We recently submitted our annual Pastoral Report to the Archdiocese. All good news! The report lists the frequency of Sacramental celebrations. The report offers the number who have been baptized, confirmed, and received First Eucharist. Additionally, questions are asked about the other Sacraments, such as the number of men who are studying for the priesthood or diaconate, those who have… Read More »Holy Matrimony!
The Solemnity of the Annunciation is celebrated this Tuesday 25 March. The Annunciation is the first of the Joyful Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary and it celebrates the invitation to the Blessed Mother, extended by the message of the Archangel Gabriel, to conceive through the power of the Holy Spirit and to allow the Word of God to be… Read More »forty days of cleansing, forty days of service, forty days of hunger
Beginning this Sunday and through Sunday, 6 April, the Sacrament of Penance will be available after the 9:30 Mass at Notre Dame and after the 11:30 Mass at Our Lady of Peace. This is in addition to our regular Saturday afternoon Confessions that are celebrated at OLP Church. The Rite of the Sacrament of Penance begins with a greeting, and… Read More »Sacraments
This Wednesday we will welcome Auxiliary Bishop Edward Deliman to Our Lady of Peace. Bishop Deliman will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation upon twenty-eight of our young parishioners. The Sacrament of Confirmation completes their initiation into the Roman Catholic Church. Congratulations to them, their sponsors, their parents, their catechists, their teachers, and to all who have prepared them for this… Read More »Sacraments of Confirmation
The Quick Glance Catechism for the Sacrament of Baptism is listed below. Items numbered four through seven refer to the anointings and the Holy Oils that are used for the celebration of Baptism. There are two anointings in the Sacrament of Baptism. The second anointing occurs after the child has been infused with the Holy Water of the Baptismal Font.… Read More »Quick Glance Catechism: Baptism Terms
Our Parish will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation for our seventh-grade students at Notre Dame de Lourdes School and for our PREP students on Wednesday 12 March. Bishop Edward Deliman will preside. Additionally, we have one parishioner who has been preparing and studying for his initiation into the Catholic Church. He has been attending classes for the past year in… Read More »Sacrament of Confirmation
Tuesday 11 February is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Mass will be celebrated at Notre Dame de Lourdes, instead of at Our Lady of Peace, on Tuesday morning at 8:30 in recognition of Our Lady of Lourdes, the patroness of our school, and our worship site. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will be celebrated at Notre Dame de… Read More »Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Tomorrow, 3 February is the memorial of St. Blaise. St. Blaise was a martyr in the early fourth century. St. Blaise once saved a child from choking, so he is invoked as a patron saint for ailments of the throat. Throats are traditionally blessed on this day to call on St. Blaise to intercede for us and to strengthen us… Read More »Memorial of St. Blaise
Today’s second reading from First Corinthians address the gifts that the Holy Spirit “allots to everyone according to his will.” (1 Cor 12:11). Last year, in his Wednesday audience addresses, Pope Francis offered catechesis about the various graces of the Holy Spirit. These graces are shared through the Sacraments, through prayer, through the cooperation of the individual allowing faith to… Read More »First Ordinary Cycle in the Church’s liturgical year
Today’s bulletin contains an insert of a pastoral letter from Archbishop Perez. This letter is an invitation to attend an information session about our future and our ability to “navigate forward together toward that future as the Church of Philadelphia.” The letter, and the information sessions are built upon a pastoral change of heart which acknowledges the 17% of the… Read More »Feast of the Baptism of The Lord