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Please join us for our annual Harvest Home Dinner on Sunday, September 12, 2010.
The fun and food starts at noon.

Father Andrew Fischer appointed pastor of Moon Township Parish.

Our Parochial Vicar, Father Andrew C. Fischer has received an assignment from Bishop David A. Zubik to be pastor of St. Margaret Mary Parish in Moon Township effective June 30.

While we as parishioners will be at a loss for Father Andrew’s personal presence and his priestly ministry here at St. Alphonsus Parish, we do congratulate him on his appointment by Bishop Zubik to this large parish near the Pittsburgh International Airport.

The Clergy Office of the Diocese of Pittsburgh has informed our parish that “every consideration will be made to appoint another parochial vicar to St. Alphonsus Parish in the near future.”

Farewell Reception

Next Saturday, June 26, there will be a parish reception in the cafeteria for Father Andrew Fischer after the 5:00p.m. Mass.  There will also be a donut social Sunday, June 27 after the 10:00a.m. during which you may extend your farewell. All parishioners and friends are invited.

Father Andrew will be celebrating the Saturday evening Mass next weekend as well as the 8:00 AM and the 10:00 AM Masses next Sunday.

There is a great choice of baked or fried fish or shrimp, choice of soups and vegetables, and baked or fried potatoes. Thanks to our talented cooks, cheerful servers, and dedicated parishioners behind the scenes. Volunteers can access the volunteer calendar by clicking on the parish “Calendars” tab”.
TAKE OUT DINNERS or single food items – you may call the cafeteria number after 3:00p.m. on Friday • 724-935-9893.

Dinners $8.50 (Kids under 10 $1.00 – dine in only)
Each dinner includes:

• choice of: Breaded & Fried Shrimp, or Breaded & Fried Atlantic Cod, or Baked Atlantic Cod
• choice of soup: New England Clam Chowder or Tomato Florentine
• choice of side: Macaroni & Cheese or French Fries or Baked Potato
• choice of side: Coleslaw or Applesauce
• Bread with butter
• choice of drink: Lemon Blend, Fruit Punch, Sweetened or Unsweetened Iced Tea, Milk, Coffee & Tea

A LA CARTE

• Basket of Fried Shrimp $6.00
• Fried Fish Sandwich $6.00
• Bake Fish Sandwich $6.00
• Fried/Baked Fish by the Piece (8oz) $5.75
• Fried/Baked Fish by the Pound $10.50
• Macaroni & Cheese $1.50
• French Fries $1.50
• Coleslaw $1.50
• Applesauce $1.00
• Baked Potato $1.25
• Soup or Chowder (8oz) $2.50

The weekly volunteer schedule is posted available on-line. Please select “Fish Fry” Calendar from the top drop-down menu on the left side.

Fridays during Lent

• 9:30 to Noon – Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament for Adoration
• 7:00 p.m. – Stations of the Cross

• Established for 13-year-old boy Jean Kenson, with serious illness: evacuated from Haiti
• Any and all donations are welcome!
• By way of:
  • Allegheny General Hospital CORE Programs and Haiti Relief Program Divisions
    Administrated by: Dr. Mark Sangimino and Lauren Riccardella
    Suite 200, Federal North Building
    1307 Federal St.
    Pittsburgh, PA 15212
• Questions/information: please contact: Missa Sangimino 724-591-0864
• Donations include, but not limited to: clothes, music, art supplies, games, etc.
• Please make checks available to The John Francis Foundation

Make Us Believers, our Parish Passion Play, will be performed twice this year on the weekend before Holy Week: on Friday, March 26, at 8:00 PM, and Saturday, March 27, at 7:30 PM.

Like last year, the play will be performed on the Ryan Center stage.

Parishioners of all ages are welcome to perform in and assist with the production. We need actors and actresses, singers, technical crew, stage crew, set constructors, and seamstresses to help with costume creation.

Please sign-up using the appropriate link below:

• Adult participation form
• Child participation form

Auditions for solo singing parts will be held on Tuesday, January 26, and Thursday, January 28, at 6:30 PM in the new side of the Church.  Those interested in singing as part of the chorus need not audition.

Practices will be 6:30-8:30 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning in February.  Please contact the play coordinator and the Director of Liturgical Music & Choir for more information.  Mrs. Heagy can be reached at  724.538.5258 or at marheagy@aol.com.

