Church
of Saint Philip Neri
Pennsburg, PA 18073
June 21,
2009
|
Rev. Robert A.
Roncase, Pastor Deacon Michael J.
Franks,
Permanent Deacon Rev. Edmond J. Speitel, Pastor Emeritus Rev. John J. Scarcia, Retired Pastor Rev.
Raymond W. Smart,
Retired, Resident Shirley
Misiak,
Office Manager Mark J.
Meinzer,
Business Manager Catherine
E. Faust,
Director of Music Patricia
A. Schleeweiss,
School Principal Jeffrey
W. Daley,
Director of Religious Education Colleen
Daley,
Parish Youth Minister Sister
Patricia Kelly, M.S.B.T., Parish Outreach Rectory Phone 215.679.9275 Rectory Fax 215.679.0386 School Phone 215.679.7481 Religious Education
Phone 215.541.3120 Religious Education
Fax 215.541.1398 Parish Social Hall
Phone 215.679.8116 Parish Outreach Phone
215.679.2282 Neri Center Phone 215-679-6490 Church & Rectory
Address: 1325 Klinerd Road Pennsburg, PA 18073 Hours: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Email Address: spnofc@comcast.net Website Address: www.spnparish.org School Address: 6th & Washington Streets East Greenville, PA 18041 Hours: 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM Website Address:
www.spnelementary.com Religious Education
Center Address 565 Main Street East Greenville, PA 18041 Hours: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Neri Center Address 6th & Washington Streets East Greenville, PA 18041 ROSARY: Prayed in the Chapel Every Saturday after the 8:00 AM Mass Every 2nd Monday at 1:00 PM |
SCHEDULE
OF MASSES
Saturday – Vigil Mass – 5:00 PM Sunday
– 7:30, 9:30, 11:00 AM Weekdays – In the Chapel Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
& Saturday – 8:00 AM Wednesday – 7:00 PM HOLY
DAYS: 8:00
AM, 9:30 AM, 7:30 PM Eve of
Holy Days –5:00 PM CHAPEL
OPEN FOR VISITS The
Chapel will be opened Monday thru Saturday until
7:00 pm for your visits to the Blessed Sacrament. CONFESSIONS Saturdays: 4:00 – 4:45 PM Eve of
Holy Days: 4:15 – 4:45 PM BAPTISMS Celebrated the 2nd & 3rd Sundays of each
month. Please
call the Rectory to schedule. 2nd Sunday
Baptisms are held at the 11:00 AM Mass 3rd Sunday
Baptisms are held at 12:30 PM PRE-JORDAN
CLASSES 1st
Monday of every month at 7:30 PM in the Rectory meeting room. MARRIAGES Arrangements should be made at least SIX MONTHS
before the date of the wedding. NEW
PARISHIONERS Welcome to your new home! Please stop by the rectory between 9:00 am -
3:00 pm to fill out a registration card.
We are happy to have you in our parish and want to get to know you. SHUT-INS Please
call the Parish Outreach Office. SACRAMENT
OF THE ANOINTING Please
call the Rectory. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Every
1st Friday from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM in the church, followed by Benediction. FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS
If
you wish to have a floral arrangement placed in front of the altar, please call
the rectory. |
OUR PARISH MISSION
STATEMENT
WE ARE THE CATHOLIC PARISH COMMUNITY OF ST. PHILIP
NERI, ANSWERING CHRIST’S CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP THROUGH WORD, SACRAMENT AND
SERVICE.
WE PROCLAIM GOD’S HOPE AND LOVE TO ALL.
LET US PRAISE
CHRIST TOGETHER
The archdiocesan Capital Campaign Heritage of Faith Vision of Hope is
winding down here at St. Philip Neri.
It has been a busy six (6) months of work for the team and volunteers
involved in this Project for the archdiocese.
I thank you all for your support both financially and prayerfully for
this huge endeavor. As you know, the goal given to us by the diocese was $720,000
– a substantial amount. As of today,
because of your generosity, the parish has pledged over the next five (5)
years, $641,000 or 89% of goal. Thirty
five percent of this amount will be given back to St. Philip Neri over the next
five (5) years. This should amount to
$224,000, the majority of which will be used to help reduce our parish
Debt. I thank you all for your support for
this Campaign in the archdiocese as the Church looks and plans for the
future.
The Campaign is continuing in the remaining parishes in the archdiocese
and will continue until 2010.
God bless you all for your generosity and, your never-ending support of
St. Philip Neri and the Church.
Praise Be Jesus Christ…Now and Forever!
Fr. Roncase
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
The Sunday
Masses today have been offered for all those men, our Fathers, whose names are
on our altar.
