St. Benedict’s Knights of Columbus hosted it’s annual Parish Picnic on June 25!
St. Benedict’s Evangelical team took a day trip to St. Judes Shrine in Baltimore. What a fun day! Mark your calendars for our next trip on July 22.
St. Benedict’s celebrated Corpus Christi on June 11
Father Paschal’s 85th birthday “Roast and Toast” celebration!
Easter Vigil 2023
Good Friday 2023
Veneration of the Holy Cross
Walking Stations of the Cross 2023
Good Friday 2023
Bringing Christ to the people is what the Gospel commands up to do. A tradition at Saint Benedict is a procession on Good Friday as well as the living stations of the cross.
"I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him." Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
PALM SUNDAY 2023
On Sunday, April 2,, Saint Benedict celebrated Palm Sunday, remembering our Lord's triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The solemn liturgy began first with a procession around the church.
Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Psalm 27:4
The Knights of Columbus sponsored Breakfast with the Easter Bunny…
The Feast of St. Joseph Crab Cake Dinner
Candlemas & Blessing of the Throats 2023
On February 1, Saint Benedict celebrated Candlemas and Saint Blaise's Blessing of the Throats. This was an important time for the parish community to gather together and celebrate the culmination of the Christmas.
Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from ailments of the throat and from every other evil. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The Blessing of St. Blaise
The Food Pantry
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." Saint Francis of Assisi
Good Friday 2013
On March 29, Saint Benedict celebrated the services of Good Friday with the living stations of the cross, a procession and adoration of the most Holy Cross.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
The Baptism of the Lord 2013
On January 13, the parish gathered together to celebrate the Baptism of Our Lord.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4
Christmas Mass and Decorations
Browse images from the vigil mass of Christmas on December 24 and the decorations that celebrated the birth of our Savior.
"Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas." Blessed Pope John XXIII
Good Friday 2012
On April 6, Saint Benedict celebrated the services of Good Friday with the living stations of the cross, a procession and adoration of the most Holy Cross.
See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Isaiah 52:13
Food Pantry Christmas Outreach
The parish community gathered together on the fourth sunday of Advent to package bags of food for the food pantry. These bags would be distributed throughout the community. Before delivering the bags, the parish gathered together to sing some traditional christmas carols.
Preparing "The Village at Norcia"
Father Paschal worked with community leaders to demolish the abandoned houses behind the church so that a senior citizen complex with 100 apartments for low income housing could be created. This community will be named the Village at Norcia, in honor of the birthplace of Saint Benedict.
"Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity."
Saint Vincent de Paul
Palm Sunday
On April 17, the parish held a great procession and mass for Palm Sunday.
The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Hosanna in the highest heaven!" Matthew 21:9
Good Friday 2011
Fr. Paschal Journeys with Bishop Madden to the Holy Land 2011
Fr. Paschal journeyed to the Holy Land with a good friend of the parish, Bishop Madden. From the place of Christ's birth, to the mountain of his ascension into heaven, they experienced the land where the faith was born.
"Beside each believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd, leading him to life." Saint Basil the Great