Church
of Saint Philip Neri
Pennsburg, PA 18073
June 28,
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.
FROM THE PARISH
OUTREACH DESK OF
SISTER PATRICIA
KELLY, M.S.B.T.
A recent article in a newspaper titled, “The National Catholic Reporter
(N.C.R.) quotes Jesuit Priest and author Tom Sweetser, as saying: “Parishioners
matter. People need to sign up at a
parish, attend Mass, join in the Mass singing and connecting with people,
contribute their time and resources, and pray at least six minutes a
day.”….Once you get people praying, they will want to get involved.”
What caught my eye was “pray at least six minutes a day.” Our United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops (USCCB), in their document, Communities of Salt and Light,
tell us: “Our Social Ministry must be
anchored in prayer, where we uncover the depths of God’s call to seek justice
and pursue peace. In personal prayer,
the reading of the Scriptures and quiet reflection on the Christian vocation,
we discover the social ministry of every believer. In serving those in need, we serve the Lord. In seeking justice and peace, we witness to
the reign of God in our midst. In
prayer we find the reasons, the strength, and the call to follow Jesus in the
ways of charity, justice, and peace.”
It seems we need to pray more than six minutes each day!
Another example of the social mission of the Church that is lived out
here, in St. Philip Neri Parish (one was given last month; ie Friendly
Visitors) is our Bereavement Support Groups.
When people loose a loved one, the family members – especially the
spouses – are devastated. Our
Bereavement Support Group Facilitators are understanding and compassionate
people. They themselves, have lived
through grief. Those in the support
groups help each other live through grief.
They understand and support one another, and, with the Facilitators,
pray that the compassionate Hearts of Jesus and Mary absorb their sorrow.
Jesus, Himself, wept at the death of his friend, Lazarus. He shared his tears with his mother, Mary
and with Martha, the sister of Lazarus.
He knew the value of their support.
In St. Philip Neri Parish, Bereavement Support Groups are held twice a
year – fall and spring. In November, a
Mass of Remembrance celebrates the lives of all of our parishioners who went
home to our Father in the past year.
Along the same line of Bereavement Support Groups is a new ministry of
service that will soon start in our Parish, the Martha Ministry. Watch the Bulletin during the summer for
further information!
Until next month, I leave you in the warmth of the Most Blessed
Trinity.
YEAR of the PRIEST
Prayer for Priests
Ever-living
God and Father of us all, you give to your Church the Priesthood of your Son,
Jesus, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, you provide holy priests for a holy
people.
We pray for
all our priests, who announce the Word of God and celebrate the Sacraments.
For those
who are young and those who are old, for those who serve in difficult and
trying circumstances, for those who are faithful and those who are faltering,
and for those who have died.
We entrust
all our Priests to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary that they may preserve with fidelity to you and to your Church.
With Saint
John Vianney, patron of priests, we pray that our priests may never fail to
lead us to you.
We ask this
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
FIRST FRIDAY
This Friday is First Friday. Mass in Church at 9:00 am. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will
continue after Mass until 7:00 pm with Evening Prayer and Benediction.
MASS ON JULY 4th
Morning Mass on the National Holiday – Saturday,
July 4th will be in Church at 9:00 am.
Happy Independence Day!
THIRTEENTH SUNDY IN ORDINARY TIME
June 28, 2009
Monday, June 29, Peter & Paul apostles
8:00 am – Lila & Paul Smith, (Estate)
Tuesday, June, the First Holy Martyrs of the
Roman Catholic Church
8:00 am – William Dermody,(Christine Dermody)
Wednesday, July 1, Blessed Junipero Serra,
priest
7:00 pm – Ed Wisser, (Ken & Rita Latshaw)
Thursday, July 2
8:00 am – Joseph Grochowski,
(Rich & Barbara Grochowski)
Friday, July 3, Thomas, apostle
9:00 am –
Mass in Church
Tom Virus,
(Judi Virus, daughters &
granddaughter)
Saturday, July 4
9:00 am –
Mass in Church
Noreen Bauer, (Dawn & Bob Ellis)
5:00 pm – Lois Highland, (Sister, Rosalie
Nelson)
Sunday, July 5
7:30 am – Maria Goffredo, (The family)
9:30 am – George Dykie, (John, Barb &
family)
11:00 am – For the living & deceased
members
of the Parish.
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
& Lloyd Rothenberger.
For those who have died, and in particular for, Sister
Marie Vincentine, I.H.M., grant
them eternal rest and peace.
FLORAL AND ROSE ARRANGEMENTS
The yellow roses placed on the Blessed
Mother and Sacred Heart altars are in memory of Carol Shaffer, requested by, Sue Cimorelli.
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The floral arrangement on the altar is
in memory of Ralph Bolognese on his First Anniversary, requested by The
Family.
THIRD QUARTER 2009 SCHEDULE
Attention
all Liturgical Ministers (Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
and High School Altar Servers): The 3rd
Quarter 2009 schedule is now available on line at our parish website: www.spnparish.org. Just follow the link: Liturgical Ministers of the Altar.
