Announcements Archive

Pentecost IX

Fr. Larrabee leaves for California this week to begin his new assignment working with Fr. Zapp. We all thank Fr. Larrabee for his devoted service at St. Gertrude the Great these last three years, the first fruits of his priesthood. We think especially of his work with the school children, in the confessional, and his […]

Pentecost VIII

Bp. Dolan’s sermon from last Sunday, “Salt”, is now available. Sorry for the delay. Boys’ Camp is this week! July 24-26 Thanks to everyone who helped make our 2012 Girls’ Camp successful! Mass Location Update If you are traveling in Connecticut or Rhode Island this summer, visit the new St. Vincent Ferrer chapel, where new […]

Pentecost VII

Thanks to everyone who helped make our 2012 Girls’ Camp successful! Listen to This Week’s Bonus Sermon Bp. Dolan from Independence Day: “Christ the Democrat: His Church the Answer” Mass Location Update If you are traveling in Connecticut or Rhode Island this summer, visit the new St. Vincent Ferrer chapel, where new Fr. Stephen McKenna […]

Pentecost VI

Listen to This Week’s Bonus Sermon Bp. Dolan from Independence Day: “Christ the Democrat: His Church the Answer” Mass Location Update If you are traveling in Connecticut or Rhode Island this summer, visit the new St. Vincent Ferrer chapel, where new Fr. Stephen McKenna offers Mass every Sunday at 5 PM. Also, consult our extensive […]

The Most Precious Blood

Sacred Heart Podcast now available Nicholas Wansbutter and Steven Heiner had a great discussion with His Excellency, Bishop Daniel Dolan, on the Sacred Heart. It is now available for free download, as are all Restoration Radio podcasts, at this link. Save these dates for the St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp! Girls ages 5 – […]

Nativity of St. John the Baptist

Sacred Heart Podcast now available Nicholas Wansbutter and Steven Heiner had a great discussion with His Excellency, Bishop Daniel Dolan, on the Sacred Heart. It is now available for free download, as are all Restoration Radio podcasts, at this link. Julia Brought her Turtle to the Blessing of Pets in honor of St. Anthony Save […]

Sunday Within the Octave of the Sacred Heart

Corpus Christi Procession to our Lourdes Grotto Veneration of the Blessed Sacrament Preceding Benediction The Procession Returns to Church Our 2012 First Communicants Save these dates for the St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp! Girls ages 5 – 16+ are welcome to join us on July 11th, 12th and 13th for three days of fun […]

Solemnity of Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi Procession to our Lourdes Grotto Veneration of the Blessed Sacrament Preceding Benediction The Procession Returns to Church Our 2012 First Communicants Save these dates for the St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp! Girls ages 5 – 16+ are welcome to join us on July 11th, 12th and 13th for three days of fun […]

Trinity Sunday

Save these dates for the St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp! Girls ages 5 – 16+ are welcome to join us on July 11th, 12th and 13th for three days of fun and spiritual activities. We will be joined by three Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas for days filled with camp favorites such as archery, […]

Pentecost

Our New Soldiers of Christ Save these dates for the St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp! Girls ages 5 – 16+ are welcome to join us on July 11th, 12th and 13th for three days of fun and spiritual activities. We will be joined by three Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas for days filled with […]

Within the Octave of the Ascension

Also, this week, listen to Fr. McKenna’s sermon from the Ascension. Save these dates for the St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp! Girls ages 5 – 16+ are welcome to join us on July 11th, 12th and 13th for three days of fun and spiritual activities. We will be joined by three Sisters of St. […]

Easter V

SSPX Bishops’ Showdown: Fr. Cekada Radio Interview Live SSPX head Bp. Bernard Fellay is set to make a historic agreement with Benedict XVI regularizing the Society. But the other three SSPX bishops sent him a letter in April opposing the agreement. And Bp. Fellay fired back. What in the world in going on here? Former […]

Easter IV

Save these dates for the St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp! Girls ages 5 – 16+ are welcome to join us on July 11th, 12th and 13th for three days of fun and spiritual activities. We will be joined by three Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas for days filled with camp favorites such as archery, […]

