2010 Events

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October 8th - 10th - Liturgical Music Workshop

Come experience a great opportunity to grow in faith and experience the joy of music.  Open to everyone.  Call Fr. Valerian Michlik to register at 412-788-8801.  Click for additional details.  

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 youally 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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