God Bless
our Fathers!
A FATHER’S LETTER
TO HIS SON
Dear Son,
As long as YOU LIVE IN THIS HOUSE, you will FOLLOW
THE RULES. When you have YOUR OWN
HOUSE, you can MAKE YOUR OWN RULES.
In THIS
house, we DO NOT have a DEMOCRACY. I
did not CAMPAIGN to be your father. YOU
DID NOT VOTE FOR ME! We are Father and
Son by the GRACE OF GOD, and I accept that PRIVILEGE and AWESOME
RESPONSIBILITY. In accepting IT, I have
an OBLIGATION to perform the role of a FATHER.
I am NOT YOUR PAL. Our ages are too different.
We can SHARE many things, BUT we are NOT pals. I AM YOUR FATHER. This is
100 times more than what a PAL is. I am
also your FRIEND, BUT we are on ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LEVELS.
YOU WILL DO, in this house, AS I SAY, and
YOUCANNOT QUESTION ME because WHATEVER I ask you to do is MOTIVATED by
LOVE. THIS will be HARD for you to
UNDERSTAND until you have a SON OF YOUR OWN.
Until then, TRUST ME.
Your
Father,
Ricardo
Montalban
Serving at Mass June
28
Extraordinary Ministers Lectors
5:00 pm – Jim
Quigley Pete
Frank
Annemarie Quigley
Priest
Deacon
Priest
Jim Camarata
Bob Talbot
Kathryn Talbot
Alice Swift
LaRue Emmell
Lisa Edleman
Michael Edleman
7:30 am –
Christine Adelsberger Theresa
Gilmore
Stephan Adelsberger John
Gilmore
Priest
Michele Martin
John McHale
Rita Tokarski
9:30 am – Mary
Ellen Paulk D.
McCausland
Rose Anderson Sue
DiMarco
Priest
Sharon Shaak
Judy Sledgen
11:00 am – Ed
Tryon Jim
Brinckman
Alicia Tryon Adam
Canigiani
Priest
Anita Weilnau
Ken Mayer
Marilynn Mayer
TWELFTH SUNDY IN ORDINARY TIME
June 21, 2009
Monday, June 22, Paulinus of Nola, bishop,
John Fisher, bishop & martyr, Thomas More,
martyr
8:00 am – Cifford Rothenberger,
(Mann-Slonaker Funeral Home)
Tuesday, June 23
8:00 am – Richard Duklis, (Tony & Anna
Bogdon)
Wednesday, June 24, The Nativity of John the
Baptist
7:00 pm – David Nunan, (Concetta & Angela
Chinnici
Thursday, June 25
8:00 am – Lawrence & Marie Fronheiser,
(John & Betty Fronheiser)
Friday, June 26
8:00 am – Helen & Harvey Archut, (Ann
& Al Smart)
Saturday, June 27
8:00 am – George Dykie, (Ryan Tiver)
5:00 pm – First Anniversary, Ralph Bolognese,
(Elva Bolognese & family)
Sunday, June 28
7:30 am – George Dykie, (Kitty Kerivel)
9:30 am – For the living & deceased
members
of the Parish.
11:00 am – Noreen Bauer, (The Patterson
family)
WE INVITE YOUR
PRAYERS
For the sick, those in hospitals, nursing homes,
and also for their caregivers.
Please pray in
particular for:
Rev. John J.
Scarcia, Jack Conlen, Mary Conover, Barbara Duklis, Olga Durco, Baby Robert
John Riegel, Jr., Kelly Connolly, Jennie Virus, Robert Rukstalis, Mary Ann
Bencie, Frances Cannon, Josh Frumnecht, Steven Gebhardt, Ann Bowdren, Jack
Cahill, Dianna Rynkiewicz, Ethel Buck, Gary Lester Keller, Mary R. Giambrone,
Michael Andrusko, Betty Risko, Christine Keer, Anna Rickert, Robert Joseph
Drelick, Hilda Stine, Donald Abramo Sr., James Abramo, Christine Erb, Delia
Grim, Joe Johnson, Baby Lucy Littlefield, Gesse Liguoro, Charlotte Azarovich,
George Bradford, Margie Shelley, Baby
Amelia Lyman, Matthew Melcher, Dolores Misiak, Rick DeStefano, Catherine
Wlazelek, Florence Stump & Viola Kavacky.
For those who have died, rant them eternal rest and peace.
PARISH
ORGANIZATIONS
Knights of Columbus – Fr. Leo J. Letterhouse Council #6614 meets every second Sunday of
the month in the Council Meeting Room at the rectory. Consider joining us by calling Duke Doherty at 215-679-0660.
