What's New at St. Edward Parish

 Electronic Offertory Option

St. Edward Parish now provides an electronic payment option to its parishioners for their weekly Mass offerings. Select the link above to learn more about the program and visit the Registration area to print out the registration form.

Religious Education for 2008 – 2009 has begun.

Fall 2008-2009 religious education classes for grades 2 to 10 have begun. For late registration info call the office ASAP, do NOT email. Starting in Fall '07 ALL classes, grades 2 to 10,  will be held at St. Edward .  Click on the Class Schedules link to find out the day and time classes will meet.

last update 4/14/08

We, the members of a growing Catholic Community, will walk hand in hand with Jesus committed to providing the necessary resources:

To enrich our spiritual lives,

To help God's children of all ages find meaning and value in their Catholic faith by living His Word daily through work and play, and

To actively reach out and serve those in need.

St. Edward Prayer

O God, who called your servant Edward to an an earthly throne 
That he might advance your heavenly kingdom, and gave him zeal for your Church and love for your people: 
Mercifully grant that we who commemorate him this day may be fruitful in good works, and attain to the glorious crown of your saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Ethelred was followed by several Danish kings of England, during whose rule young Edward and his mother took refuge in Normandy. But the last Danish king named Edward as his successor, and he was crowned in 1042. He married Editha, Earl Goodwin's daughter in 1045. Having previously taken a vow of chastity, he and Editha remained celibate. Edward was considered pious, gentle, and unselfish by the people, and his reign was one of peace, prosperity, and good judgment. While he lived, Edward was said to have the gift of second sight, and many miracles are attributed to him.

While in exile, he had vowed to make a pilgrimage to Rome if his family fortunes mended. However, his council told him that it was not expedient for him to be so long out of the country. Accordingly, he spent his pilgrimage money instead on the relief of the poor and the building of Westminster Abbey, which stands today (rebuilt in the thirteenth century) as one of the great churches of England, burial place of her kings and others deemed worthy of special honor.

He died on 5 January 1066, leaving no offspring; and after his death, the throne was claimed by his wife's brother, Harold the Saxon, and by William, Duke of Normandy. William defeated and slew Harold at the Battle of Hastings (14 October 1066), and thereafter the kings and upper classes of England were Norman-French rather than Anglo-Saxon. Edward's feast day is observed on October 13, the day in 1162 his relics were enshrined. His body rests at Westminster Abbey.

In 1161, 95 years after his death, Edward was canonized by Alexander III.  He is considered the patron saint of England, Westminster, and difficult marriages.

This window depicts St. Edward the Confessor. It was created in 1880, probably manufactured by Thomas and John Morgan.  It was a gift of Rev. James Edward O'Brien

The window is located in the north nave of Westminster Abbey. Click on the image of the window to visit Edward the Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey.

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