Vocations Mass

Each year the Bishop's Latin School Alumni Association hosts a Vocations Mass.  This year it is scheduled for Sunday, August 25, at 4:30 p.m. in the Bishop McDowell Auditorium, on the campus of St. Paul Seminary, in the East Carnegie neighborhood of Pittsburgh.  (For your GPS, use 2900 Noblestown Road, 15205.)  A festive dinner follows in the Cardinals Great Hall.

The Bishop's Latin School was a short-lived high school seminary here in Pittsburgh.  It was founded by then-Bishop John Wright, and staffed by members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).  The Jesuits used its centuries-old educational method known as "ratio studiorum" to train young men's minds and souls in the Catholic faith, using a heavy emphasis on Latin, Greek and the humanities.

Though it was only open from 1961 through 1973, the Bishop's Latin School produced almost five dozen priests, several deacons, many many talented and devoted laymen, and one cardinal.  Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, the pride of BLS, and the archbishop of Galveston-Houston, will be the presider at this years Vocations Mass.  Con-celebrating will be Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik, and several priest alumni.

The BLS Alumni Association honors several with its John Cardinal Wright Award.  This year's awards go to Father Joe Freedy, our diocesan vocations director, Mr. Christopher Rebstock, a 1971 BLS classmate -- and yours truly.  

If you would like to attend the Mass, please come on Sunday, August 25.  And if you'd like to attend the dinner (and support vocations to priesthood with your donation), tickets are $60 each.  Visit the BLS Alumni Association website for more information.

The founder of the Bishop's Latin School, and the eighth Bishop of Pittsburgh, John Cardinal Wright.