Effective November 1, the office hours at our main office (103 Church Rd, Imperial, PA 15126) are Monday - Thursday, 9am - 3pm.

We are looking for all of our wonderful bakers in this area to come forward and bake cookies for our Annual Cookie and Soup Sale to be held on December 4, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m at Our Lady of Lourdes Hall.  Please consider baking 4 dozen of one kind of cookie for this sale.  The cookies will need to be dropped off at Our Lady of Lourdes Hall in Burgettstown on Friday December 3, 2021.  Drop off time will be provided in the coming weeks. In addition to the cookies, we will be selling homemade soup by the quart.  This year’s selection of soups are:  Vegetarian Vegetable, Ham & Bean, Potato, Stuffed Pepper and Wedding.  Cost is $6.00 per quart and it is take out only. Please contact Marybeth at 724-554-9766 or Melinda at 412-874-8996 with any questions.

The Respect Life Committee invites you to participate in the Spiritual Adoption Program. Here's how it works. You spiritually adopt an unborn child who is in danger of abortion by pledging to pray for the child and his or her parents once a day, for 9 months (the amount of time that a child is in the womb). To participate, cut out the prayer card which can be found on page 5 of the Oct. 3 bulletin ( download it here), and use the prayer card daily for the next 9 months. If you wish to put a name to the child you are praying for, a space has been provided for you to write in a name. Thank you for praying for the unborn and their parents!

This year St. Isidore the Farmer parish will be doing an Angel tree at all 6 churches. The trees will be set up on November 6th with tags. The tags will benefit the Catholic Charities and our St. Vincent DePaul Society. When you come to church you can select a tag, purchase a gift and return it UNWRAPPED with the tag firmly attached to the Church by December 5th.  If we run out of tags, you can’t get to church to get a tag, or would just like to donate, we are also collecting NEW pajamas for women and children to benefit the Women’ Shelter or NEW baby items(Onesies, Sweaters, Sleepers, clothing new born to 24 months, blankets, crib sheets, bathtowels, baby wipes, bottles, shampoo, baby wash, diaper cream or socks) for Lifeline. Suggested gift amount is $25.  Once again the Outreach Ministry would like to thank you for your generosity.

Throughout the season of Advent, the outreach ministry will be collecting food to distribute to the three food pantries in our area (Burgettstown, Imperial, and McDonald). The weekends of Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 we are asking for frosting, cake mixes, brownie mixes, boxed potato mix, and boxes of stuffing mix. The weekends of Dec. 12 and 19, We’ll be collecting soup and stew. You may place these items in the back of church. Thank you!

The Knights of Columbus will be collecting new or gently used coats for kids from Nov. 1 - Nov. 28. For more info., click the link above.

A second collection will be taken up the weekend of November 20/21 for the retirement fund for religious. Thank you for your generosity!

From now until Decemeber 10, St Isidore the Farmer Parish will be collecting baby dolls for dementia patients. The dolls must be new, life-like, and preferably between 15-20 inches. You may drop off dolls at the back of church.

The first Wednesday of the month, the parish hosts a lunch at St. Columbkille Hall for people age 55 and over. For more information, click here.

The Diocese has implemented a renewal of the Protecting God’s Children Training for all volunteers and employees. All who are in good standing will be asked to renew this training every three years. A few months ago, you should have received an email from VIRTUS Online with the link to this retraining, called Protecting God’s Children-Maltreatment 3.2 & Vulnerable Adults Combined . Please complete the training to remain compliant with the Diocese’s Safe Environment Policy. We appreciate all our volunteers!  If you have any questions, please contact the parish at 724-695-7325. We are grateful for those who participated in Protecting God's Children 3.2 and we thank you for providing us with the certificate for Diocesan and parish records. For more info., click here.
 

All are invited to annual Turkey Dinner! It will be Saturday, November 6, from 2pm - 7pm in St. Alphonsus Hall. Tickets are $14.00. They can be purchased in advance at the office in Imperial or the office in McDonald. They can also be purchased at the door. This year, you can either eat in the hall, or have it to go!

Lector, Eucharistic Minister and Altar Server schedules for St. Alphonsus and St. Columbkille churches will completed soon for December 5th through February 27th. This schedule will include Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Christmas and Mary, Mother of God (Jan 1). [Check your email for dates and times of Masses.] Please have all requests into John by Nov. 7 at johnrstaub@gmail.com.

Pope Francis is seeking consultation of the faithful in all Dioceses throughout the world in anticipation of a Synod of Bishops to be held in 2023. Bishop Zubik will celebrate an opening Mass on Sunday, October 17, at 2:30 in St. Paul Cathedral to invoke the Holy Spirit's guidance. All are welcome. Click here for more info.

Click here for a statement from Bishop Zubik regarding the University of Pittsburgh's practice of using fetal remains for medical research.

All are invited to a Respect Life Mass at St. Paul Cathedral the evening of October 19. Click here for the details.

Applications for the annual Holy Name Society high school and college scholarships are now being accepted! The deadline is January 31, 2022. For info., click here.

All are invited to join us for a special All Souls Day Mass at 7pm at St. Columbkille, where we will pray for the repose of the souls of all the faithful departed, especially our parishioners who died in the past year.