WHEELING—Recovery efforts continue across the Mountain State after the severe flooding that occurred earlier this month. Several counties have experienced generational flooding resulting in loss of life, property, and livelihood. More than ten counties in [...]
Immigrants: Our Neighbors, Friends and Fellow Believers When I was a boy, we children sometimes asked one another: “What are you?” It wasn’t a question about our sex or what position we played in baseball [...]
Father Andrew Switzer has been elected to a three-year term on the Diocesan Presbyteral Council, effective December 31, 2024. This is in addition to his current assignment as pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Shepherdstown.
Very Rev. Justin Golna, J.C.L., J.V., is appointed to a three-year term on the Diocesan Presbyteral Council, effective December 31, 2024. This is in addition to his current assignments as judicial vicar of the Diocese [...]
Msgr. Paul Hudock has been elected to a three-year term on the Diocesan Presbyteral Council, effective December 31, 2024, and terminating December 31, 2027. This is in addition to his current assignment in Hispanic ministry [...]
The Gift of Life, a Gift to Cherish What if there were no children? What if there were no smiling babies, no rambunctious toddlers, no agile teenagers playing soccer or the violin, no young adults [...]
Father Rusiri Kokila Wijewickrama, TOR, is appointed parochial vicar of St. Francis de Sales Parish in Beckley, with residence at the parish rectory, effective January 13, 2025.
Very Rev. John Selwin Ledford, V.F. Very Rev. John Selwin Ledford, V.F., 77, died Jan. 10, 2025, in Glen Dale, W.Va. He was born August 4, 1947, in Lewisburg, Tenn., the son of [...]
On January 18, 2003, our former Bishop Bernard Schmitt implemented some norms for the celebration of the Mass, among them one regarding the posture of the faithful after the Lamb of God. Using the permission [...]
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we all have memories of Christmas: presents we eagerly opened as children, traveling to see relatives out of state, decorating the Christmas tree, going to and maybe serving Christmas [...]
