The most extensive church restoration in the 160-year history of Immaculate Conception Parish in Washington, PA, according to a major benefactor, is designed to “take a beautiful church and make it even more beautiful.”
Led by their pastor, Father William Feeney, dedicated lay leaders have shepherded the project from wish list to blueprint to reality as part of Our Campaign for The Church Alive! Bishop David Zubik dedicated the new altar on Palm Sunday.
Father John Marcucci’s parishioners are seeing the light—literally and figuratively—as they live out the principles of good Christian Stewardship.
The longtime pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Glenshaw points to new, energy-efficient lighting in the church as an example of using sacrificial gifts wisely through Our Campaign for The Church Alive!
Kateryna Bittner and Kelsey Kuzniewski looked around their new parish youth center and just smiled.
“It’s awesome,” Kelsey said. “I love it. We get to learn about our faith and just hang out together.”
“I am grateful to our parishioners and feel blessed that they made this happen,” Kateryna added.
The new Badano-Frassati Youth Room at St. Catherine of Sweden Parish in Allison Park was built through the generosity of donors to Our Campaign for The Church Alive!, part of a comprehensive renovation plan developed by parish leaders.
Carol and Joe Dello Stritto spend a lot of time in their second home.
It’s not in a retirement community in far-off Florida or Arizona. It’s their parish, Our Lady of Joy in Holiday Park.
“The church is like our second home, and you have to take care of it,” Joe Dello Stritto said.
Declaring that the faithful have a great heart for God and for the Church, Bishop David Zubik announced the extraordinary response to the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s historic initiative, Our Campaign for The Church Alive!
With the goal of strengthening parishes and evangelizing, more than 44,000 donors representing about 130,000 Catholics in 200 parishes have pledged gifts to the campaign totaling $230,309,054.
Bishop Zubik offers a personal message of appreciation to donors for their sacrificial gifts to Our Campaign for The Church Alive!
A pressing need of the Church is to ordain more good priests, and so gifts to Our Campaign for The Church Alive! support the education of seminarians.
Meet Father Michael Ackerman, ordained less than one year, and hard at work in his priestly ministry.
Thank you – your gift is making a difference!
Catholics and clergy across the six counties of the Diocese of Pittsburgh have responded overwhelmingly to an historic campaign to strengthen parishes and evangelize, Bishop David A. Zubik announced today.
Father Dan Whalen sees the big picture when it comes to living our faith—it’s all about getting ready.
“Our life on earth is just preparatory. The real life is eternal,” said Father Whalen, pastor of Holy Spirit and St. Nicholas parishes in Millvale. “All we’re doing is getting ready for that.
“God is love, and all you can do with love is to give it away,” he said.
Laura O’Keeffe initially was uncomfortable with the thought of asking fellow parishioners at Sts. Simon and Jude Parish in Scott Township to support Our Campaign for The Church Alive!
But she allowed the Holy Spirit to fire her up and discovered an unexpected blessing—the chance to talk with others about their love for Jesus.