Friends of St. Joseph House of Hospitality

Preview Dorothy Day Documentary: Don't Call Me a Saint

2012-01-06T20:48:00.005-05:00

2011-12-17T07:38:00.006-05:00

Archbishop Fulton Sheen on the meaning of Advent

An Advent Reflection, Fr. James Kubicki, S.J.

2011-12-12T09:30:00.000-05:00

Guest Blogger: St. Vincent de Paul

2011-09-27T14:02:00.003-04:00

"You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see. And the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them."

-St. Vincent de Paul

Boy Scouts Provide Another Outstanding Picnic!

2011-08-27T21:48:00.006-04:00

On August 27 Boy Scout Troop 195, St. Catherine of Sweden, Wildwood, continued an annual tradition of providing a "top shelf" picnic on the grounds of St. Joseph House of Hospitality. In addition to the culinary delights, residents enjoyed bingo, bocce, horseshoes, and other games in the back yard on a picture-perfect August afternoon.

Thanks to the Scouts of Troop 195 and their families for another awesome picnic for the residents of St. Joseph's!

P.S. To see pics from 2009 go the August 2009 link in the Archives (left column). Sorry, the photographer was absent in 2010!

2011-06-23T20:45:00.004-04:00

Catholic Media Convention
To read the entire article in the Pittsburgh Catholic please click on the link above

"On Saturday (June 25), after the convention officially ends, a service project organized through Catholic Charities at the St. Joseph House of Hospitality will be offered from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Readers of the Pittsburgh Catholic are encouraged to lend a hand alongside the journalists with repairs, cleaning and social activities."

Guest Blogger: Thomas Merton - Fr. Louis, OCSO (1915-1968)

2011-06-10T20:58:00.005-04:00

"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy if anything can."

Thomas Merton, Letter to Dorothy Day, quoted in Catholic Voices in a World on Fire (2005) by Stephen Hand, p. 180

2011 Spring Fishing Excursion

2011-05-23T18:26:00.002-04:00

Several residents - a three car caravan - enjoyed a great day of fishing and fellowship Monday May 22 in Somerset County at Rockwood Nursery, courtesy of the proprietor, Paul Dvorchak's brother...Thank you!

Thanks also to Fr. Ed for the culinary delights and to Randy for driving.

13th Annual Bluegrass Benefit Concert was held April 29 - Thank you!

2011-04-10T10:07:00.008-04:00

To see the Program for last year's concert go here: View the 2010 Bluegrass Progam 2011 Program to be posted soon...check back

•Allegheny Drifters http://www.alleghenydrifters.com/

• Blue Shades http://www.blueshadesmusic.com/

•Fern Hollow Boys

•Mac Martin &The DixieTravelers http://www.thedixietravelers.com/
•Mon River Ramblers http://www.monriverramblers.com/
•Mountain Therapy http://www.mountaintherapy.com/

Once again, the concert was held at beautiful Synod Hall adjacent to St. Paul Cathedral in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

"This is bluegrass music...it is almost a way of life, a respite from everyday rushing and hurrying. A chance to get back to yourself, a chance to meet old friends and make new ones. A chance to celebrate life. A chance to thank God." Michael L. McDonald

Guest Blogger: Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (+1997)

2011-04-01T15:37:00.007-04:00

“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless.
The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.
We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.”

On the Feast of our Patron - A 1952 Reflection from Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (+1979)

2011-03-19T16:01:00.031-04:00

"Saint Joseph The Worker", artwork by Ade Bethune, appeared in The Catholic Worker newspaper, March 1934
"But when one searches for the reasons why Christian art should have pictured Joseph as aged, we discover that it was in order to better safeguard the virginity of Mary. Somehow, the assumption had crept in that senility was a better protector of virginity than adolescence. Art thus unconsciously made Joseph a spouse chaste and pure by age rather than virtue. To make Joseph appear pure only because his flesh had aged is like glorifying a mountain stream that has dried. The Church will not ordain a man to the priesthood who has not his vital powers. She wants men who have something to tame, rather than those who are tame because they have no energy to be wild. It should be no different with God.

