August 4, 2013 - Saint John Fisher Parish Community
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August 4, 2013 - Saint John Fisher Parish Community
ST. JOHN FISHER CHURCH The Catholic Parish of Boothwyn, Linwood, Marcus Hook and Trainer Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time AUGUST 4, 2013 Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. Robert B. McDermott Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Sidney C. Burgoyne, Ph.D. Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Joseph Amalfitano Pastor Emeritus: Rev. John Sibel Permanent Deacon: Rev. Mr. John Dubois Permanent Deacon: Rev. Mr. Daniel Bingnear Weekend Assistant: Rev. Francis X. Devlin, O.S.A. Business Manager: Mr. George Arnholt, (ext. 4) Office Manager: Mrs. Regina Robinson, (ext. 6) Director of Faith Formation and Director of Music: Mrs. Kathleen Aaronson, (ext. 5) Administrative Assistant: Mrs. Maureen Strazdus, (ext. 2) Parish Pastoral Services Director: Sr. Dolores Huhman,RSM, (ext. 9) Coordinator of Maintenance Projects: Mr. John Leahy, (ext. 7) Holy Family Regional Catholic School Principal: Mrs. Nancy Franz Business Manager: Mrs. Heidi Coates Temporary Office at Holy Saviour Church, Linwood: Secretary: Mrs. Nancy Dunham Business Manager: Mr. Steve Viotti Phone: (610) 485-2520 MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY VIGIL: 5:00 PM SUNDAY: 8:00, 9:30 AND 11:30 AM Weekday Masses in the Chapel: Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Celebrated on Sundays at 12:45 PM. Initial contact, call Sr. Dolores Huhman, R.S.M., (ext. 9) SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confession): Saturday, 4:00 to 4:45 PM. Other times by appointment. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: One party must be a registered member of St. John Fisher Parish. Couples planning marriage should make arrangements with the priest at their earliest convenience but not less than six months prior to the intended date. Couples are required to attend the Archdiocesan Sacramental Preparation Program for Marriage (four sessions) or a Pre-Cana program. PARISH REGISTRATION: This is very important to us and to you. Please call at your earliest convenience. If you change your address or telephone number, we will be grateful if you let us know. LETTERS OF ELIGIBILITY: Letters of Eligibility will only be given to parishioners to be sponsors at Baptism and Confirmation who are registered in the parish and are practicing Catholics. You must be at least 16 years of age and be in a valid marriage. I cannot sign my name and certify eligibility unless you meet the requirements. PARISH ONLINE GIVING: We invite you to go to our website www.stjohnfisherchurch.com to sign-up for our Online Giving Program. Go to the tab for Parish Giving and follow the instructions. PARISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM (P.R.E.P.): Religious education for public school children. Call the Parish Religious Education Office (ext. 5) for information and registration. HOLY FAMILY REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL Grades: Pre-K to Eight 3265 Concord Road Aston, PA 19014 (610) 494-0147 www.holyfamilyaston.com 4225 CHICHESTER AVENUE • BOOTHWYN, PA 19061 Website: stjohnfisherchurch.com PHONE: (610) 485-0441 E-MAIL: [email protected] “TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THY HEART: AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING.” Proverbs 3:5 RCIA NEWS: RCIA will meet on Wednesday, August 7, at 7:00 PM in the Conference Room in the Parish Center. We will read and discuss the Sunday readings and discuss Practices in the Catholic Church. Please call Sister Dolores if you have any questions 610-485-0581 ext. 9 or [email protected]. SUNDAY SCRIPTURE: Our Gospel for Sunday is Luke 12: 13-21. You are asked to reflect and share: adult: When have you felt that possessions were becoming too important in your life? Child: Have you ever received a gift you wanted a great deal and then found it didn’t make you as happy as you though it would? BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP: Each one grieves in their own way. The grief may be fresh or on the path to healing. You are invited to join fellow parishioners as together you work through your grief and preserve the memories of those you mourn. You are welcome on this journey to healing. We begin our first group of six sessions in September, and our second group begins in January. Is God calling you to further healing? HOLY FAMILY REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL NEWS: Holy Family, RCS, in Aston, is happy to announce that they will be opening a 3 and 4 year old Pre-School Program in September! The program will be Mondays through Fridays with the option of full or half days. Detailed information can be found on the Holy Family website www.holyfamilyaston.org. Please contact the school as soon as possible – a few openings are still available! IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN! ANNUAL SCHOOL SUPPLIES COLLECTION: We help Catholic Social Services in the area each year with our collection of School Supplies. When you are at the store buying supplies for your children or grandchildren, pick up some extra supplies for the needy children in the area and drop it off in the baskets at the church doors or to the Religious Education Office. ST.JOHN FISHER CYO FALL SPORTS SIGN-UPS Boys & Girls Soccer - 5th through 8th grades. Girls Volleyball - 5th through 8th Cross Country - K through 8th grades. SIGN-UPS open to ALL MEMBERS OF ST. JOHN FISHER PARISH. For more information, please call Dave Mancini, at 610608-3950 or [email protected] ALTAR SERVERS NEEDED: Boys and girls in 4th grade and up are invited to join this Ministry. If you would like to become an Altar Server, please contact the parish office at 610-485-0441. FROM THE PASTOR We rejoice in the pastoral visit of Pope Francis to Brazil during July. The primary purpose of his visit was to attend World Youth Day (WYD) in Rio de Janeiro. Pope Francis asked the WYD pilgrims “Where does Jesus send us?” He encouraged them “There are no borders, no limits: He sends us to everyone.” Pope Francis explained that Jesus did not tell his disciples to share the Gospel “if you would like to, if you have the time”. Instead, he commanded them to proclaim the Good News to the world. Pope Francis told the young people that evangelizing requires a personal witness of love for God and love for others, especially the weak, the poor and the defenseless. The pope did not mince words with his young audience, telling them: “Evangelizing means bearing personal witness to the love of God, it is overcoming our selfishness, it is serving by bending down to wash the feet of our brethren, as Jesus did.” Pope Francis said he knows how daunting it can be to recognize that each Christian bears personal responsibility for sharing the Gospel with his or her actions and words, but Jesus told the first disciples and tells disciples today, “Be not afraid.” We are all pilgrims on this journey of faith. Listen to our shepherd who reaches out to all. Let us be renewed in the charge of our Baptism and Confirmation to proclaim the Good News in Word, Charity and in the Body of Christ. Fr. Robert McDermott OUR NEW PARISH OF ST. JOHN FISHER TRANSITION INFORMATION Merger of Holy Saviour, Immaculate Conception and St. John Fisher Parishes WORSHIP SITES Holy Saviour Church and Immaculate Conception Church are worship site churches for Saint John Fisher Parish. A Funeral Mass was celebrated on Tuesday, July 23 at Immaculate Conception Church and a Nuptial Mass on Saturday, August 3 at Holy Saviour Church. Fr. Amalfitano was a concelebrant for the funeral at Immaculate Conception. The parish church is to be the normal site for the celebration of the Sacraments. Funerals and devotions may be celebrated in a worship site church. Weddings that are already scheduled for worship site churches may take place as planned. Going forward, weddings should be scheduled only for the parish church, unless permission is obtained from the chancery. Baptism, Confirmation and the Easter Triduum are to be celebrated only in the parish church. The Most Blessed Sacrament must be reserved in the parish church. If the pastor of the new parish in consultation with his Parish Councils would determine that providing Sunday Mass in a Worship Site for a short period to help parishioners to make the transition to one worshiping community in the parish church, Sunday Mass may be offered in the Worship Sites during the first year of transition. Every effort must be made to prepare the parishioners to celebrate every Sunday Liturgy in the Parish Church. PREP NEWS PREP AIDES NEEDED for SEPTEMBER: We are in desperate need for Aides for sessions on Wednesday afternoon. We are looking for parishioners interested in giving of their time and talent to help our catechists for an hour and a half. To volunteer for this very important mission and for more information, contact DRE Kathy in the Religious Ed Office at 610-485-0581 ext. 5. EVANGELIZATIN PRIZES: Plans are underway for our Christmas Evangelization event in early December. Do you have any extra “treasures” you might share with us? We have received pictures, candles, writing paper, books for children…Please no stuffed toys. You may drop off these prizes at the office with a note: for evangelization— or Christmas gathering. Thank you for your help—we are grateful. PREP RE-REGISTRATION and NEW REGISTRATIONS are now being accepted for our September classes. If you did not receive a packet of information to register, please contact DRE Kathy at 610-485-0581, ext. 5. ATTENTION MEN OF THE PARISH: The men’s gathering now meets in the Parish Center Tuesday evenings from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. The purpose of the group is threefold: to build fellowship and community, to focus on becoming a more authentic Christian man in all relationships and in all arenas of one’s life, and to give mutual support. Come join us; you will be glad you did! BASEBALL MANIA WINNER: Congratulations to the winners for the week of July 28: #412 Michael Ricci, $150.00; #1123 Gene McCann, $25.00. AID FOR FRIENDS: