SJB Location

Hospital Patients & Nursing Home Residents

If you know of a family member or a neighbor who is in a local nursing home or hospital and would like a church visit, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, receive Holy Communion or the Anointing of the Sick, please call the Parish Administrative Office at 724.775.6363 ext. 101 to let a clergy/staff member know.  Due to the HIPPA Laws, churches are almost never notified by the healthcare facility.

PLEASE NOTE: The quickest and most efficient way to ensure that your hospitalized loved ones are anointed in the case of an emergency is to ask the nurse to page the CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN ON CALL. There is a priest on duty 24/7 for Heritage Valley Beaver. (Our priests cover Thursdays and Fridays.) Calls to the Parish Administrative Office or notes left in a church sacristy may not be responded to in a timely fashion due to unavailability or oversight. Calls to the Catholic chaplain answering service receive IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. Also, please ensure your family member is listed in the hospital records as Catholic. If the person is not, there is no way of knowing the patient's religious affiliation, and the person is not seen when any one of our parish priests visits the hospital, or when any priest is visiting. Thank you in advance for seeing to the sacramental needs of the hospitalized.
 

Homebound Visitations

Our parish provides Holy Communion to parishioners who are homebound or unable to attend Mass. For more information or to schedule a visit, please call the Parish Administrative Office at 724.775.6363 ext.103 or CLICK HERE to download a request form that you can complete and mail to the address provided or place/have it placed it in the collection basket.
 

Monsignor Farri Hall

Need a place to hold a bridal or baby shower, birthday or graduation party, baptismal or funeral luncheon, a reception or reunion? The parish social center, Monsignor Farri Hall, is available to rent.

For current rental rates (plus additional refundable deposit amount) and further details, please contact the Parish Administrative Office at 724.775.6363 ext. 104.
 

Votive Candles

The large votives, found in the multi-candle stands located in various places throughout St. John the Baptist Church, are replenished daily. (Container candles are no longer stocked in the sacristy.) Wooden tapers for lighting these tall votive candles can be found at each stand. The requested donation per candle is $5.00 (to partially cover parish cost). Please place your candle offering in the secure box found near the candle stand.
 

Memorial Bricks

For those interested in having an engraved brick placed in acknowledgement or remembrance of a loved one on our church grounds, Memorial Brick Request Forms are available at all entrances of the church as well as via download by clicking here. The price per brick is $25.
 

Sanctuary/Shrine Candle Scheduling (Blessed Sacrament | BVM)

To schedule a sanctuary and/or shrine lamp, please go to the Mass & Lamp Intention Request page.  Bulletin published lamp intentions are limited to four lamps per registered envelope per liturgical year.
 

Faith: Living, Remembering, Sharing

For glimpses into the Church of St. John the Baptist faith community's history — occasions, recent and past; moments, enriching and notable — take a look at the pages titled SJB History and Notes & Insights as well as the Recollections page.