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Thank you for visiting our parish website. Here you will be informed and inspired as you journey in your faith as a parishioner or as a visitor to our parish. You are welcome to visit our parish anytime and you are encouraged to check back to the website often for new information and details on current events.

Since the late 1940s, our parish has served the people of Andover village and the hundreds of visitors each summer to the Pymatuning Valley. We are delighted to welcome you as the 21st Century generation of our parish family.

Whether a member or visitor, you are welcome to become involved in our parish in whatever way the Lord is leading you. Together, we will labor and pray to build up the Kingdom of God in our world. God bless you and your family!

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE A MASS for a friend or loved one, deceased or living, or a specific intention, or in thanksgiving, please call the office or drop a note in the collection basket marked "Mass Intentions." The stipend for a Mass is $10.00. Sanctuary Candles are also available to be lit for a week in memory or honor of someone or an intention. The stipend for the weekly Sanctuary Candle is $5.00. You can call the office or drop a note in the collection for the Sanctuary Candle also.

MERGER OF ST. PATRICK AND OUR LADY OF VICTORY: The Most Rev. David J. Bonnar, Bishop of Youngstown has accepted the recommendation of Rev. Michael Mikstay, pastor of Our Lady of Victory Parish in Andover and St. Patrick Parish in Kinsman, along with his parishioners, to merge the two parishes, effective March 17, 2022. In accordance with Church law, the decision was made after having also heard the advice of the diocese's presbyteral council, which was favorable. Bishop Bonnar had visited the parishes for Holy Mass in February, after which he was invited to a parish meeting where the request was made. In a letter addressed to parishioners this weekend (March 19 and 20), Bishop Bonnar commended parishioners for their initiative, noting that "This effort did not come from the diocese but from your work." He also noted that the request by the two parishes is "a model for living the mission of the Church through collaboration and sharing." He cited the merger as an example of parishioners embracing the diocese's ongoing regional pastoral planning and Pope Francis' vision of a Church driven by what Pope Francis calls a "missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church's customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channeled for the evangelization of today's world rather than for her self-preservation" (final quote from Pope Francis, Joy of the Gospel, #27 - quoted in Bishop Bonnar's letter to parishioners). The parish will now include both church buildings, which will continue to retain their names, and Bishop Bonnar has invited parishioners to recommend a new name for the parish to him, reflecting "one parish community with a shared mission."