Category: Diocesan News and Information

Interfaith Vigil Wednesday Evening To Mourn Lives Lost in Easter Terror Attacks in Sri Lanka

Southwest Pennsylvania’s interfaith community will gather for a vigil on Wednesday evening, April 24 at 6 p.m. at Heinz Chapel at Fifth & Bellefield Avenues… Read More

Giving Thanks For Mary Magdalene This Eastertide

April 21, 2016 Dear Friends in Christ, Early Sunday morning, when Mary Magdalene arrived at the tomb of Jesus and found it empty, she did… Read More

Trinity Cathedral Bells Ring for Notre-Dame

WHEN: Thursday, April 18, 2019, 2:00 p.m.  The event lasts for seven (7) minutes. WHERE: Trinity Cathedral, 328 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15222 (downtown). Trinity Cathedral… Read More

Reflections on the Notre Dame Cathedral Fire

April 16, 2016 Dear Friends in Christ, Late yesterday a fire broke out in an attic of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, and… Read More

Bishop McConnell Announces Staff Assignments, Sabbatical Coverage

April 15, 2019 Dear Friends in Christ, On March 22, I wrote to you about the decision by my executive assistant, Judi Rogers, to retire… Read More

Spring 2019 United Thank Offering Ingathering on May 4

Click here for the registration form (PDF)

Lenten Learning Day 2019 Recap and Resources

On Saturday, March 23, about 50 clergy and laypersons from 18 parishes throughout our diocese gathered for Lenten Learning Day 2019: Good News Within Reach. By… Read More

Daughters of the King Spring Assembly

Click here for a printable flyer, directions, and registration form.

Downtown Lunchtime Series: Loving Our Enemies

Trinity Cathedral is presenting a lunchtime series, “Loving Our Enemies,” On Wednesdays at noon through April 17th. This is a continuation of the discussion that… Read More

A Pastoral Note: Bishop McConnell on the Rosfeld Verdict

March 25, 2019 Dear Friends in Christ, Late Friday night, a jury acquitted former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld of all charges related to… Read More