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As the summer comes to a close, we can look back at a very successful and productive summer here at St. Benedict’s and look forward to the start of a new school year and the many other activities that come along with the Fall season. Read more.

The summer is coming to a quick close and we are ready to open school! The faculty will report for their orientation sessions onTuesday, September 2, and students will work their way back on September 3 and 4, with the full open and school Mass on September 5. All of the projects we planned for the summer are complete; we are still working on the approval and permits for the construction of the music room, hopefully we get that through the planning board in October, and we can move forward quickly thereafter. Read more.

This weekend we bid adieu to Billy Attardi as he begins his seminary studies for the priesthood at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Ambler, PA. Billy has worked and served in our parish for the past two years as he discerned his vocation and we got him prepared to enter the formation program. It has been a great experience for the parish staff here to mentor him and get him ready for this next leg of his journey. During his time with us Billy has served as a sacristan, lector, extraordinary minister of Holy Communion, including taking Communion to the homebound, he has assisted at funerals, daily and weekend Masses (especially 5:00 pm on Sunday), and has accompanied me on various ministerial journeys. We will miss him and his work here, and we pray for his continued discernment and growth in his vocation. Read more.

As you can see the sidewalk replacement project is complete and it looks great! Again, we are grateful to Kevin Shepherd and his company for the donation of the materials, and to Clayton for the installation over the past two weeks. The crew worked through some of the most challenging heat of the summer. We were fortunate to have little rain over the period, so the project was able to be completed on time. The walkways to the Parish Office, Adoration Chapel, and the School will be completed next summer. We are, as I have mentioned previously, including a brick sale into the project in the walkways to the School and Adoration Chapel. More information will be in next week’s bulletin. Read more.

As you can see the pavement has been replaced along the front of the church and school property. This has been a tremendous undertaking, and we are very grateful to Kevin Shepherd and his company for donating the product to us. Our only financial obligation to the project is the labor (which is over $60,000 anyway). This, however, is not your typical concrete project. This is a recycled material including tens of thousands of glass and plastic bottles, along with recycled concrete. Once I have more details I will pass that along to you. This is an important step in our green initiative in the school. We are happy to use and to showcase this material advancement for use in construction and sidewalk construction. Read more.