Furthermore, it is reasonable to believe that Our Lord would prefer, for a foster father, someone who had made a sacrifice rather than someone who was forced to it. There is the added historical fact that the Jews frowned on a disproportionate marriage between what Shakespeare calls "crabbed age and youth"; the Talmud admits a disproportionate marriage only for widows or widowers.

Finally, it seems hardly possible that God would have attached a young mother, probably about sixteen or seventeen years of age, to an old man. If He did not disdain to give His Mother to a young man, John, at the foot of the Cross, then why should He have given her an old man at the crib? A woman's love always determines the way a man loves: she is the silent educator of his virile powers. Since Mary is what might be called a "virginizer" of young men as well as women, and the greatest inspiration of Christian purity, should she not logically have begun by inspiring and virginizing the first youth whom she had probably ever met --- Joseph, the Just? It was not by diminishing his power to love, but by elevating it, that she would have her first conquest, and in her own spouse, the man who was a man, and not a mere senile watchman!

Joseph was probably a young man, strong, virile, athletic, handsome, chaste, and disciplined; the kind of man one sees sometimes shepherding sheep, or piloting a plane, or working at a carpenter's bench. Instead of being a man incapable of loving, he must have been on fire with love. Just as we would give very little credit to the Blessed Mother if she had taken her vow of virginity after having been an old maid for fifty years, so neither could we give much credit to a Joseph who became her spouse because he was advanced in years. Young girls in those days, like Mary, took vows to love God uniquely, and so did young men, of whom Joseph was one so pre-eminent as to be called the "just." Instead, then, of being dried fruit to be served on the table of the King, he was rather a blossom filled with promise and power. He was not in the evening of life, but in its morning, bubbling over with energy, strength, and controlled passion."

- by Fulton J. Sheen, from The World's First Love, 1952

Guest Blogger: St. Albert the Great (+1280)

2011-01-19T21:28:00.005-05:00

It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God.
But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell.
If, then, we possess charity, we possess God, for "God is Charity" (1John 4:8).

St. Albert the Great

Love is the Measure

2010-10-23T20:01:00.002-04:00

by Dorothy Day
June 1942

“…What we would like to do is change the world—make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. And to a certain extent, by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, of the poor, of the destitute...we can to a certain extent change the world; we can work for the oasis, the little cell of joy and peace in a harried world. We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever widening circle will reach around the world. We repeat, there is nothing that we can do but love, and dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend.”

2010-10-11T16:09:00.000-04:00

Thank you parishioners of St. Germaine parish in Bethel Park for recent donations of shoes, shirts, belts, suits, winter coats and other much needed clothing. The men at St. Joe's appreciate your generosity!

Let's Go Bucs!

2010-09-22T07:11:00.004-04:00

Thanks to the generosity of a friend, several of the men enjoyed an evening of major league baseball last night at beautiful PNC Park .The weather was great (as were the seats!) and the Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-2 in a exciting game. A good time was had by all!

Paul Dvorchak, Director pointed out that the top floor of St. Joseph's was visible to us from our seats....in left center field just to left of the flag pole!

Thank you BSA Troop 195

2010-09-03T11:03:00.001-04:00

On Saturday August 28 Boy Scouts of America Troop 195 of St. Catherine of Sweden Parish, Wildwood, PA once again organized and provided an awesome annual picnic for the residents on the St. Joseph property. It was a picture-perfect day for excellent food, great games and fellowship. Many thanks to the Scouts and their families!

2010-08-28T06:00:00.002-04:00

"Nothing but the best, and the best is none too good for God's poor. What a delightful thing it is to be boldly profligate, to ignore the price of coffee and go on serving the long line of destitute men who come to us, good coffee and the finest of bread." - Dorothy Day

Another great fishing excursion

2010-06-13T17:30:00.000-04:00

Six residents joined friends Bob, Jim, and SJHoH director Paul Dvorchak at beautiful "Rockwood Nursery" in Somerset County on Friday May 21. We enjoyed fishing, sharing great stories, and a cookout...the weather was perfect and the day was enjoyed by all...Thanks to Bob (shown above with his prize catch of the day!) for driving and for being the "grillmaster"! One of the men happily caught 13 fish! (by the way, we 'catch & release').