St. Philip Neri Craft Guild meets the first and third Tuesday of each month in the Social
Hall Meeting Room from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
For more
information, please call Connie Marks: 610-287-9829.
Boy Scouts – Tuesday
evenings in Social Hall from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm.
Join our
Boy Scouts by calling Joe Smith at:
610-754-6316.
Cub Scouts – Thursday
evenings in the Neri Center – East Greenville.
Join our
Cub Scouts by calling Alicia Tryon at: 215-679-4193 or email to: Cubpack591@yahoo.com.
CYO Sports – For more
information, please contact Kevin Loose at: 215-679-5481.
Parish Youth Ministry – For more information, please contact Colleen Daley at: 215-541-1716.
BUILDING MEMORIALS
Give a St. Philip
Neri Memorial Gift!
For a
donation of $25 or more, there is a beautiful folder recording the gift and
donor to be presented to the family. A
Mass is offered each month.
In memory
of Cecilia Vanim, requested by:
Florence
Stump.
In memory
of Dad, “James Zaun”, requested by:
Jack, Bill,
Morgan & Mitchell Marion.
We also
have “Living Memorials” for those
special occasions in life.
ACTIVITIES -
*BINGO*
Kitchen
opens 5:00 pm – Bingo – 6:30 pm
Working
Thursday – June 25th Team #1
All
regular games pay $50
FINAL
COVER – ALL SPECIAL PAYS: $500
Please note:
BROWN BAGS
ARE NEEDED FOR BINGO!
Please drop
the bags off at the Social Hall on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s between 8:00 am and
12:00 noon.
Bingo: No Bingo – June 11th
SUNDAY COLLECTIONS
June
15, 2008
Envelopes: $
7,124.70
Loose 1,048.00
Children 56.85
Total: $ 8,229.55
June
14, 2009
Envelopes: $
8,575.00
Loose
1,642.00
Children 107.00
Total: $10,324.00
MEETINGS AND EVENTS THIS WEEK
Sunday,
June 21st – Children-s Liturgy of the Word – at the 9:30 am Mass in
Church
Sunday,
June 21st – Men’3 30 & over Basketball – gym – 8:00 pm
Monday,
June 22nd – SPN Quilting – gym – Meeting Room B -1:00 – 3:00 pm
Tuesday,
June 23rd – Garden Club – Church grounds – 5:00 pm
Tuesday,
June 23rd – Adult Choir & Cantor Practice in Church at 6:30 pm
Thursday,
June 25th – Bingo – gym – 6:30 pm
Friday,
June 26th- SPN Quilting – gym – Meeting Room B – 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Saturday,
June 27th – Parish Breakfast set-up in the gym – 7:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday,
June 28th – Parish Breakfast – gym – 7:00 am – 12:30 pm
Sunday,
June 28th – Children’s Liturgy of the Word – at the 9:30 am Mass
Sunday,
June 28th – Men’s 30 & Over Basketball – gym – 8:00 pm
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Parish
Calendar Meeting – Monday, June 29th – rectory – 7:00 pm
Pre-Jordan
Baptismal Class – Monday, July 6th – rectory – 7:30 pm
Pennsburg
Manor Nursing Home Mass – Thursday, July 9th – at 10:00 am
Knights
of Columbus General Meeting – Sunday, July 12th – at the rectory –
7:30 pm
SCHOOL
NEWS
St.
Philip Neri Grade School News
Don’t miss out on a great opportunity to provide
your son or daughter with a Catholic School education at St. Philip Neri
School! Our school provides a safe,
nurturing value-centered learning environment for students in Preschool through Eighth Grade.
The Hop Ahead Preschool has a program Tuesdays and Thursdays for 3 year olds and
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for 4 year olds from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Our Kindergarten program is a full day
program along with our First through Eighth Grade which begins at 7:45 a.m. and
ends at 2:25 p.m. An after school
program, C.A.R.E.S., is also available for students in Kindergarten through
Eighth Grade. If you would like any additional information on our school or
would like to register your child, please call the school office at
215-679-7481. When registering your
child for Preschool, please have a copy of your child’s immunization records. If
registering for Grades K through 8, please have the following at
registration: original birth
certificate, copy of baptismal certificate, and current immunization record as
required by the State of PA at the time of registration. Hurry, as we need to prepare for the
upcoming 2009-2010 school year! School
begins on September 8th for Grades 1 to 8, September 11th for Kindergarten,
September 14th for Pre K-4s, and September 15th for Pre K-3’s.
The Administration, Faculty and Staff of St.
Philip Neri Grade School would like to wish everyone a happy and safe summer!
