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Our annual Fish Fry as arrived! To order online, click here! Please note the online orders will be taken until 2pm. After 2pm, please call 412-486-6001 to place your order. Our Fish Fry will run every Friday during Lent.

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It’s not too late to volunteer for the annual parish fish fry! Adult and student (grade 6 & above) volunteers are needed every Thursday to prepare food (adults only), pre-pack take-out side dishes and set up the dining room in Farmer Hall. Adult volunteers are needed on Friday afternoon to prepare food and pre-pack take-out side dishes. Adults and students are needed every Friday evening to serve dinner, welcome guests, take orders, pack take-out orders, and assist with the curbside pick-up lanes. All volunteers must pre-register and are assigned specific duties. Please return this form no later than Monday, February 13. No experience needed! Training sessions will be held on Sundays, February 12 at 1:00 pm and February 19 at 2 p.m. in Farmer Hall at St. Catherine of Sweden Church for all Friday volunteers. Please consider supporting the Fish Fry by sponsoring one of our many items or placing an ad on our placemats. Sponsor and advertising information can be found on the reverse side of the volunteer registration form. Please return sponsor and advertising information by Monday, February 13.

Navigating the Bible is a five week course presented by Gary Fristch. This is based on Dr. Edward Sri's book, The Bible Compass. It begins January 9th at 7 p.m. located in St. Richard Social Hall or Wednesdays at 9:30 am at St. Catherine in Farmer Hall. It is $10 per person.

In 1 Samuel, God advises the prophet Samuel not to observe as men see but as God sees. He tells him to “look to the heart.” This is the movement of this Sunday’s Gospel reading. “Beware the scribes,” Jesus advises. He points out their public greetings and “seats of honor,” which stands in sharp contrast to their private greed. For the Jewish people of Jesus’ day, honor resides at the top. Power and prestige created a high profile back then as it still does today. After his warning, Jesus turns his disciples’ attention elsewhere: a poor widow...

One Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated for our grouping at 9:30 a.m. at St. Richard Church.

“Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath.” (Luke 13:10) With these opening words, the Gospel for Monday’s daily Mass pressed home the agony and suffering of the previous Saturday. The heinous attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue must serve as a call to all Catholics to remember that our very spiritual roots stem from the Tree of Life—in more layers than I realized when I first sat down to write this letter...

A heartfelt thanks to all of you for the warm welcome Fr. Chris and I received on our first weekend in the parishes. You are so vibrant! We are so delighted to celebrate the love of the Lord with you!...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Words cannot express the gratitude that I, Father Bob Vular, your new administrator, and Father Chris Mannerino, your new parochial vicar, feel after the warm welcome we have received at Saint Richard and Saint Catherine. Though we all find ourselves in the midst of transition, your example of hospitality and eagerness is a testament to your faith in Jesus Christ, and of the fine shepherds who have served you through the years. Father Chris and I can only pray we are able to respond in kind! We all have questions. Indeed, we all have fears. But let us also be full of hopes! For, “we know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)

Christian author C.S. Lewis once wrote that Christianity is not so much about being nice people but in being “new men.” We see this contrast in today’s Gospel. “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus first answers in the predictable way. Follow the commandments! “Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth.” Perhaps for some of us it’s easy to answer this way. “I’m a good person!” he seems to reply. Does he truly follow all the commandments he professes to follow? Does he - in word and deed - check off all the boxes of the moral law? Perhaps. Whether he’s being honest or fudging the truth, Jesus accepts his answer at face value with compassion. “Jesus, looking at him, loved him.”

It was good to have Fr. Andre this past weekend. He helped us keep our problems in perspective. People in his part of the world struggle to have safe drinking water. Our problems do not seem so big compared to theirs. Yours in Christ, Fr. Vince

As we go about our days, we necessarily label, classify, and prioritize. What’s “in” and what’s “out” on our priority list? Because humans are social beings, we tend to do the same thing with people. We can only invite six people to the dinner party. Our young child wants to invite certain friends to her birthday, but we’re keenly aware of who the parents are, and the prospect of spending several hours with them is enough to give us pause.