Saint Jude Parish

It is Fish Fry Season!

Please note that all Fish Fry dinners are TAKE OUT ONLY and payments via Credit Card ONLY. 
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we will not be taking any in-person orders or accepting cash.

Starting on February 19 and running for six consecutive Fridays Through Friday March 26th there will be a Friday Evening Fish Fry at the Sacred Heart Church/School site from 5:00 to 7:00PM 

On April 2, Good Friday, there will be a final Fish Fry at the Saint Raphael Church Site from 4:30 to 7:00PM.

Click on the picture (or on the link under it) after 4 p.m. to place an order for pick-up between 5 and 7 for the Sacred Heart Church/School site.

https://form.jotform.com/sacredheartfishfry/saint-jude-parish-sacred-heart-chur

If you are having trouble ordering online for the Fish Fry at Sacred Heart call Call 412-361-3131 and we will try to help.

Speakers Series - Sharing the Light is a Monthly webinar starting in February until May of 2021. It will break for the summer months, resuming in September.

Please join us to welcome our next speaker, Dr. Paula M. Kane on March 25, 2021 at 7:00PM. The title of her talk is:Culture Creators or Culture Warriors? Catholics and Contemporary Society.

Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/92637050593

Click here for more details. 

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The Reporting Process

• Everyone is a permissive reporter and is encouraged to make a report of suspected child abuse. Reporters of suspected child abuse fall into two categories. 
• Mandated reporters are those adults who come into direct contact with children in the course of their employment or volunteer of a regularly scheduled program or activity, who accepts responsibility for a child.
• The trigger to report is a reasonable suspicion that a child is being abused.  Permissive reporters may report anonymously; mandated reporters may not.

Making a Report of Child Abuse

• Reports of suspected child abuse are to be made immediately.
• If the child is in imminent danger, call 911
• Reports may be made orally by phone or electronically
  • Oral reports are made to ChildLine at 1-800-932-0313 which is available 24/7
  • Electronic reports are made via CWIS Self-Service portal at www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis
• Inform the supervisor or person in charge of your program that a report was made.

To report church-related abuse to the Diocese of Pittsburgh call: 1-888-808-1235

Can a spirituality of unity help to build community as a response to the dramatic events of our time?
ONLINE EVENT | MARCH 6 - 7, 2021 Sponsored by the Focolare Forum for Dialogue and Culture
Please register by MARCH 1st at https://focolaremovement.regfox.com/a-hearth-for-the-human-family-2021
For more information: email hearthhumanfamily@focolare.us or check the website by clicking on the following picture.

Below is the link for the Lenten Season Guide at the Diocese of Pittsburgh, including Bishop Zubik's Homilies and messages for Lent, News, Challenges and much more.

Lenten Guide

Click here to read Father Mele's homily on July 4th, 2020

Click here to read Father Mele's letters sent on March 24, 2020.

Click here to read Father Mele's Statement regarding faith in the time of Coronavirus, March 15, 2020.

Click here to read Father Mele's update regarding recent vandalism at Saint Raphael Pastoral Center.

Good news: The Pittsburgh Catholic Online version is back. The website has been officially launched yesterday. Please take a look at it.

We’re asking all parishioners of our Grouping, wherever we are, to pause at 12:00 Noon each day during Lent and offer the prayer below in silence. The Sacred Heart Elementary School community will also be praying with us, so think of the impact of all of our prayers offered to God together, at the same moment, for our family, our city, our nation, and the whole world in this troubled time. 

SCAM ALERT!

Scammers are emailing and texting parishioners, claiming to be their pastor and asking for gift cards. If you receive an email or text from someone who claims to be your priest, asking for gift cards or money: Do not respond. Do not click on anything in the email. Anyone who has given money or gift cards in response to such a request should call the police. Your clergy will never make an urgent request for money or gift cards via email or text. If you wonder whether a parish request for giving is legitimate, call your parish office to ask.