Month Archives: December 2025

On behalf of the priests and staff of St. Stephen the First Martyr, I wish a blessed Christmastide to our parishioners. The priests would like to express their warm gratitude for the Christmas cards and gifts received from parishioners. I would also like to thank the many volunteers – members of the altar guild, of the choir, decorators, and others – who made helped make Christmas beautiful for all the parish this year. I am grateful to the members of the Knights Penitent who assisting in preparing the church, taking …

  This is a bit late in the game, but I have had some questions about how to restore a properly Catholic spirit to the season of Advent. Recently, a parishioner sent me an article from the Remnant by Michael Matt. I think he (and some of the comments) had some good ideas, drawing from the customs of former generations of Catholics. These are all, of course, just suggestions. Reference article is here. …

After my sermon on Friday evening for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a parishioner brought to my attention that the Norbertines have recently produced a nine-part series that makes use of the book that I was referencing (i.e. Guadalupe and the Flower World Prophecy, by Joseph and Monique Martinez). While I have not had a chance yet to watch the series, I will provide a link to it here for anyone else that might be interested: Norbertine Series on Our Lady of Guadalupe …

  The website is in a “complete” state now. I will continue to add various groups & activities to the “Socities” page as their leaders provide me with descriptions and photographs. I also have some plans for additional content: for example, a page on instructions and tips for serving at altar; and I will continue to refine the existing content as people alert me to typos and errors or make suggestions for improvements.   I added a WordPress plugin to the old website (sacfssp.com) called Redirection that allows for individual …

I invite you to explore the new website, although it remains a work-in-progress. The website is built in WordPress with the Elementor page builder. Most or all of the content from the old website has been migrated over, and new content has been added, such as: an annual schedule, a FAQ, a page for prospective converts, upcoming events, and sermons & lectures. The page is now fully responsive and should be readable on a mobile device. …