Bishop Alfred Schlert will celebrate a special Diocesan Memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at 12:15 p.m. Thursday at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, Allentown.
The Bishop also will .
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Love, welcome and respect : He advocates for LGBTQ faithful
DANIEL PATRICK SHEEHAN, The (Allentown) Morning Call
May 8, 2021
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Inside Allentown’s Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, with its tall stained-glass windows and sanctuary suffused with a soft golden glow, the man in the black shirt and slacks could be mistaken for a clergyman.
He is, in fact, by someone who calls him “Father.” But Donald Maher isn’t a priest. He’s a Berks County attorney who practices labor and employment law, fitting subjects for the Irish-American son of a New York labor leader Maher likens to tough-guy actor James Cagney.
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