Men, are you looking to do more to help in the parish? Come to the next SMP Men’s Club Meeting, Tomorrow, Monday, October 3rd, at 8:15 pm in the AS Activity Building. Come see how you can serve your parish.

Saturday, October 1st, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm and Sunday, October 2nd 11:00 am - 2:00 pm.  We will accept donations until September 24th.  All parish members are asked to bake for this sale, whose last name begins with A through K.  All baked goods help the food menu to be successful with each sale. Our delicious baked goods and food will be available on Saturday, for eat in and or take out.  Our Menu will include: hot sausage sandwiches, meatball hoagies, stuffed shells, haluski,   Wedding Soup, breads, pie, cookies, caked, pop and water. To preorder contact Suzy Johns at: (412) 821-2404.

Rehearsals will resume on Tuesdays, beginning on September 13, from 7-8:30 PM, in the music room at Holy Spirit School. Returning members are asked to bring any music from previous seasons. New members age 16 and up are invited to come and see if praising God through music ministry is right for you! Please contact any of the parish music ministers with any questions.

Join the fun! Includes 17 regular season Steeler games. Look for the black and gold forms at all church entrances, under parish documents on our website, call the parish office or complete the electronic form on our website https://saintmatthewpgh.org/steeler-football-pool. The cost is $85 ($5 per game). The deadline to enter is September 7th at 4pm. The payouts are $100 at half time; $200 final score. Checks are payable to St. Matthew Parish. Forms and payment can be placed in the collection basket in an envelope marked "Steeler Fundraiser Football Pool" or mail to Holy Spirit Church 608 Farragut Street, Millvale PA 15209 Attn: Terry Schiebel. Thanks! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CLICK ABOVE FOR THE ELECTRONIC ENTRY FORM

The annual raffle tickets are available at all the churches and/or call Carol at Ext. 380 to make a request for tickets. There is $6,000 Worth of Cash Prizes to be won: 1st Prize-$3,000; 2nd Prize- $1,500; 3rd Prize-$600; 4th Prize-$400; 5th Prize-$300 & 6th Prize-$200. Donation is $5.00 per ticket or book of six for $25.00. Take extras to sell to family and friends!! The Winners will be drawn around 9pm on Saturday 9/17/22 at the SMP booth located in the Medicap parking lot during Millvale Days.

On Sunday September 25, we will celebrate our Patronal Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, at all Masses that weekend. Our picnic will take place on the St. Bonaventure campus. It will begin at 1:00 pm with a prayer service in the church. Food will be served beginning at 1:30. There will be entertainment. The parish will provide the main course. All attending are asked to bring a side dish that will serve at least 10 people according to the first letter of the family’s last name: Salads – A - H; Sides – I - Q; Deserts – R - Z; Fr. Miro to provide halushki. This is great time to bring all SMP Parishioners together for food, fun and fellowship. Come meet up with family, old friends and make new friends. More details soon to follow. YOU CAN REGISTER BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME AND TOTAL ADULTS/CHILDREN THAT WILL ATTENT TO : FUNDRAISING@SAINTMATTHEWPGH.ORG

Our annual SMP Basket Raffle will take place this September. We are looking for donations to fill these baskets, such as children’s games and toys, back-to-school items, any items related to Pittsburgh sports teams, pet supplies, gift cards, and monetary donations. There will be donation boxes at the front entrances at each church for the various items. Please place gift cards and monetary donations in the collection basket marked Basket Raffle on the envelope. Thank you for your support.

The Ladies of Charity will meet on Saturday JUne 25, 2022, at 9:15 AM in Newmeyer Hall at St. Bonaventure Church. All members of the SMP LOC are encouraged to attend. In addition, ladies from our parish who are interested in learning more about the work and services of the Ladies of Charity are always welcome to join us to see if it’s a good fit for you! Please bring a non-perishable item for the Bread of Life Food Bank in Etna. A light breakfast will be served at 8:45 am.

