JOHNSTOWN, PA - With the blessing from His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, a Spring Family weekend has been scheduled at Chestnut Grove Resort located in Swiftwater, PA in the Pocono's, 15 miles from Stroudsburg. There are many activities for families, including paddle boats, bicycling, fishing, indoor and outdoor pools, volleyball, Treasure Hunts, bonfire and Karaoke sing-a-longs. There is also a great golf course located nearby for golf enthusiasts. The cost would be $250 per couple for the weekend and includes two breakfasts and two dinners. For each child under 14 it is an additional $25 per day, between 14 and 20 an additional $30 per day, over age 20 it is an additional $40 per day. The date will be Friday thru Sunday, May 5-7. Interested please call Fr. Luke Mihaly at (203) 748-0671. Website address is www.chestnutgrove.com Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Diocesan Chancery is pleased to announce preliminary details of the annual Diocesan Lenten Retreats, which are sponsored by the ACRY for the upcoming Lenten Season. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Diocesan Chancery has learned of the falling asleep in the Lord of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Nikolai of Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia on Monday, January 30, 2006 at the age of 78. Read more...

The National Right to Life March will be held on Monday, January 23, 2006 in our nation's capital. It will be the 33rd March, since the Supreme Court legislated a new law in the land in 1973, legalizing abortion on demand. Once again, I urge you to fervently support the Pro-Life cause in prayer, in service and in donations to local Pro-Life offices. I especially urge you to participate in the March for Life. Plan to ride one of the many hundreds of buses that are traveling there. Or come yourself. The cause is worth all the toil and sacrifice. It is worth participating in the March in the snow and the cold. It is worth walking with thousands of other marchers. Read more...