Father Joseph Cramer

Father Joseph Cramer, currently the pastor of St. Philip Neri Parish in Osawatomie, Sacred Heart Parish in Mound City, and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in La Cygne, is appointed the pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Gardner.

, their cousin Father Tony Lickteig and former pastor Father Joe Cramer were also concelebrants of the Mass.

Father Joe Cramer, the pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, where the shrine is located, announced the award following a 7 p.m. Mass on St. Rose Philippine,s feast day Nov. 18.

Father Cramer said the annual award will recognize a lay person who exemplifies the life of St. Rose Philippine and who promotes Catholic education and vocations to religious life.
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,This woman,, concluded Father Cramer, ,is an absolute saint reflecting the life of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne.,

Archbishop Naumann was on hand to celebrate the Mass and officially present the award to his mother.

In his homily, the archbishop said his mother was taught by the Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Heart, the saint,s order.

It was his mother, he said, who arranged the trip for the two of them to Rome in 1988 to witness the canonization of the saint.

And it was his mother, he said, who gave him the pectoral cross he was wearing at that very moment , a cross featuring a relic of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne that she had given him when he became a bishop.

The archbishop urged the attendees to model their lives after that of St. Rose, exemplifying her zeal and self-sacrifice, especially in three areas: pursuing a deep and meaningful prayer life, enduring hardship in life with the help of faith, and carrying out the missionary role of the church.

,St. Rose Philippine Duchesne is a great example of what love and devotion can do and what it can produce,, the archbishop said.

Concelebrating the Mass with the archbishop were Father Cramer; Father Aaron Peters, chaplain at the Ursuline motherhouse in Paola; and retired Father Tony Blaufuss, who lives in Garnett.

High Schl Guys: Pastor Joseph Cramer

Coadjutor Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, along with Father Joe Cramer, pastor, celebrated the 11 a.m. Mass of dedication, at which the archbishop anointed and blessed the altar.

Father Joe Cramer, pastor of St. Philip Neri Parish in Osawatomie, has made arrangements for shipping.

Joseph Cramer, Student Pastor: Pastor Joe Cramer is driven by his love for the Lord and Student Ministry.He has a strong work ethic, passion for evangelism, and a heart for discipleship.Pastor Joe and his wife Jodi, love being with students, and understand the value and importance of modeling Christ and mentoring students.Pastor Joe is a graduate of the Word of Life Bible Institute and was welcomed to the pastoral staff at ClineAvenue Fellowship in April of 2007.

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