Archives for August 2017

Dear Lay Ministers,

As the Summer weeks wind down we thank God for His many graces and blessings. We especially are very grateful to you, our Lay Ministers, for your service to the Parish Community. We pray that you and your families had an enjoyable and refreshing summer.

It is time to plan for the next Lay Ministry Schedule, which covers the period ofSeptember 30 through January 2018. Please access the online Ministry Preference Form from the following link. You can also access the form from our Parish website.

We are pleased to attach a copy of the Preference Form, which can be completed and returned to the rectory.

We ask that you complete and submit the preference form no later than Monday, September 4.

If you have any questions or difficulties, please contact the rectory immediately at215-946-4040. Again, the Preference Form can be accessed by clicking this link.

STATEMENT OF ARCHBISHOP CHARLES J. CHAPUT, O.F.M. CAP.

REGARDING RACIAL VIOLENCE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA

Racism is a poison of the soul. It’s the ugly, original sin of our country, an illness that has never fully healed. Blending it with the Nazi salute, the relic of a regime that murdered millions, compounds the obscenity. Thus the wave of public anger about white nationalist events in Charlottesville this weekend is well warranted. We especially need to pray for those injured in the violence. 

But we need more than pious public statements. If our anger today is just another mental virus displaced tomorrow by the next distraction or outrage we find in the media, nothing will change. Charlottesville matters. It’s a snapshot of our public unraveling into real hatreds brutally expressed; a collapse of restraint and mutual respect now taking place across the country. We need to keep the images of Charlottesville alive in our memories. If we want a different kind of country in the future, we need to start today with a conversion in our own hearts, and an insistence on the same in others. That may sound simple. But the history of our nation and its tortured attitudes toward race proves exactly the opposite. 

+Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.

Archbishop of Philadelphia 

The future of our local Church depends directly on the state of vocations to the priesthood. On Tuesday, August 22 at 7pm on Facebook Live, our Archdiocesan Vocations Director, Fr. Stephen DeLacy, will give us a “State of Vocations Address” in which he will share with us the state of vocations in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and what you can do to create a culture of vocations that will contribute to the turning of the tide. This is a matter of great importance for all Catholics of the Archdiocese – please join us!

Help create a Culture of Vocations throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia!

Join Fr. Stephen DeLacy, Vocation Director, and the staff of the Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood for the State of Vocations Address.  This Facebook LIVE event is for everyone!

Tune in to this event on Tuesday, August 22nd at 7:00pm to see how you and your parish, school, family, community can help create a culture of vocations!!!

Please share this email with your friends and fellow parishioners so they have the link to our event well in advance.

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The Archdiocese of Philadelphia, in conjunction with the Catholic Grandparents Association, and Saint Monica Parish (Chester County), will host a day of learning, sharing, prayer, and support for grandparents. All are welcome to join in the day’s events, which will conclude with the celebration of Mass. The mission of the Catholic Grandparents Association is to pass on their faith and keep prayer at the heart of the family. Saturday, August 26, 2017 8:30 a.m. (Registration) 4:15 p.m. (Mass) Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary 100 Wynnewood Road Wynnewood, PA 19096   Featured speakers include Catherine Wiley, founder of International Catholic Grandparents Association, and Jim and Joy Pinto, of EWTN’s Jim & Joy Show. Topics for the day include * The Biblical Mandate of Grandparents, * The Importance of Grandparents to the Church, * The Family and Society, and * Grandparenting in Secular Times. To register for the conference, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/philadelphia-catholic-grandparents-association-conference-tickets-34846747560. For more information about the Catholic Grandparents Association, please visit http://www.catholicgrandparentsassociation.org/.