About Sts. Cyril and Methodius · Windber, Pennsylvania
Sts. Cyril and Methodius is a small Roman Catholic parish in Windber, Pennsylvania, part of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. Founded in the late 1890s to serve the Slavonic immigrants — Slovak, Czech, and Polish families — who came to southwestern Pennsylvania to work the coal mines, it remains a living link to that immigrant heritage. The parish gathers for daily and weekly Mass at its church on Graham Avenue, hosts the Windber Catechetical Center for religious education, and maintains two active Catholic cemeteries in the Windber area.
- Established
- late 1890s
- Patron
- Saints Cyril and Methodius
- Rector
- Rev. Matthew Misurda
- Diocese
- Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Why belong here
Sts. Cyril and Methodius is a small, heritage-rich parish that has served Windber's Slavonic Catholic community for well over a century. It offers weekday and Sunday Mass, regular Thursday confessions, First Friday adoration, and the Windber Catechetical Center for combined religious education across the local parishes. For Catholics in Windber seeking a parish with deep immigrant roots, traditional ethnic foodways like Lenten pierogi sales, and an active cemetery ministry, it is a welcoming home.
Mass times at Sts. Cyril and Methodius
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Thursday 11:00 AM – 11:55 AM
Adoration times
- First Friday after the 9:00 AM Mass
- Fridays in Lent, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
About Sts. Cyril and Methodius Parish
Sts. Cyril and Methodius is a Roman Catholic parish in Windber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, served by the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. The parish church is located at 604 Graham Avenue, and the parish phone is (814) 467-7042. It is pastored by Rev. Matthew Misurda. Like many parishes of southwestern Pennsylvania, it was founded to minister to the immigrant coal-mining communities of the region, in this case the Slovak, Czech, and Polish families who settled in the Windber 'patch.'
History & Immigrant Heritage
Established in the late 1890s, Sts. Cyril and Methodius was one of the ethnic parishes created across southwestern Pennsylvania's coal country to serve the Slavonic immigrants who came to work the mines that fed Pittsburgh's steel mills. The parish was, and remains, the spiritual home of Slovak, Czech, and Polish Catholic families of Windber and Paint Township. The patron saints — Cyril (Constantine) and Methodius (Michael), brothers from Thessalonica — created the Slavonic alphabet and translated the liturgy and Scriptures, an especially fitting patronage for a Slavic-heritage parish.
- Late 1890s: parish established to serve Windber's Slovak, Czech, and Polish coal-country faithful.
- Parish heritage visible in gravestones of its two cemeteries, many engraved in Polish or Slovak.
- Traditional ethnic foods (pierogi, haluski) sold during Lent.
- Wigilia (Polish Christmas Eve dinner) celebrated during Advent.
Clergy & Staff
The parish is served by Rev. Matthew Misurda, Pastor, as listed on the parish's official diocesan web page. Inquiries can be directed to the parish office at (814) 467-7042 or by email at [email protected].
- Rev. Matthew Misurda — Pastor
Faith Formation & Religious Education
Sts. Cyril and Methodius hosts the Windber Catechetical Center, a combined elementary and junior-high religious-education program shared by all three Windber parishes. The catechetical center is based at the Sts. Cyril and Methodius campus.
- Windber Catechetical Center (Elementary/Junior High Religious Education)
- Phone: (814) 467-9670
- Serves all three Windber parishes
Cemeteries
The parish operates two active Catholic cemeteries in Windber. Cemetery I (the original) sits at the east end of Windber in Paint Township, near the northern end of 27th/28th Street, above the Old East End Cemetery. Cemetery II is the newer of the two and receives most new burials. Both are affiliated with Sts. Cyril and Methodius Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, and many gravestones are engraved in Polish or Slovak — a tangible record of the parish's founding generations.
- Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery I — original, Paint Twp., east end of Windber (active)
- Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery II — newer, most new burials (active)
- Affiliated with Sts. Cyril and Methodius Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Visit & Contact
Visitors and parishioners are warmly welcomed at the church and parish office on Graham Avenue. For current schedules, Holy Day information, and to confirm Mass times, the parish asks visitors to consult the bulletin or call ahead.
- Address: 604 Graham Avenue, Windber, PA 15963
- Phone: (814) 467-7042
- Email: [email protected]
- Diocese: Altoona-Johnstown