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HAITI DISASTER RELIEF FUND

  • 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! 2010

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.

Make Us Believers!

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.

Replacement of Walk-in Freezer and Cooler: $57,550

Reminder of Emergency Parish Need

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 .

Parish Christmas Project

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.

Replacement of the Cafeteria Freezer

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 .

Parish Christmas Project for Appalachia

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.