Today, 7 September, Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati as saints in the Roman Catholic Church. These two saints lived a century apart, but their lives mirror each other in their respect for the Eucharist, service to the poor, and the desire for holiness. St. Pier Giorgio Frassati was born in 1901 in… Read More »Blessing of Animals
Blessings to our administrators, faculty, staff, and students of our Notre Dame de Lourdes School which opens its 66th year on Wednesday 3 September. Recently, Archbishop Perez met with the administrators, and faculty of our Archdiocesan High Schools and Elementary Schools. These sessions were designed to celebrate the commencement of another academic year but also to acknowledge the commitment of… Read More »Cheers to 66 years ND!
Please be mindful as you travel through the township this week. The Ridley School District commences their academic year with half-day sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Blessings to our young parishioners, may you do your very best in this school year and be active in school, community, and parish. Blessed are you, Lord God, Creator of body, and mind,… Read More »Feast of St. Augustine
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Christmas trees are in place at both of our churches. The trees are trimmed with gift ideas for the Christmas Bazaar. Thank you for the donations that you have already made and for your support for the Christmas Bazaar. The Bazaar will be at Nelson Hall at our Notre Dame de Lourdes… Read More »St. Charles Borromeo pray for us.
Friday 15 August is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother. It is a Holy Day of Obligation. The Dogma of the Assumption was proclaimed by Pope Pius 12th in 1950. On the 75th anniversary of this proclamation it is prudent to revisit his words. “The Immaculate Conception and the Assumption are two principles that are most closely… Read More »Our First Coffee Sunday!
Wednesday 6 August, and Saturday 9 August are the 80th anniversaries of the atomic explosions over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the events that brought about the end of the horrors of the Second World War. At Nagasaki the explosion occurred over the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a center for Catholicism in a region of Japan with… Read More »Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Thank you to all who attended our initial Christmas Bazaar meeting on 16 July. So many imaginative ideas were shared that evening as well as discussions on how to build upon the success of the Christmas Bazaar program. Thank you to all who attended and thanks to all our parishioners for your donations and support for this annual parish event.… Read More »Harbors of Hope
The decision was reached on Tuesday 21 July 1925, a century ago tomorrow. The defendant was found guilty of violating state law and was fined $100. A few years after, that verdict was overturned. The defendant was John Scopes, a young Biology teacher in Dayton Tennessee, such a great name as a science teacher. The state law he was convicted… Read More »things you do not think about
We thank Father Brien Gomes for his recent visit with our parish and for his presentation on behalf of the Pontifical Missionary Societies. Information about Father’s diocese of Sylhet, Bangladesh as well as the envelopes to support this missionary activity will be available at both of our Churches through the month of July. Thank you again for your generous support… Read More »A History Lesson..
This bulletin, because of the Independence Day deadline, was prepared in the stifling heat of late June. With temperatures and heat indices on the wrong side of the century mark, there isn’t a better time to write about Christmas, which is only six months away. First, let’s look at the readjusted Christmas Mass schedule. With the need for earlier Masses… Read More »6 months untill Christmas!