April 16, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Let’s Keep Easter Going! Today we celebrate the Second Sunday of Easter – the last day in the Octave of Easter. Easter…
April 2, 2023
Dear Parish Family: In Jerusalem, an important stop for pilgrims is the Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu. “Gallicantu” means “cock crow”. It is the…
April 23, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Today’s Gospel puts us on the Road to Emmaus. The two disciples walking away from Jerusalem with confusion and disappointment encounter Jesus…
April 30, 2023
Dear Parish Family: This Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as Good Shepherd Sunday. The gospel for Sunday Mass each year on this Sunday gives…
April 9, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Today we celebrate the most important day of our entire year: Easter Sunday—the day our Lord has made, and we are glad…
August 13, 2023
Dear Parish Family: This Tuesday (August 15) we will celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and commemorate the death of Mary and her…
August 6, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Summertime is a time for picnics. Often, it is also a time for family picnics that serve as family reunions. It’s a…
December 11, 2022
Dear Parish Family: Happy Gaudate Sunday! Guadate is the Latin for rejoice. We rejoice in a very special way today because we have reached the…
December 18, 2022
Dear Parish Family: We have reached the fourth and final week of Advent. I hope and pray that this season of joy and anticipation has…
December 25, 2022
Dear Sisters and Brothers: One of the most favorite of all Christmas Carols is Joy to the World. It reminds us that we have joy…
January 1, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Happy and Holy New Year! It’s time to make New Year’s resolutions. Actually, that’s the easy part. The hard part as we all…
December 4, 2022
Dear Parish Family: Growing up we play games like Hide and Seek, I Spy with My Little Eye, and Where’s Waldo. They are aimed at…
February 12, 2023
Dear Parish Family: At the end of the Super Bowl 57 tonight, either the Philadelphia Eagles or the Kansas City Chiefs will be awarded the…
February 19, 2023
Dear Parish Family: In just a few days, we will set out on our annual pilgrimage to Easter. ASH WEDNESDAY (February 22) begins THE HOLY SEASON OF…
February 26, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Lent is here! The prayer, fasting, and almsgiving have begun! It is important for us not to approach these Lenten practices as…
February 5, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Last week we looked at the different mysteries of our Faith to which each month is dedicated. This week, here’s a look…
Fourth Sunday of Advent: Cycle A
December 18, 2022. Love: Saying Yes Together We know Saint Joseph as a good and just Man. Saint Matthew calls him a righteous man. Joseph was…
First Sunday of Advent: Cycle A
November 27, 2022. When a mother is expecting a baby, a hospital bag is usually packed. All the things that the mom will need in…
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
January 29, 2023. Saint Augustine. Great Teacher, Greatest Mind, Great Influence. When asked to name the three most important virtues, Saint Augustine gave an interesting…
Heart of Mary Prayer Group
The Heart of Mary is a newly formed group at Good shepherd. Active members meet bi-monthly (2nd and 4th Thursdays) and travel throughout the parish…
January 15, 2023
Dear Parish Family: We are now in the liturgical season of Ordinary Time, the longest season of the Church’s liturgical year. Ordinary Time usually begins…
January 22, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Monday, January 23, 2023 is the Feast Day of one of the newest American Saints: Saint Marianne Cope of Molokai. Born in…
January 29, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Wait! What happened to January? How is it possible that we are beginning the month of February? Did you know that each…
January 8, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Happy Epiphany! Today we celebrate the manifestation of the Baby Jesus to the world by the star and the three kings who…
July 16, 2023
Dear Parish Family: This Parish Year of National Eucharistic Revival in the U.S. coincides with a special anniversary for the Universal Church. December 4, 2023…
July 2, 2023
Dear Parish Family: This Tuesday is Independence Day. The Fourth of July is a time for us to remember and honor the “Founding Fathers” of…
July 23, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Tuesday, July 25, is the Feast of Saint James the Apostle. James was the big brother of John the Apostle. He was the…
July 30, 2023
Dear Parish Family, In just a few days the month of August will be upon us. August is a month filled with some very special…
July 9, 2023
Dear Parish Family: It’s hard to believe that we are just about to reach the halfway point of summer. Hopefully, this summer is providing everyone…
June 11, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Today is Corpus Christi Sunday! Today we celebrate in a very special way the gift of Jesus’ Body and Blood, really, permanently,…
