Diocese of Pittsburgh - News and Events
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Diocese of Pittsburgh News
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January 26
All students and staff attending the Bethel Park campus of Ave Maria Academy will participate in online learning for the remainder of this week. All athletic practices and games will be cancelled until Monday, February 1, 2021.Read More -
January 25
Students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades at Saints Peter and Paul School in Beaver, PA will participate in online learning this week. The school was notified that a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.Read More -
January 20
Students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades at Butler Catholic School in Butler will participate in online learning from now through Friday, January 22, 2021. The move to remote learning is necessary due to staffing concerns resulting from close contact with someone associated with the school and who tested positive for COVID-19.Read More -
January 19
The 8th grade boys developmental basketball team at Saint Louise de Marillac Catholic School (Upper St. Clair, PA) has moved to virtual learning as a precaution after an individual associated with the team tested positive for COVID-19Read More -
January 15
With our whole community, I join in mourning the death of Joanne Rogers, a woman whose warmth and love was shared with her family and the entire Pittsburgh region.Read More -
January 7
The junior varsity and varsity girls’ basketball teams at two high schools in the Diocese of Pittsburgh will move to remote learning due to positive cases of COVID-19 from individuals associated with the teams. The situations at the schools are separate, unrelated, and not linked to any school-sponsored activities.Read More -
January 6
With a heavy heart, I have watched the unfolding, violent protests at our nation’s Capitol. To all of you, my sisters and brothers in southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond: I invite you to join me in prayer that our shared love for our nation will truly unite us.Read More -
December 20
Saint Athanasius Church and Rectory (West View) will reopen on Monday, December 21st with the 8:30 am Mass after being closed since December 8, 2020, due to COVID-19 concerns linked to two positive test results.Read More -
December 18
I am thrilled for the faithful for the Diocese of Greensburg that Pope Francis has appointed one of their own clergy, Bishop-elect Larry Kulick, as the sixth Bishop of Greensburg.Read More -
December 15
Administrators at Bishop Canevin High School (Pittsburgh) have learned that two people associated with the school have tested positive for COVID-19. All Bishop Canevin students will move to remote learning effective immediately until their Christmas break which begins after school on Friday, December 18, 2020.Read More
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New Merged Parishes
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Listen to his June 25, 2020 Interview
Bishop David Zubik spoke on Relevant Radio about the establishment of St. Benedict the Moor Parish as a personal parish for Black Catholics in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He also addressed the evil of racism and spoke about how it must be eliminated from our world.
Click here to listen to his full interview.
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All men and women are created in God's image
Racism is a sin, the effects of which have become painfully and violently evident in cities across the U.S. in recent weeks. The Catholic Church has always held that every human being, regardless of his or her skin color, is made in the image and likeness of God, and therefore, has intrinsic value and worth. Racism destroys that dignity that God bestows. It has no place in our societies or in our hearts.
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God of justice, In your wisdom you create all people in your image, without exception.
Through your goodness, open our eyes to see the dignity, beauty, and worth of every human being.
Open our minds to understand that all your children are brothers and sisters in the same human family.
Open our hearts to repent of racist attitudes, behaviors, and speech which demean others.
Open our ears to hear the cries of those wounded by racial discrimination, and their passionate appeals for change.
Strengthen our resolve to make amends for past injustices and to right the wrongs of history.
And fill us with courage that we might seek to heal wounds, build bridges, forgive and be forgiven, and establish peace and equality for all in our communities.
In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen.