I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. (John 15:5)
An independent organization of concerned, committed Catholics, based in Pittsburgh, formed to affirm the laity's rightful role of co-responsibility in the Church.
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We are a group of concerned Catholics committed to the Church — the Body of Christ — to promote healing among all affected by the sexual abuse scandal and to instill a sense of co-responsibility between laity and clergy to restore trust through transparency.
Meet the LeadershipWe seek to give voice to Catholics who share deep concerns about our Church. Through constructive reform, not revolution, we seek to act in conformity with gospel values to make positive changes.
Learn Our MissionWe are bringing together committed lay people, religious, and clergy to work in a spirit of co-responsibility with our Church leaders to create a template for constructive reform.
Join Us In Our EffortsSeven Focus Groups within CCOC allow its members to use their gifts, energies, and abilities to prayerfully and deliberately discern how best to effect positive change in our Church.
Focus Group DetailsThird Anniversary of the PA Grand Jury Report
CCOC has published a Progress Report assessing changes in the Catholic Church of Pittsburgh as it responds to the sexual abuse crisis, declining participation, and the resistant entrenchment of clericalism. The focus has moved to lay Catholics finding ways to discern the Spirit's movement and follow it.
Read the Progress ReportCCOC is actively involved in partnering with the Discerning Deacons Project to engage Catholics in active discernment about women and the diaconate. The project educates Catholics on the history of the diaconate, including recognizing there were women deacons in the first 1,100 years of our Church's history.
CCOC sponsors a Mass at 1:00 PM on the second Sunday of each month at the Kearn Spirituality Center Chapel. All are welcome to celebrate Catholic Social Teaching tradition within the Mass, either in person or through livestreaming.
Learn MoreWe believe that Catholics, lay and ordained, must walk together toward the holiness to which we are called by our baptism, and create a new culture of co-responsible leadership and governance that is transparent, accountable, competent, and rooted in the gospel values of justice and mercy. These positive changes are the only way forward to restore trust and safeguard the essential mission of the Catholic Church.
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