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CatholicTV broadcasts programming relevant to Catholic viewers, including live religious services, talk shows, devotional programs, educational series, entertainment, and children's programs. The network regularly presents coverage of liturgies and special events at the Vatican and during papal journeys .
St. Mary's church, finished in 1842, was the first Catholic church in Wilkes-Barre. [9] The first one in Scranton was built in 1852 on the site of the present day Church of Nativity. [10] In Williamsport, a German group erected the first Catholic church, St. Boniface, in 1855. [11]
St. Stanislaus Institute, also known as St. Stanislaus Orphanage and Holy Child Church, is a historic former Roman Catholic orphanage complex located at 141 Old Newport Street in Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Scranton.
The first settlement in modern-day Newport Township was established by Major Prince Alden in 1772. A few years later, his sons (Mason and John) erected a forge on Nanticoke Creek. One of the first stores in the territory was established by Jacob Ramback; it was constructed on a road between Wanamie and Nanticoke. [3]
The Nanticoke name for themselves, their autonym, is Nentego, which means, "Tidewater People." [1] The Nanticoke chiefdoms are now known as the Wicomoco, Monie and Manokin. They occupied areas along the rivers that were named after them. [2] The Nanticoke had an extensive trading network with tribes throughout the Chesapeake Bay area.
The name Choptank is thought to be from the Nanticoke word tshapetank: a stream that separates, [9] or place of big current. [10]The Algonquian-speaking Choptank were independent, but they were related in culture and language to the Nanticoke, the larger paramount chiefdom immediately to their south, which was dominant on the Eastern Shore. [11]
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
Licensed to Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, United States, the station is currently owned by St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. [2] References ...