Free Lenten concert All ages are invited to join Altoona-area young adult Catholics for a free Lenten concert, “The Cathedral Candlelight Concert,” at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The event will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, March 13. The evening will feature local Catholic ...

Cathedral hosts fish lunches The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, 1 Cathedral Square, Altoona, will serve its annual Lenten fish fry lunches again this year. The lunches will be available from 10:30 to 1 p.m. every Friday during Lent except for Good Friday. Cost is $12 and includes a fish ...

— Providence Presbyterian Church, 2401 Broad Ave., Altoona, will host a free lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb 21. Lunch will include a meatball sandwich, a variety of homemade soups, desserts, fruit and beverages. — Second Avenue Global Methodist Church, 130 Second Ave., ...

The 2026 annual International Jewish Film Festival will kick off with the film “Eleanor the Great” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Penn State Altoona Downtown Devorris Center, 1431 12th Ave., Altoona. Feature films will continue at 7 p.m. Thursday Feb. 26, March 5 and March 12. Cost is ...

Night of worship set Holy Spirit Ministry will host a night of worship with Eucharistic Adoration at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at St. Michael Church, Hollidaysburg. Speaker will be Father Alan Thomas. Chicken, biscuit dinners St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will host a take-out chicken & ...

As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood. Little did he know that this dedication would take him halfway ...