COOKS WITH COLLARS

Celebrating parishes and serving communities in the Diocese of Allentown

September 1, 2025 – September 30, 2025

The final results are in!

Cooks with Collars Awards for 2025 go to…

TOP FUNDRAISING CHEF

Monsignor Tom Baddick at Notre Dame of Bethlehem

Monsignor Tom's delicious chili hot dogs inspired parishioners to contribute nearly $45,000 for Notre Dame of Bethlehem’s “Stairway to Heaven” project!

TOP PARTY CHEFS

TOP PARTY CHEFS are Cooks with Collars who engage parish communities in ways that go above and beyond fundraising totals. Listed in alphabetical order by parish, 2025 TOP PARTY CHEFS are:

Father Lamb at Assumption BVM Parish (Northampton)

Father Johnson at Most Blessed Trinity Parish (Tremont)

Monsignor Baddick at Notre Dame Parish (Bethlehem)

Father Kern at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish (Bethlehem)

Father Lamb at Queenship of Mary Parish (Northampton)

Father Gibbons at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish (Allentown)

Father Mullins at Sacred Heart Parish (Palmerton)

Father Stan Moczydlowski at St. Benedict Parish (Mohnton)

Father Miller at St. Catharine of Siena Parish (Reading)

Father Kweder at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish (Whitehall)

Father Brensinger at St. Francis of Assisi Parish (Allentown)

Father Pham at St. Joseph (Sheppton) and St. Mary (Ringtown)

Father Mongiello at St. Rocco Parish (Martins Creek)

During the month of September, thousands of individuals across the U.S. contributed over $210,000 to parishes in the Diocese of Allentown. Cooks with Collars videos, viewed more than 20,000 times, also inspired hundreds and hundreds of comments and notes including this one:

“Thank you for representing our parish with such joy and enthusiasm… Thank God for bringing us priests who share His abundant blessings!”

Thank you to everyone for making Cooks with Collars a remarkable success!

Monsignor Victor Finelli, St. Joseph the Worker (Orefield)

2026 Cooks with Collars Supporting Local Parishes in the Diocese of Allentown

2026 Cooks with Collars

Monsignor Victor Finelli, St. Joseph the Worker (Orefield)

2026 Cooks with Collars Supporting Local Parishes in the Diocese of Allentown

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