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Retired Norwin High School teacher Leslie “Les” M. Harvath had a lifelong love for the game of baseball, from playing on a Little League championship team to starring for the Norwin Knights and Duquesne Dukes that led to a tryout with the Pittsburgh Pirates and then imparting his knowledge of the game by coaching his alma mater for more than 20 years.
He loved to play baseball and lived just “400 feet from home plate” at his neighborhood ballfield, said his son, Schuyler Harvath of Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Area churches balance worship, safety as in-person Easter celebrations resume
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Prison ministry requires good listening skills, flexibility
Four years ago, Deacon Tracy Esper never dreamed he’d be involved in prison ministry.
“This is totally different from anything I’ve ever done,” Esper said last week about his faith enrichment efforts at the Federal Correctional Institute in Milan. “It’s so rewarding and a blessing to be a part of this program and work with other ministers. The Holy Spirit works through me to help (inmates)… I’m very thankful.”
The married Catholic deacon assigned to Divine Grace Parish in Carleton and Maybee began his fourth year of full-time prison ministry in January. He visits the prison off Arkona Rd. just east of US-23 four days a week to meet in groups or cohorts with mostly Catholic inmates looking for spiritual direction and guidance.
Montego Bay community reaches out to poor with food, medicine Published by
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In an effort to assist the less fortunate in the wider community, Bishop Burchell McPherson of Montego Bay and his team at the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral have transformed the grounds of the church to host several initiatives geared at giving back.
A Jamaica Observer article said that news team was met with an “open door” when it contacted Bishop McPherson earlier that week, as he proudly explained the daily happenings on the grounds.
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Greensburg’s new bishop is first native son to head the Pa. diocese
Bishop Larry J. Kulick celebrates Mass at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg, Pa., during his episcopal ordination and installation Feb. 11, 2021, as the sixth bishop of the Greensburg Diocese. Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Perez, principal consecrator, is shown second from left. (CNS photo/Mary Seamans, courtesy Diocese of Greensburg)
By Catholic News Service • Posted February 19, 2021
GREENSBURG, Pa. (CNS) Greensburg’s new bishop said he is “humbled and honored” to serve as the diocese’s sixth bishop and does not take “this responsibility lightly.”
Bishop Larry J. Kulick said he also knows full well that “to accomplish this, I need God’s grace and your assistance.”
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