieftain Geza, Stephen succeeded him as leader in 997. Already raised a Christian, in 996 he wed the daughter of Duke Henry II of Bavaria and devoted much of his reign to the promotion of the Christian...
