From our Pastor 23 | Saint Katharine of Siena, Wayne PA

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|

ANNUAL EUCHARISTIC DEVOTION

“The Second Vatican Council rightly proclaimed that the Eucharistic sacrifice is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life. …For the most holy Eucharist contains the Church’s entire spiritual wealth: Christ himself, our Passover and our living bread. Through his own flesh, now made living and life-giving by the Holy Spirit, he offers life to all.’ Consequently, the gaze of the Church is constantly turned to her Lord, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, in which she discovers the full manifestation of his boundless love.”

In this opening paragraph of […]

Barbara Lombardi2021-10-08T16:51:04-04:00October 9th, 2021|

TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year B)

Wisdom 7:7-11

This Sunday, we will again hear from the Book of Wisdom. This book is known as the Wisdom of Solomon in the LXX manuscript and the Book of Wisdom in the Vulgate. It was most probably originally written in Greek, not Hebrew, somewhere between 100 – 50BC, probably in Alexandria, Egypt, one of the largest centers of the Jewish Diaspora, by an anonymous author. He was a devout, Greek-speaking Jew, acquainted with Greek philosophy and culture, probably a native of Alexandria. The purpose of the author was to strengthen […]

sksparish.org2021-10-07T17:21:24-04:00October 7th, 2021|

INTRODUCTING THE UPCOMING SYNOD OF BISHOPS

You may have heard or read that Pope Francis has called a Synod of Bishops; it opens in the Vatican on 9 October and in all of the (arch)dioceses around the world on 17 October. Archbishop Pérez will celebrate an Opening Mass for the Diocesan Phase of the Synod that evening at 6:30pm at our Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul.

The Synod of Bishops is a permanent council that acts as an advisory body for the pope. A pope convokes a synod to assist him in his ministry of […]

Barbara Lombardi2021-10-02T07:05:49-04:00October 2nd, 2021|

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year B)

Genesis 2:18 – 24

This Sunday, we hear the story of the creation of woman from the Book of Genesis. It has been quite a while since we have heard from this, the first book of the Bible, so let’s review the who, what, when, where, why and to whom of this most important book. It derives its name from the Greek translation γενεσης of the first word of that book in Hebrew בראשית – both words mean “beginning. The opening words of this book are: “In the beginning, God created…” […]

sksparish.org2021-10-01T13:46:40-04:00October 1st, 2021|

DEVELOPING A NEW PARISH PASTORAL PLAN

With Labor Day marking the unofficial end of summer three short weeks ago, our parish has exploded into action! Our school opened on 7 September, our Parish Pastoral Council met on 8 September, a training was held for the new members of school’s Board of Limited Jurisdiction on 9 September, a study of the Book of Genesis started on 11 September, our Youth Group held its first fall gatherings on 12 September, our Finance Council met on 13 September, we had our first Walking with Purpose meeting and Men’s Evening […]

Barbara Lombardi2021-09-24T12:58:53-04:00September 25th, 2021|

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