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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 & biscuit dinner on Saturday Feb. 21, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Parish Hall located at 335 Locust St., downtown Johnstown. Each meal includes chicken & biscuit, mashed potatoes with gravy, strawberry-spinach salad with poppyseed dressing, and cake. Price is $10.00 per meal. Take-out only. ...

New archbishop serves Indigenous Catholics

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 ...

Spiritual notes

Community lunch set Fourth Street Church of God, Fourth Street and 21st Avenue, will serve a free lunch from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. The meal includes rigatoni and meatballs in marinara sauce, tossed salad, roll, dessert and drink. 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 11:30 a.m. Fridays, Feb. 13 and Feb. 27, by appointment only. Call Deb at 814-207-8293. Free lunch on Valentine’s Day A free community lunch will be ...

Shock to be installed as bishop

The Rev. Kevin T. Shock will be installed as bishop of the Allegheny Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Saturday, Feb. 7, at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1000 Scalp Ave., Johnstown. Shock was elected on Nov. 1, 2025, to serve a six-year term as bishop. Prelude music ...

Angel resembling official painted over after outcry

ROME — Call it divine intervention, or maybe just a hasty fix-it job to put an end to days of speculation and scandal. But the end result is that the Angel Meloni is no more. A painting of a cherub with a face bearing a remarkable resemblance to Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni had attracted ...

Cuba’s Santeros offer gifts, ask deities for peace

HAVANA — As tensions rise between the United States and Cuba and the island braces for more economic difficulties, priests and priestesses of the Afro-Cuban religion known as Santeria held several ceremonies on Sunday, offering gifts to deities and asking for peace. Several leading ...