Fr Jay Scott Newman, Author at St. Mary's Catholic Church

The Epiphany of the Lord

By Fr Jay Scott Newman | 5 January 2014

Dear Friends in Christ, The Solemnity of the Epiphany is one of the richest feasts in the Christian liturgy, and for this reason, it is also among the most misunderstood. The Greek word which we translate epiphany simply means “appearance” or “manifestation”, and in the Western liturgical tradition the Epiphany is linked most strongly to…

Easter 2003

By Fr Jay Scott Newman | 13 April 2003

Palm Sunday Praised Be Jesus Christ! Now and Forever! Dear People of St. Mary’s Church, At the beginning of this Holy Week, the Church’s annual remembrance of the passion, death, and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus, our parish family is thriving, and we have many blessings for which to be thankful. Human Growth and Discipleship…

Clergy Misconduct

By Fr Jay Scott Newman | 17 March 2002

Dear People of St. Mary’s Church, “Put not your trust in princes, in mortal men in whom there is no help…Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God” (Psalm 146:3,5). These words of the palmist came to me several days ago when I first heard…

Christmas Letter

By Fr Jay Scott Newman | 22 December 2001

Letter to St. Mary’s at Christmas Dear People of Saint Mary’s Church, Anniversaries are always a time to take stock, and in A.D. 2002, we will celebrate a particularly important anniversary: we will be 150 years old. In the century and a half since the founding of this parish dedicated to Our Lady of the…

The First Homily to St. Mary's

By Fr Jay Scott Newman | 1 July 2001

Preached by Father Jay Scott Newman Sixteenth Pastor of St. Mary’s Church Greenville, South Carolina My name is Jay Scott Newman, and I am a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am also, by the grace of God, a priest of the New Covenant in the presbyteral order. And by the appointment of Robert,…

Meet Father Newman

By Fr Jay Scott Newman | 3 June 2001

Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and Forever! Dear People of St. Mary’s Church, On Thursday 28 June 2001, the Feast of St. Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr, I will become the eighth pastor of St. Mary’s Church. Before God, I declare to our Bishop Robert that I will give myself entirely to the service of this…