2010
Events
MARCH 14-16, 2010 – LENTEN MISSIONS
Our Lenten
Missionary
will be Fr. Hieromonk Reginald Russo, OFM-Capuchin.
As was done last year, we will
again share our Lenten Missions with St. George’s (Northside)
and St John’s (McKees Rocks). However, this year the
lessons will not be stretched out between all three
parishes. Rather one and the same chief lesson
(message) will be given in each parish.
Before we look into the schedule of our Lenten Mission
and who our missionary father will be,
let us answer a simple question: What is a parish
mission? A parish mission is a preaching event conducted
on consecutive evenings. This preaching centers on the
Word of God as well as doctrine and practice
of the Church.
The preaching emphasizes on an individual’s personal
relationship with the Lord, a deeper sense of the parish
community, and a greater consciousness of service within
this community.
A parish mission allows you to take some time to look at
your life, values, and direction. It encourages you to
ask: “What is really important to me? What am I doing
with my life? What values do I have? Where does God
fit into my life? What does my faith, my Church, mean
to me?” To accomplish this task we are truly blessed
this year to welcome into our community of faithful the
Hieromonk
Fr. Reginald Russo, OFM-Capuchin.
Father was ordained October 21, 1967 in Pittsburgh. His
Education includes: three Masters Degrees: Theology,
Library Science and Franciscan Studies. He has
ministered in the following areas: Faculty in R.C.
Pittsburgh Seminary; Spiritual Director for Seminarians;
Chaplain for the Poor Clares; Pastor and Associate
Pastor and Retreat Director. His currect ministries are
Chaplain for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (North
Hills), Chaplain at Vincentian Home, Confessor at St.
Mary Mercy (Downtown) and Spiritual Assistant for the
Secular Franciscans (our parishioner, Steve Sawczak, is
in training with the Secular Franciscans and this is how
and why Fr. Reggie came to know about our church and
parish and to pray with us on Sunday, August 16, 2009,
see picture to the left).
As a parish
family
let us begin to pray for a successful Lenten Mission
that will be a time of physical and spiritual renewal
for us all.
Fr. Reggie will be at St. George’s on March 17-18 and at
St. John’s in McKees Rocks on March 19.
At our parish, Fr Reggie will attend Vespers at 3:00 pm
on Sunday, March 14, and then Akathist Hymn to Christ in
His Passion on March 15 at 7:00 pm and Akathist Hymn to
Christ the Light in the Darkness on March 16 at 7:00
pm. There will be time for Confession on Monday and
Tuesday at 6:30 pm and again after the services.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2010
A GUY'S GUIDE TO THE GOOD LIFE: VIRTUES FOR MEN
Presented by the Catholic Men's Fellowship of Pittsburgh
The program begins at 8:00AM with Mass celebrated by
Father Jim Farnan and ends at 11:45 AM at St. Paul's
Seminary, 2900 Noblestown Road, Crafton, PA 15205,
SPEAKERS: Bob Lockwood and Father Jim Farnan; Bob
Lockwood is the author of the award-winning national
weekly column Catholic Journal. Bob is the former
editor, president, and publisher of Our Sunday Visitor.
Currently Bob serves as Director of Communications for
the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He also serves as General
Manager of the Pittsburgh Catholic. He has written "A
Faith for Grown-Ups: A Midlife Conversation About What
Really Matters" (Loyola Press) and "A Guy's Guide to the
Good Life: Virtues for Men" (Servant Books). Based on
his book A Guy's Guide to the Good Life: Virtues for
Men, Bob will talk about how developing the gift of the
virtues is a daily practice with lifelong rewards.
Accomplished in the little moments of life, virtues
strengthen us when the big challenges come along.
Virtues are the true good life, lived out. They are not
only how we were made to live, but how we want to live;
Father James B. Farnan grew up in Pittsburgh, worked as
a commodities broker in Chicago, entered the seminary,
studied at the North American College in Rome, and was
ordained a priest on June 24, 2000. He has served in
parish ministry, in college and university ministry, and
as Associate Director of Religious Education and
Catholic School Catechesis for the Diocese of
Pittsburgh. Father Farnan's presentation is based on the
book Back to Virtue by Peter Kreeft. Kreeft's book helps
us understand that virtue is the fruit of faith. Back to
Virtue exhorts readers to draw the sword of faith and
sound the horn of virtue, rallying readers to "join
battle as to the sound of a trumpet of war" on behalf of
man's higher nature, defying the errors of our age.
Kreeft provides a road map of virtue for our earthly
pilgrimage, drawn from the accumulated wisdom of
Christians from St. Paul and the early Church Fathers
through C.S. Lewis. Schedule: 8:00 AM - Mass to be
celebrated by Father Jim Farnan, 8:45 AM - Coffee,
Donuts and Fellowship, 9:15 AM- Father Jim Farnan's
presentation and Q & A, 10:15 AM – Break, 10:30 AM - Bob
Lockwood's presentation and Q & A, 11:45 AM - Program
ends. There is no registration fee, but CMF needs a
count for the coffee and donuts. So if you plan to
attend, please email Tom Pusateri
tpusateri@cmfpitt.org.
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