St. Andrew Catholic Church

Click here (or the image) to donate online to benefit St. Andrew's portion of this year's CFA.

2022 ESPANOL Diocese of Venice CFA Video from Diocese of Venice In Florida on Vimeo.

FATHER TIMOTHY MURPHY FUNERAL INFO

If you missed the news last week, former pastor of St. Andrew Church and founder of St. Andrew School, Fr. Timothy Murphy died recently.

Funeral Services for Fr. Timothy Murphy will be held in the main Church with a Visitation on Wednesday, April 6 from 6-8pm, with a Rosary at 6:30pm.  A Funeral Mass will be celebrated here on Thursday, April 7 at 10:30am, with Bishop Frank J. Dewane.  All are welcome to attend one or both of these services.  Fr. Murphy was the 2nd Pastor of our Parish serving 21 years between 1976-1997.  He was also the Pastor who built this Church building and our School during his tenure.

 *Due to Fr. Murphy’s Visitation on Wednesday, April 6 there will be no Lenten Mass that evening.

Click here for the obituary as it was published in the March 27, 2022 bulletin, with many photographs.

Here is the text without the images:

WAITING FOR US TO CELEBRATE WITH HIM ETERNALLY AT THE WEDDING OF THE LAMB

Written by the current pastor of St. Andrew Church, Fr. Eduardo Coll

It is with a heavy but joyful heart we inform you that Father Timothy Murphy passed away on Saturday, March 19 around 9 pm, on St. Joseph’s Day. Father Murphy was the Pastor at St. Andrew Catholic Church from 1976-1997. Under his guidance, our parish community immediately took flight allowing St Andrew to become one of the largest parishes in the Diocese. Our school was born and flourished under his leadership. He loved this Parish and School. Father visited just before Christmas and was so happy to see and hear the kids learning and playing. Father would have been 98 years old on March 20. He was and continues to be in many ways a blessing for our school and parish. Please keep Father Murphy, and his family in your thoughts and prayers. 

He was born in County Cork, Irland on March 20, 1924. He was ordained priest for Brooklyn in Dublin, at All Hallows, in June 1960. After coming to the Diocese of Venice, he served as an assistant priest at St Francis Xavier for six years before becoming the second pastor of St. Andrew on June 25, 1976. Immediately, he received permission to start to dream big, about a new church building and a new school. At the end of his pastoral assignment, he wrote a letter to the parishioners on January 28, 1997 announcing his retirement and telling parishioners that he felt the parish was his home and regretting that the administration of the largest parish in the Diocese was consuming his time and lessening his opportunities to have greater contact with them individually as people.

We bless this beloved shepherd of St. Andrew Church with these traditional words: Eternal rest, grant unto Father Timothy Murphy, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

The Knights of Columbus, Council 11177 at St. Katharine Drexel, will once again be sponsoring a scholarship competition for high school seniors who are registered members of St. Andrew’s, St. Katharine’s or Miraculous Medal parishes, and who are planning to pursue their education beyond high school. Applications for the Joshua Johnson Memorial Scholarship are here. Paper copies will also be available in the narthex information counter at Saint Katharine parish. Completed applications and all supporting documents must be postmarked no later than April 4, 2022. For further information, contact Mike Sushil at (239) 560-2454.

Parishes throughout the Diocese have been made aware that someone is creating fake email accounts using the names of priests of the Diocese and/or Parish staff and emailing Parishioners requesting donations in the form of gift cards/Pay Pal. If you receive email allegedly from a Priest or Parish Staff member, originating from an email address with a domain other than the Parish's domain (which for St Andrew means an email ending in @standrewrcc.org and only that!), please ensure the authenticity of the email before responding. No action should be taken and please contact your Parish Office.

For a complete historical list of all Coronavirus related announcements, visit our Coronavirus Timeline Page.

Due the ongoing public health concerns about sharing books in the pews, St. Andrew Parish will not have missalettes in the pews.  However, St. Andrew purchased a limited supply that are offered for sale for $3 (no change will be available) for personal use (to take with you and bring back) while supplies last.  There are only a handful left. If you'd like to purchase one, you can do so at the Parish Office until there are no more.

Click here for a handout that provides information on both print and digital alternatives for your use.

Holy Hour & Rosary: Saturday - 8:00 am

Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday - 8:25 am

Prayer for Priests: 9:30 am (immediately following 9 am Mass), Marian Chapel

2628 Del Prado Blvd S.

Cape Coral, FL 33904

To see it on a map, click the "Find us on a map" link at the top of the page.

Click here for a downloadable version of this flyer.