The air conditioning system has been repaired and is now operational and cooling the church.

The first collaborative effort of the new St. Joseph the Worker Parish Music Ministry is the virtual choir video of Bob Hurd's "Ubi Caritas." Nearly 50 singers, bell ringers and instrumentalists shared their talents in this production. This video premiered on July 1, 2020, the founding date of St. Joseph the Worker Parish. This video was created by St Joseph's new Director of Music Ministries, Norman E Chapman. Watch here!

A Mass of Thanksgiving in Celebration of the founding of St. Joseph the Worker Parish will be held Wednesday, July 1 at 7:00 PM at Word of God Church, Swissvale, PA. Mass will be live-streamed from the parish's Youtube channel. **Click Here for the Worship Aid.**

Tonight (Thursday, June 18) at 6PM is the Premiere for the St Maurice Choir's newest music video, Russell Nagy's exciting Easter piece "He is Not Here." Features our fabulous choir, Katie Palumbo on piano and Colin and Eamonn Blaney as our virtual brass "quartet." Just click the YouTube link by 6pm tonight to be a part of the premiere watch party!  Many of our choir members will be there to watch "together" and share their thoughts in the virtual chat room.  It should be a lot of fun!  

Please note that the information given here is applicable as of Monday, May 18. Things are changing each week. Be sure to check our parish websites, social media and weekly bulletin, and the Diocese of Pittsburgh website ( www.diopitt.org ) for up to the minute information. * * Click for Details * *

Outdoor Confessions are available as a Drive-up/Walk-Up service in several of our Church parking lots.
MADONNA DEL CASTELLO Saturdays – Noon – 1 PM
ST. MAURICE – Mondays – 7 PM – 8 PM
ST. JOHN FISHER – Saturdays – Noon – 1 PM
Click for instructions on how to access Confessions at each location

Our hope is to reschedule this session in August 2020 once restrictions are lifted and it is safer for everyone to participate.  We are currently working on the new date in August and that will be communicated to you shortly.

We are now streaming daily mass from Word of God in Swissvale at 9:00 AM.

Parish Office open: Mon.-Fri. 8:30am-4:30 pm. St. Maurice 412.271.0809. St. Maurice Food Pantry is suspending operations. All food donations to come to Madonna/Word of God parish office, 2021 S. Braddock Ave. Swissvale.

The diocese has set up a new area on its website for consistent updates related to the pandemic. Click here for more info.

In an effort to keep everyone as safe and as healthy as possible, we have decided to suspend our last three Discover Christ sessions (originally scheduled for March 22, March 20 and April 5) until after Easter.

We want to do everything we can to bring the Eucharist to those of our parishioners upon request. If you would like a visit, please call the St. Maurice Parish Office at 412-271-0809 and leave a message for Deacon Herb Riley with your name, phone number and address.

Slides from the Parish Assemblies are available online here for viewing. It is an exciting time as the Eight Great Churches of the East merge into becoming one parish.

In late March, composer Fr. Michael Joncas awoke during the night with an inspiration to write a piece in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a paraphrased text of Psalm 23, focusing primarily on verse two, "walking in the valley of the shadow of death," Fr. Joncas composed "O Shelter Me."
St. Maurice Director of Music, Norm Chapman, along with cantors Melissa Kaczmarski and Liz Kostandinu created this video rendition of "O Shelter Me" to offer comfort and hope to all of you during this difficult time. May God's sheltering love be upon you.

Now including YouTube Links to the liturgies.

We are now accepting registration for the 2019-2020 Religious Education program for grades pre-K - 8. Classes begin in September. Click on this news story for more information and to obtain a registration form.

One of the very special and important ministries in our church is the ministry of Altar Server. This a special way for our young people to learn the valuable lesson of service in our faith and to assist our clergy at Mass.