Please check out our website for any
information about the 2009-10 school year at:
www.spnelementary.com.
PARISH NEWS
CHARISMATIC PRAYER
GROUP
Every Monday at 7:00
pm in the Chapel. Come to grow closer to God and experience the power of the
Holy Spirit through prayer, praise, song, scripture reading, teaching, witnessing,
and use of the charisms.
Discover the love of
God in a more profound way. Call Rich at: 610-323-1127.
Please
note: The Charismatic Prayer Group will
NOT meet on Monday, July 6th.
H.O.P.E.
The H.O.P.E. Ministry is part of Outreach and
services our Church Community. H.O.P.E. provides FREE transportation for
medical appointments, errands, respite care, light housekeeping and to mass.
Our volunteers are parishioners who are willing to serve and answer your needs.
Please call Kathy or Bob Talbot–Coordinators -
at: 215-541-0250 or the Outreach Office: 215-679-2282.
St.
Philip Neri Grade School Tuition Assistance
Did you know that Tuition Assistance is
available for your child to attend St. Philip Neri Grade School?
Tuition Assistance is available to
those showing a real need. Address your
request to:
St. Philip Neri Tuition Assistance Program
1325 Klinerd Road
Pennsburg, PA 18073
You will receive a letter asking for
some information and you will be notified of any decision before the school
year starts.
Guidelines
for:
TUITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Minimal
Criteria
1. Tuition Assistance will apply only to
students in grades K-8 who are enrolled at Saint Philip Neri Elementary School.
2. Parent or legal guardian must be a
registered parishioner of St. Philip Neri Parish.
3. Must demonstrate financial need,
subject to review and approval of Tuition Committee.
4. Must be active and volunteer in parish
activities.
5. Tuition
Assistance will be applied towards tuition as credit.
PARISH CARNIVAL TEE
SHIRTS & LAWN SIGNS
Please return ALL parish
Carnival Tee Shirts and Lawn Signs to the rectory or to the Church (in the
small room) so we can pack them away for next year’s Event.
SILVER
SPIRITS
CASINO
TRIP – August 8th
The Casino Trip is now filled;
however, there will be a “WAITING LIST”.
If cancellations are reported, the names on the list will be contacted
in the order that they were received.
ALL monies are due
ASAP! Reservations will not be
confirmed until ALL payments are received.
Any questions, please
call Kathy Kulp: 269-923-5173 or Kathy Talbot: 215-541-0250.
Thank you for your
cooperation in this matter.
FREEDOM FEST & JULY 4th CELEBRATION
July 1st – 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
July 2nd – 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
July 3rd – 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
July 4th – 10:00 am – 9:30 pm
New Goshenhoppen Park
Third Street
East Greenville, PA
The
Upper Perkiomen Ministerium is once again sponsoring the area FREEDOM FEST and
JULY 4TH CELEBRATION and FIREWORKS.
Saint
Philip Neri Church will be involved in this local Event. We will be sponsoring a Food Booth in the
kitchen with a limited menu.
Help is
needed to sell food on the following days:
July 1st – July 3rd – 5:30 pm – 9:00
pm
July 4th – 11:30am – 9:30 pm.
There
will also be a Sign-up Poster, for volunteers in Church.
Please
call Maureen at: 215-679-8039, Shirley at the rectory: 215-679-9275 or email
Doris at: gmomdecker@yahoo.com.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!
ST.
PHILIP NERI CHURCH
HOAGIE SALE
CHEESE,
ITALIAN or TURKEY
TUESDAY
– JULY 7, 2009
12:00
NOON – 6:00 PM
St.
Philip Neri Social Hall
COST: $4.00
All
orders due by:
Monday
– June 29th
Please
call:
Rita
– 679-7009 or Pat – 679-5675
ST. PHILIP NERI PARISH
SEVENTH ANNUAL CAR SHOW
Friday – July 24th - 6:00 – 10:00 PM (registration
begins 5:00 pm)
RAIN or SHINE!
Great Food
Music by Hodge Podge
COME-N-GO-BINGO
ADVANCED SALE FOOD TICKETS will be available for purchase at the
script table starting June 27th until July 19th. Food tickets will also be available at the
rectory from June 29th to July 20th. For every $5 purchased, you receive $6.00 in
food tickets.
VOLUNTEERS will be needed for security, parking,
tickets sales, bingo, kitchen and food stands.
If you would like to volunteer you can fill out a volunteer
form, call Maureen at 215-679-8039, Shirley at 215-679-9275 or e mail Doris at gmomdecker@yahoo.com.
