My Dear Parishioners, Next week our Second collection will be for the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. Archbishop Chaput has asked that the following letter be communicated to each of the parishes in preparation for this collection. Please note that while the collection is scheduled for next weekend (August 18-19), we will also…
My Dear Parishioners, In two weeks we will welcome a Religious Sister from the Daughters of Mary in the St. Joseph Province of Tamil Nadu, India. She will be here to speak on behalf of the missionary work going on in her diocese. This is part of the annual Mission Cooperative Appeal facilitated by the…
My Dear Parishioners, In a previous column I told you what a great success our Manna Food Drive was. Our July donations totaled 2,430 pounds which is 75 pounds over last year’s donation, and that was reported to be a record for the Coordinating Council of Health and Welfare for 2017. No word if we…
My Dear Parishioners, The Office of Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) recently shared information with dioceses throughout the United States regarding the ethical development of shingles vaccines. The USCCB has asked that this information be disseminated as widely as possible. God Bless you. Fr. Bordonaro The only vaccines…
My Dear Parishioners, Thank you for your generous support for our Manna Food Drive. Once again we collected a tremendous amount of food. As of the time I am writing this column I do not know exactly how much food was collected but I can say that it was impressive. Thank you also to our…
My Dear Parishioners, This weekend we are collecting your non-perishable food donations for our annual Manna Food Drive. Thank you for your generous support in the past. Last year we collected 2,355 pounds of food. Our food is taken to the Coordinating Council of Health and Welfare, which stocks the Warminster Food Cupboard which is…
My Dear Parishioners, This Wednesday we celebrate our Independence as a nation. It is a good time to thank God for the freedoms and blessings we enjoy as citizens of this great country. Happy Fourth of July! We have a tendency to think that freedom means we can do whatever we want, but freedom means…
My Dear Parishioners, I am happy to report that last week I signed an easement with the Township of Warrington and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on behalf of St. Joseph parish that will allow the township to address some drainage issues that we have had. The plan is for them to dig up part of…
My Dear Parishioners, Happy Father’s Day! Today we honor and thank our dads. We remember how important their love and example are to our families. Your Father’s Day envelopes with your intentions written on them will stay on the reredos (back altar) for the rest of the month of June. It is appropriate that they…
My Dear Parishioners, We now return to the liturgical color green for our Sunday celebrations. Even though technically Ordinary Time began after Pentecost, on May 20th, the Church celebrates the Solemnities of the Most Holy Trinity and the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, two central mysteries of our faith, before we move into…
