Posts Tagged ‘Pittsburgh’

Black community gets a personal parish

Monday, June 22nd, 2020

A new Catholic personal parish for Pittsburgh’s black community has been announced by Bishop David Zubik. According to the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, “a personal parish is a parish that responds to specific spiritual needs often related to a particular culture or an extraordinary need” and anyone who wishes to be a part of that Read more

Pittsburgh Catholic church, bar and nightclub

Thursday, May 18th, 2017

A Pittsburgh Catholic church has had what may be a more unusual history than most. St. Elizabeth’s church originally served a Slovak congregation for much of the 20th century. During a church property downsizing programme in 2001, the building was sold and the congregation merged into other parishes. For 15 years the church was a Read more