Association of Pittsburgh Priests upcoming events

Preserving the Living Earth: Moral Obligations with Patricia M. DeMarco (6 Apr 2026)

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT

The living earth provides all that is necessary for life to thrive: fresh water, clean air, fertile ground and the vast diversity of species that constitute the great Web of Life. These systems are under acute attack from human civilization based on extractive fossil industries and the combustion of fossil fuel. This talk addresses the moral obligation to preserve the living Earth and to transform our civilization into one based on a regenerative approach to resource use. We strive to live in harmony with Nature.

Patricia M. DeMarco is a Pittsburgh author with a doctorate in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh. She spent a fifty-year career in energy and the environment. She now writes and lectures in the fields of sustainability, energy and environmental policy, and natural history. Returning to Pittsburgh in 2006, she became Executive Director of the Rachel Carson Homestead Association, then Director of the Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham University, where she now is Senior Scholar and Adjunct Faculty. She was elected Mayor of Forest Hills for a four-year term beginning in January 2026.

RETREAT - Political Holiness: A Spiritual Journey presented by Rev. Art McDonald (2 May 2026)

Sat, 02 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT

The expression "political holiness" was coined by Salvadoran liberation theologian, Jon Sobrino. "Because of a new awareness of the misery and oppression of the majority of the human race, holiness can no longer be confined to the realm of personal piety, contemplation or almsgiving.... The area of political action is the right place to seek holiness." ~ Jon Sobrino. Two presentations will be followed by sharing & discernment: ways of seeking holiness through political engagement

Rev Art McDonald is a former Dominican priest, now retired Unitarian Universalist minister, who served in Pittsburgh and Massachusetts. Art spent time in Peru, working on his PhD dissertation on liberation theology (1993). A longtime activist on behalf of immigrants and community building, Since 2003, he has been Board President of Essex County Community Organization in Lynn, MA

Dorothy Day: A Saint for our Times with Jeffry Odell Korgen (7 May 2026)

Thu, 07 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Advancing Women's Leadership in the Catholic Church: A Journey with Gifted Friends and Colleagues on the Way with Elizabeth A. Donnelly (2 Jun 2026)

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT