Archives for April 2020
57th World Day of Prayer for Vocations
April 23, 2020 by ·
Novena for Vocations
On Sunday, May 3, 2020, the universal Catholic Church celebrates the 57th World Day of Prayer for Vocations. We invite you to pray for increased grace in young people to respond to God’s call to the priesthood and religious life throughout the world, but especially in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
To celebrate this World Day of Prayer for Vocations, we invite you to join the seminarians from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in praying a Novena for Vocations between April 25th and May 3rd. A novena is a devotion consisting of prayer said on nine successive days, asking to obtain special grace. The seminarians have videotaped their daily reflection/prayers and each day of the Novena the videos will be available on the website heedthecall.org/novena and on Facebook at facebook.com/phillypriest. For your convenience, we will be sharing the Phillypriest Facebook postings on our Parish Facebook page.
A Prayer-Song of Comfort
April 21, 2020 by ·
A prayer-song from Father Jan Michael Joncas, composer of On Eagle’s Wings, offered as a possible source of comfort during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A Message from the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference
April 21, 2020 by ·
 We’ve come to you before asking for your support on this critical pro-life issue and we are doing it again as the process of lawmaking continues. The PA Senate is taking up the issue of Telemedicine today with the issue of its containing provisions for abortion likely to be discussed. This is an extremely vital pro-life issue–the most critical pro-life vote of the session. We must prohibit the the use of Telemedicine for abortions.
Please ask your senator to support the pro-life version of Telemedicine and to vote the bill on concurrence without an amendment. Thank you!!! Click the link below to log in and send your message: Pennsylvania Catholic Conference |
Message from Monsignor 4/16/2020
April 17, 2020 by ·
Photos from Palm Sunday, Holy Week & East
April 14, 2020 by ·
Click here for screenshots from our Parish celebrations of Palm Sunday, Triduum and Easter Sunday. Many thanks to everyone involved in making this unique experience of Holy Week so meaningful: Monsignor McCormac, Deacon Mace Mazzoni, Christian Thompson, Karen David, Audrey Wilson, Hank Wajda, Joe Tufo, Rick Trailes, Deborah Eater, Victor Sorace, Matthew Graglia, Marybeth Haberstick, JoAnne Osborn, Julianna Rifkin, Tom Stefanik, John McClure, Jean Madden, and the hundreds of people who prayed with us from their homes. Happy Easter!
Behind the Camera during Every Broadcast Mass
April 14, 2020 by ·
Parishioners might be wondering how we are able to produce such professional broadcasts of our beautiful Parish Liturgies. The answer is our very own parishioner, Hank Wajda! Thank you, Hank, and thanks to your wife, Cathy, for her patience and support as you spend so much time setting up, testing, and producing each Mass and Pastor’s Message.
An Easter Message of Hope from Archbishop Perez
April 11, 2020 by ·
National Moment of Prayer on Good Friday
April 8, 2020 by ·
 In response to the dynamic and ever-evolving health crisis caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Most Reverend José H. Gomez, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Archbishop of Los Angeles, has invited Catholics across the nation to participate in a moment of prayer on Good Friday that will be streamed live via facebook.com/usccb….
Locally, Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez is strongly encouraging the faithful throughout the five-county Archdiocese of Philadelphia to join Archbishop Gomez in this prayerful initiative for the intentions of the sick, suffering, and their caregivers as well as government and health officials who are working tirelessly to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. As a united human family, Catholics will pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and seek our Savior’s healing and protection. In his Message for Holy Week, Archbishop Gomez said, “The Holy Father has granted a special plenary indulgence to those who pray for an end to this pandemic. To receive this indulgence, you need to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart on Good Friday, be truly sorry for your sins and desire to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation as soon as it is possible, and you need to pray for the intentions of the Pope.” For more information, please click here. Thank you. Sincerely in Christ, Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Sullivan Vicar for Clergy |
