We, the faith-filled Eucharistic community of Saint Richard Catholic Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, seek to build the kingdom of God by witnessing to the Good News of Jesus Christ.  As the Body of Christ, we joyfully celebrate the Sacraments, the Word of God and our Catholic tradition.  We strive to strengthen our parish family through spiritual devotion and faith formation.  Impassioned by our love for Christ, we reach out and serve the needs of the entire community.

St. Richard Parish was established on November 1, 1992, the feast of All Saints. The parish would cover the borders of Richland Township and would draw parishioners from St. Catherine of Sweden in Wildwood, Holy Sepulcher in Middlesex and St. Kilian in Mars. The original parish census statistics showed a potential of 600 families, but only 425 families joined the parish at that time.

The parish family worshiped at the chapel at St. Barnabas Nursing Home for the first three years of existence. Faith Formation classes were held in the homes of parishioners and the church office was located at the off-site rectory. Due to the generosity of the congregation, our beautiful church building on the hill was built and dedicated on December 17, 1995. Father Philip Pribonic was appointed as temporary administrator with his term lasting six months until Father Kenneth Oldenski began his assignmend as Pastor of St. Richard parish on July 8, 1996. He served until his retirement on June 30, 2010. After his retirement, the energatic and dymantic Father Thomas Sparacino began his assignment at our parish on July 6, 2010 and was later assigned as the Rector and Director of Pre-Ordination Formation at the seminary in July 2017. Since On Mission, we've had the priveldge of being guided by several priests beginning with Father Mike Conway until August 1st, 2018 and Father Vince Kolo from August to October of 2018. In October of 20`18, our permanent Pastor and Pariochal Vicar,  Father Bob Vular and Father Chris Mannerino, began to oversee both St. Richard and St. Catherine of Sweden parishes. On January 4th, 2021 we merged with our sister church, St. Catherine of Sweden in Allison Park, to becoming Saints Martha & Mary Parish.

We hope and pray that this short biography and mission statement will give you a bit of knowledge about our friendly and active parish. We are always looking for new ideas and gifts to build the Body of Christ and we encourage you to become involved and share your gifts with our parish family. In the Eucharist, we are united as sisters and brothers vitally interested in worshiping our God and caring for one another. Our goal as Catholic Christians is to unite by working together to respond to the joys and challenges of the Gospel and we welcome the involvement of everyone.