St. Leo Catholic Church

Please click the links below to view an interview with Bishop Brennan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLY_4jU9cBA#action=share

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHfg3MStt8M#action=share    

The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston will be live streaming the installation of

Bishop Brennan on Thursday, August 22 at 2 PM. Please tune in at www.dwc.org.

Lord, our God, you have chosen Bishop Brennan as a successor to the Apostles, to be a shepherd to your flock in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, grant him, we pray, a spirit of counsel and fortitude, a spirit of knowledge and piety, so that by faithfully governing the people entrusted to him, he may help build your Church as a sign of salvation for the world. 

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

 August

19   Mass 8:30 AM

20   Legion of Mary Meeting 11 AM

       Bingo 6:30 PM

21   Mass 9 AM

       Boy Scouts 6:30 PM

22   Communion Service at Noon

       TOPS Meeting 5:30 PM 

23   Noon Mass

24   Confession at 4:30 PM

       5 PM Mass 

25   9 AM and Noon Masses

       Faith Formation Registrations                           (after Masses)

REGISTER NOW!

 Payments may be made by clicking the following link:

 https://stleowv.weshareonline.org/ws/opportunities/FaithFormationRegistration

*****NEW THIS YEAR*****

BEGINNING THIS SEPTEMBER, WE WILL HAVE A CLASS FOR 4 AND 5 YEAR OLD CHILDREN. PLEASE REGISTER YOUR CHILD DURING REGULAR FAITH FORMATION REGISTRATION.

CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 8, 2019! 

FAITH FORMATION WELCOME POTLUCKS WILL BE HELD DURING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 3-6!

Welcome potlucks will be on September 4 (Pre-K-3rd grades), September 5 (4th-7th grades), and September 6 (Confirmation 1 and 2). All potlucks will be from 6 pm-7:30 pm.

Important information will be given out at the potlucks, so please make arrangements to attend!

If you would like a copy of St. Leo's 2019 Annual Budget Report, copies are available in the church office. 

You may also view the report in the Menu Tab at the top of the website.

Please download our St. Leo App! (available for Apple and Android devices).

 Download our app and make sure to click the 3 bars at the top left of the screen. Select "Notifications", then enable General notifications and any group specific notifications (Faith Formation, Choir, etc.). Contact the office for more information or help!

The St. Leo Homeless Ministry would like to thank all parishioners who donated gift cards and food for the soup kitchen held at Immanuel House in Martinsburg. We were able to feed between 80 and 100 people!

We are currently working on adding a soup kitchen in Inwood. When a location has been secured, we hope to have parishioners help with the set up, serving, and clean up. For more information contact Monica Cressin at [email protected]

Our Gift Card Ministry helps take a bite our of our church debt. Every weekend, we have Martins, Food Lion, Target, Walmart, Sheetz, Lowes, and Amazon cards available. Many more gift cards for retail stores and restaurants are available for preorder. There is a list on the gift card table in the narthex. If you do not see a particular store on the list, please contact the office (304-229-8945 or [email protected]).

St. Leo receives a percentage from each card sold, which helps to pay down our building debt. It's a win-win situation! You get face value of the gift card, we get a percentage back from the program.

Gift cards are sold on Sundays after the 9 am Mass until 11:15 am. Cards are also available in the church office during the week, Monday through Thursday, from 9 am until 4 pm.

New Faith Formation Seminar this Fall!

Looking for a way to deepen your faith? The Department of Formation & Mission for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston is offering a Faith Formation seminar, “Sacraments”, which will meet for 5 consecutive Thursdays from 7:00pm-9:00pm, beginning on Thursday, September 12^th, at the St. Agnes Parish Center in Shepherdstown. The seminar is an in-person adaptation of the online seminars that the diocese offers through its partnership with the University of Dayton. This course is an introductory overview of the theology of the sacraments, the public, liturgical prayer of the Church.  Successful completion of this seminar earns you 2.5 CEU’s with UD’s Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation (VLCFF) and counts towards diocesan catechist certification requirements. The fee is $25. Scholarships are available if the cost presents an obstacle.  The seminar will be facilitated by Dr. Rodica Stoicoiu, who holds a Masters in Theology from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from The Catholic University of America. 

For more information or to sign up for the course, contact Jeanne McKeets in the Department of Formation & Mission at [email protected]  or 304-233-0880, ext. 374. Space is limited, so sign up today to reserve your spot.  Registration will close on September 1st.