1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (221+ words) The parishioners and friends of St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church will celebrate the church’s sesquicentennial anniversary with a church service at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20. The celebration coincides with Freeland’s 150th celebration this year. The actual anniversary date is June 25, 1876. On…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago   (560+ words) Hazleton is a city where religion is deeply ingrained in the daily culture. Within the four distinct Roman Catholic parishes that serve it, area residents receive not just spiritual guidance but also emotional support and material assistance from the pastors…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (361+ words) Shannon Marsyada thought new music might help bring together members of churches in Hazleton and West Hazleton after they merged. “After they changed names,” she said, “I felt compelled to write for Padre Pio,” the saint for whom the parish…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (185+ words) The Nov. 6-17 trip will include stops in Montevideo, Paysandú and Florida in Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján in Argentina; and Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa in Peru. The visit is especially significant because of Leo’s longstanding ties to Peru....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1268+ words) When Donald Healey’s home parish in Olyphant consolidated with a Throop parish, he gained new friends and traditions. St. Carlo Acutis Parish formed about a year ago from Holy Cross and Blessed Sacrament. Consolidation of the two formerly linked parishes…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (697+ words) HAZLETON — The closing of Our Lady of Grace Church is a time of mourning for parishioners, Rev. Anthony Generose said as he prepared for the last Mass on Aug. 2 “It’s a loss of identity, like dying and living to tell…...