ST. LOUIS — Decades after he was a fixture on American TV screens, the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen is back in a familiar place: the media spotlight. Tens of thousands of Catholic devotees are converging on St. Louis for a formal ceremony of beatification on Thursday, in which the prelate ...
Food pantry available The food pantry at Twenty-eighth Street Church of the Brethren, 28th Street and Union Avenue, is available for those in need. Distribution will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, by appointment only. Call Deb by Thursday at 814-207-8293. Yard sale planned The annual yard Sale at Asbury United Methodist Church, 1341 Grandview Road, Altoona, will be held from 8 a.m to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. There will be puzzles, books, bake sale, food, drinks and crafts, jewelry, along with a variety of yard sale items. Vendor space is available for $15; bring ...
Fall festival is Saturday The Ashville Community Fall Festival, benefitting the Ashville Volunteer Fire Company and St. Thomas Aquinas Church, will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Living Treasures Zoo to You will be on hand for photos with a variety of animals. In addition, there will be food and craft vendors, children’s games and activities, a rummage sale and basket raffle. Heritage Fair is Sept. 19 The Middle PA District Church of the Brethren will host its annual Heritage Fair on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Camp Blue Diamond in Petersburg. There will be ...
Greenwood United Methodist Church will celebrate 100 years in the building at 1505 E. Walton Ave., Altoona, with a service of praise and worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept 20. Lunch will follow the service. Those attending are asked to RSVP to 814-934-1866. The celebration will begin with a worship service featuring special music, remarks by members, rededication of the building and recognition of long-term members. Pastor Calvin Miller will speak on a faithful response, “Remembering the Journey.” The Greenwood congregation is the successor of the Old Sandy Run Church and dates ...
Bishop Mark Bartchak will recognize 13 individuals with one of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown’s most prestigious honors, the Prince Gallitzin Cross Award. The Gallitzin Cross is given to clergy, religious and lay parishioners who exhibit the “evangelizing spirit” of the Prince-Priest ...
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The towering maple trees and native hazelnut bushes on Salvatierra Farms break up the surrounding corn and soybean fields that sprawl across southern Minnesota. Small compared with its neighbors, the 63 acres of land was once a conventional row crop farm. Transformed by ...