We hope to enlist more "Friends" for future excursions... movie theater, baseball games, etc. ...this was my third time driving the guys to the country...one of the great rewards (there are many) is looking in the rear view mirror to catch a glimpse of the faces of the men in the backseat as they look at the countryside and the wildlife, farm animals and mountains...such delight in simply getting out of the city for a few hours...please consider joining us...for more info contact jimhanna52@comcast.net

St. Joseph's in the 1960's Newspapers

2010-06-12T01:00:00.005-04:00

We have posted several articles from the 1960's please click below to read...

St. Joseph House Marks 25th Year
Pittsburgh Post Gazette 3/23/1963
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O14bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=904EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7072,2493342&dq=st+joseph+house+of+hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

Many Asked to Join
Pittsburgh Press 3/1/1964
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zQMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B08EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3807,576510&dq=st+joseph+house+of+hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

Chest X-Ray Circuit Mapped
Pittsburgh Post Gazette 3/13/1966
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1311286473

County Steps up Plans to Aid Drunks
Pittsburgh Post Gazette 12/25/1967
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PCgjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4278,4071096&dq=st+joseph+house+of+hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

Monsignor Celebrates 25th Year
Pittsburgh Post Gazette 6/15/1968
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l_IvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7301,2446715&dq=st+joseph+house+of+hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

Groups Plan Turkey Feast for Homeless
Pittsburgh Press 11/26/1968
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n4E0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=CJYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7287,5508095&dq=st+joseph+house+of+hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

Poor to Get Special Meal
Post Gazette 3/15/1969
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NUoNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=02wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4621,2410753&dq=st+joseph+house+of+hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

St. Joseph's in the 1970's Newspapers

2010-06-11T23:24:00.001-04:00

We have found several articles from the 1970's, please click below to read...

Friends of St. Joseph Observe Anniversary
Pittsburgh Post Gazette 3/12/1979
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y-0NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3919,1655500&dq=st+joseph+house+of+hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

Sr. Helen Mary Laverty
Pitsburgh Press 11/1/1975
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M8obAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LlYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4211,69180&dq=st+joseph+house+of+hospitality+1975&hl=en

St. Joseph's in the 1980's Newspapers

2010-06-11T09:55:00.007-04:00

Letter to the Editor (re: Dorothy Day & SJHoH)
Pittsburgh Post Gazette 12/17/1980
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WVANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2688,3484525&dq=st-joseph-house-of-hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

We have several more articles from the 1980's, please click below to read ...

Food Bank: People Have Right to Eat (photo)
Pittsburgh Press 12/19/1981
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4sqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fF0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6286,1700204&dq=st-joseph-house-of-hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

St. Joseph Table Tradition
Pittsburgh Press 3/13/1982
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QIwcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yV0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4695,5010948&dq=st-joseph-house-of-hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

Obituary
Pittsburgh Post Gazette 8/9/1982
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BOYNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4421,1404565&dq=st-joseph-house-of-hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

Highly Paid "Illegals" Hide in District Hospitals
Pittsburgh Press 9/12/1982
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ho4cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9V4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5266,4665895&dq=st-joseph-house-of-hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

South Suburban Religion Notes
Pittsburgh Post Gazette 2/27/1986
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jQQOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WG4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5470,7559748&dq=st-joseph-house-of-hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

Rice shrugs at his critics
Reading Eagle 8/31/1986
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vw4iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aKcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2629,4520382&dq=st-joseph-house-of-hospitality+pittsburgh&hl=en

2010 Bluegrasss Benefit Concert

2010-04-26T08:17:00.006-04:00

The 12th annual benefit concert was held Friday April 23 at Synod Hall in Oakland...check out John Trout's blog for photographs and see the link below to for the program. Thank you to the musicians, volunteers, patrons and sponsors who helped make this year's benefit another success...

