Saint Teresa of Kolkata Parish    

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR CONSECRATED LIFE (FEBRUARY 2) In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This day of prayer is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and will be celebrated in the Church on Thursday, February 2, and in parishes over the weekend of February 4-5, 2023. Please pray for all those who have made commitments in the consecrated life. May they continue to be inspired by Jesus Christ and respond generously to God's gift of their vocation.

It is almost time for our annual Fish Fry and we want to invite everyone who is interested to a planning meeting on Thursday, February 2 at 7 pm at St. Catherine Hall. We need lots of volunteers for this parish fundraiser, and we are excited to welcome back our previous volunteers and to welcome new volunteers! If you have questions, please call Debbie Brust at 412 531-9227. Thank you!!

DEACON TOM’S RETIREMENT—With Deacon Tom’s struggle with his eye sight and age, he asked Bishop Zubik to officially retire from Ministry. He will still have faculties to serve as a deacon, but will not have an assignment to a parish. Deacon Tom has been a great gift to our parish, serving at St. Catherine of Siena church from 1999 and all 5 churches into the merger as one Parish. We are so grateful for his ministry all these years We will have a celebration for Deacon Tom on Saturday, February 4, at the 4PM Mass at St. Catherine of Siena, and a reception after in SCS church hall, as a way to say thank you to Deacon Tom for his dedication and service to us.

Adoration begins after the 8 AM Mass.

NEW ROSARY GROUP in person — Our parish of St. Teresa of Kolkata is starting a new Rosary group which will meet every first Saturday of the month at 11:30AM at St. Catherine of Siena Church. This will be a bilingual gathering to pray the rosary and sing Marian hymns together. First Saturday devotions were first encouraged by Our Blessed Mother at Fatima. She would LOVE for us to come together to honor her and pray for Peace in our troubled world. She also encourages going to Confession on First Saturdays which we have every Saturday from noon-12:30 at the St. Catherine church site. Please plan on joining us to pray for peace that only heaven can help us to achieve. Fr. Jim To Jesus through Mary

CALLING ALL PIEROGIE MAKERS! Please consider joining us in making more pierogies for this year's Lenten Fish fry on Saturday, February 11, at St Catherine of Siena social hall from 9am to 2pm. We need LOTS of pierogies for the fish fry, so we need LOTS of help! Come be a part of our Fish Fry team, MANY hands are needed! No experience needed, we will train you. Thank you!!

The children who are preparing for Confirmation need to attend the Confirmation Retreat which is on Sunday, February 12, 2023 at the Epiphany Academy from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information, contact Nancy Spinneweber at 412-531-2135/ext. 20 for more information.

Certification CPR/AED training is Tuesday, February 14 from 6 PM to 8 PM. Cost per person for the two-year certification is $40.00. Fees will be collected on the day of class. Please make a check payable to CPR Simplicity. Call Patty Schwerin at 412-563-0858 by February 10 register.

Our next gathering will be on Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 7 PM in the 2nd floor library of St. Pius X school building. We will be discussing Chapter 4 of Laudato Si, Integral Ecology, which you can read on the St. Teresa of Kolkata Parish website, www.stteresakolkatapgh.org. We welcome interested people of all ages.

Come join us for a free movie night to watch RUTH from Sight and Sound in St. Pius X Church on Saturday, February 18, starting time is 6:30PM. Since it is in the church, there will be no refreshments or drinks

CPR/AED/First Aid Training, February 18. There will be two classes, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM or 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. City of Pittsburgh Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will be conducting these training sessions. Please call Patty Schwerin at 412-563-0858 by February 14 to register.