Pennsylvania Catholic Conference

Sen. Scott Martin today filed Senate Bill 1, known as The Excellence in Education for All Act. Its goal is to ensure maximum flexibility in schooling options for parents and their children. It’s set to be read in committee on Monday.

Sen. Judy Ward has introduced SB 733, known as the Keystone Scholarship Program for Exceptional Students. It’s a revival of SB 353 from last session. It’s goal is to give parents funding to get the best educational option for their children.

Good morning! In celebration of #NEPAGives Day, we are planning several special Facebook live check-ins at parishes and charitable organizations across the Dioc...ese of Scranton. We are excited to highlight some of the programs and ministries that take place each day here in the Diocese of Scranton. To support our efforts today, please visit: https://www.nepagives.org/organizations/diocese-of-scranton

Watch the Daily Mass from the Cathedral of St. Peter at: https://www.dioceseofscranton.org//ct/friday-daily-mass-2/

Prayer is not a magic wand. It is a dialogue with the Lord. When we pray, we can give in to the risk of not being the ones to serve God, but of expecting him to serve us. When we pray, we need to be humble and believe that God will give me what is right to give. He knows. Pope Francis

Watch the Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities Mass from the Cathedral of St. Peter at: https://www.dioceseofscranton.org//ctv-catholic-television/

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, If you wish, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, he stretched ...out his hand, touched him, and said to him, I do will it. Be made clean. Mark 1:40-41 Today’s Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021421.cfm The Proclaim! TV Mass from Saint John Gualbert Cathedral live today at 11:00 a.m. on WATM ABC 23 and rebroadcast tonight at 9:00 p.m. on Atlantic Broadband channel 9.

On this Valentine’s Day weekend, enjoy the love story of Rudy and Judy Plummer, members of Saint John the Evangelist Parish in Everett. The couple, who will cel...ebrate their 50th anniversary later this year, talk about their happy life and cherished family on Proclaim! tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. on WATM ABC 23. See more

BE THE LIGHT for your community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Donate to the BE THE LIGHT campaign to support God’s work being done in the Diocese of Greensburg. Visit www.dioceseofgreensburg.org/BeTheLight.

Check out the SNS 2020 Halloween Happenings. All of our students looked spook-tacular! #snsbulldogdpride #EquippingSaints #ExploreAOPS Archdiocese of Philadelphia Schools - AOPS St. Norbert Parish

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The Diocese of Erie continues to celebrate and honor the clergy and women religious marking milestone or jubilarian anniversaries this year. Every three wee...ks through November, we will highlight a small group. This week we highlight the service of: . . - 60 years -, - 60 years , - 60 years . - 50 years . - 50 years . - 50 years . . - 50 years . - 50 years Click the individual photos to read a brief biography of each honoree and remarks of thanks and congratulations for their lifetimes of commitment and service. See more

NATIONAL VOCATION AWARENESS WEEK November 1-7 Throughout this week, the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown is spotlighting each of our seminarians. Today, meet Deacon... Mark Groeger. https://ajvocations.org/people/rev-mr-mark-groeger PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS O God, we earnestly beseech Thee to bless this diocese with many priests, brothers, and sisters who will gladly spend their entire lives to serve Thy Church and to make Thee known and loved. Bless our families. Bless our children. Choose from our homes those who are needed for Thy work. Mary, Queen of the Clergy! Pray for us. Pray for our priests and religious. Obtain for us many more.

We ask for your prayers this week in two important events that figure to have a profound effect on our state and nation. The first is the election, of course. We ask that you pray for a peaceful voting and vote-counting process, as well as a resolution that we all will accept, even though no election ends with everyone being happy. Then on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could decide whether or not Catholic Social Services of Philad...elphia can continue to provide homes to thousands of foster children, as it has done for decades. The case is also likely to have an impact on religious liberty in America for years to come. The case of Fulton v. Philadelphia involves single foster moms, Sharonell Fulton and Toni Simms-Busch. On Wednesday, Lori Windham, senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, will appear before the Supreme Court to defend the moms’ right to foster children in partnership with their local Catholic agency. In 2018, the City of Philadelphia abruptly ended its decades-long partnership with Catholic Social Services as a result of their religious beliefs that marriage should be between a man and a woman. The argument for Fulton v. Philadelphia is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m. and will be televised on C-SPAN.

#November1st #AllSaintsDay another opportunity to remember and pray to @LCCrusaders Patroness St. Therese of the Little Flower, her image is all around our campus. May she continue to shower our LC community with roses

Watch the Saturday Vigil Mass from the Cathedral of St. Peter at: https://www.dioceseofscranton.org//ct/saturday-vigil-mass/

Join us for Daily Mass celebrated by Rev. Matthew J. Morelli, pastor of Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent, PA for Friday, October 30, 2020. Mirrors (try another... page if this video fails): - facebook.com/DioceseOfGreensburg (Daily Mass only) - facebook.com/GoodShepherdKent (Daily/Sunday Masses) - tiny.cc/GoodShepherdKent (YouTube Channels Daily/Sunday Masses) See more

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Students continue to get their work done at St. John Neumann Regional Academy in Williamsport, but Principal Alisia McNamee says they also continue to have fun under the constraints of staying safe.