📢 Calling All Rising 8th Graders & High School Students!
Are you planning to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in Spring 2026? Preparation begins this fall — and we’re excited to walk with you on this journey of faith! 🙏✨

🗓️ Parent Info Meeting
📍 Saint Margaret Mary Parish
📆 Tuesday, August 26, 2025
🕕 6:00 PM
Come learn about registration, expectations, and how to get started!

🎉 Retreats – Choose One Date:
📅 Oct 4, 2025 | 📅 Oct 22, 2025 | 📅 Jan 17, 2026
❄️ Snow Day for Retreats: Tuesday, February 7th! ⛄
(Retreat sign-ups coming soon!)

📬 Questions? Contact Heather Hensley:
📧 hhensley@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Confirmation Registration Form
2025-2026 Confirmation Calendar

✨ Faith Formation Registration is Now Open!
We’re excited to begin a new year of Catholic Faith Formation and walk alongside your family in forming the next generation of faithful disciples!

📚 We offer several options for the 2025–2026 year:
– Traditional weekly classes (Grades K–5)
– Monthly Family Faith Nights for parents and children
– Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (Ages 3–12, Montessori-based)
– Homeschool support with provided materials

📅 Programs begin mid-September at Mount St. Peter Church.

For more information click here to read this year’s welcome letter or click here to register.

✨ Is God calling you deeper? ✨
Are you or someone you know interested in becoming Catholic — or completing your journey in the faith?

Our Christian Initiation program is open to:
✝️ Non-Catholics who wish to explore the Catholic faith
✝️ Those who feel drawn to join the Catholic Church
✝️ Baptized Catholics who haven’t yet received First Eucharist or Confirmation

📅 Sessions begin August 17
📩 To learn more, contact Tim Ruflin, Regional Director of Faith Formation and Discipleship.

👧 For children (age 7+) who have not been baptized or received First Holy Communion, please reach out to Heather Hensley for our children’s program.

Come and see where God may be leading you.
All are welcome.

Attention middle & high schoolers—we’re back and better than ever! 🔥

📅 Middle School Youth Group (Grades 6-8) kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 17 and takes place every Wednesday unless announced otherwise.
🕡 6:30–8:00 PM at SMM
Bring your friends, your energy, and get ready for games, faith, and fun!

📅 High School Youth Group starts Sunday, Sept. 21
🕕 6:00–8:00 PM at SMM
We’ll meet one Sunday night a month—check out the full schedule for the 2025-2026 year here.

✨Mark your calendars. Invite your crew. Let’s make this year unforgettable. 🙌

For more information, or to register your child for youth ministry, contact Heather Hensley in the parish office.

Registration forms are available at here.

🎉 Get Ready for the Festival of Friendship! 🎉
Join us at St. Margaret Mary on Friday, August 8th & Saturday, August 9th from 5–9 PM for two unforgettable nights of fun!

🎟️ Famous Basket Raffle
🎶 Live Music
🍔 Delicious Food Trucks

✨ We need YOU to make it all happen!
Volunteers are the heart of our festival — sign up today:
📄 Paper Form: here
🖱️ [Click here to sign up electronically!]
📞 Questions? Contact Linda McAlpine

Let’s make this year’s Festival of Friendship the best one yet! 💛

🎁✨ Help Us WOW with Our Baskets! ✨🎁
St. Margaret Mary Church is known for its beautiful & bountiful baskets — and we need your help to keep the tradition going!

💐 Please consider donating a basket for this year’s event. Your creativity and generosity make all the difference!

📞 Call Anna Mary Versace at 724-339-2810
📱 Call or text Marianne Thomas at 724-980-8663

Let’s make this year’s raffle unforgettable! 💛

🌸 Mary’s Mantle – Faith & Fellowship for Young Women 🌸
Calling all women in their 20s–40s from Lower Burrell & New Kensington!
Join us for faith-filled conversation, community, and coffee at Mary’s Mantle, a new young adult ministry for women seeking deeper connection and purpose.

🗓️ Summer Meetups:
📅 August 9
🕙 10:00–11:30 AM
📍 Peter’s Table Room, Mount Saint Peter Church

🥐 Bring a friend and a small brunch item to share!
📲 Questions? Call or text Brianna Ruflin at 973-856-4472

Upcoming gatherings will be held as follows:

July 23 (6pm-7:30pm)
August 6 (10am-11:30am)
August 20 (6pm-7:30pm)

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 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.

August 9, 2025 Kotecki Park 10:00 am

Registration opens at 8:00 am and is cash or check only

A 5k run/walk that will raise money for the JED Foundation, which helps support mental health

Awards will be given to the top 3 finishers of each age group

Please contact Grace at 724-448-6934 with any questions regarding the race!

As a way of imitating Jesus, perhaps we can all better recognize the importance of Lent as A Time to Share. Bishop Larry J. Kulick explains that acts of charity are central to the season that is upon us, and your support of the Diocesan Lenten Appeal is critical to the Mission of the Church!

Visit www.DioceseofGreensburg.org/DLA2025 to make a donation.

Watch the video located here to learn more about the campaign.

Saturday, July 26, 2025
PNC Park
Game begins at 6:40 PM

Tickets are $39 and include a $5 food/drink voucher at the game! Electronic tickets are emailed to you about 1 week prior to the game.

There will be a drone show at the end of the game
Participants are responsible for transportation
Young families and children are welcome.

Tickets can be purchased here.

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.

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.

Looking for an affordable education solution in the Alle-Kiski Valley? Private, Catholic education is available from preschool through high school at Mary Queen of Apostles School (MQA) in New Kensington and Saint Joseph High School (SJHS) in Natrona Heights.

Both schools are still enrolling students for this fall! If your child is in preschool to grade 8, consider enrolling them at MQA. For more information, contact Michelle Farrell at 724-339-4411 or visit the MQA website to learn more about an education focused on developing minds, building character, and strengthening faith.

SJHS offers a college preparatory education that encourages spiritual growth, academic excellence, and extracurricular participation. Many scholarships are available, making Catholic education even more affordable! Apply online at the SJHS website or contact the Admissions Office at 724-226-2819.