Because not all pregnancies are equal in duration, it is impossible to predict the precise day on which your baby will be born. Pregnancies usually range from 37 weeks to 43 weeks, with most women giving birth between 39 weeks and 41 weeks after conception. Your due date is merely the middle of this fourteen-day window. There are several ways to calculate your due date.
Bishop Barres was ordained a Bishop and installed as the fourth Bishop of Allentown by His Eminence, Justin Cardinal Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia at the Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena in Allentown on July 30, 2009. He was the first priest ordained a bishop within the Diocese of Allentown.
The red and silver bars are a canting device recalling the Bishop's family surname Barres.. The Bishop's immigrant ancestor, Jacob Barres came from Prussia and first settled in Lehigh County in 1852. The blue eagle with the halo is the symbol of St. John the Evangelist, honoring the Bishop's baptismal name patron. The cross keys symbolically express the Bishop's dedication and fidelity to the See of Peter and to the Most Holy Father, as did the arms of Bishop Barres' predecessor, Bishop Cullen.