From our Pastor 38 | Saint Katharine of Siena, Wayne PA

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|

Some Reflections on the Recent Grand Jury Report

As we continue to reel from the repercussions of the Grand Jury Report on the sexual abuse by priests and the cover-up by bishops in six dioceses throughout the state of Pennsylvania, I would like to offer some heartfelt reflections. As I mentioned in my homily last Sunday, when I think of my fellow clergy who have done such terrible things, I think of what our Lord once said: “It would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the […]

sksparish.org2018-09-05T15:18:04-04:00August 27th, 2018|

Erin Lively Memorial Bench

Many of you remember Erin Lively, who passed away recently after battling cancer with exemplary grace and faith. Many of you joined in praying the rosary on her behalf on Wednesday evenings in our grotto over the past several months. And, many of you contributed to provide a memorial bench in the grotto in her honor. The bench has been placed in the grotto and, like Erin, it is very inspirational. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the contributors and […]

sksparish.org2018-08-27T14:16:59-04:00August 27th, 2018|

Welcome Sister Theresa Ho Nguyen, LHC

As the academic year begins in schools throughout the region, I ask you to welcome a student who has come to live in our convent as she begins her studies at Villanova University. Sr. Theresa Ho Nguyen, a member of the Lovers of the Holy Cross community, arrived just last week and immediately began her studies in Christian Spirituality and Sacred Scriptures. Sr. Ho is originally from Son Tay, a suburb of Hanoi, Vietnam. She entered the Lovers of the Holy Cross community […]

sksparish.org2018-08-27T14:14:09-04:00August 27th, 2018|

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