Need some good summer reading? Looking to learn more about your faith? Want to get closer to God? We have plenty of resources at our St. Richard location library. It will be continually updated here https://www.librarything.com/catalog/stsmmlib so you can find a book that speaks to you!

Click here to sign up for our first Sts. Martha and Mary Parish Photo Directory!

Help support our Terra Alta Mission Trip! We can order flats, potted plants, hanging baskets, patio plants & more! Click here to order!

Our annual Fish Fry as arrived! To order online, click here! Please note the online orders will be taken until 2pm. After 2pm, please call 412-486-6001 to place your order. Our Fish Fry will run every Friday during Lent.

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It’s not too late to volunteer for the annual parish fish fry! Adult and student (grade 6 & above) volunteers are needed every Thursday to prepare food (adults only), pre-pack take-out side dishes and set up the dining room in Farmer Hall. Adult volunteers are needed on Friday afternoon to prepare food and pre-pack take-out side dishes. Adults and students are needed every Friday evening to serve dinner, welcome guests, take orders, pack take-out orders, and assist with the curbside pick-up lanes. All volunteers must pre-register and are assigned specific duties. Please return this form no later than Monday, February 13. No experience needed! Training sessions will be held on Sundays, February 12 at 1:00 pm and February 19 at 2 p.m. in Farmer Hall at St. Catherine of Sweden Church for all Friday volunteers. Please consider supporting the Fish Fry by sponsoring one of our many items or placing an ad on our placemats. Sponsor and advertising information can be found on the reverse side of the volunteer registration form. Please return sponsor and advertising information by Monday, February 13.

Navigating the Bible is a five week course presented by Gary Fristch. This is based on Dr. Edward Sri's book, The Bible Compass. It begins January 9th at 7 p.m. located in St. Richard Social Hall or Wednesdays at 9:30 am at St. Catherine in Farmer Hall. It is $10 per person.

In 1 Samuel, God advises the prophet Samuel not to observe as men see but as God sees. He tells him to “look to the heart.” This is the movement of this Sunday’s Gospel reading. “Beware the scribes,” Jesus advises. He points out their public greetings and “seats of honor,” which stands in sharp contrast to their private greed. For the Jewish people of Jesus’ day, honor resides at the top. Power and prestige created a high profile back then as it still does today. After his warning, Jesus turns his disciples’ attention elsewhere: a poor widow...

One Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated for our grouping at 9:30 a.m. at St. Richard Church.

“Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath.” (Luke 13:10) With these opening words, the Gospel for Monday’s daily Mass pressed home the agony and suffering of the previous Saturday. The heinous attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue must serve as a call to all Catholics to remember that our very spiritual roots stem from the Tree of Life—in more layers than I realized when I first sat down to write this letter...