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  Very Reverend John D. Byrnes, JV, JCL

Dear Parish Family,

Congratulations to our Eighth Grade students who graduate from St. Michael Catholic School this Wednesday evening at our Vigil of the Ascension Mass.  

Best wishes to our Kindergarten students who graduate on Tuesday! 
 
Congratulations to all our young people who have graduated from Bishop Carroll, Penn Cambria, Bishop Guilfoyle, Cambria Heights and Central Cambria. Well Done! God Bless You!

         REMEMBER WE BEGIN OUR SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE  next weekend  May 28/29
         Saturday Vigil     4:00 PM                 Sundays    8:00 AM     7:00 PM at the Shrine  



Special Masses this Summer….  Opening of Diocesan Eucharistic Revival with Eucharistic Procession (June 19)   Missionary Outreach (July 2)   Married Couples Mass (July 17) Return to College/Work/Military (August 7) “First Mass at Shrine” of Fr. Brian Norris, newly ordained priest (TBA)
 
The historic Prince Gallitzin Chapel House, next to the Our Lady of the Alleghenies Shrine, will be open on the following Sunday afternoons from 3:00 – 6:00 PM for self-guided tours, pilgrimages and visits: 
June 5 and 19
July 17 and 31
August 14 and 28


MAY DAYS is May 28th and 29th!  BBQ chicken dinner starts at 11AM on May 29th. Live entertainment, Cinch Tournament, basket auction, flea market, silent auction, food, and beverages. Saturday, 4pm-8pm and Sunday, 11am-3pm. Tell your friends and family and come join the fun!
Donations of baskets, gift cards, and cakes are needed.  * Please remember no alcoholic beverages in baskets
  • We are also accepting flea market items * no clothing or electronics for the flea market please
  • Drop off flea market items at the school and all other items at OLOL Hall please.
  • Thursday  May 26    6PM-7PM
  • Friday       May 27    6PM-7PM
  • Saturday  May 28    8AM-11AM
  • Please call Mary Weiland 814-421-2867 for information/registration for the Cinch tournament
Please call Theresa Lysic 886-8677 or Mary Ann Schenk: 472-5895 for more information 

Memorial Day Parade and Mass – On Memorial Day all participants in the parade will gather at the top of town in the SFU parking lot. The parade will begin at 9:00AM. I will celebrate Mass at the outdoor Shrine of Our Lady of the Alleghenies at 10:00AM (in case of inclement weather, inside the Basilica). We will proceed to our cemetery for military services following Mass. 
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The Parish Office is CLOSED on Memorial Day.


  
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