St. George Church Preservation Society News & Archives

  Easter Sunday 2016 posted  Mar 29, 2016, 2:13 PM  by Saint George Church Preservation Society    On Easter Sunday, there were two masses at St. John Vianney Church (formerly St. George Church). At 10:00, it was standing room only as over 500 people attended Mass. Volunteers from the St. George Church Preservation Society distributed brochures along with a keepsake magnet. The brochure included the following tribute to our legacy: Our Legacy  We have learned through our faith to respect and preserve traditions, readings, symbols, customs, ceremonies and holy places. It follows that we should also honor the legacy of those who came before us. We honor the founders of St. George Parish who provided the donations and oversaw the acclaimed design and construction of St. George Church. It was to be built with the finest materials available. Their intent was to provide a perpetual place of worship that will last indefinitely. We honor their descendants who faithfully provided for the mainte

  Volunteers Clean Church for Easter posted  Mar 29, 2016, 2:04 PM  by Saint George Church Preservation Society    The Ladies of Charity and members of SGCPS cleaned the church for Holy Week.

St. George Sunday Matinee at the Hollywood Theater posted  Mar 24, 2016, 10:56 AM   Stay tuned for more details. Save the date: Sunday, April 24, 2016

 Attention to all of our Supporters! Your Pledges are Needed ASAP! posted  Mar 11, 2016, 4:18 PM  by Saint George Church Preservation Society    There is still time  to send in a pledge form to support the restoration of the church when it is reopened. We need the pledges to be able to total up the future donations over the first five years that the church is reopened. That total will need to be reported in our appeal to the Vatican.  We will record your pledge and once the church is opened, we will contact you about setting up payments of your pledge. To print a pledge form, click  here  follow the instructions to return the form. You can also download a copy of the form by clicking on the blue arrow below. Thank You!

  Town Hall Summary posted  Mar 9, 2016, 11:05 AM  by Saint George Church Preservation Society   Our Town Hall Meeting was held on Saturday, March 5th . The agenda focused on the efforts of parishioners and the  St. George Church Preservation Society  to keep a Catholic presence in Allentown.  After introductions of the board of directors and active volunteers, those attending the meeting were updated on the progress and accomplishments that have been made over the past six months. There was an update of the status of the Vatican appeal process to reopen the church. A question and answer session followed. We would like to thank all of those who attended and took the time to sign mandates, submit pledge forms and made generous donations. A special thank you goes out to the  Hilltop United Methodist Church  for their hospitality in providing the meeting space. We also acknowledge the congregation of the Hilltop Church for their commitment to the Allentown community. After the devastating