Bishop helps SS Peter & Paul Church celebrate 125th Anniversary Mass on Sunday

VICTOR IZZO/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS The Most Reverend John O. Barres, Bishop of Allentown is flanked on the left by a native son of SS. Peter & Paul parish, Father Ronald Bowman, parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception in Douglassville, Berks County, and on the right by Father Michael E. Ahrensfield, pastor of SS Peter & Paul Church, as they prepare for the parish's 125th Anniversary Mass on Sunday. "We're so happy that so many have come out to celebrate the 125th anniversary of SS Peter & Paul parish," Father Ahrensfield said. "Its truly a momentous occasion in the history of the parish and the Diocese of Allentown."