May 13, 2024
The next Information Bulletin is Monday, May 20, 2024.The deadline for submissions is Thursday, May 16, at 4:30 p.m.
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Budget worksheets now available for pastors and parish business offices
Patrick Barron, director of Parish & School Financial Services, has released the budget and assessment documents parishes need to complete their 2024/2025 budgets. Details on where to find them can be found in the password-protected attachment labeled “Budget worksheets for pastors and parish finance offices.”
Wedding Anniversary Celebration location changed
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the location of one of the annual Diocesan Anniversary Celebrations for couples celebrating 25, 40, 50, 60 or more years of marriage in 2024 has been changed. Please find the updated information below:
- As previously announced: Sunday, August 4 at St. George Church, Erie at 2 pm.
- New location: Sunday, August 18 at Beloved Disciple Church, Grove City at 2 pm.
Couples and/or parish staff may complete a registration form online at http://www.eriercd.org/familylifeoffice/anniv.html, by calling their parish office or contacting the Marriage and Family Life Office at 814.824.1210. Registrations are being accepted until July 21 for Erie celebrations and until August 4 for Grove City celebrations.
Compensation plan for women religious
Please see the attached letter from Bishop Lawrence Persico in regard to the 2024-25 compensation plan for women religious who serve in the Diocese of Erie. Also attached is the plan summary.
Scam alert for parishioners and employees:
Scammers have been contacting parish staff and some parishioners posing as the pastor. This is a scam being perpetrated on parishes across the country. The only way to protect your co-workers and your parishioners from these kinds of scams is through education. Please include the following notice in your next bulletin and forward it to your employees and volunteers to keep everyone safe from fraud:
Be cautious about sharing personal information
A scam is being perpetrated across the country by malicious individuals preying on churches and members of the clergy. The scam plays on your sympathies or natural inclination to be helpful. Any communication asking you to purchase gift cards should be considered a scam. Always verify such requests by calling the parish directly. Don’t use phone numbers in the fraudulent email. Always look for the parish’s official phone number found on the diocesan website or in the parish’s Sunday bulletin. In this age when personal data can be misused by scam artists, please be aware that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, its clergy and entities such as parishes and schools will never solicit your personal or business information by any method unless initiated by you. Should you receive an unsolicited request for money or personal information — including a request for gift cards of any type — exercise extreme caution. Contact the person or entity by using official contact information only. Financial fraud like the gift card scam can be reported to the Federal Trade Commission here: https://ReportFraud.ftc.gov. To learn more, read this article: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/avoiding-and-reporting-gift-card-scams from the FTC.
Annual Missionary Cooperative Plan is starting soon
The Diocesan Mission Office is pleased to announce that the Missionary Cooperative Plan is starting soon. The MCP is one of the ways that dioceses in the United States fulfill their canonical responsibility to support the Catholic Church’s evangelization outreach (canons 782, §2; 791). The MCP invites Catholic missionaries from around the world to visit each of our parishes once a year. This is designed to educate parishioners about the missionary work of the Catholic Church and the role each of us plays in this work by virtue of our baptism. A second purpose of the MCP is to raise funds for these missionary endeavors to help spread the Gospel in nearly 1,150 missionary dioceses worldwide. Participation in the MCP is mandatory in the Diocese of Erie. The Erie Mission Office now has provided parishes the name of their assigned mission group. The missionary group will call the pastor to schedule the date for the 2024 MCP visit. Feel free to contact Mission Office Director Indira Suarez at isuarez@eriercd.org or 814.824.1231 with any questions.
Clergy and parish leaders: video featuring Deacon Luke Daghir available to help promote vocations
A beautifully produced video detailing the vocation journey of Deacon Luke Daghir, who will be ordained to the priesthood on May 24, has been made available. Clergy and parish leaders are invited to share it with anyone who might be encouraged either to pursue a religious vocation, or to pass it along to someone else who might find it inspiring. Find it online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tsLAhM0tL4.
Job openings in the diocese
See the classified section below for the latest position openings. Here’s a quick link to diocesan, school and parish jobs: https://www.eriercd.org/employment.html. For Erie Catholic School System jobs only, go to https://www.eriecatholic.org/about/careers.
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St. Paul Parish, Erie, to host St. Anthony Novena
All are invited to participate in the 2024 St. Anthony Novena, June 5- 13 at St. Paul Church, W. 16th and Walnut streets, Erie. Father Leo Gallina will be the celebrant, leading prayers to the saint who was a gifted teacher and preacher, and is known as the patron saint of lost souls and lost articles.
St. Tobias Parish, Brockway, to host Music & Mission concert
St. Tobias Parish is hosting a Music & Mission Summer Kick Off concert event Friday, June 7 at Taylor Memorial Park, Brockway. Featuring The Scally Brothers — a dynamic musical duo from Ohio who have a passion for their faith and love of music, having just released a much-anticipated album, Keep Hopin’//Keep Dreamin’. The event begins with a pre-event cook out at 5:30 (registration needed), musical showcase by St. Tobias Music Ministry at 6 pm and free concert with The Scally Brothers at 7 pm. Bring a lawn chair! Check out the flyer here https://bit.ly/stmmsk2024 or contact Tara Starr for more information at 814.591.1313.
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