Parish Merger 2021

Parish Name - The first poll for input into the parish name is closed as of 7-10-2020

For the July poll/survey, there were 533 responses via mail and online. The Parish Pastoral Council narrowed it down to 15 names that will be share with the bishop and the diocese for approval. There will be a second round of imput open to all parishioner to narrow it down to a final 3 parish names that we will submitted to the Bishop for his decision prior to Jan 2021 

For a Timeline for the merger process - Click here

What does it mean to "become a new parish."  
A parish by definition has 3 components:  1)  A territory or geographical area  2) People that form a community and 3) Priest(s) to serve the people.  A Parish is different then a church building, which is a sacred place of worship in service to the parish. A parish is called to share the mission of Jesus Christ and his Church in a particular place, to serve one another and the larger community. 
 
Naming the new parish
As we continue in our journey to fulfill “On Mission for the Church Alive” our parish will be fully merged in January 2021. We need to make recommendations to the Bishop of Pittsburgh of several new names for the parish, that will inform our identity and mission as well as serve our members in Prince of Peace and Saint Mary of the Mount.  We are going to be eventually submitting 3 final names to our Bishop who will decide the name prior to our merger. The new Parish will have a new name. The church buildings will retain thier church names. So we will have St. Adalbert Church and St. Mary of the Mount Church of "so and so Parish" (the new Parish name).