Pastor’s Message October 25th, 2020
It was my special privilege to bestow the Sacrament of Confirmation on 25 younger men and women and one adult this past Friday afternoon during Mass. Congratulations to our newly confirmed Catholics. I...
View ArticlePastor’s Message November 1st, 2020
This past week, baseball fans were treated to another installment of the Fall Classic known as the World Series. As in other major sports, the quest for a championship is the ultimate sign of success...
View ArticlePastor’s Message November 8th, 2020
As I prepare this column on Election Day, the tally for the presidency of our country probably will not be known for several days. I was surprised that several parishioners and friends said that they...
View ArticlePastor’s Message November 15th, 2020
Just as nature seems to encourage us to slow down a bit during this season, so too, does the Church invite us to adopt a more contemplative spirit as we approach the end of our liturgical year and...
View ArticlePastor’s Message November 22nd, 2020
This great Feast of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, marks the close of the liturgical year and an appropriate keynote for the season of giving thanks. It’s wonderful when we gather for Mass on...
View ArticlePastor’s Message November 29th, 2020
We begin the new liturgical year with the First Sunday of Advent, and these next two Sundays we focus on reflections from the Gospel of St. Mark. It’s fascinating that none of the traditional elements...
View ArticlePastor’s Message December 6th, 2020
As we look into today’s readings we can hear the voice of God trying to connect with us. In this Sunday’s first reading, from Isaiah, we hear God urging the prophet to console the people and to speak...
View ArticlePastor’s Message December 13th, 2020
During this Advent season, as we move closer to Christmas, it helps us if we really try to rediscover the meaning of Christian joy. We should remember that, unlike the “joy” offered by the world,...
View ArticlePastor’s Message December 20th, 2020
For most of us who have natural vision, it’s hard to imagine a state of real darkness. When we go out at night, unless we are far away from city lights, only the brightest stars are visible. There are...
View ArticlePastor’s Message December 27th, 2020
Growing up near Philly, I always looked forward to the annual, hours-long Mummers’ Day (New Year’s Day) Parade that wound its way through center city and up Broad Street, in cadence with the music of...
View ArticlePastor’s Message January 3rd, 2021
This Sunday, the universal Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Epiphany. At King’s College, in Cambridge, England, on the east wall of the chapel, behind the altar, there hangs a famous painting by...
View ArticlePastor’s Message January 10th, 2021
One of the great strengths of our Catholic Church is its sense of history. The basis for our faith actually goes all the way back – before the time of Jesus and John the Baptist. It goes even beyond...
View ArticlePastor’s Message January 17th, 2021
With all the hullabaloo occurring in Washington, DC, these past two weeks, I worry that an important issue is going to be lost by the media, or, at least, be put on the back burner. I’m referring to...
View ArticlePastor’s Message January 24th, 2021
Next weekend, we will celebrate another milestone in the history of our parish with the dedication of the new wing and the restoration of the older parts of our school building! Thank you to all who...
View ArticleThe Search
What is this journey in between the event we call “birth” and the one we call “death?” The questions are there. And the answers are too. Come and see…and it’s free! You have Questions. The Search has...
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Consecration to St. Joseph
Pope Francis proclaimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from December 8, 2020 to December 8, 2021, to mark the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal...
View ArticlePastor’s Message February 7th, 2021
Hip-hip-hooray! Mrs. Delgado’s famous cheer would be an appropriate way to express all that took place last Sunday in our parish. With the blessing and the dedication of our school, both the new and...
View ArticlePastor’s Message February 14th, 2021
This coming (Ash) Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, most of us would normally have ashes smeared on our foreheads as an outward sign that we wish to spend...
View ArticlePastor’s Message February 21st, 2021
The season of Lent is a time for us to accept that we are weak and sinful people born into a beautiful but broken world and then to renew our faith joyfully in the meaning of our baptism, for it was...
View ArticlePastor’s Message February 28th, 2021
Last Sunday, during our weekly 10 o’clock morning Café Ferrer discussions, a question came up about the role that indulgences play in the life of the faithful, particularly with reference to our...
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