Click here to go to John Trout's Bluegrass World: St. Joseph's House of Hospitality - 12th Annual Benefit Concert

2010-04-24T17:01:00.007-04:00

Thank you to the "Cranmoor" Community Association (Peters Township) for today's donation of shoes and clothing. The House haberdashery will continue to be well-stocked for residents in need. Seems like there is always a need for shoes and we appreciate your thoughtfulness!

Friday Prayer Group

2010-01-30T10:48:00.006-05:00

The Friday afternoon prayer group & Bible study at the House is featured for March 2010 in the Catholic Charities calendar. In addition to a lively discussion of the Gospel message and its application to our daily lives, the attendees gratefully end each meeting by joining in prayer for all the requests sent in by benefactors and others who ask our prayers.

Advent Reflection

2009-12-04T21:00:00.001-05:00

In December 1945 Dorothy Day wrote an essay titled

"Room for Christ". Her insight is never out-of-season, or out-of-date, and sixty-three years later this particular item may make for meaningful reading this Christmas season.

To view or download the essay please click below.
http://www.udmercy.edu/ldi/Homelessness/Dorothy%20Day%20Advent%20reflection.pdf
It is accompanied by the Fritz Eichenberg woodcut

"Christ of the Breadlines".

To learn more about Dorothy Day consider reading her autobiography "The Long Loneliness."

Time Magazine February 26, 1940

2009-10-30T20:00:00.007-04:00

Click here to read...Religion: Flophouse Father about St. Joe's founder Fr. Charles Owen Rice

In Loving Memory of Jean and Bill Hauber

2009-10-16T15:01:00.008-04:00

Above, Ethan Hauber (on his 12th birthday!) places the plaque on the new walk-in freezer in memory of his grandparents, "In Loving Memory of Jean and Bill Hauber".

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Below, Ethan with his Dad, Paul Hauber. With much gratitude St. Joseph House thanks the Hauber family for this most welcome and much needed improvement to the facility.

Please see photos of both the old and new freezer in the August 27 post below.

Much needed new walk-in freezer donation...

2009-08-27T19:44:00.039-04:00

The new recently installed walk-in freezer...

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and the old...

Scouts provide picnic

2009-08-16T08:41:00.008-04:00

Boy Scouts of America Troop 195 of St. Catherine of Sweden Parish, Wildwood, PA once again organized and provided an awesome annual picnic for the residents on the St. Joseph property. It was a picture-perfect day for excellent food, great games and fellowship. Many thanks to the Scouts and their families! and a special note of gratitude to Bob Garrity!

TENNIS (shoes) ANYONE?

2009-06-19T19:53:00.004-04:00

The "shoe department" annex at SJHoH Haberdashery is in need of "tennis" shoes. Today's inventory revealed one pair (size 8). Summer is here and many of the men have expressed a need for this type of shoe. If you are able to help to meet this need please contact jimhanna52@comcast.net Thank you!

Men Enjoy Fishing Trip May 29

2009-06-01T17:29:00.007-04:00

Several of the men enjoyed the annual "Fishing Trip" to Somerset County on Friday May 29.

It was great day to be in the country!

The road-trip featured not only fishing, but also a culinary extravaganza prepared by Fr. Ed.

A second grill was brought in after a local bird established "eminent domain" over this one!

Thank you...

2009-06-01T17:23:00.005-04:00

...for some recent clothing donations to the "Haberdashery" at the House:

Bob & Gussie Garrity, courtesy of "Gladd Raggs" of Upper St. Clair
Mr. Paul Hauber
Mr. Jeff Peretin
and several other anonymous donors...

Your kind donations are greatly appreciated.

Prayer Group

2009-03-07T15:57:00.005-05:00

With an eye toward the spiritual well-being of all, a new prayer group has taken root at St. Joseph's. Friday March 6 marked the fourth such meeting which is open to all residents. The group meets for an hour each Friday. We begin with a recitation of the Responsorial Psalm for the following Sunday's Liturgy. Then one of the men will read aloud the upcoming Sunday Gospel, which leads to lively discussion of how the Gospel lesson can be applied to our daily lives.

