Please pray for the repose of the soul of Father John (Stan) Murray. Known warmly as Father Stan, taken from his middle name, Stanislaus, he was born on April 19, 1942, to James and Frances, one of five children, in Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland. With a religious background that included a mother who had inspired him to pray frequently to St.

The new roof could not have gone so smoothly
and completed in good order without the
assistance and generosity of the people of the
Parish.

The Feast of Corpus Christi originated in 1246 when Robert de Torote, bishop of Liège, ordered the festival celebrated in his diocese. He was persuaded to initiate the feast by St. Juliana, prioress of Mont Cornillon near Liège (1222–58), who had experienced a vision. It did not spread until 1261, when Jacques Pantaléon, formerly Archdeacon of Liège, became pope as Urban IV. In 1264 he ordered the whole church to observe the feast. Urban’s order was confirmed by Pope Clement Vat the Council of Vienne in 1311–12.