Advent 2024

Advent - Prepare your Hearts

Advent Speaker Series - Four Pillars of Advent
Please join us each week as we discuss the Four Pillars of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. The Sunday Reflections will be at 6:00 pm in St. Alexis Church on December 1st and 15th. The Monday Reflections will be at 7:15 pm in St. Alphonsus Church on December 9th and 23rd. The order of Worship for each evening will be Exposition, Adoration, Evening Prayer with a short reflection and Benediction. Please see the complete schedule below.

Breakfast with Santa
Saturday, December 14th
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Blessed Francis Seelos Academy Cafeteria
Click the link or graphic below for more information and to RSVP by December 11th.
Breakfast with Santa RSVP

Immaculate Conception
Monday, December 9 - Holy Day of Obligation

• 8:00 AM at St. Alexis
• 12:00 PM at St. Alphonsus
• 6:30 PM at St. Alphonsus

Opportunities for Confession

Regular Confession Schedule
St. Alphonsus Church
December 2
6:00 PM - 6:45 PM

St. Alexis Church
December 7, 14, 21*
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
*Last chance for confession before Christmas.

The Light is on for You
Every parish in the Diocese of Pittsburgh will offer hours on December 11, 2024 for Catholics to receive God’s mercy in Confession. Don’t worry if it has been many years since your last confession. God’s mercy is waiting for you.

Wednesday, December 11

• 1:00 - 3:00 PM at St. Alexis
• 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM at St. Alexis and St. Alphonsus

There will be 2 Priest at St. Alexis in the afternoon, 1 priest at each church in the evening.

Penance Service
A Penance Service is a form of Sacramental Confession. It includes a Scripture reading and a brief exhortation by a priest. An examination of conscience follows this, and the community prays the Act of Contrition together. After the communal part of the ceremony, those present will individually confess their sins to a priest and receive absolution and penance.

Monday, December 16

• 7:00 - 8:15 PM at St. Alexis

Christmas Mass Schedule