Diocese of Pittsburgh News

We were made aware of a vehicle collision this morning in Dravosburg involving a school van from Serra Catholic High School and a car. We are heartbroken to confirm that a 15-year-old Serra Catholic student died as a result. We have been advised that three other Serra Catholic students were taken to a hospital in stable condition.

Bishop David Zubik has appointed Jennifer Kaniecki MacNeil as President of Saint Joseph High School (Natrona Heights) effective September 1, 2023.

Following the devastating explosion in Plum that took the lives of five people, critically injured one, and left a community heartbroken, Bishop David Zubik will lead a Holy Hour on Tuesday, August 15, at 7:30 PM, at Saint John the Baptist Church, 444 Saint John Street, Plum, PA. All are invited to attend.

On August 11, 2023 the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will celebrate its 180th anniversary. Bishop David Zubik will mark this anniversary on August 13 at the Manifesting the Kingdom Awards in Saint Paul Cathedral, where he will honor current laity and clergy for exceptional service to the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

My heart, and the prayers of all the people of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, are with those who lost loved ones and experienced trauma due to the massacre of Jewish people by Robert Bowers in the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 27, 2018.

Daniel James D’Antonio (Immaculate Heart of Mary, Polish Hill), Jacob Henry Gruber (Triumph of the Holy Cross Parish, Pleasant Hills), and Thomas Glynn Kadlick (Our Lady of the Lakes Parish, Bairdford) will be ordained priests by Bishop David A. Zubik on June 24, 2023, at St. Paul Cathedral.

At this delicate time for the Pittsburgh Jewish Community and beyond, we all need to embrace not only God’s words but especially at this time set our hearts on our Jewish sisters and brothers as God does.

We pray that God will restore him to good health and strength.

Bishop David Zubik announced today that two parishes will merge on July 1, 2023 to create one new parish.

This Memorial Day weekend, Bishop David Zubik of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh invites us to pray for the brave men and women who gave their lives to protect the United States.