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Night of worship planned Holy Spirit Ministry will host a Night of Worship from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at St. Michael Church, Hollidaysburg . There will be praise, worship, fellowing, teaching and prayer ministry. Father David Dodd, T.O.R., will be on hand with Thermostat Faith and the Power of Testimony. Church celebrates 151 years Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 2121-5th Avenue Altoona PA will be celebrating 151 years of Serving God and The Community at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 15 Guest Preacher, Reverend Dr. Louis Butcher. Chicken barbecue available Mt. Zion ...

Annual pilgrimage honors late Saint Oscar Romero

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — It’s as if Joyce Valencia could still hear Saint Oscar Romero’s voice. “I met him when I was a little girl,” the 61-year-old Salvadoran said. “We used to gather around our radio with our grandma to listen to him. And, even now, listening to him ...

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Pro-Life Rosary to be recited Christian Mothers will recite the pro-life rosary Thursdays after the noon mass at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona. The group meets in front of the Blessed Mother Chapel. All are welcome. ESL training planned The Altoona England and Culture Club will offer an English as a Second Language teacher training workshop from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 6 and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Altoona Alliance Church, 3220 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona. Cost is $50 and includes training, three meals and the manual. Preregistration is required ...

Revival of lost art has church bells ringing

JOANETES, Spain — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong! Clang-clong! Clang-CLONG! The swinging bronze bell resonates with each strike of the ...

Fairview Church of the Brethren marks 150th

The congregation of the Fairview Church of the Brethren, 1022 Fairview Road, Williamsburg, will celebrate the church’s 150th anniversary July 19-21. Admission is free. The theme for the celebration is Hebrews 13:8 — “Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.” Homecoming ...

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Novena celebrated The second novena of 2024 to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Therese (the Little Flower) offered by the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Loretto will open Thursday, Feb. 22, and end Friday, March 1. The public is invited to attend Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 4 p.m. Sundays in the chapel. Petitions may be said to Mother Prioress, Discalced Carmelite Monastery, P.O. Box 57, Loretto, PA 15940. Free lunch offered Providence Presbyterian Church at 2401 Broad Avenue, Altoona, invites the public to come in to our church for a lunch meal from 11:30 a.m. to ...