✠ The Bishop’s Corner ✠ Blessed birthday of the Blessed Virgin! It is a blessing to have her birthday fall on a Sunday so that all may honor the happy dawn of our salvation. Draw near to her cradle in a childlike spirit. It is pleasing to her that we honor thus her infancy and […]

Blessing of First Fruits on the Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption _________________ ✠ The Bishop’s Corner ✠ This week’s Bishop’s Corner comes to you as an “in-flight edition.” I am on my way back on Thursday morning from Tampa, having assisted at †Kathleen Sanborn’s funeral on Wednesday. Fr. Cekada served as MC, I gave the […]

The Angelus by Jean-Francois Millet _________________ Blessing of First Fruits on the Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption _________________ ✠ The Bishop’s Corner ✠ I write this on a rainy feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Milwaukee, remembering the beautiful feast of the Assumption in West Chester just one week ago. Heaven did indeed […]

Blessing of First Fruits on the Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption _________________ ✠ The Bishop’s Corner ✠ Have you noticed the addition to our handsome new church sign on Rialto Road? It is a cross (Hail, O Cross, our only hope!) but not any cross. It is the cross that originally topped the steeple of […]

Thanks to everyone who helped out with our boys and girls camps this year. _________________ ✠ The Bishop’s Corner ✠ Friday, feast of the Curé of Ars, patron saint of parish priests, saw much clergy coming and going, as Fridays often do. Fr. Lehtoranta departed for Milwaukee, and another “in absentia” funeral on Saturday. Father […]

Thanks to everyone who helped out with our boys and girls camps this year. _________________ ✠ The Bishop’s Corner ✠ Our Summer has been decidedly cool and wet, which must cast the global warmers into confusion. Last Sunday morning was the most perfect of several days in a row, which filled us with wonder and […]

Thanks to everyone who helped out with our boys and girls camps this year. _________________ CANONIZE John Paul II??! His Excellency Bishop Donald Sanborn and Fr. Anthony Cekada join hosts Nicholas Wansbutter and Stephen Heiner to discuss the announced “canonizations” of John Paul II. In this episode they discuss: What is a saint? The infallibility […]

We have an excellent, additional sermon this week from Fr. McKenna: “Have Confidence: The Truth is On Your Side.” _________________ ✠ The Bishop’s Corner ✠ On the spur of the moment the other Sunday, Fr. Cekada decided to ask for a memorial donation for the cloister fountain. Three people immediately volunteered after Mass, enough to […]

✠ The Bishop’s Corner ✠ I hope you are able to attend this morning’s musical program, presented by the Sisters and our summer campers. They are a talented group. We welcomed over 50 girls this year for three days of wonderful activities. The music at Mass was beautiful, and the Masses drew an excellent Summer […]

It’s almost time! The St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp is almost here! Join us on July 10th, 11th and 12th for three fun-filled days. We’ll do crafts, sports, go on a hayride, cook, have a clueless scavenger hunt, spend time with two Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas and have a great time! Camp is […]

Last Sunday’s sermon: Catholics Count by Bp. Dolan _________________________ It’s almost time! The St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp is almost here! Join us on July 10th, 11th and 12th for three fun-filled days. We’ll do crafts, sports, go on a hayride, cook, have a clueless scavenger hunt, spend time with two Sisters of St. […]

It’s almost time! The St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp is almost here! Join us on July 10th, 11th and 12th for three fun-filled days. We’ll do crafts, sports, go on a hayride, cook, have a clueless scavenger hunt, spend time with two Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas and have a great time! Camp is […]

It’s almost time! The St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp is almost here! Join us on July 10th, 11th and 12th for three fun-filled days. We’ll do crafts, sports, go on a hayride, cook, have a clueless scavenger hunt, spend time with two Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas and have a great time! Camp is […]

It’s almost time! The St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp is almost here! Join us on July 10th, 11th and 12th for three fun-filled days. We’ll do crafts, sports, go on a hayride, cook, have a clueless scavenger hunt, spend time with two Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas and have a great time! Camp is […]

Outdoor Benediction Congratulations to our 2013 First Communicants. _________________________ This school year we will be publishing daily sermons from the previous week: May 24, 2013: Ember Friday in Pentecost Week by Fr. Lehtoranta May 28, 2013: St. Augustine of Canterbury by Bp. Dolan May 29, 2013: St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi by Bp. Dolan May […]

Our roses in full-bloom. Congratulations to those who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on the Vigil of Pentecost _________________________ This school year we will be publishing daily sermons from the previous week: May 20, 2013: Devotion to the Holy Ghost by Fr. McKenna May 21, 2013: Pentecost Tuesday by Fr. McKenna May 22, 2013: Ember […]

Congratulations to those who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on the Vigil of Pentecost _________________________ In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of: + Maria Duff + (Click card to enlarge) _________________________ Restoration Radio: “Marriage Equality,” Rights and God’s Law You may have seen the ads on TV or on the […]

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the souls of: + Maria Duff + (Click card to enlarge) + Patrick Henry Omlor + Mr. Omlor was one of the first Catholics to sound the alarm about the consequences of Vatican II, so it was fitting that he died on the Feast of St. […]

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of: + Patrick Henry Omlor + Mr. Omlor was one of the first Catholics to sound the alarm about the consequences of Vatican II, so it was fitting that he died on the Feast of St. Athanasius. His March 1968 work Questioning the Validity […]

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of a SGG former parishioner who died suddenly in early April.: Melissa Kunkel. Melissa was 41 and the mother of 13 children. Please keep her, her husband Tom, and her children in your prayers. Father Cekada _________________________ Ordination to the Subdiaconate of Rev. Mr. […]

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of a SGG former parishioner who died suddenly in early April.: Melissa Kunkel. Melissa was 41 and the mother of 13 children. Please keep her, her husband Tom, and her children in your prayers. Father Cekada _________________________ Ordination to the Subdiaconate of Rev. Mr. […]

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of a SGG former parishioner who died suddenly in early April.: Melissa Kunkel. Melissa was 41 and the mother of 13 children. Please keep her, her husband Tom, and her children in your prayers. Father Cekada _________________________ Ordination to the Subdiaconate of Rev. Mr. […]

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of a SGG former parishioner who died suddenly last week.: Melissa Kunkel. Melissa was 41 and the mother of 13 children. Please keep her, her husband Tom, and her children in your prayers. Father Cekada _________________________ Our altar as it appeared after Easter Sunday […]

Our altar as it appeared after Easter Sunday Mass _________________________ This school year we will be publishing daily sermons from the previous week: Mar. 26, 2013: Tuesday in Holy Week by Bp. Dolan Mar. 28, 2013: Maundy Thursday Mass by Bp. Dolan Mar. 28, 2013: Washing Each Others Souls (Maundy) by Bp. Dolan Mar. 29, […]

Palm Sunday 2013 School children sing at the St. Patrick’s day party. _________________________ This school year we will be publishing daily sermons from the previous week: Mar. 14, 2013: Thursday in the 4th Week of Lent by Bp. Dolan Mar. 15, 2013: Friday in the 4th Week of Lent by Bp. Dolan Mar. 19, 2013: […]

School children sing at the St. Patrick’s day party. _________________________ Restoration Radio: The Legacy of Benedict XVI, Part I This first of 3 shows focuses on the years 1960-2005. Ratzinger: Theologian and Cardinal (1950–2005) His theological training by professors who advocated the modernist “New Theology” condemned by Pius XII. Ratzinger’s rejection of Thomism. The accusation […]