11+ hour, 55+ min ago  (986+ words) MAHANOY CITY " When Bernard Shanfield made one of his weekly checks on Beth Israel Synagogue in May 1997, paint was peeling off its walls and some of the bulbs on its twin menorahs had burned out. Shanfield, the temple's president, was…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (519+ words) POTTSVILLE " When John Corrales was a student at St. Mary's Central Catholic parochial school in Odessa, Texas, the nuns taught him that not eating meat on Fridays and fasting during Lent would bring him closer to the Lord. It's a…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (418+ words) SHENANDOAH " Walking past the site of the old St. Nicholas colliery, Christine Harasymczuk felt the presence of her grandparents, Dmytro and Matrona Capitula. Before St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church was built in 1925, the Capitulas would walk from McAdoo to Shenandoah…...