When I was a boy attending Mass at Saint Monica Church in Wampum, Pennsylvania, our pastor would tell us at the beginning of summer to enjoy vacation, but don’t take a vacation from God. He had two points: if you […]
We celebrate Independence Day this week. On July 4, 1776, 56 Americans risked their lives and signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. Not only were these patriots declaring their independence from a colonial power in Europe, they were making […]
June 30 is the end of the fiscal year at Saint John’s. We don’t yet have our final report. I think that we will end the year slightly in the black, but it will be close. There are a lot […]
Last week Archbishop Perez issued a pastoral letter on racial healing entitled, “We are one Body”. I recommend reading it at here. You can access it by going to the Archdiocese website archphila.org In his letter the Archbishop states that […]
Today is the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, traditionally called Corpus Christi. The Catholic Church in the United States begins today a “Year of Eucharistic Revival”. Sadly, many Catholics do not understand the amazing truth that the […]
Today is Trinity Sunday. Priests often complain that Trinity Sunday is a difficult day to preach because the doctrine of the Trinity can seem like an obscure and essentially irrelevant dogma. It can be hard to explain. In fact, the […]
All money donated to the Saint John’s Poor Box is used to help people in need. Poor Box donations are not used to support Saint John’s Church, but are given to assist people in need. Here is a report on […]
When I was a boy in a Catholic school in western Pennsylvania, each class would set up a May altar each year. The altar had a statue of Mary decorated with colorful cloths, mostly blue. Children would bring flowers each […]
At our May 2 Parish Council meeting, we reviewed the up to date (July 1-March 31, 2023) Profit and Loss statement and the comparison with the same time period for fiscal year 2021-22. Sunday giving is up slightly $152,000 to […]
Sooner or later in every person’s life three questions surface. Who am I? What am I doing here? Where am I going? The way a person answers these questions will either bring peace and hope or disillusionment and despair. A […]