Urgent Message from Monsignor Brouwers
Dear parishioner, I have a very important two-part announcement; please read my entire message. First, all parishes have just received the following announcement from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia: “Effective immediately, and until further notice, Archbishop Pérez, in union with the Bishops of Pennsylvania, has dispensed the faithful of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass. Despite the suspension of the obligation to attend Sunday Mass, all regularly scheduled Masses will remain open to the public for those who wish to attend.” Second, although I have not [...]
TAKE A LEAP FOR SKS
If you missed last Saturday’s Take a Leap for SKS First Annual Fund Party you missed the party of the year! Over 400 alumni, parents and grandparents of alumni, parishioners and other supporters of our great school enjoyed catching up with each other and watching a terrific video that had been produced just for the occasion. I encourage you to watch this video; it will give you an insight into the spirit of our school as reported by students, parents and teachers. You can find this video on both our [...]
Lent Begins
It’s been a strange and unusually warm and wet winter, hasn’t it? Some of you may still be looking for that one, major snow storm but, ready or not, spring is fast approaching. Liturgically, Lent – which means “spring” – is already here; it started just a few days ago with Ash Wednesday. Just as the natural world is reawakened and renewed every spring, each year, the Church, in her wisdom, offers us this liturgical Season of Lent, a season for reconciliation and renewal. On Ash Wednesday we were again [...]
CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL
“Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me. …As often as you did it for one of my least brothers, you did it for me” (Mt 25:34-36, 40). For the past 62 years, Catholic Charities Appeal has provided assistance for millions of people [...]
PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
In the Book of Exodus, we read about the Lord striking down “every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh sitting on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn of the animals” (Ex. 12:29). Pharaoh then called Moses and told him to “leave my people at once, you and the Israelites! Go and serve the Lord as you said” (Ex. 12:31). As they left Egypt, God commanded Moses: “Consecrate to me every firstborn; whatever opens the [...]
Catholic Schools
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Mt 28: 19-20). Our Lord’s final command to his disciples was very clear: to make disciples of everyone and teach them everything he had commanded them. Since that time, his followers have understood evangelization and education to be central to their faith. And, through the ages, the Church has placed a great emphasis on both. [...]