You may now request your 2024 Year-End Contributions Statement. Fill out the form on the Donate page and your contribution statement will be sent to you.
General Faith Formation registration opened on Monday, July 24, 2023. If you were registered in the prior school year, you should have received a letter in the mail with details. For all new families/students, be sure to visit the Faith Formation page to register. We will have four options this coming school year
Our Parish is beginning a multi-year initiative to grow in spiritual maturity, vibrancy, and missionary zeal! It is called "Next Generation Parish." To learn more about it, click here.
Sharing our faith with others might be difficult or uncomfortable, but we are all called to do it! All are invited to a workshop sponsored by St. Paul Street Evangelization to learn how to do just that. It will be Saturday, June 10, from 8am-4pm at St. Mary of Mercy Church in downtown Pittsburgh. Cost is $25. For more info., and to register, click here.
There will be a second collection the weekend of May 20/21 to benefit the poor in Latin America and Africa. Click the title of this news article for more info.
All graduating seniors are invited to a special senior recognition Mass and breakfast on Sunday, May 28, at 10:00am at St. Columbkille. Registration is required. The deadline is May 19. For more info., and to register, click here.
All are invited to attend the Lenten Ecumenical Prayer Services sponsored by the Burgettstown Area Ministerial Association. They occur each Wednesday of Lent (except Holy Week) at 7pm. Here is this year's schedule: February 22, 2023 - Abundant Love Church of the Nazarene (46 Main St., Atlasburg) - Rev. Nadia Stropich March 1, 2023 - Our Lady of Lourdes (1109 Main St., Burgettstown) - Rev. Angela Kress March 8, 2023 - Paris Presbyterian Church (127 Steubenville Pike, Paris) - Fr. Harry Bielewicz March 15, 2023 - Paris Nazarene Church (9 Long Street, Paris) - Rev. Toni Harrington March 22, 2023 - Church of the Living Christ (1418 Main St., Burgettstown) - Rev. Angela Kress March 29, 2023 -Abundant Love Church of the Nazarene (46 Main St., Atlasburg) - Rev. Joe Ryan
The St. Isidore the Farmer Parish Pastoral Council prayerfully created a vision of ministry and a plan to guide us into the future. Click here to read it.
Every parishioner (15 years old and higher) in each of the 62 parishes in our Diocese can participate in the Disciple Maker Index. Disciple Maker Index is an online survey to assess the spiritual growth of the parish and our own spiritual growth as disciples of Jesus. All answers are confidential. A link to the survey will be on the parish website. The survey can take 15 minutes to complete. Access to the survey begins February 22 and ends at 11:59pm on March 31. Paper copies are available at the parish office beginning February 22. All paper surveys are due by March 15th. We will receive the results this spring/summer and will share what we have learned with you. your information from the survey is invaluable to us as we plan for the spiritual growth of the parish and strive to be the best disciples that we can be. Thank you for helping with this important project.
All are invited to a blood drive sponsored by the St. Isidore the Farmer Parish Knights of Columbus. It will be Saturday, February 25 from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm at their hall (2086 Smith Township Rd) in Burgettstown. Call Christopher Scott (412-389-1460) or [email protected] for more information.
Burgettstown Area Ministerial Association invites us to pray on Wednesdays in Lent at 7:00 pm at area churches. Saint Isidore the Farmer Parish will host on Wednesday, March 1 at 7:00 pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Pastor Angela Kress will preach. Pastor Angela is Senior Pastor at Abundant Love Church of the Nazarene in Atlasburg, PA. A reception will follow in the church hall. Fr. Harry will preach on Wednesday, March 8 at 7:00 pm at Paris Presbyterian Church located at 127 Steubenville Pike, Burgettstown, PA 15021.
Applications are now being accepted for the Fr. Domenic Mancini Scholarship. All active parishioners who have been registered for in the parish for at least 2 years can apply. The deadline is February 6. For more details, and for the applicaiton, click here.
National Marriage Week is February 7 - 14, and World Marriage Day is February 12! For ideas on how to celebrate these important commemorations, click here.
Please consider volunteering an hour or two of your time to ring bells for the Salvation Army this Christmas! The location is in front of the Giant Eagle in McDonald. One hour time slots are available from 9am to 7pm on Thursday, December 22. N.B., although there are many dates on this sign up genius link, our parish is only being asked to cover Thursday, December 22. You can sign up by clicking here.
In order to better facilitate communication in our parish, we would like to have the email addresses of all registered parishioners. You can give us your email address by emailing us at [email protected], or clicking here.