Any guys interested in knowing more about what “the life” in preparation for the priesthood looks and feels like are welcome to stop into St. Paul’s college seminary in Crafton, Saturday morning, October 1, and if you like, stick around overnight till Sunday morning. No commitments required other than enjoying your time with a group of young men dedicated for the time they’re there to pursuing ‘the simple life’ of prayer, study, and service…among other things. Contact the vocations director, Fr. Joe Freedy <jfreedy {at} diopitt {dot} org> for more information, or to reserve your place.

With John Poirier

An evening of prayer and song.

Saint Paul Cathedral

Monday, May 23, 2011

7p.m. – 8:30p.m.

Fellowship and refreshments following event

Brought to you by:

The Department for the New Evangelization Secretariat for Evangelization and Social Concerns, Diocese of Pittsburgh

For more info, call

412-456-3156 or Email at evangelization@diopitt.org

Holy Thursday, April 21, 2011

• 4:00 – 4:45pm – Confessions
• 5:15pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Good Friday, April 22, 2011

• 12:00 noon – Stations of the Cross
• 12:00 – 2:00pm – Sacrament of Penance (Confession)
• 3:00pm – Veneration of the Cross & Service of Holy Communion

Holy Saturday, April 23, 2011

• 3:00 – 5:00pm – Sacrament of Penance (Confession)
• 9:30pm – Easter Vigil Mass

Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011

• 9:00am,11:00am, 4:00pm, 9:00pm – Easter Sunday Masses

St. Paul’s Cathedral

Holy Thursday, April 21, 2011

• 10:00am – Chrism Mass
• 7:00pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper
• Private Adoration until Midnight

Good Friday, April 22, 2011

• 8:15am – Sung Morning Prayer
• 12:00 noon – Service of the Seven Last Words
• 1:30pm – Liturgical Service: Veneration of the Cross & Holy Communion
• 3:30pm – 4:30pm – Sacrament of Penance (Confession)
• 7:00pm – Ecumenical Tenebrae

Holy Saturday, April 23, 2011

• 8:15am – Sung Morning Prayer
• 12:00 Noon – Blessing of Easter food
• 8:30pm – Easter Vigil with Bishop Zubik, Cathedral Choir, Brass Percussion and Organ

Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011

• 6:30am, 8:00am, 10:00am (with Cathedral Ringers), Noon (with Cathedral Choir, Brass Percussion and Organ), 6:00pm – Easter Sunday Masses
• 2:00pm – The Annual Easter Blessing of Families with Bishop Zubik

Join in for a night of Worship, Prayer and Fellowship also a live musical performance by guitarist, Adam Rook. All are welcome!

On Wednesday evening, October 27th, Saint Paul of the Cross Passionist Monastery and Retreat Center will present a program of reflection and music in honor of the recent beatification of John Henry Cardinal Newman.  The Program will begin at 7:15 p.m. in the Monastery Church.  It will consist of presentations on the life of Cardinal Newman and the importance of his teaching and spirituality for the 21st century, as well as a musical interlude.

Our presenters will be Very Reverend Drew P. Morgan, C.O., Ph.D., Provost, the Oratory of Pittsburgh, and Reverend Jerome M. Vereb, C.P., STD.  Musical interludes of Newman’s music will be presented by Benjamin Cornelius-Bates, Director of Music at Saint Paul of the Cross Monastery Church.

The beatification of Cardinal Newman has been a significant event for the Passionist Congregation.  It was a Passionist priest, Blessed Dominic Barberi, C.P., who received John Henry Newman into the Catholic Church on October 9, 1845.

We hope that you will join us for this evening of prayer and reflection.

You’ve heard there’s power in prayer. Fr. Chris Saliga, OP, RN, wants to tell you why.  He’s a Dominican chaplain at Walsh University in North Canton, OH, where he also lectures on health care ethics. Additionally, he serves as a columnist for the Catholic Exchange bioethics web page, an ethics consultant to The Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York, and a community representative on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at the University of Akron. Prior to becoming a Dominican and priest, he served in the Army as a Combat Medic and Paratrooper, having trained with the Rangers, 9th Division. He’s worked as an Army and Marine nurse, besides also some time in private practice. He’s published on ethics questions such as patient autonomy and contraceptive freedom in healthcare.  But he wants to tell you about the rosary, and its value – bodily and spiritually – for the sick person.

Fr. Saliga will speak Thursday, October 7, at 8:00pm, in Posvar Room 1501, and all are welcome. Doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals: don’t miss out! Please contact frjoshua@pittsburghoratory.org for more information.

Join us for the September 3rd First Friday Vigil at the Oratory. Confessions begin at 7:00 PM and the Vigil itself at 8:00pm. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for three hours, ending at 11 PM. You are free to come and go as you please, but use the front door (an attendant will be at the front desk). The theme for this month’s vigil is “Temple of God – Dwelling of the Holy Spirit”.

“I have come to set the world on fire and how I wish it were already blazing” (Luke 12:49). Our Lord desires to draw us close to His Sacred Heart and set us on fire for love of Him and the Kingdom. With Mary, whose Immaculate Heart loved our Lord so completely and tenderly, we seek to prepare a place for him within our hearts so that we might receive Him in purity and humility. Like St. Philip Neri, we pray that Our Lord will send his Holy Spirit upon us so that our hearts might burn for love of Him and those He has called us to serve.

The 8 PM hour is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the 9 PM hour to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the 10 PM hour to St. Philip Neri, whose heart burned for love of God and neighbor. Each will feature a litany, a brief sermon, congregational and silent prayer, and Gregorian chants led by the Oratory Schola Cantorum.  We hope you can join us for at least part of the night and take refuge in the real presence of Christ.

“In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those who are suffering.”

–Pope Benedict XVI