If
you do not have computer access, you may pick up a copy in the small room off
the vestibule. This new schedule goes
into effect next Sunday, July 4th & 5th.
Serving
at Mass July
5th
Extraordinary
Ministers Lectors
5:00 pm – Claire Holcombe Ed Tryon
Marci Jaman
Deacon
Priest
Lee
Johnson
Janet
Kendra
7:30 am – Immaculata Barndt John Guckin
Denise Guckin Joan
Wieder
Deacon
Priest
Peter D’Amico
Jim Michels
9:30 am – Andrew Souder Larry Concio
Mary Weber Joe
Cassarella
Priest
Priest
Michael Sledgen
Sharon Shaak
11:00 am – Maryanne Charlton Michele Charlton
Kevin Charlton Eileen Davis
Priest
Priest
Amanda Charlton
Mary Goodfellow
Serving
at Mass July
12th
Extraordinary
Ministers Lectors
5:00 pm – Dianne Kennedy Mark Meinzer
Pat Kennedy
Priest
Priest
Anna Murphy
Gerald Murphy
7:30 am – Joan Varallo Michael Lynch
Wally Varallo Ernie Quatrani
Pat
Scheerbaum
Priest
Paul Moser
Maureen Moser
9:30 am -
Anthony Pongia Terry
Benner
Joan Pongia Wendy
Benner
Colleen Daley
Priest
John Nash
Monica Nash
11:00 am – Doug DiTondo Donna Tarantino
Linda DiTondo Bob Piccone
Deacon
Priest
Sarah Franks
Anna Kells
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 & Lloyd Rothenberger.
For those who have died, and in particular for, Sister
Marie Vincentine, I.H.M., grant
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 - Please note: No Craft Guild Meetings for the month of
July. Our next meeting will be: Tuesday, August 4th. 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.
ACTIVITIES -
*BINGO*
Kitchen
opens 5:00 pm – Bingo – 6:30 pm
Working
Thursday – July 2nd Team #2
All
regular games pay $50
FINAL
COVER – ALL SPECIAL PAYS: $500
Bingo: June
18th:
Games: $565.50
Kitchen: $286.50
Total: $852.00
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.
We also
have “Living Memorials” for those
special occasions in life.
SUNDAY
COLLECTIONS
June
22, 2008
Envelopes: $ 8,571.00
Loose 855.00
Children 57.00
Total: $ 9,483.00
June
21, 2009
Envelopes: $ 8,190.50
Loose
930.00
Children 57.00
Total: $ 9,177.50
MEETINGS AND EVENTS THIS WEEK
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
Monday,
June 29th – Liturgy Committee Meeting – rectory – 7:00 pm
Monday,
June 29th – Parish Calendar Meeting – rectory – 7:00 pm
Monday,
June 29th – Charasmatic Prayer Group - Chapel – 7:00 pm
Tuesday,
June 30th – Garden Club – Church grounds – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Tuesday,
June 30th – Adult Choir & Cantor Practice – in Church at 6:30 pm
Wednesday,
July 1st – Upper Perkiomen Valley Freedom Fest – New Goshenhoppen
Park – East Greenville – 6-9 pm
Thursday,
July 2nd – Bingo – gym – 6:30 pm
Thursday,
July 2nd – Upper Perkiomen Valley Freedom Fest – East Greenville –
6-9pm
Friday,
July 3rd – First Friday – Mass in Church at 9:00 am – Adoration –
7:00 pm
Friday,
July 3rd – Upper Perkiomen Valley Freedom Fest – New Goshenhoppen
Park – East Greenville – 6-9 pm
Saturday,
July 4th – Freedom Fest – New Goshenhoppen Park – 10:00 am – 9:30 pm
Sunday,
July 5th – Children’s Liturgy of the Word at the 9:30 am Mass.
Sunday,
July 5th – Men’s 30 & over Basketball – gym – 8:00 pm
UPCOMING MEETINGS
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
Car Show
Committee Meeting – Tuesday, July 13th in Social Hall at 7:00 pm. (Goodie Bag Stuffing)
Respect
Life Ministry Meeting – Wednesday, July 15th – at the rectory – 7:30
pm
Cub Scout
Parent Meeting – Wednesday, July 15th – at the Neri Center – 6:00 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
FROM THE PARISH OUTREACH OFFICE
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.
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.
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.
FREEDOM FEST 2009
July 1st – July 4th
A Fourth
of July celebration for the Upper Perkiomen Valley at New Goshenhoppen Park
located at 3rd Street in East Greenville.
July
1st – 3rd:
Festivities
from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Rides,
food, live music each evening.
July
4th Festivities:
10:00 am
– Firemen’s Battle
12:00
noon - Rides, food stands, booths open
1:00 pm
- Baby Parade (children under 1&1/2)
1:30 pm
- Live music
5:00 pm
- Family Puppet Show
7:00 pm
- Red Hill Band
9:30 pm
- Fireworks
St.
