Poor St. Polycarp! Despite being a disciple of St. John the Evangelist himself and suffering a true martyr’s death — recounted in great gory (yet glorious) detail —absolutely no one names their child ...

St. Polycarp was the bishop of Smyrna and a disciple of St. John, according to St. Irenaeus (c. 130-c. 202) and Tertullian (c. 155-c. 220). I’d like to examine his Epistle to the Philippians. It ...

To have faith is to see the handiwork of the unseen God. Faith is the force that says “Go!” even if all you see is a mist, or worse, only darkness. It is the belief that everything will be all right ...

A real people person and a true man of God – that’s how several parishioners described Father Tom Flowers at his farewell reception Sunday at St. Polycarp Roman Catholic Church in Smyrna. “When I ...

Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, who was “fruitful in every good work” (Col. 1:10), was born in the first century, and lived in Smyrna in Asia Minor. He was orphaned at an early age, but at the ...

A copy of the letter sent from the nuns running the school to parents on Sept. 7, 1950, its first day Envelopes containing the handwritten names by all first-, second-, and third-graders at Saint ...

STANTON – St. Polycarp Church’s Family Support Center will hold a swap meet from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. April 14. Merchants are invited to participate. The cost is $20. That same day, the church is hosting ...