About New Castle's New Castle, Pa

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous",

( Aristotle)

The fragrant floral gardens,

in a park like setting, that surrounds Mary Mother of Hope parish, welcomes it's visitors, to the awareness of beauty and tranquility. It is an oasis in the desert for mind and spirit, inside this church, as well as the parish gardens.

The planting, delicate care and nurturing of all the hundreds of flowers are joyfully done

by Richard and Ann Lukas. They have volunteered their time and their green thumbs for the last 4 years .

This year Rich said their focus was to change the land landscaping along the front entrance of the church.

Seven pick-up loads of dirt were removed and replaced with 4 1/2 tons of new top soil mixed with mushroom compost.

New young pachysandra plants and many flowering plants have been planted this year. It was decided to increase the perennials, due to the short period planting season.

Rich And Ann started their project on June 3. and still visit the gardens daily to water the flowers. Their first step in their yearly project was to plant the flowers around the rectory and fill the flower boxes.

Their plan was to give the plants an early start, so that when the " Mary Mother of Hope Summer Fest" occurred, the plants would be in full glory

Rich said, that Ann does the hedge clipping ,the edging and helps with the planting. Rich and Ann often work by street lights in the evening to get the job completed.

Rich has retired from his previous job and Ann works until 5:00 everyday, so the work had to be done in the evening, that gave them the opportunity to work on the project together

They never worked on Sunday and tried to juggle their planting time in-between church weddings, funerals, church events, and meetings.

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.Mr. and Mrs. Lukas have always been actively involved with their church and they love every minute of it.

Love poured forth.................

..........evident in the beauty of the Majestic, Gothic, Roman Catholic , Mary Mother of Hope parish.

Thank you to the pastor, Rev. Victor Molka and Rich and Ann Lukas for showing us God’s beauty through Mary Mother of Hope parish and it's gardens.

The parish is located at 124 N Beaver Street, a few blocks from the center of town.

Visit the church web site at www.marymotherofhope.com

Rich and Ann also are into antiques and have a business called…Rich & Ann’s Past Timers and Bloomers

New castle's annual fourth of july fireworks event is sceduled for july 12th starting at 3:00pm, with food and bands in town. the fireworks starting at 10:30. If you know of anyone wanting to move to the area please follow, my link on my blog for lawrence county for things to do in the area.

THINGS ARE PICKING UP IN NEW CASTLE, I'M HOPING TO BE ABLE TO POST MY LISTINGS HERE SOON. I JUST HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT THE FORMAT YET. IF ANY ONE KNOWS AND WANTS TO HELP FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME. I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE AREA AS WELL, WE ARE CLOSE TO THE AMISH COMMUNITY, AND THERE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES IN THE AREA THAT I WILL BE POSTING SOON. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL WHO HAVE WELCOMED ME TO THE SITE...IF YOU KNOW OF ANY ONE WANTING TO RELOCATE TO WESTERN PA LET ME KNOW. ALSO CHECK OUT MY LINK TO LAWRENCE COUNTY. THERE ARE LOTS OF COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE AREA.

DAVID

NEW CASTLE IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. WE ARE CENTRAL TO MANY HIGHWAYS INCLUDING 60, 80, 79, 422, AND 224. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS NEARBY INCLUDING MORAINE STATE PARK, PEARSON PARK AND McCONNELLS MILLS TO NAME A FEW. WE ARE AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES FROM THE PITTSBURGH INT'L AIRPORT. NEW CASTLE HAS A LOT TO OFFER WHEN IT COMES TO HOMES. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS DURING THE YEAR. BACK TO THE 50s CAR EVENT, THE FORTH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND FIREWORKS DISPLAY (FIREWORKS CAPITOL OF AMERICA) LIGHT UP NIGHT AND SEVERAL OTHER LOCAL EVENTS. CHECK OUT MY LINK TO LAWRENCE COUNTY!! THIS IS A CONTINGENT LISTING OF MINE THAT SHOULD BE GOING UNDER CONTRACT ANY DAY. A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE MANY QUEEN ANN VICTORIANS AROUND TOWN. THIS ONE WAS COMPLETELY RESTORED.