Father Andrew C. Fischer will be coming to our parish this Monday, November 30. He is originally from this area having attended St. Mary Parish and School in Glenshaw. Fr. Fischer was ordained a priest in 1982 and has attended to various pastoral and diocesan ministries over the years with recently being Parochial Vicar at St. Paul Cathedral.
Next Sunday, Father Fischer will be meeting parishioners after the 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Masses in the Ryan Center as part of the Christmas Bazaar. Father Fischer will also meet parishioners after the 5:00 p.m. Saturday Mass in the cafeteria.

Father Sean Francis will report to his new pastoral assignment as Parochial Vicar of St. Vitus Parish, New Castle, on Monday, November 30. Father Sean will be assisting Father John Petrarulo, Administrator of the parish. St. Vitus is the largest parish in the city of New Castle and has a parish school. Father Sean’s address will be 910 S. Mercer St., New Castle, PA 16101. We wish all the best to Father Sean and will keep him in our prayers as he begins his new assignment.

Photography begins Tuesday November 3 through Saturday, November 11, and then the following Tuesday and Wednesday for families of the parish for the Parish Pictorial Directory. Photograph sessions will be extended to December 8 – 12.
Pastoral Council has approved and encouraged Lifetouch Church Services to produce a pictorial yearbook for our parish. We are asking all of our parishioners to participate because, after all, it won’t be complete without YOU!
Every household in the album with receive a free book.
Every family will also receive a complimentary 8 x 10 portrait with the ability to order additional portraits.
Sign- up for your portrait TODAY by clicking on the Parish Pictorial Directory link. Portrait sessions are still available. A studio will be set up in the small gym for the duration of the sessions.

Thanks to a few enterprising young volunteers, it is now much easier to post announcements on the web site.

Those interested in posting announcements should visit our request announcements page for e-mail instructions or an on-line submission form.

This is separate from the submission process for bulletin entries.  Web announcements can be more detailed (longer) and include pdf attachments.

Make Us Believers, our Parish Passion Play will be performed twice this year on the weekend before Holy Week: on Friday, April 3, at 8:00 PM, and Saturday, April 4, at 7:30 PM.

For the first time, the play will be performed on the Ryan Center stage.

Parishioners of all ages are welcome to perform in and assist with the production. We need actors and actresses, singers, technical crew, stage crew, set constructors, and seamstresses to help with costume creation.

Please sign-up using the appropriate link below:

• Adult participation form
• Child participation form

Please contact Mrs. Heagy or Andy Spero for the registration password, which can be found in the bulletin.

Auditions for solo singing parts will be held on Thursday, January 29, at 7:15 PM in the new side of the Church.  Those interested in singing as part of the chorus need not audition.

Practices will be 6:30-8:30 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning February 3.  Please contact the play coordinator and the Director of Liturgical Music & Choir for more information.  She can be reached at  724.538.5258 or at marheagy@aol.com.

Starting Sunday, November 16, tags are available near the altar for Christmas gifts to purchase for one of 170 families of St. Vincent Mission at David, Kentucky, where Sister Kathleen Weigand is director.

Next Sunday, November 23, please place your newly-purchased, unwrapped gift in one of the boxes in the Church.

Our parishioner have always been generous towards the mission.

Next Sunday is the last Sunday of the Church Liturgical Year is the Feast of Christ the King, which reminds us who live amidst the attractions of the worldly kingdom around us, that it is the Kingdom of God which is lasting.

Friday November 14!

What: Buffet Dinner, Professional Gaming Tables, Raffles, Music & Spirits.

Where: The Ryan Center at St. Alphonsus School.

When: 7 – 11 p.m.

Why: All Proceeds Benefit the St. Alphonsus Building Fund.

How Much: tickets are $80 per couple and includes start up monies.

Contact: Suzanne Maffei at 724.625.9054 or Debbie Farrell at 724.687.0205 or see the flyer attached to bulletin for more information.

Please RSVP by November 6th.

If your ministry would like to get started on developing content for its web page or if you group would like a page on the Church’s new web site, please contact Andy Spero at andy@SperoConsulting.com.  

He will arrange a user account and supply instructions e.g., never copy anything directly from Word, etc.

Editing is performed from within your browser; so, you might want to install ieSpell, a free, browser-based, spell-checker.  In Internet Explorer, it works via the standard right-click on the mouse.