Association of Pittsburgh Priests 

"Women and men responding to God's baptismal call to renew ourselves and the Catholic Church, welcoming and including all, for a world of mercy, justice and peace."

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In the Eucharistic Prayer II of the Mass, we ask God to remember the Church and "bring her to the fullness of charity." This is the gritty, beautiful work I see members of the APP engaged in as they work with the Holy Spirit to bring about a more charitable, just, and compassionate Church. I am humbled to learn from their witness and do my small part in creating the graphics for their speaker series!  

                                          - Andrea W.

Even though I have moved to Hamilton, OH, I continue my membership with APP because I relish the opportunity to be spiritually fed by such powerful voices through the speakers series. I am also inspired and supported by so many members!

- Becky N.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

   We believe we are called:

To live in awe of God, creator of this harmonious, fragile universe,

To be gracious for God’s love in sharing with us our place in it, 

To honor the harmony of God’s wind, water, plants, and animals,

To care for and protect this precious, precarious gift, and, by imitation,

To spread God’s love in the world.

 

  We believe we are called:

To follow Jesus, to learn Jesus, to be like Jesus, and like Jesus, seek

To discern the will of the Creator and the wisdom of the Spirit.

 

  We believe we are called:

To feed the hungry, care for the sick, shelter the homeless, 

To comfort the suffering, give drink to the thirsty, 

To counsel the doubtful, visit the imprisoned, bear wrongs patiently, 

To be forgiven as we forgive, to practice mercy,

To bury the dead, and always, to pray for the living and the dead.

 

  We believe we are called to honor, value, esteem, and learn from: 

        Those who are poor in spirit, who mourn, who are meek, 

Those who hunger and thirst for justice, 

Those who are merciful, pure of heart, and peacemakers, and 

Those who are persecuted and vilified for Justice’s sake and Jesus’ name.

  We believe we are called:

To seek the face of God in the poor, the vulnerable, and the annoying:

To listen to their joys and their pains, to welcome, include, and protect them,

To love each of them -- as we should be able to love ourselves, and especially,

To learn to love those whom we are taught to see as our enemies.

 

  We believe we are called:

To understand the limitations of our own vision,

To resist the painful shaping glamor of popularity, media, inequality, or ideology,

To be not afraid, anxious, or covetous of the goods or fame of others,

To trust in God rather than in our possessions, righteousness, or our own ability to control,

To share generously the resources of the planet, and

To share especially those resources, we might have come to think are ours to abuse.

 

  We believe we are called:

To speak boldly from our experience rather than opinions,

To listen genuinely to the stories of the poor and vulnerable, and the stories of the earth,

To temper those stories with the whisper of the Spirit and the voice of the common good, 

To discern deeply with God’s will, and

To share God’s love with all creation.

 

With the grace of God, the model of Jesus, the guidance of the Spirit, and the help  of each other, we believe we will thrive in your love. We ask God for the courage to live it out.