The Outreach Committee would like your help to make lunch/snack bags for the children of the patrons of the food pantries in our area. We are asking you to donate granola bars, individual bags of crackers, potato chips/pretzels, individual microwavable Chef Boyardee, Easy Mac or Ramen Noodles, pudding, fruit or jello cups. We will be collecting from May 10th through May 23rd. Please bring to church and give to the ushers. We will be passing them out for the May and June distributions.

Confessions will now be heard at Our Lady of Lourdes Church every Friday from 4pm - 4:30pm. All are invited to experience the liberating and life-changing power of God's mercy!

The Respect Life Committee has launched a baby bottle campaign to support Birthright of Pittsburgh, Choices Pregnancy Services (Coraopolis), and Genesis Center of Washington County. These pregnancy centers offer practical assistance to expectant mothers by providing them with or connecting them to valuable resources such as prenatal care, infant clothing, housing, adoption services, and more. Here’s how it works. Baby bottles will be available at the back of church starting April 24. You can pick one up after Mass. Just place a donation in it, and return the bottle to the specially marked box before Mass during the weekends of 5/1-2, 5/8-9, or 5/15-16. If writing a check, please make it out to “St. Isidore the Farmer Parish,” and write “baby bottle campaign” in the Memo line. See Fr. Zach for more info.

Dave Keene will be leading a Bible Study on the Biblical Foundations of the Mass. The dates are May 4, 11, 18, 25, and June 1. It will be held on Zoom from 6:30-8:00 pm. To join, click here. The meeting ID is 953 6006 0912. The passcode is 618355. To join by phone, dial 1 646 558 8656, and when prompted, enter the meeting ID above.

Attention Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers and Altar Servers: St. Alphonsus and St. Columbkille Liturgical Minister Schedules for June through August will be completed soon. Please send all requests to John Staub at johnrstaub@gmail.com by May 10. If you have any questions, call 412-260-8621.

Knights of Columbus Council #3440 will host a community Spring Food Truck event on Sundays: April 25 and May 2, 2021 from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM in the lot at 2086 Smith Township State Road. All are invited. Take out only.

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. Robert Connolly, a former pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes who recently passed away.

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. Rudolph Smoley, who died on March 2, 2021. He is the former pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in Burgettstown.

Calling All Cooks! Recipes are needed to compile a cookbook for St. Isidore the Farmer parish that should be available for sale in time for our 1st anniversary. Send in your best and favorite recipes that you’d like featured in the cookbook, feel free to submit multiple recipes, the more recipes we collect, the better our book will be. Please include the following information: Recipe name, Clear and accurate ingredients, measurements, and instructions, your name as you’d like it to appear as well as the town you live in. Please indicate if a recipe is in memory of someone. Contributions can be sent to: Stisidorecookbook@yahoo.com.

Our Parish is hosting a virtual Speaker Series this Lent. Every Monday at 4pm, a new talk will premier. For more information, and to see the talks, click here.

Our parish has released a list of ministries that we currently offer or hope to offer soon. Please click here to see the list. You can learn more about each ministry and get involved by filling out this form and sending it to the parish office.

Please click here for a statement from Bishop Zubik regarding the incident in the U.S. Capitol.

If you wish to receive an end of year contribution statement for 2020, please click the above link and fill out the form. The form can be dropped in the collection basket or mailed to the parish office.

Bishop Zubik has written a letter to the faithful regarding the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program. You can read it here.

Each year the Diocese recognizes the crowning achievement of those couples celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with a Mass presided by Bishop Zubik at St. Paul’s Cathedral, followed by a cookie reception. For more information on the upcoming 50th anniversary Mass, click here.

Confessions at Saint Columbkille on Saturday from 12:00-12:30 will move inside the parish hall beginning Saturday, November 21, 2020. Please enter the parish hall side door (near the church). Please wear a mask and practice social distancing. Please exit the Church Road doors. The Church building will not be open. Thank you for your cooperation.

Click here to read a statement from Bishop Zubik regarding the release of the McCarrick report.

The parish would like to thank anyone who in any way helped to make St. Isidore the Farmer Turkey Dinner at St. Alphonsus Church another wonderful experience of community fellowship. Many thanks to those who prepared, helped with the curb-side pick up, and all those who supported the delicious dinner.

Beginning November 15, Sunday Mass at St. Ann will once again be held in the church. You can still stay in the parking lot without a reservation and listen to the Mass on 100.5 FM, but if you wish to attend Mass in the church or hall, a reservation is required. Click here for more information.

Because of the pandemic, this year there will not be a special "All Soul's Day" Mass that families of the recently deceased may attend. However, the 8am Mass at St. Ann on Monday, Nov. 2, will be livestreamed and offered for all the faithful departed. To see a list of deceased parishioners from the past year that was included in the Nov. 1 bulletin, click here.