Click here to read the highlights from our most recent Pastoral Council Meeting on February 11, 2025.

Please note that Eucharisitc Adoration will take place from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM this Friday, February 21st and next Friday, February 28th only. We hope to see you there!

Heather Hensley, Regional Director of Youth Formation and Discipleship, is asking families to complete the survey located here.

This will allow us to improve our youth ministry programs going forward.

The Moms and Tots group will have its January gatherings on February 5 and February 19 from 9:30-11:00am.

Please call or text Brianna Ruflin at 973-856-4472 for more details and to let her know you are interested in coming!

Attention rising and current high school students! Registration is open for next year’s conferences. You have the opportunity to experience Jesus in an exciting and wonderful way with your friends and peers at the Steubenville Conference in Ohio on July 18-20, 2025 and The National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) in Indianapolis on November 20-22, 2025. Don’t miss these fun filled retreats with games, speakers, friends and Jesus!

For more information or to learn how to register contact Heather Hensley at 724-335-2336.

The regional Vacation Bible School program will take place beginning on Monday, June 23 through and including Friday, June 27 at Saint Margaret Mary Church. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity for all children to experience a week of faith, fun and friendship.

Stay tuned for more information in the spring.

Join Bishop Larry J. Kulick for Lenten Evenings of Reflection across the Diocese. You can find more information on the Diocesan website (www.DioceseofGreensburg.org)

Thursday, March 6 - 6:00PM
St. John the Evangelist Parish, Uniontown
Topic: “I Believe in the Father”

Tuesday, March 11 - 6:00PM
Christ the King Parish, Leechburg
Topic: “I Believe in the Son”

Monday, March 17 - 6:00PM
Mother of Sorrows Parish, Murrysville
Topic: “I Believe in the Holy Spirit”

Bishop Kulick will also offer two Lenten Reflections from Rome.

They are titled:
“I Believe in the Church”
“I Believe in the Communion of Saints.”

All of Bishop Kulick’s Lenten Reflections can be seen at www.DioceseofGreensburg.org

Every 25 years, the Universal Church proclaims a Jubilee Year to encourage the faithful to embark on pilgrimages, repent of their sins, forgive the sins of others and renew a focus on their spiritual lives. On Christmas Eve, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, will begin the 2025  Jubilee Year of Hope, “Pilgrims of Hope,” with the official Opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

Click here to review the Jubilee 2025 events in the Diocese of Greensburg.

Click here to listen to the Jubilee 2025 hymn that we will begin using at St. Margaret Mary in the coming weeks.
Title is “Pilgrims of Hope”  Text:  Pierangelo Sequeri, tr. Andrew Wadsworth; Music: Francesco Meneghello

Click here to visit the Jubilee 2025 section of the Diocese of Greensburg website.

March 29, 2025 | 10am-4:30pm
Christ Our Shepherd Center

Open to all 6th-8th grade students in the Diocese of Greensburg

Drop off begins at 9:30 AM.  Event starts at 10:00 AM at Christ Our Shepherd Center and ends at 4:30 PM.  All students and families are welcome to join us for Mass at 5:00 PM at Christ Our Shepherd, St. Joseph Chapel with Fr. Dan Carr as celebrant.

Boxed Lunch, snacks and water will be provided.  

An email will be sent to all parents the week of the event with more details and instructions for drop off and pick up.

Click here to register.

Click here to visit the New Kensington Catholic Community homepage for information regarding events happening at our neighbor parishes of St. Joseph, St. Mary of Czestochowa, and Mt. St. Peter.