General News

Please bring your filled CRS Lenten Rice Bowls to church by April 28th. This will be the last day for collections, and all donations will be added to the large Rice Bowl box. Thank you to everyone who has participated!             

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Join several fellow parishioners at the 17th Annual Faith Labor Breakfast, Tuesday, February 19 at St Andrew Parish, 800 NE Alberta St from 7:15 m to 9:00am.  Take the higher ground in providing dignity for workers, honesty in work, justice in employment. St. Philip Neri has been apart of this project since the beginning. It is a long journey to reach the higher ground.  Tickets are $20, but no one will be turned away. 

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…single serve microwavable items, soup, cereal, tuna, non-perishable canned food, cereal, salt & pepper, peanut butter, jelly, Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, mac & cheese, juice boxes, toilet paper & paper towels  Blessings on you for sharing and blessings for the people who will be nourished by this sharing of food. Thank you for all our Support!  

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The Altar Society is again asking for cash donations to continue providing welcome bags throughout the year, and gift cards at Christmas, to the women, children, and men sheltered by Bradley Angle. This is unique and ongoing project started in October 2009. To date, 486 welcome bags have been delivered as result of your contributions and the work of Altar Society volunteers. Domestic violence is a pattern of coercive behaviors that can include physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and emotional abuse, perpetrated by one person against an intimate partner to establis...

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Saint Lorenzo Ruiz is the first Filipino saint. Also known as San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, he died a martyr in Nagasaki, Japan, on Sept. 29, 1637, at the age of 34. Accused of murdering a Spaniard in 1636, Ruiz boarded a ship carrying a group of missionaries to Formosa (Taiwan) and Japan. Ruiz accompanied his missionary companions to Nagasaki, where Christians were being persecuted due to Japan's wariness of foreign colonialism. According to accounts, the Japanese promised Ruiz that they would free him if he would denounce Christianity. He refused and was tortured,...

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