St. Leo Catholic Church

 Members of the Knights of Columbus will be on hand after all the Masses on the weekend of May 25th and 26th for their annual Tootsie Roll drive. The Knights will be taking donations for those with intellectual disabilities and handing out Tootsie Rolls to everyone. Over the past 3 years, the Knights have been able to collect over $8000 with the help of parishioners and community members and present the funds to local schools. Please help them with this important cause!

The members of the American Heritage Girls would like to thank all who came out to King's Pizza to support our fund-raiser!

Blue Knights News:

Our young Knights have completed the year and we were all proud of each of their accomplishments. Father awarded each young Knight their final award pin and a gift from the Parish, a St. Joseph statue (patron Saint of the Blue Knights), for their prayer shelf.

We would like to thank Extra Ordinary Flags for the wonderful stitch work during the  year, Food Lion (Inwood) for several cases of water donated, Jim and Martha Parrish for various donated items from our St. Leo gift shop, St. Leo’s Knights of Columbus for their participation with our awards night and more, Father Bo from St. Bernadette’s for his participation in the fall, our own Deacon Brian for a special explanatory Stations, our families who brought the young Knights all year, Michele Bui and Father Alfred for allowing me the opportunity to serve St. Leo Parish, and finally the St. Leo Parish family.

Finally, I would like to announce that sign-up sheets are in the parish office for next year. On their journey with Jesus, Young Knights will learn through play and other fun activities more about being Catholic. Please help us keep this wonderful program alive by becoming a Blue Knight.

Thank you and God bless and keep you all,

Stacy Huffman

Legion of Mary Altar at Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass

The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston is committed to the protection of its children and young people. The Diocese complies with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People by maintaining an Office of Safe Environment.

To report an incidence of suspected child sexual abuse, please contact your local law enforcement agency, or you may confidentially contact the West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families/Child Protective Services by calling the Child Abuse Hotline at 800-352-6513. To report suspected cases of sexual abuse by personnel of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston to the Diocese, please contact one of the Bishops' designees at 888-434-6237 (toll free) or 304-233-0880: Sister Ellen Dunn, ext. 264; Mr. Bryan Minor, ext. 263; or Msgr. Anthony Cincinnati, ext. 270.

For more information on the Diocese's Office of Safe Environment, please go to www.dwc.org, then click the "Diocese" tab, then click "Office of Safe Environment" under the "Offices" menu. To learn more about the Catholic Church's efforts in preventing sexual abuse of children in the United States, please visit http://www.usccb.org. Under "Issues and Action", click "Child and Youth Protection" from the drop down menu.