Tomorrow: Discussing St. Raphael on Location

Special edition of Coffee & Conversation tomorrow.

Moving Forward
Meet up with us tomorrow at St. Raphael for Coffee & Conversation!

*New location and reading for September*
COFFEE & CONVERSATION:
First Sunday Formation
Sun., Sept. 6 at 10 a.m.
St. Raphael Front Lawn

For September we're moving the conversation to Morningside! We'll be meeting on the St. Raphael church lawn for this month's Coffee & Conversation. This month, we're going to take a look into the Book of Tobit where St. Raphael appears in the Bible. Feel free to read some or all of Tobit prior to the conversation or just come and listen and see how the Spirit moves you to join in. Please bring your own chair/blanket and your own coffee and snacks and help us maintain social distancing guidelines.

WEDNESDAY MASS & BONFIRE
Wednesdays following 7 p.m. Mass at St. Raphael

We are excited to continue one of our most popular events. Join us this Wednesday following 7:00 p.m. Mass at St. Raphael church for a bonfire. Not sure how to find the fire pit? Meet up at the main entrance following Mass.

*Next time in Shadyside!*
SUNDAY MASS & DONUTS
Sunday, Sept. 13 following 9 a.m. Mass at Sacred Heart

Looking for an opportunity to connect and meet young adults in our merging parish? Join us on the second and fourth Sunday of August for coffee and donuts! We'll attend Mass and then meet outside for a chance to enjoy the company of others.

SOCIAL JUSTICE RESOURCES

The parish committee working to address social justice has discussed and shared a few different resources. An opportunity for reading and discussion as a group is coming soon.
Books
The History of Black Catholics by Cyprian Davis, OSB
Racial Injustice and the Catholic Church by Fr. Bryan Massingale
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Shorter Articles
“White Privilege and What We Can Do About It” by Fr. Bryan Massingale
"Catholic Social Teaching and Racism" by Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J.

If interested in getting more involved, email catholicsocialjusticeshsr@gmail.com.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:
Sanitizing the Churches

Volunteers are need to help sanitize both Sacred Heart and St. Raphael churches after Masses. If interested in signing up or learning more, email us at sacredheart20plus@gmail.com.

VIRTUAL PARISH ASSEMBLY:
Available Online

Our parish grouping will be among several others in the Diocese to merge January 2021. Part of the process involves an assembly where all are invited to learn about a vision for the new parish and steps that will be taken in the coming months. Visit our parish website to watch the video.

JOIN THE CONVERSATION:
We're Now on Slack!

Join us on Slack - a group chat site you can access from your computer, or from your phone with an app. Then check out our channels for discussions on everything from #prayer-resources to #cats-of-sacred-heart.

Join Slack

PRAY WITH US AT NOON
Oratio Imperato

Against the Spread of Coronavirus

God our Father, we come to you in our need to ask your protection against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) that has claimed lives and affected many.

We pray for your grace for the people tasked with studying the nature and cause of this virus and its disease and of stemming the tide of its transmission.

Guide the hands and minds of medical experts that they may minister to the sick with competence and compassion, and of those governments and private agencies that must find a cure and solution to this pandemic.

We pray for those afflicted. May they be restored to their health soon.

Grant us the grace to work for the good of all and to help those in need. Grant this through our Lord, Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.

Our Lady Undoer of Knots, pray for us.
St. Raphael the Archangel, pray for us.
St. Jude the Apostle, pray for us.

St. Gianna, pray for us.
St. Rocco, pray for us.
St. Elizabeth Seton, pray for us.

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