Bringing the Desert Fathers and St. Philip Neri to Merchantville This year, our Lenten Mission will feature Fr. Ninian Doohan, an Oratorian priest from Edinburgh, Scotland. Father Doohan was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1981, before migrating to Australia in 1993, and then subsequently returning to Europe at age 21 to pursue the discernment of his vocation. For eleven years, he was a Norbertine Brother, living in England, Ireland and Belgium, but would return to Scotland to b

I often hear it said from parishioners and visitors alike how much they appreciate St. Peter’s. One testimony often recited is this: “When we go on vacation, we attend a local Catholic church for Mass on the weekend. It is nice, but it is not St. Peter’s.” They go on to praise the beauty of our church; the well-maintained campus and other buildings; the liturgical splendor of our celebrations, the preaching, the reverence, our altar servers, the spirit of prayer, and the seas

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This week Americans will unfurl their flags and place them in prominent places on their property. The flag is the symbol of our nation,...