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Christ is risen! Christ is truly risen! This Sunday is the final day of the Easter octave, the eightday period that extends the celebration of the Resurrection of Christ. Of course the 50-day Easter season, which ends on Pentecost on May 19, extends it even further. The beautifultruth of the Resurrection resounds on each of… Continue reading Pastor’s Pages – Christ is Risen!

Do you breathe a sigh of relief when you enter your hotel room after a hurried journey of Ubers and flights? You drop your luggage, then your body, laying on a bed perhaps for the first time in 24 hours. Or, if you’re traveling for vacation, maybe you wait until you make it to the… Continue reading Pastor’s Page – Happy Easter!

What’s your least favorite week of the year? Unless you’re an accountant (the week before April 15 or the last week of your fiscal year), I’d bet your answer is the same as mine: the week before Christmas. I don’t mean to say Christmas is anyone’s least favorite holiday. I’m only saying that our culture… Continue reading Pastor’s Page – Holy Week Schedule

Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Fifth Sunday of Lent! For those of you who adopted ambitious goals for Lent, you’re almost there – next Sunday kicks off Holy Week! Keep it up! If you’re not satisfied with your prayer, fasting and almsgiving this Lent, you have two weeks left to improve. Make the best of… Continue reading Pastor’s Page – Confessions before Easter

The Catholic Church in the US is in the middle of a three-year Eucharistic Revival. The purpose is to strengthen Catholics’ faith in the sacrament of the Eucharist. We are now in the second year of the revival, which is focused on parish efforts. On Sunday, June 2, the parish will celebrate the 11 AM… Continue reading Pastor’s Page – Outdoor Mass on Corpus Christi

Needed: Adults willing to help immigrant adults learn English. Kindly consider volunteering once a week with the Sisters of Saint Joseph at the Sisters of St. Joseph Neighborhood Center in the Cramer Hill section of Camden. We offer English classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays morning from 9:15-11:00 or evenings from 6:15-8:00. If you have a… Continue reading South Jersey Neighborhood Center – English Teachers Needed

Remember ISIS? They remember us. As reported by a news brief in the February 2 Catholic Star Herald, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Catholic church in Istanbul on January 28. In their statement, they explained that they “attacked a gathering of Christian unbelievers during their polytheistic ceremony.” Islam generally holds… Continue reading Pastor’s Page – The Trinity

This is the third column in my series on stewardship. When I was a newly ordained priest at Christ Our Light Parish in Cherry Hill, I was encouraged like other members of the pastoral staff to attend a Catholic conference each year. For two of my four years, I attended the International Catholic Stewardship Conference,… Continue reading Pastor’s Page – Stewardship Part 3

I’ve always been impressed with these opening words of the second half of the Mass, called the Liturgy of the Eucharist: “Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,for through your goodness we have receivedthe bread we offer you:fruit of the earth and work of human hands,it will become for us the bread of life.”… Continue reading Pastor’s Page – Stewardship Part 2