Youth Ministry

This year the Youth Ministry is led by Father Sean and a committee of adult parishioners.

The main activities are “Saturday Night Live” and “Bible-eatza,” which in the combination of the bible and pizza.  Both are held on Saturday evenings after the Vigil Mass.  Saturday Night Live is held in the small gym, and it is a monthly meeting of games and gym time.  Bible-eatza is held in the basement of the rectory. 

The group is also planning a variety of outings in the Spring.  To attend those outings, please compete either this downloadable permission slip–available as either a pdf file or semi-re-usable Word doc or this on-line version. (Father Sean’s dog’s name, with proper capitalization, is the password.)

Look for announcements of new activities below in the news section!

CYM Sports

Currently, the Parish competes in the Diocese’s boys, CYM basketball league, and the coed softball league.

Register for softball here.  This year, our home field will be at Pine Community Park, which is a short drive from the Church. Practices will be after-school on Mondays and Wednesdays and home games will be on Friday evenings.


Latest Youth Ministry News:


HAITI DISASTER RELIEF FUND

Posted on February 1, 2010.

  • 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

Posted on January 13, 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.


World Youth Day Meeting

Posted on July 30, 2009.

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 


Pirates Baseball Game “Angels in the Outfield”

Posted on May 11, 2009.

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. 


Broom Hockey

Posted on March 16, 2009.

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.


Youth Ministry Outing: February 21

Posted on January 25, 2009.

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.


Bible Eatza

Posted on January 25, 2009.

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!

Posted on January 12, 2009.

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.


Saturday Night Live Is Still On!

Posted on January 10, 2009.

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.


St Al’s Youth Ministry to Meet on December 6

Posted on November 22, 2008.

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.