Easter III

Our school children sing at their spring spaghetti dinner fundraiser. Bishop’s Corner I am writing this on the feast of the Mother of Good Counsel, who graciously shared that day’s honors with her Son’s first Evangelist, St. Mark. The Divine Child she holds and the Man-God held out by the first Gospel, both present to […]

Easter II

Bishop’s Corner Last week, Low Week was high Spring for us, cool and sunny, with birds and a bunny (I spied one as I knelt to pray the other morning), all the sweeter because it came after such a short but strong taste of Summer last month. Christ is risen! Our Fr. Valeriy in Ukraine […]

Low Sunday

The historic April 15th deadline for the SSPX to make an agreement with Benedict XVI has arrived. What will SSPX head Bp. Bernard Fellay do? A former SSPX priest, Fr. Anthony Cekada, will join Restoration Radio to talk about this event and similar situations in SSPX in 1983, 1988, 2000, and 2007. • Date: Sunday, […]

Easter Sunday

Bishop’s Corner Happy and Holy Easter to you! As I pen these greetings, our “little village” at St. Gertrude the Great is humming with life and activity, as we prepare for the Triduum Sacrum. Now, “it is accomplished,” another Holy Week at St. Gertrude the Great and we bask in the sunshine of our Risen […]

Palm Sunday

                         Holy Week Schedule: Bishop’s Corner It seems that our early Spring burned through the calendar–and temperatures–in record time, doesn’t it? But last week’s Annunciation brought us a “grateful coolness in the heat,” one more image of God the Holy Ghost Who overshadowed the Virgin Mary. His refreshing shadow spanned two days of celebration for the […]

Lent V – Passion Sunday

Save these dates for the St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp! Girls ages 5 – 16+ are welcome to join us on July 11th, 12th and 13th for three days of fun and spiritual activities. We will be joined by three Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas for days filled with camp favorites such as archery, […]

Lent IV – Laetare

Save these dates for the St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp! Girls ages 5 – 16+ are welcome to join us on July 11th, 12th and 13th for three days of fun and spiritual activities. We will be joined by three Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas for days filled with camp favorites such as archery, […]

Lent III

Save these dates for the St. Gertrude the Great Girls’ Camp! Girls ages 5 – 16+ are welcome to join us on July 11th, 12th and 13th for three days of fun and spiritual activities. We will be joined by three Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas for days filled with camp favorites such as archery, […]

Lent II

Bishop’s Corner It had to happen sooner or later, and it did, right here in River City: Drive-through Ashes for Ash Wednesday! Some Protestant lady minister of the Methodist persuasion was scheduled to be distributing ashes in her church parking lot. Other Protestants offered the formerly Catholic sacramental on sidewalks, near subway stops, or at […]

Lent I

Bishop’s Corner This shortest month, February, has been impatiently stirring with Spring ever since sunny Candlemas cast its bright shadow on this month’s most glorious feast. The robins returned for Quinquagesima and our Broadway Blackbirds, with their stirring sky spectacles, have not yet closed their show since opening in Autumn, even though we are now […]

Quinquagesima

Bishop’s Corner Already, after an interval of only a few months, the Catholic Church has another priest forever. The fervent prayers of the faithful were answered, and all went well, beautifully, for the great day in Boston’s Sacred Heart Church. This church was beautifully restored by the Third Order Dominican Brothers there, who also gave […]

Sexagesima

Bishop’s Corner You see the ground torn up today as you come to church, the first step towards completing the cloister. We hope at least to lay the foundation this Spring, though I pray we are able to go through to completion. This cloister project will improve our exterior appearance, and provide an enclosed garden […]

Septuagesima

Bishop’s Corner February, shortest month of the year, is longest in the popular Catholic lore and cultural observances still recognized by “the world.” If you read your bulletin and remember some of the sermons, you’ll know why. It’s a good thing too, for in so doing you “redeem the time,” sanctifying these holidays and observances, […]