JOSH PARMET ON THE NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS:

MY PERSONAL REFLECTIONS

 Happy Sunday!  As Msgr. Brouwers mentioned in last week’s Bulletin, I was blessed to be able to attend the 10^th National Eucharistic Congress from July 17^th-20^th. I was with a group of eight seminarians from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who attended the event.  After participating in a Mass at 5:00am on the 17^th at St. Charles Seminary, we headed out in a van with one of our seminary priests to Indianapolis.  From the moment we arrived at the convention center in […]

This past week, over 50,000 faithful Catholics gathered in Indianapolis to participate in the historic National Eucharistic Congress.  Josh Parmet, who has been living here in our rectory over the summer to experience parish life as he discerns his call to priesthood, was one of eight seminarians who were sent by our seminary to the Eucharistic Congress.  Next week, he will provide us with some reflections on this important event in the life of the Catholic Church in our country; I’m sure you will benefit from it!

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Our archdiocese was blessed this past March by the episcopal ordination of three of our priests:  Reverend Keith J. Chylinski, Reverend Christopher R. Cooke and Reverend Efren V. Esmilla.  They, along with Bishop John J. McIntyre, are now the auxiliary bishops to Archbishop Nelson Pérez and assist him in the administration of our archdiocese which comprises five counties (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia), an area covering 2,202 square miles with a total population of 4.2 million, of which 1.6 million are Catholic.  There are 214 parishes served by 241 […]