June 18, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Happy Father’s Day! Today we honor all our fathers – those living and those deceased, those fathers who have lost a child,…
June 25, 2023
Dear Parish Family: A million thanks to everyone who made this year’s Vacation Bible Camp an absolute success!!! Our “campers” looked more eager and excited…
June 4, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Today we celebrate Trinity Sunday as we honor one God in three Divine Persons. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are a…
March 12, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Next Sunday (March 19) we will begin our Annual Solemn Forty Hours Eucharistic Devotions. This is our first one since the COVID…
March 19, 2023
Dear Parish Family: As we celebrate our Solemn Forty Hours Eucharistic Devotions this week, here is the Litany of the Holy Eucharist. May these Forty…
March 26, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Today begins a special part of Lent known as Passiontide. It is the last two weeks before Easter. Passiontide is all about…
March 5, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving – not just to go through the motions – but to bring us…
Mary, the Mother of God
January 1, 2023. New Year’s Eve Looking Forward Looking Back Mary, the Mother of God Through the eyes of a mother. What did Mary see? …
May 14, 2023
Dear Parish Family: Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers of our parish! As we celebrate this special holiday, we remember all our mothers…
May 28, 2023
Dear Parish Family: If you mention that you’re praying a novena, you’ll probably get a mixed bag of reactions from friends and family. Some may…
May 7, 2023
Dear Parish Family: It is a centuries-old custom of Catholics to dedicate the month of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The month of May…
October 9, 2022
Dear Parish Family: Every October, all the priests “on mission/in active ministry” of the Diocese of Harrisburg are required to attend our annual Diocesan Priests…
November 13, 2022
Dear Parish Family: I hope that everyone is enjoying Veteran’s Day Weekend. We remember all veterans, but in a special way the veterans of our…
November 20, 2022
Dear Parish Family: Today is the Solemnity of Christ the King. This feast is celebrated on the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year. Next Sunday is…
November 27, 2022
Dear Parish Family: Happy New Year! No, it’s not January 1 yet. But today is the start of the new Christian Year. Today we celebrate…
October 2, 2022
Dear Parish Family: This Friday, October 7, is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Pope Saint Pius V established this feast in 1573. The…
November 6, 2022
Dear Parish Family: November is a special month in the life of the Church. We remember our beloved dead in a very deliberate and particular…
October 16, 2022
Dear Parish Family: One of the many gifts of living in our part of the country (and really the world) is that we are able…
October 23, 2022
Dear Parish Family: Often in His public ministry, Jesus took time away to pray and just “be” with the Father. Jesus invites and encourages His…
September 25, 2022
Dear Parish Family: So we have reached the last week of September! What happened? Wasn’t it just Labor Day? I hope that September has been…
October 30, 2022
Dear Parish Family:It’s hard to believe that November starts this week. We know that November is the month we remember our Faithful Departed in a…
Prayer Shawl Ministry
The Good Shepherd Prayer Shawl Ministry meets every other Thursday. If you knit or crochet (or would like to learn), please join us! If you…
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
January 15, 2023. At every Sunday Mass, the second reading is from one of the New Testament epistles – letters from the apostles to a…
Second Sunday of Advent: Cycle A
December 4, 2022. Growing up we play games like Hide and Seek, I Spy with My Little Eye, and Where’s Waldo. They are aimed at…
The Epiphany
January 6, 2023. Today – the Epiphany of our Lord – is a celebration of the manifestation of the Lord. Jesus being revealed to the…
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
January 22, 2023. The arrest of John the Baptist, mentioned at the beginning of today’s Gospel, was a pivotal moment for Jesus. It was the…
Third Sunday of Advent: Cycle A
December 11, 2022. Guadate is Latin for rejoice. On this Gaudate Sunday we rejoice because we have reached the halfway point of our Advent Journey. …
Music, Dinner September 30, 2023
The Year of Parish Eucharistic Revival coincides with the 60th Anniversary of Vatican II’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy which ushered in an era of…
Fall Liturgy Series
Fall 2023, 3 week Adult Education Series. Fundamentals of the Sacred Liturgy Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. September 5, 12 and 19, 2023 Parish…
Spring Liturgy Series
Lent 2024, 3 week Adult Education Series, Learning, Loving, Living the Holy Mass Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., February 20, February 27, March 5,…