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Some parishioners have expressed concerns about the coronavirus vaccine. Fr. Bremdan Dawson, leader of the Holy Spirit Parish Covid-19 Safety Team offeres an explanation.

Praise God! Through your generosity, Holy Spirit Parish provided Christmas Gifts for 306 children and 275 seniors in nursing homes.

Deacon John reports that a year or so ago the Pastoral Staff realized a new van was needed for the use of Holy Spirit Parish and Holy Spirit Academy. They began setting funds aside to purchase one in the future. Thanks to the continued support of our parish, the purchase of a new van was realized.

On Wednesday, November 4, the Perpetual Adoration Chapel of Holy Spirit Parish located at St. Mary’s will reopen from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Chapel has been closed for several months to undergo renovations. During that time, Adoration was available from the lower parking lot of St. Joseph the Worker. The last day for Adoration at St. Joseph’s will be Sunday, November 1.

On Saturday, October 17, at 9:00 am, Holy Spirit will have an Anointing Mass at St. Vitus Church. During the liturgy, the priests will anoint all parishioners desiring this sacrament at the Mass.

In order to have additional parishioners at indoor weekend Masses, St. Mary’s Church will be opened for an early morning Sunday Mass beginning October 11. Even with social distancing in this church, Holy Spirit Parish will be able to accommodate 136 more people at Mass.

The Family Program, our homeschool Faith Formation, held a drive-through meeting and book pick-up for participating families. Assisting Cathy Frank in matching and delivering the materials available to the families were four youths from the parish.

On September 19th, we will begin hearing confessions at St. Vitus Church instead of St. Camillus parking lot. When you enter St. Vitus Church from 11:00 am until noon, you will celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation, not in the confessionals, but in the cry room, the priest sacristy or the main entry where the original baptismal font is.

After much study and consultation with our pastoral leadership team as well as our Pastoral Council and Finance Council, we are going to begin the transition of moving into churches on September 12th.

This is your last chance to think about ordering our fabulous Stuffed Cabbage Take-Out Dinner and / or our summer offering of our equally fabulous Easter bread.

Inspired by Fr. Mac's interview on KDKA radio last month, an anonymous donor has pledged to match any and all donations to Holy Spirit Academy up to $100,000. There is a link to his interview on our HOME page.

Join us for a new program, FULFILLED: Uncovering the Biblical Roots of Catholicism, presented by Merve Knieriem, the seminariam currently assigned to Holy Spirit Parish. It will be at St Camillus Church, and also on Zoom, on Monday evenings from 7 to 8 pm from August 3 to November 16.

We are very excited about the renewed life the school has been given by Fr. McCaffrey and the Diocese. The outstanding quality of academic excellence continues to grow and the new look of Holy Spirit Academy, with the blue and orange colors and its eagle mascot, shouts, “We are taking flight, bold in the Spirit.”

The three Masses currently being held in the parking lot of the former Sears building in Union Township have served over 2,000 per weekend. We've been blessed with good weather with the exception of one Saturday afternoon storm which forced the cancellation of the 4 pm Mass. For now, Masses there will continue through July. There is a new signal allowing the sound of the Mass to come through your car radio. Tune in through 90.3 FM.

Deacon Matthew Hawkins will be ordained into the priesthood at 10 a.m. at St. Paul's Cathedral on Saturday, June 27. The Ordination will be live-streamed directly from www.christianassociatestv.org. It will be on the front page of that website at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Sr. Barbara Ann Johnston is retiring at the end of June. Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, we can’t celebrate her years of service as we would like to and as she deserves.

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Along with the joy of opening the parish to Masses again, we also have the joy of congratulating Chris Baker (3rd from the left in the picture) of our parish, who has been accepted into St. Paul Seminary to study for the priesthood. In addition, on June 1, we welcomed Merv Knieriem to the parish.

Sr. Barbara Ann Johnston has been a dedicated Pastoral Associate for St. Camillus for 20 years. She will be retiring at the end of June. Due to the coronavirus precautions, we will not be able to have a well-deserved retirement celebration in her honor.

On May 19, the pastoral team met in the morning and the Pastoral and Finance Councils met in the evening. Adoration continues at St. Joseph the Worker site, lower level parking lot, where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed from 8 am to 4 pm. Sunday through Friday. Click on title to see full message.