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2020 Rosary Rally-Williamsport

St. Joseph the Worker Parish with the Knights of Columbus Council #366 of Williamsport, held the 2020 Rosary Rally on Saturday. The event, which coincided with the National Rosary Rally day, brought out dozens of parishioners to walk the 2.5 mile route. The event began at noon on the steps of ...

Blessing of the pets

The annual Blessing of Animals service was held Sunday at many churches locally and throughout the world. These photos were taken at St. Ann Catholic Church on Northway Road in Loyalsock Township, where the Rev. John Chmil, church pastor, conducted such a service, which included prayers, a ...

42nd annual CROP Hunger Walk to be held this weekend

The community’s 42nd annual walk to fight hunger, the CROP Hunger Walk, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday. Organized walks will be held in four communities: the Greater Williamsport walk will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 142 Market St.; the Trout Run walk will start at ...

Faith Matters: Our perspectives enhance each other

Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, I was in school when many of the firsts of the space program took place. Everything stopped in class, and we focused on the black and white televisions to watch those early forays into space. The pictures from those first flights that stay in my mind are ...

‘Never really closed’: Bringing church outside its four walls

For many people, Saturday or Sunday morning means getting out of bed and heading for a house of worship, but during the pandemic, that house of worship may have been your home. “People have become comfortable worshipping in different ways now,” said the Rev. Gwen Bernstine, executive ...