For information: call
Shirley at 215-679-9275 (daytime) or Pete at 215-679-6942 (evenings)
CAR SHOW COMMITTEE DATES
Monday –
July 13th:
Goodie
Bag Stuffing in Social Hall at 7:00 pm
Monday –
July 20th:
Stand
erection and placement in the Church Parking Lot at 6:30 pm with the RAIN DATE
set for Tuesday – July 21st at 6:30 pm.
OUR
PARISH BULLETIN NEEDS YOUR HELP!
It
is free and provides important revenues to our Parish.
Please
have your business, service or practice recommended to all our parish families
with an Ad supporting our Bulletin.
Please call Jim Finnen this week:
Cell
phone – 610-653-2145 or
Home
phone – 610-838-2238
It is one of the few, inexpensive local
advertising opportunities left in our area and your parish thanks you.
ARCHDIOCESAN
NEWS
SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY
Thinking
about a summer conference or spiritual retreat? Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary is offering a new summer program
that combines learning the faith with spiritual reflection.
Summer
academic retreats begin in July. To
learn more and download a registration form, visit www.StudyCatholicTheology.com.
Undergraduate
certificates and a Master of Arts in Theology program also available.
Apply
now for summer session.
FOSTER
FAMILIES NEEDED
National Foster Care is a time when we look to
individuals and communities to come forward and make a positive difference in
the life of a child. At present, there
are over 4,000 children in foster care in Philadelphia in need of safe,
temporary homes.
Catholic Social Services is looking for single
or married adults to become foster parents to children of all ages and
races. To learn more about becoming a
foster parent, please contact Melissa at: 215-587-2458. Remember, you can make a difference that
will last a lifetime!
RESPECT LIFE BULLETIN BRIEFS
“The family…is a school which enables
men and women to grow to the full measure of their humanity. The experience of being loved by their
parents helps children to become aware of their dignity as children.”
(Pope
Benedict XVI – July 8, 2006)
DO YOU KNOW YOUR TRIBUNAL?
The Tribunal is a group of specially
qualified priests, sisters, and lay persons whose responsibility is to come to
the help of people who have experienced divorce.
When a divorce occurs, the Catholic
Church always seeks to balance two realities.
One is the unbreakableness of the bond of marriage. This is God’s law. It cannot be broken by
human intervention. On the other hand,
the Church is concerned about the spiritual welfare of the people
involved. Was this a true marriage? Even though a Catholic Marriage was
celebrated, perhaps there was some weakness in the consent of the parties
involved?
The Annulment Procedure addresses this
problem without affixing blame on either party.
If you are divorced or married outside
the Catholic Church, please telephone the Tribunal Office. Have no fear. All Interviews are private.
Write or call:
The
Tribunal
222
N. 17th St. – Philadelphia 19103
215-587-3750
MIRACULOUS MEDAL
SHRINE
500 E. Chelten Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
215-844-1010
New This
Summer
NOVENA OF HOPE
July 10, 2009 – July 18, 2009
Novena,
Sermon, Mass at 9:00 am; 12:05 pm & 7:30 pm.
Confessions heard thirty
minutes prior to Mass.
AREA
PARISH NEWS
RESPECT
LIFE PROGRAM: DESIGNER BABIES
St.
Maria Goretti Parish Library
Hatfield,
PA
June 23rd
– 7:30 pm
“Learn about Assisted Reproductive
Technologies in a Catholic framework with Dr. Les Ruppersberger. Find out which treatments are approved for
use and which are considered immoral, and why.
For more information, please contact Michele
at Michele.haytko@gmail.com or
215-256-1466.
SOCIETY
of ST. VINCENT de PAUL
CLOTHING
DRIVE – July 25, 2009
St. Mary
of Delphi
40
Spring Mount Road
Schwenksville,
PA 19473
9:00 am
– 2:00 pm
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of
Philadelphia serving the underprivileged of the Philadelphia five-county area
since 1851, is collecting donations of usable men’s, women’s, and children’s
clothing. We will also be accepting
small household goods (bed and bath linens, pots & pans, dishes, cooking
utensils, shoes and books). We also
accept small appliances in good working order.
No
baby equipment – only clothing.
Individuals are invited to take all donations to
the location listed above.
AREA NEWS
FATIMA DAY IN DOYLESTOWN
The National Shrine of Our Lady of
Czestochowa located at 654 Ferry Road, Doylestown, invites you to come and pray
with us for peace in the world! Join us
on the 13th of every month from now until October at 7:00 pm.
We begin with Holy Mass followed by a
candlelight procession, Holy Rosary recited in different languages and Act of
Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Your prayers and presence are
needed!
For more information, please call the
Shrine at: 215-345-0600.
