New Saints Joachim and Anne Parish to host summer festival

By JEFF STITT
jstitt@yourmvi.com

Community collaboration is key for a local Catholic parish’s summer festival.
After taking a year off due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions, the Saints Joachim and Anne Community Festival kicks off Thursday.
And according to organizer Cathy Esack, Liberty Borough comes alive as Mon Valley residents from Elizabeth, Glassport, Liberty, Lincoln, Port Vue and beyond descend on Saint Eugene Church on Liberty Way.
The festival, formerly known as Saint Mark Parish Community Festival, has been a summer tradition in the South Allegheny area for decades, but this year marks the first time it will run under the Saints Joachim and Anne Parish moniker.
That’s because the parishes of Saint Mark (Liberty Borough/Port Vue), Saint Michael (Elizabeth) and Queen of the Rosary (Glassport), which had already been in a grouping, merged in January of this year, forming Saints Joachim and Anne.
The Saints Joachim and Anne Parish Community Festival will be held 6 to 11 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Saint Eugene Church (formerly Saint Mark Parish), 3210 Liberty Way.
Food booths open at 5 p.m. and feature haluski, stuffed cabbage, pierogies, hot sausage and more.

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