Finally, in closing we read and pray over all of the prayer requests which St. Joseph's has received by mail from donors and others. We add our own personal intentions as well and close with the Lord's Prayer.

Also, you are all encouraged to submit any prayer requests here via email and know that the men will be offering your intentions on Friday afternoons. jimhanna52@comcast.net

11th Annual Bluegrass Benefit Concert, Friday April 24

2009-02-09T17:33:00.020-05:00

The Eleventh Annual Bluegrass Benefit Concert for St. Joseph House of Hospitality will take place Friday April 24th at Synod Hall near St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland.

Allegheny Drifters www.alleghenydrifters.com
Fern Hollow Boys
Mac Martin and The Dixie Travelers www.thedixietravelers.com/index.html
Mon River Ramblers www.myspace.com/monriverramblers
Mountain Therapy www.mountaintherapy.com

For tickets ($20) please contact Paul Dvorchak at 412-471-0666 ext. 227 or email jimhanna52@comcast.net

Also, if you would like to place an ad in the program please call Paul or email jimhanna52@comcast.net

A full page (4.75 wide x 8) ad is $250 and includes 6 complimentary tickets
A half page ad (4.75 x 4) is $100 and includes 3 complimentary tickets
A quarter page (4.75 x 2) ad is $50 and includes 2 complimentary tickets

"This is bluegrass music...it is almost a way of life, a respite from everyday rushing and hurrying. A chance to get back to yourself, a chance to meet old friends and make new ones. A chance to celebrate life. A chance to thank God." Michael L. McDonald

Men Enjoy Another Movie Trip

2009-01-20T06:46:00.006-05:00

A few men enjoyed a movie today at Loew's Waterfront where we saw the new Clint Eastwood movie "Gran Torino." These movie trips are popular and we hope to do more in 2009, most likely always at the Waterfront as it is only a few miles away and they always seem to have a good selection of afternoon matinees. If you'd like to join or support us in these outings please email jimhanna52@comcast.net Thank you!

Movie Matinee Wednesday Dec. 17

2008-12-13T17:47:00.013-05:00

A afternoon outing today to see "Cadillac Records" at Loews Waterfront. A fascinating storyline, and it was interesting, as always, to hear the "reviews" from the guys afterward. This was our second movie of 2008 and we would like to have more in 2009. If you'd like to help with this in any way (driving, tickets, refreshments) please contact jimhanna52@comcast.net

Thanks to Paul H.!

A Special Need...

2008-11-18T21:55:00.009-05:00

Reading previous posts to this Blog it’s easy to see an objective of “Friends” is to add some normalcy to life by providing a sampling of entertaining excursions, recreation, and friendship.

While these diversions add an enjoyable dimension to life for residents of St. Joseph House, there are other serious needs where we have an opportunity to be effective.

For those of us with families, or close relationships, having an illness that requires hospitalization or physician visits, or ongoing treatments, is something we usually don’t tackle alone.

How great would it be if we could just focus on getting healthy again? But we have to arrange transportation to and fro, gather insurance papers, physician contact info, prescriptions, admission, treatment and discharge issues, etc., etc. For many of us it is a blessing to have a helper or to help another with all these details.

More importantly though is waking from the anesthesia and not being alone….hearing the prognosis from the doctor and not being alone…having a post-surgery advocate to confirm the treatment…. having a helper to write down the medications…in short: having a “Friend”; and having a friend aids in the healing process.

Most of the men at St. Joseph’s have no family and will be alone traveling to the hospital, perhaps by public transportation…alone in the waiting room, alone during the admission or treatment process…alone in the recovery room…alone during post-surgery treatments…and alone when returning “home”. How much better might it be if a friend were there?

We are hoping to build a list of "Friends" who, when the need arises, would like, with advance notice, to be notified and given the opportunity to help.

Please consider being a part this very special mission - knowing we all have limited availability, our goal is to have a long list of names to call in advance until we find someone available for the particular day.

To learn more or to be added to the list please contact jimhanna52@comcast.net or call Paul Dvorchak at 412-471-0666, Ext 227.

