Announcements Archive

Pentecost V

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 […]

Pentecost IV

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 […]

Sunday w/in the Octave of the Sacred Heart

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 […]

Solemnity of Corpus Christi

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 […]

Trinity Sunday

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 […]

Pentecost Sunday

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 […]

Within the Octave of the Ascension

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. […]

Easter V

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 […]

Easter IV

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. […]

Easter III

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. […]

Easter II

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. […]

Low Sunday

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 […]

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

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: […]

Lent V – Passion Sunday

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 […]

Lent IV – Laetare

New Website and Store We are announcing a new website: sggresources.org. This website has links to all of our most important resources, and has a small store for purchasing literature, processing donations, and requesting Masses. _________________________ Restoration Radio: The Legacy of Benedict XVI, Part I This first of 3 shows focuses on the years 1960-2005. […]

Lent III

New Website and Store We are announcing a new website: sggresources.org. This website has links to all of our most important resources, and has a small store for purchasing literature, processing donations, and requesting Masses. _________________________ Restoration Radio: The Legacy of Benedict XVI, Part II This is the second of a 3-part series on the […]

Lent II

New Website and Store We are announcing a new website: sggresources.org. This website has links to all of our most important resources, and has a small store for purchasing literature, processing donations, and requesting Masses. _________________________ Restoration Radio: The Legacy of Benedict XVI, Part I This first of 3 shows focuses on the years 1960-2005. […]

Lent I

Restoration Radio: St. Valentine’s Day The modern world tells us that all we need is “luv.” In the glow of the modern Hallmark holiday that is simply “Valentine’s Day” sans “Saint,” we reflect on the actual saint and the actual feast of the Day. Our guest, Bishop Daniel Dolan, also discusses some of the particular […]

Quinquagesima

Ash Wednesday Schedule 6:50 AM Blessing and distribution of Ashes 7:00 AM Low Mass (for workers-no sermon!), Distribution of Ashes 10:55 AM Confessions 11:20 AM High Mass 12:20 PM Distribution of Ashes 3:00 PM Children’s Stations of the Cross 3:20 PM Distribution of Ashes 5:00 PM Rosary and Confessions 5:20 PM Penitential Litany 5:40 PM […]

Sexagesima

This school year, as time permits, we will be publishing daily sermons from the previous week: Jan. 29, 2013: St. Francis de Sales by Bp. Dolan Jan. 30, 2013: St. Hyacinth Mariscotti by Bp. Dolan Jan. 31, 2013: St. John Bosco by Fr. McKenna Feb. 1, 2013: St. Ignatius of Antioch by Fr. McKenna Feb. […]

Septuagesima

This school year, as time permits, we will be publishing daily sermons from the previous week: Jan. 21, 2013: St. Agnes by Fr. Lehtoranta Jan. 22, 2013: Pro-Life Day of Prayer Fr. Lehtoranta Jan. 23, 2013: St. Raymond Pennafort by Fr. Lehtoranta Jan. 24, 2013: St. Timothy by Fr. Lehtoranta Jan. 25, 2013: The Conversion […]

Epiphany II

This school year, as time permits, we will be publishing daily sermons from the previous week: Jan. 11, 2013: The Journey of the Three Kings by Fr. McKenna Jan. 14, 2013: St. Veronica of Milan by Fr. Lehtoranta Jan. 15, 2013: Nursing Homes and Purgatory by Fr. McGuire Jan. 16, 2013: The Star of Generosity […]

Octave Day of the Epiphany

This school year, as time permits, we will be publishing daily sermons from the previous week: Jan. 7, 2013: Fit Yourself into the Church by Fr. Lehtoranta Jan. 8, 2013: St. Gudula by Fr. Lehtoranta Jan. 9, 2013: St. Julian the Hospitaller by Fr. Lehtoranta Jan. 10, 2013: St. Marcian by Fr. Lehtoranta Jan. 11, […]

Epiphany

2013 ALL SAINTS CALENDAR St. Gertrude the Great Church is known for its devotion to the saints. It is a rare occasion when our sacristans have not set up at least a little shrine to the saint of the day. The long hallway on the west side of our church is filled with hundreds of […]

Christmas 2012

2013 ALL SAINTS CALENDAR St. Gertrude the Great Church is known for its devotion to the saints. It is a rare occasion when our sacristans have not set up at least a little shrine to the saint of the day. The long hallway on the west side of our church is filled with hundreds of […]