Philip Neri Church will be involved in this local Event. We will be sponsoring a Food Booth in the
kitchen with a limited menu.
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
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.
Any
questions, please call Pete Frank: 215-679-6942.
ST. PHILIP NERI CHURCH
SEVENTH ANNUAL CAR
SHOW
CHURCH GROUNDS (OFF
ROUTE 663)
Friday – July 24th
- 6:00 – 10:00 PM (registration begins 5:00 pm)
$10 Registration Fee
RAIN or SHINE!
People’s Choice
Awards,
Dish Plaques for first
100 pre-registered
Great Food, Door Prizes,
Music by Hodge Podge
COME-N-GO-BINGO
Last day of Garage
Sale & MUCH MORE!
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, (see page 13) call Maureen at 679-8039,
Shirley at 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)
SAVE THE DATE:
Friday, October 9
Third Annual St. Philip Neri Golf Outing
Macoby Run Golf
Course,
Green Lane, PA
18 Hole 4-golfer
Scramble,
1:00 pm Shotgun Start
Food, Beer, Prizes, $60 per golfer
To register your foursome or to volunteer, contact:
Andrew Souder, 215-804-0845, andrew@rafind.com
ARCHDIOCESAN
NEWS
Office of the
Cardinal
Dear Brothers and
Sisters in Christ,
With these words, holy priests for a holy people, I am
pleased to announce the observance of the Year
of the Priest in the Archdiocese
of Philadelphia.
Our Holy Father,
Pope Benedict XVI, has called for this year of grace for the whole Church as a
new opportunity for priests to grow in holiness and live more fully united to
the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and for all the members of the Church to recall the
essential role of priests among us and in society.
The universal
observance of the Year of the Priest
began with the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus just celebrated this
past Friday, June 19th, and will conclude on the same date next year
in Rome with a worldwide meeting of priests with our Holy Father. A significant part of this Year of the Priest is the commemoration
of the 150th anniversary of the death of Cure of Ars, Saint John
Vianney, who continues to inspire all of us as a priest ever at the service of
his people.
As Archbishop of
Philadelphia, I invite everyone in the Archdiocese, all priests and all the
faithful, in solidarity with our Holy Father, to observe the Year of the Priest as a splendid
opportunity to reflect on the gift of priesthood of Jesus shared with his priests. This gift belongs to the whole Church and is
for the whole Church. I ask of you,
sharers and benefactors of this gift from Jesus, to participate wholeheartedly
in this Year of the Priest here in
Philadelphia.
Our primary
participation is through prayer. Pray
for priests. Pray for priests as they
announce God’s Holy Word and celebrate the Sacraments. Pray for their holiness. An archdiocesan Prayer for Priests will be
made widely available for use in our parishes, schools, and religious education
programs and other institutions. I
invite you to pray this prayer as a families, in parish groups, and alone. I especially encourage praying for priests
in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.
I also invite you
to participate through the many programs to be offered throughout the year by
the Archdiocese and our parishes. Those
to be offered by the Archdiocese have been published in the Catholic Standard and Times, this past
Thursday, June 18th. One of
these programs includes an opportunity for every parish for one week during
this year to pray for our priests through the intercession of St. John Vianney
as his statue and relic travel from parish to parish throughout the
Archdiocese.
This Year of the Priest offers all of us a
unique occasion for many blessings. May
our observance of this Year of the Priest truly provide the Archdiocese
of Philadelphia with holy priests for a
holy people!
Sincerely in
Christ,
Cardinal Justin
Rigali
Office of the
Cardinal
June 19, 2009
Dear
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
The Peter’s Pence Collection, in support of
the Holy Father’s spiritual and charitable works, will be taken up on the
weekend of June 27 and 28, 2009.
Through your generous participation in this special appeal, you share in
the concern of the Successor of Peter to respond with emergency financial
assistance to our brothers and sisters who suffer as a result of war,
oppression, disease and natural disaster.
In
September of 2006, Pope Benedict XVI gave a homily in which he explained that
those who are baptized create one family of believers who are never alone. The Peter’s
Pence Collection unites in solidarity to the Holy See and its works of
charity to those in need. Your
generosity allows the Pope to respond to our suffering brothers and sisters with
promptness, love, and compassion, so God’s people will not feel alone in their
time of misfortune.
With
gratitude for your past contributions and relying on your compassion for the
needy, I ask you to respond generously once again to this collection according
to your means.
Sincerely
in Christ,
Cardinal
Justin Rigali
RESPECT LIFE BULLETIN BRIEFS
“Just 22
days after conception, a human embryo’s heart begins beating. The little heart will beat nearly 54 million
times before he or she is born!”
(The Endowment for Human Development)
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
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.
FAMILIES … SUPPORT GROUP
For family members struggling with issues of
substance abuse.
New Goshenhoppen United Church of Christ
in the Memorial Parlor
Tuesday – June 30, 2009
7:30 pm
Facilitator: Mr. Thomas Bancroft