A New "Old Glory" Flies at SJHOH

2008-11-14T15:00:00.011-05:00

Thanks to The St. Vincent de Paul Society - Prince of Peace Conference for providing a new U.S. flag to fly from the front porch. The porch overlooking the parking lot is a favorite spot to sit and chat, and the former tattered and faded flag was a topic of conversation among the men when Angelo Bruni visited earlier in the week. That was Tuesday afternoon and by Friday the new flag was flying! Thank you!

Thanks to DAN in the maintenance shop and to PAUL from the kitchen at SJHOH for assembling the pole!

Also, thanks to the American Legion, McMurray, PA for providing the facility for proper disposition of the retired flag.

Visit to the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

2008-10-11T08:35:00.006-04:00

A few of the men enjoyed a visit to the Zoo on a beautiful fall Friday afternoon, October 10. We got a good and educational look at all, especially the Siberian Tigers, Polar Bears, and Elephants. The aquarium was fascinating.

To join in our next road trip - either through support or accompanying us - please contact jimhanna52@comcast.net. All are welcome!

Possible activities in the near future - please consider joining, or supporting us...

...Another movie
...Bowling
...Duquesne U. Basketball

The Men Enjoy Cubs v. Pirates at PNC Park

2008-08-27T19:51:00.018-04:00

Special thanks to...

...the Pirates and Dave in Bucs ticket office for the tickets.

...Bob Garrity for the "Grub" a.k.a. "in-the-park" tailgating!

...Fr. Bill Smith for offering to drive.

...Todd at Enterprise in Bethel Park for help with the van.

Battlin' Buccos drop a close 2-0 decision to the first-place Cubbies but a great afternoon to be at the old ballyard!

Interested in helping with our next "road trip"? Please contact jimhanna52@comcast.net

New Window Treatments

2008-08-07T22:10:00.010-04:00

Thank you Michael Kaufman for his Eagle Scout project and providing and installing curtains for the 59 resident rooms! Michael is a member of St. Louise de Marillac parish.

Thank you to an Anonymous member of St. Joseph's Parish of Coraopolis, PA for providing new blinds and the installation in all the resident rooms!

August 6, 2008 - Movie Road Trip

2008-07-17T07:09:00.006-04:00

At the Movies - "The Dark Knight"
Wednesday August 6
Afternoon Matinee at the Waterfront Homestead Loews
8 men and a couple " Friends" enjoyed the matinee.
Thanks Bob Garrity!

We'd like to plan more movie trips in the future...

How can I help?

Time: Enjoy the movie at the theater with the men

Talent: Offer to drive (driving in Pittsburgh IS a talent!)

Treasure: We'll need tickets

contact jimhanna52@comcast.net

Annual Bluegrass Concert April 18, 2008

2008-07-16T21:27:00.000-04:00

Synod Hall in Oakland was the site for the 10th Annual Bluegrass Benefit Concert!

Several hundred enjoyed the concert featuring Nine Mile Run, Mountain Therapy, Allegheny Drifters, and Mac Martin and The Dixie Travelers.

"This is bluegrass music...it is almost a way of life, a respite from everyday rushing and hurrying. A chance to get back to yourself, a chance to meet old friends and make new ones. A chance to celebrate life. A chance to thank God." (Michael L. McDonald)

How can I help next year?

Time: Come to the concert, place advertising posters in your parish and elsewhere, sell program ads, help set up before, help tear down after.

Talent: Sell program ads; baked goods table.

Treasure: Purchase a program ad, purchase tickets: bring a group! Donate items for the prize drawing.

Please contact us now for next year's concert.

Contact Jim Hanna via email at jimhanna52@comcast.net

Annual Fishing Trip June 20, 2008

2008-07-16T20:42:00.000-04:00

The beautiful Somerset County location where several residents and friends enjoyed fishing, a cookout, and "off-road" Jeep tour!

How can I help next year?
Time: Driving
Talent: Fishing
Treasure: Provide car or van; provide food or beverage for the cookout
To sign on for next year please
email Jim Hanna at jimhanna52@comcast.net