Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B
It was natural that Jewish mothers should wish their children to be blessed by a great and distinguished Rabbi. Especially, they brought their children to such a person on their first birthday. It was in this way that they brought the children to Jesus on this day.
Fr. Michael Scuderi, O.S.A.
Michael Ralph Scuderi was born on October 6, 1966, in Darby, Pennsylvania, the older of two sons and one daughter of Samuel F. Scuderi and Carmel Ann Brescia. He was baptized at Saint Charles Borromeo Church, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, on October 30, 1966 and attended Evans Elementary School, Yeadon, Pa., Yeadon Junior High School and Haverford High School. He studied at Villanova University from 1985-1989 where he earned a degree in Commerce and Finance, specializing in Marketing. During that time, he worked, first as manager at a pizzeria, then in the accounting department of a medical systems company in Malvern, Pa., and finally for Mercy Health Systems in Darby, Pa.
This Day in Province History: September 29, 1820
Fr. Matthew Carr, the principal leader and first superior of the Augustinians in the United States, died on this day at the age of 64 at St. Augustine’s Friary, Philadelphia. He was interred in the vault of the church there.
Michael R. Scuderi, O.S.A.
1966 – 2018 (September 27) Michael Ralph Scuderi was born on October 6, 1966, in Darby, Pennsylvania, the older of two sons and one daughter of Samuel F. Scuderi and Carmel Ann Brescia. He was baptized at Saint Charles Borromeo Church, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, on October 30, 1966 and attended Evans Elementary School, Yeadon, Pa., […]
Fr. Robert Martin Burke, O.S.A.
Robert Martin Burke was born on April 18, 1927, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the son of Thomas A. Burke and Violet Marshall, and was baptized on February 25, 1934 in Saint James Church, Ventnor, New Jersey. He had one brother and two sisters. He attended Saint James Parochial School, Ventnor, from 1933 until 1941, and Holy Spirit High School, Atlantic City, from 1941 until 1945. He then entered the United States Navy and served fourteen months until 1946. Following his discharge from the service, he entered Villanova College and studied civil engineering for three years. In 1950, he applied to the Order and was received as a novice on September 9, 1950.
This Day in Province History: September 27, 1908
Archbishop Patrick Ryan dedicated the basement chapel to serve as the first church of the new Saint Rita’s Parish, Philadelphia, established to care for both Italian and “American” parishioners. Provincial Martin Geraghty celebrated the Mass.
This Day in Province History: September 26, 1984
The Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York, entrusted to the Province the Parish of St. Rita in Deferiet, under the episcopal care of Bishop Stanislaus Brzana.
This Day in Province History: September 24, 1926
Cascia Hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma opened on this day in 1926, with an enrollment of 25 students. The care of souls with fixed parish limits was part of the original agreement with the bishop, Francis C. Kelley.
This Day in Province History: September 22, 1947
Archbishop Richard Cushing dedicated “the Augustinian College of Merrimack Valley” in the presence of the Prior General, Joseph Hickey, and provincial and founder, Mortimer Sullivan. Fr. Vincent McQuade was its first president.
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B
What is it with us human beings? What makes us tick? Why do we act the way we do? Why is it, for instance, that when we come across a truly good and holy person, we’re often fearful of that person? We may be attracted to such a person, but then we also are fearful of that person at the same time – feeling odd or uncomfortable in that person’s presence. Rather than rejoicing in that person’s goodness, why is it we often look upon his existence as a personal affront? Is it because that person’s goodness functions for us something like an external conscience? Or perhaps we see in that person what we really want ourselves to be but are not? Remember how Tim Tebow was treated when he was drafted by an NFL team? Remember how he was ridiculed because of his faith?