As we prepare to begin another liturgical year – Advent begins in two weeks – I want to introduce you to our new Parish Pastoral Plan.  It may be hard to believe that it’s already five years since our last Pastoral Plan was initiated!  But, after working closely with our Parish Pastoral Council over the past year, I am now happy to present to you our new Parish Pastoral Plan.  After a careful review of our parish and its various purposes, organizations and initiatives, as well as an evaluation of […]

If you receive the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, you most likely saw the front page article entitled “Failure at the Top” in last Sunday’s edition.  This article, spread out over five pages, outlined how some bishops in our country have failed in their response to sexual misconduct among the clergy over the past few decades.  It is a very disturbing account of mismanagement and disregard for the victims of this abuse.  Again, I ask you to join me in praying for all of the victims, that they may find healing […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

“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 […]