From our Pastor 20 | Saint Katharine of Siena, Wayne PA

SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE

On this, the last Sunday of the Church’s liturgical year, the Church calls us to think of the end of our lives, our final judgment and our final destiny – the Kingdom of God. The apocalyptic vision that we hear in today’s first reading from the Book of Daniel sets the tone by speaking about the coming of a “Son of man” who receives dominion, glory and kingship over all peoples, nations, and languages who will serve him. The passage from the Book of Revelation that we hear today is […]

Barbara Lombardi2021-11-19T09:54:47-05:00November 20th, 2021|

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING THIRTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year B)

Daniel 7:13-14

This Sunday, we will hear again from the Book of Daniel. Again, the passage was clearly chosen to prepare us for the Gospel. Let’s review our current understanding about this book; you will recall that we heard a passage from it just last Sunday. We have come to understand this book as being apocalyptic in style, written around 165BC. An uncritical reading of the book would lead us to conclude that it is a sort of biography written about an historical person who lived during the time of Nebuchadnezzar, […]

sksparish.org2021-11-19T13:28:44-05:00November 19th, 2021|

THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year B)

Opening Prayer: Daniel 7: 13-14

Daniel 12:1 – 3

As we come to the end of the liturgical year – next Sunday is already the last Sunday of the Year when we celebrate the feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe – we remember it as Christ the King – we are given an opportunity to reflect on the end of time. All three readings speak of the end of the world and the final judgment.

This Sunday, we will first hear from the Book of the Prophet Daniel. Again, […]

sksparish.org2021-11-11T19:50:32-05:00November 11th, 2021|

Adopt-a-Family, Christmas Food Baskets, Mercy Hospice Giving Trees

Although many of us are fortunate to be returning to a rather normal life, the coronavirus continues to affect the lives of many parishioners in our sister parish, St. Martin de Porres. We also have families in our own parish who could use some assistance as Christmas arrives; it’s just a little more than six weeks away! We have several parish initiatives that will allow you to give to those in need as you celebrate God’s great gift of his Son, Jesus. For those of you not familiar with them […]

Barbara Lombardi2021-11-06T10:47:36-04:00November 6th, 2021|

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year B)

1 Kings 17:10-16

As we approach the end of the liturgical year – the Feast of Christ the King is in just two weeks and Advent begins in three weeks – the focus of our Sunday readings turns to the end times and what is expected of those who claim to be faithful disciples of the living God. As disciples, we are expected to know and live out the covenant relationship that God has initiated and we have accepted. Jesus is the norm by which we are to live as Christians. […]

sksparish.org2021-11-04T19:31:46-04:00November 4th, 2021|

Welcome Dr. Joyce Chen

A native of Taiwan, Dr. Joyce Chen is delighted to serve as the new Organist/Choir Director at St. Katherine of Siena. Dr. Chen is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Historical Musicology and Interdisciplinary Humanities at Princeton University, working on her dissertation, “Musica Experientia/Experimentum: Acoustics, Aesthetics, and Artisanal Knowledge in Seventeenth-Century Europe,” which explores the intersection between science, music, and aesthetics involving instrument making, sensory experience, and the development of acoustical theory. For this project, Dr. Chen has spent a total 6 months (from August 2020 – Summer 2021) working as […]

sksparish.org2021-11-04T19:21:50-04:00November 4th, 2021|

SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY ANNUAL APPEAL

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary opened once again this fall for the education and formation of 148 seminarians from 11 (arch)dioceses and six religious congregations, including Allentown, Harrisburg, Lincoln, NE, Trenton, NJ, as well as dioceses in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam! We are blessed to have 65 of the seminarians preparing to become priests in our archdiocese. Founded in 1832, our seminary has provided excellent priestly formation for our archdiocese, (arch)dioceses around the country and, indeed, worldwide. I am very proud of our seminary and grateful for the outstanding preparation […]

Barbara Lombardi2021-10-29T13:31:52-04:00October 30th, 2021|

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year B)

Deuteronomy 6:2-6

This Sunday, we will hear from the Book of Deuteronomy. It is again clear that this reading was selected to complement the gospel reading this Sunday, which also speaks of the great commandments. This reading is taken from the section in the Book of Deuteronomy that presents the law that Moses relates God has presented to his people. They are to continue to follow this law as they enter into the Promised Land. After presenting the Ten Commandments, and recalling how God had given them to the people at […]

sksparish.org2021-10-29T20:10:58-04:00October 29th, 2021|

MISSION SUNDAY and STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY

“Go, make disciples of all nations…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Mt 28:19). After Jesus overcame death by his Resurrection, he did not just return to heaven to sit at the right of the Father. Before ascending to the Father, he commissioned those who had come to believe in him to make disciples, that is, others who would come to believe in the one, true God and his son, Jesus, who came to save us. That is the ongoing mission of the Church; we are the […]

Barbara Lombardi2021-10-22T14:39:05-04:00October 23rd, 2021|

TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year B)

Isaiah 53:10 – 11

This Sunday, we will again hear from the Book of the prophet Isaiah. It is from chapter 53 so we recognize that it is from deutero-Isaiah, which dates to the time of the Babylonian exile. We will hear two verses from the last of four “Servant-of-the-Lord” also known as “Suffering Servant” oracles. Because he fulfilled the divine will by suffering for the sins of others, the Servant will be rewarded by the Lord. I invite you to read from 52:13 to fully understand the two verses we […]

sksparish.org2021-10-15T19:30:03-04:00October 15th, 2021|

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