Larry James Kulick (Bishop-Elect), to be installed in early 2021.
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Catholics in the Greensburg Diocese are celebrating an early Christmas gift from Rome: the appointment of one of their own, Msgr. Larry J. Kulick, as bishop-elect.
Pope Francis announced the appointment of Kulick, a Leechburg native, as the sixth bishop of the diocese early Friday.
The appointment of the 54-year-old priest, who has spent his entire career in the diocese, marks the first time parishioners in the Greensburg Diocese have had cause to celebrate the elevation of a local priest to the bishop’s office.
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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Greensburg hoped its online Guardian Angel Appeal fundraising campaign would raise about $50,000. Donors smashed that goal, then kept giving. The campaign raised $233,950.
“There’s no way I could express how amazed I am at the success of the campaign, not because of any doubts about the generosity of the people of the diocese, but about the reality of the situation, that we went out to ask for support in the middle of a pandemic,” Monsignor Raymond E. Riffle, managing director of Catholic Charities, said in a statement.
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Food insecurity is an ongoing problem in the Pittsburgh region, made much worse by the covid-19 pandemic. Area food banks have responded by redoubling their efforts while facing new challenges.
With pandemic restrictions putting many American breadwinners out of work or reducing their hours, food banks this year have been serving large numbers of first-time recipients.
Food bank network Feeding America says 2020 may end with hunger having affected 50 million people across the nation, including more than 17 million children, because of the pandemic. In an October survey by Danone North America’s Two Good Yogurt and OnePoll, 40% of those responding indicated covid-19 had contributed to their first experience with food insecurity.
The dome of the Westmoreland County Courthouse.
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A grassroots activist group will host a public Zoom forum with Westmoreland County commissioners Wednesday evening to air local concerns and urge them to take an active role in battling the region’s growing public health crisis.
Although the county does not have an independent public health department, a spokesman for Voice of Westmoreland said the group is circulating a petition calling on the county to advocate for broadening covid-19 testing so all residents have access to tests, to provide regular updates to Westmoreland residents,and to host weekly information sessions related to testing locations, case numbers, vaccine distribution, hospital updates, masks and social distancing, schools and day care centers, and state and federal guidelines.
Valley News Dispatch
Loyalhanna, Buffalo creeks in the running for Pa. s 2021 River of the Year, chosen by public vote
Patrick Varine And Mary Ann Thomas
Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 12:42 p.m.
| Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 12:42 p.m.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Loyalhanna Creek is seen snaking its way through downtown Latrobe in September from a helicopter at about 1,000 feet.
Courtesy of Dave Brooke/Audubon Society
Buffalo Creek in Armstrong and Butler counties is a nominee for Pennsylvania River of the Year.
About the creeks
Loyalhanna Creek is a 50-mile tributary of the Kiskiminetas River, originating from Laurel Ridge just north of Donegal.
It flows north-by-northeast along the southeastern side of Chestnut Ridge before passing through Latrobe and Loyalhanna Lake before joining with the Conemaugh River to form the Kiskiminetas River at Saltsburg.