DIOCESAN OFFICES

National Migration Week 2025, September 22–28, 2025
For 45 years, the Catholic Church in the United States has celebrated National Migration Week (NMW). This is an opportunity to reflect on our history as an immigrant Church and the ways in which our country has been enriched by generations of immigrants, including the many Catholics who have adopted this land as their own. It is also an occasion to grow in appreciation of the challenges faced by migrants and refugees, both in the United States and beyond, and to express solidarity through prayer, accompaniment, and advocacy. Pope Francis chose “Migrants, missionaries of hope” for this year’s theme.

Visit https://www.usccb.org/nmw for more information and resources.

Sacramental Records from Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, Tampa
As of July 1, 2025, Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, Tampa has been designated as Epiphany of Our Lord Shrine and is no longer a territorial parish. Given this change in designation, and in order to facilitate record keeping for the staff of the Shrine, all sacramental records from before July 1, 2025 have been transferred to the Pastoral Center and are being maintained in our diocesan Archives.

If you need proof of the reception of sacraments which occurred in Epiphany of Our Lord Parish up through June 30, 2025, please send a written request with proof of identification to the following address: Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Office of Archives and Records, P.O. Box 40200, St. Petersburg, FL 33743-0200. Inquiries may be sent to Mrs. Lisa Mobley, Associate Director of Archives and Records: lbm@dosp.org or (727) 344-1611.

Culture of Life Conference
The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops invites you to the 38th Annual Florida Culture of Life Conference will be held on Saturday, October 4, at Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School, 5451 S Flamingo Rd, Southwest Ranches.

Speakers will delve into a range of topics, aiming to enhance understanding of the Church’s teachings on the inherent dignity and worthiness of protecting all human life.
The theme for this year’s conference is inspired by John 10:10: “I came that they may have life.”

To Register, please follow this link:  https://shorturl.at/aTPrq
For more information, contact Angela Curatalo.

Bulletin Editors:  Click here to download the flyer.

From Office of Marriage and Family Life

Non-Residential Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend
We are better together! Are you thriving in your marriage? Do you want to find ways to be a better partner in your marriage? Spend a weekend discovering new ways to love each other and to be the best couple you can be.  Attend a special Non-Residential Worldwide Marriage Encounter at the Bishop W. Thomas Larkin Pastoral Center in St. Petersburg on November 7-9, 2025.  Make your relationship a priority and learn to listen, share, and grow in exciting new ways in your marriage.  Apply online at www.wwme.org, and for more information call 813-270-7832.

Virtual Conference:  A Day of Hope & Healing – Summit 2025
Catholic in Recovery and iThirst invites you to Summit 2025, a national gathering that brings together a Catholic response to addiction. The summit will feature inspiring speakers, powerful testimonies, breakout sessions, prayer, fellowship, and the celebration of the Sacraments. This event is open to individuals in recovery, family members, ministry leaders, and clergy.  Join us for a weekend of hope, healing, and renewal.  Register at:  catholicinrecovery.com/2025-summit/.

Promotional flyer at this link:  https://shorturl.at/11ebi

World Mission Sunday
World Mission Sunday is scheduled for the weekend of October 18-19, 2025, and this year’s theme is “Missionaries of Hope Among All Peoples.” During this Jubilee Year of Hope, the theme is most appropriate, and all are called to engage in missionary work in one form or another, thereby bringing hope to those in despair. This annual worldwide collection helps to provide aid to 1,124 dioceses that cannot sustain themselves because they are too poor, young, or actively persecuted.

To learn more about World Mission Sunday and the communities supported by the collection, please go to the Pontifical Mission Societies’ website at this link: https://pontificalmissions.org/wms.

PARISHES/ORGANIZATIONS

Saint Leo University Spreading Hope through Concert, Jubilee Year Event
Saint Leo University will share songs and words of hope through its Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee 2025 Concert, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, October 8, in the Saint Leo Abbey Church. The Abbey Church also is one of the six official jubilee pilgrimage sites for the Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg. The university’s Department of English, Music, and the Arts and the Catholic Identity Advisory Committees are hosting the event (free, but online donations are welcome).

Performances will feature all types of music — from classic hymns to songs by The Beatles and contemporary Christian artists.  Seating will be first come, first seated. Parking is available in the campus lots, 33701 County Road 52, St. Leo, FL 33574.  Admission donations of $5 will be accepted online (https://shorturl.at/2Rbfe), and funds will support Saint Leo’s music programs.

For information, email at cynthia.selph@saintleo.edu.

PILGRIMAGES AROUND THE DIOCESE

If your parish is offering a pilgrimage within the coming months, we invite you to share this information with the Pastoral Bulletin: pastoralbulletin@dosp.org.  This allows readers to view opportunities to participate in an upcoming pilgrimage.  The pilgrimages are posted in the Diocesan website under the Pastoral Bulletin page at this link.