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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- May 7, 2017
- 2 min
DRE Flora Hand to Retire
Dear Friends, Flora Hand, our Director of Religious Education is retiring. Flora has worked for the past six (6) years here in our parish...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Apr 30, 2017
- 2 min
One More Sacrifice for Saint Peter's ...
Dear Friends, I am sure that most of you know that priests are at the low end of the salary scale. With this in mind, I am going to publi...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Apr 23, 2017
- 2 min
Now Is The Time For Mercy
Dear Friends, Our world is deeply troubled and cannot seem to find a way to reconcile and heal itself. St. John Paul II identified the es...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Apr 16, 2017
- 2 min
Resurrexit Sicut Dixit
Dear Friends, This ancient Latin expression, Resurrexit Sicut Dixit, means: "He Is Risen As He Said!" It is both an announcement of a his...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Apr 9, 2017
- 2 min
Palm Sunday
Dear Friends, In his final Passover, Jesus first entered the City of Jerusalem in glory. He was the famous prophet, healer and worker of ...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Apr 2, 2017
- 2 min
Image of Divine Mercy Coming to Saint Peter
Dear Friends, We just completed an amazing Parish Mission on the power of the Divine Mercy to heal the family led by Fr. Dermot Roache, S...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Mar 26, 2017
- 3 min
The Angel Said Unto Her ...
Dear Friends, Yesterday (Saturday, March 25), was the Solemnity of the Annunciation. This feast commemorates the Archangel Gabriel’s anno...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Mar 19, 2017
- 3 min
Saint Joseph
Dear Friends, The Church holds that the holiness of St. Joseph surpasses all creatures except Our Blessed Mother. Divine Providence assig...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Mar 12, 2017
- 3 min
Our Parish Mission, 2017: Healing the Family
Dear Friends, This year, our Parish Mission preacher is Fr. Dermot S. Roache, SMA. Fr. Roache is a member of the Society of African Missi...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Mar 5, 2017
- 2 min
Mark Forrest in Merchantville!
Dear Friends, To start this season with something both very special and very spiritual, we are going to have Irish Tenor Mark Forrest her...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Feb 26, 2017
- 2 min
Prepare for Great Lent
Dear Friends, As you know, Lent is the period of prayer and penance that prepares us to celebrate fittingly the great Solemnity of Our Lo...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Feb 19, 2017
- 3 min
The Chair of Saint Peter Today
Dear Parishioners, As we prepare to celebrate the Triduum of the Chair of St. Peter, we recall the significance of this feast. It commemo...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Feb 12, 2017
- 2 min
Saint Peter Triduum 2017
Dear Parishioners, Our speaker this year for the Triduum of St. Peter (February 20-22) is Father Bronislaw Jakubiec, SDS (Society of the ...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Jan 29, 2017
- 3 min
Pope Benedict XVI and the Latin Mass
Dear Parishioners, A book-length interview with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI entitled, Benedict XVI: Last Will and Testament, was recently ...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Jan 22, 2017
- 2 min
The March for Life 2017
Dear Parishioners, This year, the March for Life in Washington, DC, is slated for this coming Friday, January 27. It is a little later th...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Jan 15, 2017
- 3 min
The Church's Instruction on Cremation
Dear Parishioners, The Church has recently clarified its positions on cremation. Below are the fundamental points of the Vatican statemen...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Jan 8, 2017
- 3 min
Our Local Saint - Saint John Neumann
Ten minutes from our parish lies in state the body of St. John Neumann, fourth bishop of Philadelphia. We claim him as our local saint be...
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Rev. Timothy E Byerley, Ph.D
- Jan 1, 2017
- 2 min
Happy New Year!
Dear Parishioners, First, on behalf of Fr. Larry, our parish staff and myself, I would like to thank you for all of the cards, gifts, bak...
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