All people in their 20s and 30s are invited to SENT, a gathering for young adults featuring live music, free food and drinks, prayer, a dynamic talk, and time to network with other young adults on Friday April 27 from 6:30-8:30 PM in the Cardinals Great Hall at Saint Paul Seminary. Leah Libresco, freelance writer, speaker, New Yorker, and former atheist-turned-Catholic, will be speaking on Building the Benedict Option: Habits of Hospitality and Prayer.

Then, the unthinkable happened. Thick, hot tears began to dribble down my six-year-old cheeks. I remember burying my face in my crossed arms on my desk, unable to stop the small streams from streaking down my face, all the while praying that none of my classmates noticed.

The Pre-K–8 education programs at North American Martyrs School and Saint Bernadette School, both in Monroeville, and the Pre-K–8 education programs at Assumption School in Bellevue and Northside Catholic School in Brighton Heights will merge effective for the 2018-2019 school year. The Pre-K–8 education program at Saint Rosalia Academy in Greenfield will close at the end of this school year.

Recently there have been a number of conversations I’ve had with people about how to invite people to Church. It seems that this can become quite an issue for some folks.

VBS has taught me at least three important things about effectively sharing Jesus with kids.

At that time I timidly entered through the doors of Saint Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh, terrified of myself and what I might find, and immediately returned home.

I can make things in life pretty complicated. Good Friday brings me back to the simple fact that I am a sinner, in need of a savior.

The Diocese of Pittsburgh is initiating the nomination and application process for admitting a new class of interested and qualified Catholic men into the Deacon Formation Program, according to an announcement today by Bishop David A. Zubik.

Are you one of those people that things just seem to happen to? Things that would never happen to someone else? That’s me.

On this Second Sunday of Lent, we continue our penitential journey as we reflect on the Transfiguration on the Mount Tabor.

I went to see Wonder Woman at the movies with a friend, expecting a night of epic battles and selfless heroes, peppered with a few laughs along the way. But at the movie’s conclusion I found myself staring with unblinking saucer eyes at the rolling credits, seemingly frozen to my seat. I sat in awe of a truth that had overpowered me during the movie: Though I don’t deserve it, God’s love for me is so great that He thirsts to come into the daily mess of my life.

The First Sunday of Lent is called Temptation Sunday. Temptation is a test of our faithfulness and loyalty to God, whether arising from within one’s self, from other persons, the circumstances of life, the action of the devil or something else.

Following the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called for prayer and healing. 

"Is eating salmon or crab really a sacrifice? So, why not beef?” “I think I am giving up school for Lent, Mom… or at least homework.”   Even as a theologian these are not always easy questions to answer.

The number 40 appears more than 140 times in the Bible, usually to alert us to a time of challenge, change or testing.

"So as I took a leap of faith -- I had no idea how I was going to get through the experience."

Bishop David A. Zubik will celebrate a Mass of Remembrance and Healing for persons and families who have suffered due to drug addiction at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Saint Paul Cathedral in Oakland. All are welcome.

All young adults are invited to SENT: a gathering featuring live music, free food and drinks, awesome prayer, a dynamic talk, and a time to network with other young adults on Friday January 26 from 6:30-8:30 PM in the Cardinals Great Hall at Saint Paul Seminary. Bob Rice, a professor at Franciscan University, will speak on Radical Living: Loving Jesus and Sharing the Gospel.