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Good Friday, Easter services

The following churches have announced Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter services: - Zion Lutheran, 500 Allegheny St., Hollidaysburg, will host a 7 p.m. Good Friday service; 6 p.m. Holy Saturday service; and 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Easter Sunday services. - The Geeseytown-Newry Lutheran Parish will host Good Friday services at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, at Geeseytown Lutheran Church, 462 Route 22, Hollidaysburg. - Easter Sunday Worship will begin with a Sunrise Service with Holy Communion at Geeseytown Lutheran Church at 6:30 a.m., followed by breakfast, and Easter morning worship ...

Gargoyle returned to perch

COVINGTON, Ky. — The last ghoulish gargoyle has been returned to its perch as part of a two-year restoration of a Kentucky cathedral with a facade modeled after Notre Dame in Paris. The rehab project at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption was sorely needed to repair deteriorated ...

Priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees

Over the past five years at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Rev. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters to celebrating Mass with detained and deported migrants. But while border crossings have drastically shrunk under President Donald ...

Spiritual Notes

Easter meal served Altoona Restoration Church of God, 911 N. Third St., Altoona, will host an Easter meal at 12:30 p.m. Palm Sunday, March 29. The meal will include turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing balls, noodles, veggies, desserts and drinks. All are welcome. Diocese Holy Week schedule The Catholic Church will mark Holy Week — the most sacred week on the liturgical calendar — March 29-April 5. During Holy Week, the faithful are invited to walk with Jesus Christ through His passion, death, and resurrection. The following is the Holy Week schedule for ...

Juniata United Methodist Church performing Stations of the Cross

Juniata United Methodist Church will offer a free, outdoor Stations of the Cross experience beginning March 27 and running through Easter Sunday, April 5. The self-guided prayer journey is open to everyone in the community, regardless of church affiliation or faith background. Twelve stations installed around the church property guide visitors through the final hours of Jesus Christ's life, from his trial and crucifixion to his burial. At each station, participants can scan a QR code with their smartphone to access a brief audio reflection (3 to 5 minutes) that explains what happened ...