“Catholic Schools – Dividends for Life”
January 28 – February 3
Our St. Alphonsus School observes Catholic Schools Week beginning this Thursday January 28 and Friday, January 29, with Lunch for Parents.
The Mass celebrating Catholic Schools will be Sunday, January 31 at 12:15 pm. There is an Open House from 1:15 to 2:30 pm in the school to which all are welcome next Sunday. Family banners and an Art Display wil be exhibitied in the hallways. Grades 7 and 8 will present their science projects in the cafeteria, and there will be exhibits in each classroom.
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:
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.
Interested in going to Spain and seeing the Pope?
St.Alphonsus is planning another wonderful fun-filled, faith-filled World Youth Day trip to see the Pope and celebrate our Faith with youths from all over the world during the summer of 2011. We would be delighted if you could join us. Our last trip was very inspirational and a lot of fun and I know that this one will be just as enlightening as the last one. We will be having a meeting after the 10am Mass on Sunday August 11 in the school cafeteria. If you are interested in hearing the details please join us for this informational meeting. We will be talking about dates and fund-raising opportunities to help cover our travel costs. Mark your calendars. We would love to have you go with us.
Fr. Sean
Friday August 21st, St. Alphonsus Youth Group will be going to watch the Pittsburgh Pirates play the Cincinnati Reds. Our own Fr. Murphy will also be going with us. We will be meeting at the rectory at 6 pm and carpooling to the game. The cost is $10 per ticket. Feel free to bring extra money for snacks. Please call Mary at the rectory office to let us know as soon as possible if you can attend so that we can get a count for how many will be attending.
Join Father Sean and the Youth Group for another outing of broom hockey at Robinson Town Center on Saturday March 28th.
We were going to meet after the 6:00 Mass, but the times have been changed due to the time that will have the ice. We will meet at 4:45 pm, we’ll have pizza and then leave by about 5:20. Don’t forget to bring an inexpensive broom, duct tape and 10 dollars for the ice time. The last outing was quite a blast so we’re sure you’ll enjoy this one.
Make sure that you complete a trip permission form. One is required for attendance. It’s available as a MS Word doc, pdf file, or an on-line form on the Youth Ministry page.
The cost is $10 per student.
For grades 8 - 12.
Join Father Sean and the Youth Group for an outing to play broom hockey at Robinson Town Center.
Meet after 5:00 PM Mass in the small gym. The bus will leave at 6:30 PM.
Make sure that you complete a trip permission form. One is required for attendance. It’s available as a MS Word doc, pdf file, or an on-line form on the Youth Ministry page.
The cost is $10 per student.
For grades 8 – 12.
It’s what you get when you combine the Bible and Pizza.
The Youth Group’s first Bible Eatza meeting of the year is in the small gym this Saturday, January 31, after the 5:00 PM Mass.
Join Father Sean for pizza, hoagies, snacks, drinks, fun, and the study of God’s word.
Share the fun, and bring your friends!
It’s for parish teenagers in grades 8 – 12.
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:
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.
As of 2:30 PM, tonight’s Youth Group meeting for high school students, hosted by Father Sean, has NOT been canceled.
The meeting begins immediately after this evening’s 5:00 Mass.
Parish teenagers in grades eight through twelve are welcome, and are encouraged to attend the Mass.
Through this emergency appeal, we ask for your donations towards the purchase of new, walk-in freezer and cooler units. We ask that you contribute via the Parish Share Program’s blue monthly envelopes or with plain envelopes marked “Freezer” or “Parish Share." Given that our parish has met its Diocesan goal for the fiscal year, we keep 100% of the Parish Share receipts through January.
Last week, we announced that the walk-in cooler and freezer in our school cafeteria had deteriorated in its 53 years of use since it was built in 1955, and has to be completely replaced with new reinforced floor, ceiling, walls, doors, and refrigeration components.
The rooms will be rebuilt during the Christmas break.
Besides school lunches, we use those rooms for the Harvest Home Dinner and the Lenten Fish Fries.
For additional details, please see our earlier announcement .
St. Vincent Mission in the Appalachian town of David, Kentucky, is counting on our Parish’s generous help to provide gifts for their Christmas store.
Gift tags are available on the altar and have been separated into baskets for men, women, and children. Most gifts are items of clothing, toys, and other such items, and they should be new. If purchasing toys, we recommend toys that don’t require batteries.
There is as much need for men’s and women’s clothing as there is for children’s.
Please note that the mission recommends leaving the store tag on the garment although you may remove the price if you choose to do so.
Your generosity will bring great joy to the families who shop at St. Vincent’s Christmas store.
Under the direction of Sr. Kathleen Weigand, St. Vincent Mission makes it possible for over 170 families there to shop for Christmas gifts. By using a simple token system, parents are able to choose Christmas gifts for each family member.
Please return your gifts with the tags by Sunday, November 30th. Thank you.
Join the Parish Youth Ministry at 5:00 PM Mass on Saturday, December 6, and stay for our gathering afterwards in the small gym beneath the church.
We’ll have fun in the gym and discuss different ways that young people in the Church can express our faith and follow Jesus.
Last week, we announced that the walk-in cooler and freezer in our school cafeteria had deteriorated in its 53 years of use since it was built in 1955, and has to be completely replaced with new reinforced floor, ceiling, walls, doors, and refrigeration components.
We must replace it as soon as possible, and will do so during the Christmas break.
The cost of the rooms is $57,550.
Besides school lunches, we use those rooms for the Harvest Home Dinner and the Lenten Fish Fries.
For details on ways to assist the Church and school, please see last week’s announcement .
Congratulations to our St. Alphonsus School Varsity Soccer Team, undefeated, and winner of the Diocesan School Soccer Championship. They defeated the previously undefeated Butler Catholic in the championship game.
Congratulations to our Junior Varsity Team, runner-ups at the Diocesan JV Soccer Championship.
Congratulations to our JV girls cross-country team, which won the Dioceson School Championship Meet. Tori Kopchek took top honors among individual runners.
Congratulations to our JV boys cross-country team, which placed second at the Diocesan School Boys JV Championship Meet. Logan Kopchek, brother of Tori, took top honors among individual runners.
Congratulations to our Varsity Volleyball Team (girls) who won the Diocesan School Volleyball Championship.
