• A Mass of the Anointing of the Sick was celebrated by Bishop Alfred Schlert on March 16 at St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton. It was the first in a series of Anointing Masses taking place in the Diocese of Allentown during this Jubilee Year of Hope, one in each of the five deaneries.

      Noting that “something we all hope for is good health,” the Bishop called the Anointing Mass “one of the many ways in which Our Lord offers us hope in this Jubilee Year of Hope.”

      Bishop Schlert made his remarks before a standing-room-only crowd of 1,200, comprised both of St. Jane parishioners and visitors from other parishes.