09/06/2026
🍂 Mark your calendars for these upcoming parish and diocesan faith opportunities! 🍂
There are many ways to grow in faith, strengthen relationships, serve others, and connect with our Catholic community this fall:
❓ Alpha | Begins September 8
Explore life, faith, and meaning in a welcoming environment. Sign up to attend or volunteer:
https://omostoday.com/join-alpha/
🍽️ Alpha Meal Help Needed
Help us provide meals for our upcoming Alpha gatherings! To sign up, visit Perfect Potluck and use:
Username: Donate Alpha
Password: omos
🌱 Youth Faith Formation Kickoff | September 13
Register here: https://omostoday.com/youth-formation/
💍 Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Liturgy | September 13 & 20
Celebrating a special wedding anniversary this year? Join us as we give thanks for the gift of marriage and celebrate couples and their years together!
📍 Altoona: September 13
📍 Johnstown: September 20
Couples who would like to participate are asked to call the Parish Office at (814) 535-7646 to sign up.
💙 Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course | Begins September 13
Learn how to slow down and deepen your relationship with God during this eight-week journey. Classes meet from 6:00–8:00 p.m. on select Sunday evenings at Rick and Evie Wess’s home.
Registration is $40 and includes all materials, or $25 for those who have completed the Emotionally Healthy Relationships course.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/omosEHSfall2026
✝️ Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross | September 14
Join us for an Anointing Mass at 6:00 p.m. at OMOS.
🌹 Feast of Our Mother of Sorrows | September 15
Join us for Mass at 6:00 p.m. at OMOS, followed by a reception in Holy Grounds.
👨👩👧👦 Diocesan Family Conference | September 19
Bishop Carroll Catholic High School in Ebensburg
Learn more and register:
https://www.dioceseaj.org/diocesan-family-conference-2026/
🛤️ The Way Retreat | September 26–27
Register here: https://preambula.flocknote.com/signup/260722
🛡️ Feast of St. Michael the Archangel | September 29
Join us for Mass at 6:00 p.m. at St. Michael’s as we celebrate the parish’s patronal feast!
📚 Youth and Parish Faith Formation | Begins October 4
Youth Faith Formation will meet on Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
Parish Faith Formation will meet on Sundays at 9:45 a.m. at OMOS, with the following offerings:
• Book Club: Live No Lies by John Mark Comer — Brittany and Broden Ranck
• NOOMA — Ginny Lunko
• Growth — Todd Hillegass and Joe Hrbal
• Snippets of Fr. Mike Schmitz — Sean O’Dowd and Jerry Clark
• Dad’s Group — Brian Koch and Matt DiFrancesco
• Mom’s Group — Chelsea Tedjeske and Maggie Kolonich
• The Chronicles of Narnia at St. Michael’s — Annette Noll and Marisa Williams
🍁 We’re looking forward to a faith-filled fall! Please share this post and invite a friend or family member to join you.
