Welcome to St. John Gualbert Cathedral.
We are the Johnstown Cathedral for the Diocese of Altoona Johnstown and the home of the Proclaim TV Ministry where we broadcast our Sunday Mass each week. Watching the Mass on TV or on-line does not take the place of being present in person, but it is a wonderful opportunity to witness, worship, pray and reflect. Please click here to see our most recent Sunday Masses.
Our Cathedral is open for Mass and for the sacrament of Confession with Covid19 safety precautions. We invite you to visit and attend Mass or pray privately. Our current parish bulletin, shown below, provides our most up-to-date schedule.
If you would like to arrange a private confession, if you have any questions, or if you have an emergency, please contact our parish office at 814.536.0117. Thank you and may God bless you.
Our vibrant and historic Roman Catholic Parish is located in downtown Johnstown, PA.
The cathedral was built with an unusual steel substructure after the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. Please click here for a link detailing our parish history. Our parish administers two historic cemeteries, St John Gualbert Catholic Cemetery and St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, both located in the Geistown section of Johnstown. Please click here for google maps of our two cemeteries.
Our cathedral building has been described in a number of books and other publications. A short but comprehensive description and historic overview compiled by several authors is on-line at:
Public Masses:
Weekend Masses:
Saturday 5 PM
Sunday: 8 AM, 11 AM, 5 PM
(Please call in advance to reserve your household’s seat at weekend Masses: 814.536-0117.)
Daily Mass:
Monday – Friday: 7 AM and 12:05 PM
Saturday: 8 AM
Stations of the Cross:
3 PM Fridays thru Lent
The obligation to attend Sunday Mass continues to be suspended due to the COVID19 pandemic. When you come to Mass in-person , please adhere to the following guidelines:
1. Everyone (over three years of age) must wear a mask and observe social distancing.
2. We have marked eighty “socially-distant” seating locations in the cathedral. Individuals or couples or families living in the same household are invited to come to Mass and sit in one of these locations.
3. On weekends we ask that you call the rectory in advance to let us know that you are coming, and we will reserve a spot for your family group. Please call 536-0117 or contact Father Jim at 934-9605. This last number accepts text and voice messages. You may also e-mail Father Jim at: frjded@stroselima.com.
4. Only those with advance reservation will have admission for weekend Masses. (No reservations are needed for daily Mass.) When any Saturday or Sunday Mass reaches safe occupancy limits, you will have first access to Mass the following Sunday. On weekends our ushers will help each individual or household group find a seating location. Click here for more Detailed Instructions on Procedures in Church as We Reopen.
5. We continue outdoor distribution of Holy Communion for those unable to attend Sunday Mass. The distribution is each Sunday afternoon from 12:30 to 1 PM in the parking lot of our Activities Center.
Our Sunday Proclaim TV Mass is broadcast each week. Please click here for web page showing our most recent Sunday Mass.
Our Mass appears live each Sunday at 11 AM, on WATM ABC 23 in Johnstown and on Cornerstone TV Faith and Family Channel in Pittsburgh. It is then rebroadcast at 9 PM Sunday on Atlantic Broadband Public Access Channel 9 in Johnstown, and repeated on the Faith and Family Channel at 6 PM Wednesday and at 4 PM Thursday.
Vatican Grants Emergency Plenary Indulgence for Divine Mercy Chaplet
New Plenary Indulgence
Because of the pandemic, anyone who, with “the will to fullfil the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer according to the Holy Father’s intentions), as soon as possible,” recites the Divine Mercy Chaplet with the intention “to implore from Almighty God the end of the epidemic, relief for those who are afflicted and eternal salvation for those whom the Lord has called to Himself,” can receive a plenary indulgence each day.