St. Charles Borromeo Parish

06/18/2026

06/14/2026

Father Guency Isaac’s last weekend Masses and farewell reception. Thank you for everything!! We will miss you, Father!!

06/07/2026

Today, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Corpus Christi—the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.

This beautiful feast honors Jesus Christ, really, truly, and substantially present in the Holy Eucharist under the appearances of bread and wine. Through the miracle the Church calls transubstantiation, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ when, at the Consecration during Mass, the priest repeats the very words of Jesus: “This is My Body,” “This is the chalice of My Blood,” and “Do this in remembrance of Me.”

Corpus Christi is an opportunity to deepen our love for the Eucharist, the source and summit of the Christian life, and to give thanks for Christ’s abiding presence among us. At every Mass, Jesus offers Himself to us and invites us into communion with Him.

“Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.” (John 6:56)

Happy Feast of Corpus Christi! May our hearts always hunger for the Bread of Life and grow in devotion to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.

06/07/2026

Please join us as we thank, and say farewell to Father Guency Isaac on Sunday, June 14th, after the 9am Mass, in the parish hall. All are welcome. There will be light refreshments.

06/06/2026

Beautiful Day of Thanksgiving at St Charles Borromeo church. Praying for the 6 men who will receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders tomorrow. Praying also for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

06/05/2026

Join us tomorrow in thanksgiving for the six new priests who will be ordained, and to pray for vocations while spending some time with our Lord in the Eucharist. Adoration will begin at 9:30AM and continue all day. The evening will conclude with night prayer and benediction at 7:30pm. Throughout the morning and afternoon there will be music and quiet time. Divine Mercy chaplet is at 3pm. Jesus is calling you to come away and spend some time with Him. Bring your family and your friends. Let your heart rest in God’s presence and you will be refreshed!

06/02/2026

“The Priest and a Soap Maker” by Father Guency Issac, Administrator- St. Joseph the Worker, Frackville, and St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Ashland

There is a story about a priest and a soap maker who were friends. One day while taking a walk in the city, the soap maker asked his friend, “what possible good can religion be? After thousands of years of preaching goodness, truth, and peace, look at all the misery and sin in the world. If religion is supposes to be so beneficial for people, who should this be?”

For a while, the priest said nothing in reply. Shortly, they came to a school yard where some children were playing in the dirt. They were covered with dust. The priest then spoke up, “See those kids. You say that soap makes people clean, but still those children are dirty. I wonder how effective soap is after all.”

The soap maker protested, “But, Father, soap is of no value unless people use it”. Precisely, replied the priest. “And so it is with religion”. Faith and religion are empty unless we put them into practice.