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A parishioner with potential exposure to COVID-19 who attended Mass at St. Januarius in Plum has tested negative for the virus.  The parishioner reported being with a relative who later tested positive for COVID-19.  

On June 19, 2020, Bishop David Zubik announced the forming of a personal parish for the Black Catholic community in the Diocese of Pittsburgh under the title of Saint Benedict the Moor Parish (Hill District) effective Monday, July 13, 2020.

On Sunday June 28, 2020 at 10 a.m., Bishop David A. Zubik will livestream a memorial Mass for all local Catholics who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of whom did not have a funeral Mass due to the lockdown.

A parishioner who attended evening Mass at St. Januarius in Plum on Monday, June 22, 2020, is being tested for COVID-19 after a relative tested positive for the virus.

Bishop David A. Zubik, Diocese of Pittsburgh, will ordain three men to the priesthood during a Mass of Ordination on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 10 a.m. at Saint Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood.

Bishop Zubik announces the following clergy appointments: pastor, administrator, permanent deacons, residence change, withdrawn from ministry.

Bishop William J. Winter, Retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, will ordain seminarian Joseph S. Uzar (Joe) as a transitional deacon on Saturday, June 20, at 10 a.m. at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Carnegie.

As a follow-up to a listening session on February 23, 2020, Bishop David Zubik is pleased to announce the establishment of a personal parish for the black Catholic Community in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, under the title of Saint Benedict the Moor Parish, effective July 13, 2020.

Bishop Zubik announces the following clergy appointments: special assignments; pastor; team ministry; senior parochial vicar; retired priest with assignment; and retired priest. Corrections to previous appointments included.

Transition support will be offered for teachers, principals, and families.

He calls their ministry, “a tremendous witness of discipleship”

The Diocese of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce a new name for a new elementary school resulting from the merger of St. Anne, St. Bernard, Our Lady of Grace, and St. Thomas More schools in the South Hills.  The school will be named Ave Maria Academy. The merger will take effect on July 1, 2020.