Pastor’s Message July 22nd, 2018
Though we’re in the midst of summer, and thoughts of school may be far from your child’s mind just now, this might be a good time to take a moment to learn more about what your child might be...
View ArticlePastor’s Message July 29, 2018
Children must understand that that once something is posted on the Internet, it will be available forever. They need to be conscious that it helps to think not just twice, but THREE times before...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 5, 2018
This coming October, Pope Francis will canonize six new saints for the Catholic Church. Along with the martyred El Salvadorian Archbishop, Oscar Romero (1980), is a favorite of mine, Blessed Pope Paul...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 12th, 2018
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Humanæ Vitæ, Blessed Pope Paul VI’s encyclical on the gift of human life. Although many have misunderstood this encyclical by reducing its message to a “No” to...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 19th
Last Wednesday evening, on the Feast of the Assumption (Holy Day of Obligation), I was approached by a church-goer who said that she only came to church because she knew that if she didn’t, then she...
View ArticlePastor’s Message August 26th, 2018
Following my last week’s column in the bulletin, several people asked me how is it possible to have “bad” shepherds (bishops) in the Church? Isn’t it the Pope who’s responsible for choosing ‘weak’...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 2nd, 2018
Last Sunday’s Readings at Mass, especially the Gospel, give us much food for thought in these difficult times in the Church. The Gospels of the past few Sundays according to St. John, centered on the...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 9th, 2018
Unlike most commentators William Donohue* of the Catholic League (Ph.D. in Sociology) read most of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report. He recently published a statement to debunk many of the myths and...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 16th, 2018
In my multi-part series of ongoing responses to the sex abuse crisis in the Church, I offer another point-of-view this week, primarily from a psychological perspective. According to leading...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 23rd, 2018
This reflection on the 9-11 tragedy is presented to us by our own Deacon Gregg Osgood. Seventeen years this past September 11th, around midnight, Lieutenant Thomas Colucci of the NYCFD sat down...
View ArticlePastor’s Message September 30th, 2018
Filmmakers Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney have produced a film titled, “Gosnell: America’s Biggest Serial Killer.” The film, in theaters beginning Oct. 12, follows the true story of Kermit Gosnell,...
View ArticlePastor’s Message October 7th, 2018
Next Sunday, October 14th, Pope Francis will canonize two men as saints; both were bishops. One became a pope; the other was martyred. Both men suffered hurt and insults from within the Church as well...
View ArticlePastor’s Message October 14th, 2018
Pope Francis has convened a Synod of Bishops on the topic of youth. Among the bishops elected by their peers to attend is the outspoken Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, who is also a...
View ArticlePastor’s Message October 21st, 2018
Sunday, October 7th, marked a special day in our parish history. We received from the Vatican the blood relic of St. John Paul II during the entrance procession of the 11:30 a.m. Mass. The Mass was...
View ArticlePastor’s Message October 28th, 2018
This week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced that Father Cantalamessa, a long-term Papal preacher and Spiritual Director, will give the U.S. Bishops a week-long retreat at the...
View ArticlePastor’s Message November 4th, 2018
Sadly, Saturday a week ago, while we were enjoying our annual Parish Golf Outing (for the benefit of our school), the world was stunned by the news of what took place in a Pittsburgh synagogue on the...
View ArticlePastor’s Message November 11th, 2018
The misnamed “’Catholics’ for Choice” pro-abortion group nastily attacked Pope Francis as a “villain” in an open letter signed by fifty abortion providers over his comparison of abortion to “contract...
View ArticlePastor’s Message November 18th, 2018
Recently, I was delayed in getting to our annual parish golf-outing by a whole cadre of witch and wiccan-costumed riders on bicycles who came past the church on George Bush Boulevard and snarled...
View ArticlePastor’s Message November 25th, 2018
Last week, I promised to continue a lesson on witchcraft and wiccans in a follow-up on my writing about Halloween observances. Since that festival has recently passed, I would like to write you about...
View ArticlePastor’s Message December 9th, 2018
This past Friday evening and Saturday morning, we celebrated the solemn feast of Mary, under the title of her Immaculate Conception. Not only is our country dedicated to her, but also the largest...
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