Welcome to St. Gianna Parish Website!
My name is Father Anthony J. Manuppella and I am the Pastor of the beautiful St. Gianna Parish. I am glad you stopped by to find out about us. Our motto is “St. Gianna Parish-An Oasis of Faith at the Gateway to the Shore.”
Yes, we are an Oasis of Faith! Here at St. Gianna your Faith will be nourished with love, gentle care, and compassion. We are very proud of our Catholic Faith and we are challenged every day to live out that Faith by word and deed.
Our Masses are always beautiful, the Priests here really prepare their homilies well and the singing is beautiful. There is reverence and beauty here!
We are a Parish always mindful or our Catholic roots which help sustain us in our Faith. We are a Parish that loves our past as Catholic and embraces the present. Check us out!
May God bless you and your family and please know you are in my prayers and Masses.
Yours in the burning Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Rev. Anthony J. Manuppella, K.H.S.
Pastor
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Sacred Music Fund As many of you know we have beautiful music at the 10:00 AM Mass and at the 12 Noon Traditional Latin Mass. Our musicians are a blessing to our parish community. They are leading us in song to praise God through music each week and who could forget the celebration of our beautiful Christmas midnight Mass and the most significant events of Holy Week preparing us for the celebration of Christ Resurrection. Unfortunately, today is not like years ago when you could get many volunteers to sing at the masses; one need to have some free time to rehearse in order to prepare for the liturgies and in these days it can be difficult for many to free themselves from their busy schedules. So, we find ourselves having to pay singers and those playing instruments at many of our church events. As the pastor of this beautiful parish, it is my priority to continue providing beautiful sacred music in our church. The Holy sacrifice of the Mass is the highest form of prayer and music hold great significance at our liturgies. Therefore, it is essential for us to secure funding for our choir. What better way to honor our God and King? In order to do that we need your help and financial support. We have created an online “Sacred Music Fund” on this website (column to the right on this page). This donation is also an option in parishioners online giving accounts. They can log into their Parish Giving accounts, and select this fund, and choose to give weekly, monthly, annually, or one time. If you click on the Sacred Music Fund (column to the right on this page), you can make a onetime donation. I want to express my gratitude to all of you for being such an instrumental part in God’s plan, here at St. Gianna and as always, I rely on the generosity of our parish family for the success of our Sacred Music Fund. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Fr. Anthony |