Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

 

May we continue to sing songs and hymns of ALLELUIA.
JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN

< ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!!
~ Fr. Tom

 

Father Gregory Ashe was the founding pastor of St. Patrick’s parish, beginning in 1921 and serving until 1925 when he was replaced by Father Thomas Healy, the parish’s second pastor, and first Augustinian.  Father Ashe eventually returned to Buffalo, New York to serve in parish work.  He died there in 1934.  Father Healy served as pastor of St. Patrick’s for a year and a half, after which he returned to Pennsylvania. He died a short time later in January 1927 at the age of 54.  Both Fathers Ashe and Healy were born in Ireland. The 1920s were good to San Diego and the community of North Park.  Businesses were thriving, new arrivals spurred development, and optimism was high.  Under Father Daley’s guidance, the parish decided to commit to the construction of a magnificent structure, Romanesque in style, using the best architecture and artistry available.  Frank Hope was contracted as the architect and the M.H. Golden company did the construction.  The contract was signed on October 15th, 1928, and work began almost immediately.  Amazingly, the church, the present structure, was finished by Easter Sunday, 1929, in just about six months, but it wasn’t dedicated until September 1929.  The cost of the structure was $37,000, and with all the interior additions the cost of the project was around $60,000.  Father Daley and the parishioners of St. Patrick’s were justifiably proud of their accomplishments.  The next step would be the construction of a school, and it probably would have gone forward but for one obstacle: the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

Readings for the Week
Year C:
April 21 — 27
Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33;
Ps 16:1-2a&5,7-8,9-10,11;
Mt 28:8-15
Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41;
Ps 33:4-5,18-19,20&22;
Jn 20:11-18
Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10;
Ps 105:1-2,3-4,6-7,8-9;
Lk 24:13-35
Thursday: Acts 3:11-26;
Ps 8:2ab&5,6-7,8-9; Lk 24:35-48
Friday: Acts 4:1-12;
Ps 118:1-2&4,22-24,25-27a;
Jn 21:1-14
Saturday: Acts 4:13-21;
Ps 118:1&14-15ab,16-18,19-21;
Mk 16:9-15
Sunday: Acts 5:12-16;
Ps 118:2-4,13-15,22-24;
Rv 1:9-11a,12-13,17-19;
Jn 20:19-31