This Wednesday, October 5, All High School Teens are invited to a night of CPR Training by one of our fellow parishioners! We will start the night at 7:00 pm with Pizza!! CPR Training will go until 9:00 pm. We hope to see you there!  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are starting a Junior Ladies of Charity! If you want to get more involved with service in the community and in the Parish this is the group to join! It is for Young Women in grades 7th thru 12th! If you would like more information or are interested in joining, please contact Morgan Hall at: Mhall@saintmatthewpgh.org or ext. 415

Our next meeting is Tuesday June 7th at 6:30 pm, in the All Saints activities building. We will be installing new members. This will our last meeting until September. Anyone wishing to become a new member please contact Carol at: 412-821-1914.

Our Rummage House will be having a One Day Furniture Sale at the Annex in the HS School Building on Saturday April 23 2022. The entrance is on Farragut Street and the sale runds 9am to 2pm

St. Matthew Parish is pleased to offer FOUR (4) $2,500.00 scholarships for any soon-to-be high school graduate belonging to St. Matthew Parish.  The scholarships will be awarded based on the following criteria: (click here for more)

Fall Pre-Registration for the Children’s Faith Formation program (Pre-K thru 8th) is now underway through August 16th. Register online at saintmatthewpgh.org. Registration forms will also be available at the parish offices. In-class and homeschool options are available. For more information, please contact Louis Bosco at ext. 413 or at lbosco@saintmatthewpgh.org for more information.

The SMP A:PHA program begins this Thursday March 10th at 6:30pm in the SA Social Hall. This is FREE and includes a meal, a video, and small group discussions. Click on this article for more inforamtion.

An opportunity for believers, non-believers, and skeptics to share their thoughts and questions about God, about life, and about religion. Meetings are free and consist of a shared meal, an inspirational video, and small group discussion.  Join us Thursday May 19th at 6:30pm at the administration bldg. at St. Aloysius. For additional information and registration click here or contact Joanna Crammond at : jgcrammond@verizon.net.

SMP has begun a recruitment drive for new altar servers (both youth and adult). All interested applicants must be : at least in the 4th grade and be available to serve weddings (youth) and funerals (adults) and also prepared to serve at any of our four churches. Mass scheduling is done via an electronic program able to adjust for time and location. Please contact any of the parish offices.

Saint Matthew Parish live streams Mass each Sunday on our Facebook page. You can watch it here on our website by clicking on the title above. Times for Live streams may fluctuate until we are able to receive help with this ministry. If you care to help us live stream Sunday mass please contact the parish office.

St. Matthew Parish has available low-gluten hosts for those who have difficulties with Celiac Disease and other similar disorders. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, products containing less than 20 ppm (parts per million) may be labeled as "gluten free." An article in the magazine Gluten-Free Living states that the equivalent of 27,000 ppm (10 milligrams) per day is usually safe, though this number may well vary from person to person. The low-gluten hosts from our provider are 100ppm and are approved for use by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. If you are in need of a low-gluten host, please come to the sacristy (where the Priest and Deacon vest). There the Priest will discuss with you how you will be able to receive safely.

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Epiphany is a day to make our homes glitter with the exuberance of gold, frankincense and myrrh. It's the customary day to bless the home for the New Year, although this blessing is fitting whenever you can gather the household in January. There are many variations of the Epiphany Home Blessing, one of the simpler ones is quoted below. It can be prayed as part of mealtime grace, and it can be embellished by writing with chalk above the front door "21 + C + M + B + 21" (the initials of the three holy kings, Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar, or the first letters of the Latin inscription: Christus mansionem benedicat—May Christ bless this home.). Then everyone walks from room-to-room sprinkling the home with holy water, a sign of the River Jordan. A twig from the Christmas tree makes a fine sprinkler. You can pray: God of Bethlehem and of Cana, God of Jordan's leaping waters in baptism you bring us into your family. You wed us, embracing us as your beloved. May we fill this home we have made with kindness to one another, with hospitality to guests, and with abundant care for every stranger. By the gentle light of a star, guide home all who seek you on paths of faith, hope and love, where we will join the angels in proclaiming your praise: Glory in heaven and peace on earth, now and forever. Amen.