From our Pastor 37 | Saint Katharine of Siena, Wayne PA

Adopt-a-Family, Christmas Food Basket, Mercy Hospice Giving Tree

Hope you are enjoying our long-awaited fall; it finally arrived.. And, Christmas is only eight 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 or who would benefit from a little refresher, allow me toexplain each of these excellent programs: Adopt-a-Family, Christmas Food Basket and Mercy Hospice Giving Tree.

Adopt-a-Family

For the past 26 years, a small group of parishioners have coordinated this program that makes […]

Barbara Lombardi2018-11-02T15:06:42-04:00November 3rd, 2018|

Stewardship – Parish Giving Receptions

STEWARDSHIP – PARISH GIVING RECEPTIONS

this weekend

After the 5:00pm Mass and between the 9:30 and 11:30am Masses

Stewardship is what you do after you say “I believe!” If you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God who became the son of Mary to show us God’s love in person, then you are called to stewardship. Jesus taught us about God and God’s Kingdom. He taught us how to pray and worship God. He taught that the most important commandments were to love God and […]

Barbara Lombardi2018-10-26T14:23:52-04:00October 27th, 2018|

Letter for World Mission Sunday – Archbishop Chaput

sksparish.org2018-10-23T07:19:13-04:00October 23rd, 2018|

Annual Visit to St. Martin de Porres Parish

Next Sunday, 21 October, I will celebrate the Sunday Mass at St. Martin de Porres, our sister parish. It is always a pleasure to take part in their lively celebration and I invite you to join me there! This year will be special because it is the 25^th anniversary of this parish. Don’t be fooled, though; the parish has a long history – almost as long as ours. Allow me to explain. The church was originally called St. Columba, founded in 1895 (two years after our parish was founded) by […]

Barbara Lombardi2018-10-12T14:22:20-04:00October 13th, 2018|

EVERY LIFE: CHERISHED, CHOSEN, SENT

“Even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God’s creation, made in his own image, destined to live forever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.”

Pope Francis’ Day for Life Greeting

With these words, Pope Francis has captured so well our Catholic understanding of human life and insistence that every person, from the moment of natural conception to natural death, receive the care he or she needs to live and thrive. Pope Francis has captured the world with his humility, […]

Barbara Lombardi2018-10-05T14:32:26-04:00October 6th, 2018|

Annual Eucharistic Adoration

“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 Lombardi2018-09-28T15:07:41-04:00September 29th, 2018|

Reflections on the ongoing CLERGY SEX ABUSE SCANDAL

Every morning, when I open the newspaper, I brace for yet another article about the ongoing clergy sex abuse scandal. Ever since the Grand Jury Report was published in mid-August, it seems that the media has made it a point to feature an article about this terrible scourge almost every day. It is, indeed, a time of great sadness and confusion in our Church. I encourage you to join me in prayer for those who have been sexually abused.

When John Carroll was appointed the first bishop in the newly-formed United […]

Barbara Lombardi2018-09-26T13:15:14-04:00September 22nd, 2018|

Catechetical Sunday

“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” we hear the risen Lord instruct his followers after his Resurrection. We, the descendants of those first followers, are given the same command. Not only are we to live according to the Gospel ourselves, we are called to share the Good News of our salvation with everyone, call them to discipleship and teach them all that our Lord taught us.

This weekend, we join with the Church throughout our nation and around the world […]

Barbara Lombardi2018-09-13T15:21:47-04:00September 15th, 2018|

Improving Your Faith Journey

RCIA (The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)

After a rather warm and wet summer, I hope you’re ready for fall. This is a time when our children get serious about their education once again after a summer of fun and relaxation. This is also the time when I invite the adults of the parish to consider getting serious about their ongoing education and formation in the faith. There are three excellent programs that can help you get more serious about your faith journey. One of them is called The Rite […]

sksparish.org2018-09-07T15:02:47-04:00September 7th, 2018|

Black and Indian Mission Collection

Over the past several months, the local media has drawn a great deal of attention to the inequality in the quality of education offered in predominantly Black neighborhoods in Philadelphia. We are blessed to be involved in supporting a school in our sister parish – St. Martin de Porres – that helps over 500 children in one of the most challenging areas of the city to receive a high quality education. This inequality in educational opportunity has a long history throughout our […]

sksparish.org2018-09-03T16:27:34-04:00September 3rd, 2018|

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