The
director of our television ministry,
Lois Elder
(a parishioner) brings to Saint Mary of Mercy her extensive broadcast
background from KDKA Radio and TV, as well as award-winning work in the
local communications community as a writer/producer and media director. She
is the original lay consultant for Bishop Donald Wuerl’s program, “The
Teaching of Christ.”
The
technical advisor for our television ministry is
John Cochran.
John’s many years in local television (WQED-TV, WPXI-TV and KDKA-TV) as an
award-winning videographer, director and editor, provide the engineering
skills necessary to keep our operation running.
Our
televised Mass is an effective means of bringing catechesis to those in
nursing homes and hospitals and to those who have drifted away from the
church or need more instruction.
Saint Mary of Mercy has a long history of leading evangelization efforts in
the city and surrounding area. For many years, the Mercy Confraternity was a
base of catechetical instruction, reaching some 20 mission churches. The
practice continued until around 1950.