Thank you to all who share meals with those who are elderly and others in need. Please remember their need in summer months, as well. You are welcome to make one or more meals for our Aid for Friends Freezer. HOLY SAVIOUR KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS, Council 13710, are selling chances for an EVENING AT THE PHILLIES (Philadelphia Phillies vs. Braves), Sunday, September 8th at 1:35 PM. $5.00 a chance – Section 124 Seating, 4 tickets and Limousine Service. Chances are available at the Parish Center or call Ken at 610-364-0924 or Jerri at 610-494-5575. The drawing will take place on August 30, 2013. ATTENTION ALL GOLFERS The Annual St. John Fisher Golf Outing will be held on October 12, 2013, at the Chesapeake Bay Golf Club at Northeast. The fee is $95.00 and includes: cart, scorecards, balls and refreshments served after the round. A Shotgun start at 11:00 AM. Prizes will be awarded in various categories. Come out and have a grand time, get some exercise and enjoy the company of friends and family. Sign-up sheets are in the Church Hall. Please list all names in doubles and foursomes. Single players are welcome. For further information and/or questions call Joe Hemighaus at 610-859-8594 or Jack Fitzgerald at 610-497-2370. ST. JOHN FISHER’S SENIOR CLUB is scheduling the following trips: MOHEGAN SUN CASINO on Monday, September 16th, cost: $32 includes free buffet and $20 slot play; ST. PIO and OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA SHRINES on Wednesday, October 30th, cost: $62 which includes guided tours of both shrines and a full lunch at the Washington House Restaurant. For reservations call, Marcy Anderson at 610-485-4123, Joann Fitzgerald at 610-497-3093 or Barb Pierdomenico at 484-645-4533. SHARING OUR GIFTS: We are blessed with many talented people who make prayer shawls and lap robes for the sick and our military. You are welcome to a prayer shawl for a friend or relative who is sick. Please stop at the office for one when needed. Let us remember our prayers for the sick. RETREAT IN DAILY LIFE with the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer: An extended COME and SEE RETREAT for single Catholic women ages 18-35 seeking God and interested in learning more about religious life in the midst of our busy world. Date: August 21st – August 25, 2013 beginning at 7:00 PM Wednesday. For more information or to participate please contact Sr. Ana Dura, CSR at 215914-4109 or [email protected] or visit www.sistersholyredeemer.org PRAYER FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: O God, our Creator, through the power and working of your Holy Spirit, you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the world, bringing the light and the saving truth of the Gospel to every corner of society. We ask you to bless us in our vigilance for the gift of religious liberty. Give us the strength of mind and heart to readily defend our freedoms when they are threatened; give us the courage in making our voices heard on behalf of the rights of your church and the freedom of conscience of all people of faith. Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father, a clear and united voice to all your sons and daughters, gathered in your Church in this decisive hour in the history of our nation, so that, with every trial withstood and every danger overcome – for the sake of our children, our grandchildren, and all who come after us – this great land will always be “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen. THINK ABOUT THIS: God Himself doesn’t propose to judge a man until he is dead. So why should you? WEEKLY ACTIVITIES ADULT CHOIR PRACTICE: Wednesdays at 7:00 PM in the Chapel. YOUTH CHOIR PRACTICE: Sundays at 12:30 PM in Church. (Sept.May) BELL CHOIR: Tuesdays at 7:45 PM in Church CONTEMPORARY CHOIR: Tuesday evenings at 6:40 PM. THE ROSARY: Daily after the 8:30 Mass. OUR LADY OF 7 SORROWS PRAYER MEETING in the Chapel. On the first and third Fridays of every month at 10:00 AM R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults): Wednesdays at 7:00 PM in the Parish Center. MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PARISH COUNCIL: Meets on the last Thursday of the month. Meetings are not held in July, August and December. FINANCE COUNCIL: Meets monthly throughout the year on Tuesday evenings as needed. ADULT BIBLE STUDY: Fall and spring sessions. Please call the Religious Education Office (610-485-0581) for information. PARISH FUND RAISING COMMITTEE: Meetings as needed. ST. JOHN’S ON THE HILL SENIORS: Second and fourth Thursdays at 12:30 PM in the hall. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Board Meeting 7:00 PM followed by the rd regular meeting on the 3 Monday of the months. BULLETIN DEADLINE: 10 days before publication. ST. JOHN FISHER MUSIC MINISTRY MUSICIANS SCHEDULE – AUGUST 10th & 11th SATURDAY 5:00 PM Cantor SUNDAY 8:00 AM Cantor 9:30 AM Cantor 11:30 AM Cantor 50th PRENDIE REUNION: Archbishop Prendergast High School Class of 1963 will celebrate its 50th Reunion on Sunday, September 29, 2013, 12:30 – 4:30 PM at Drexelbrook, Drexel Hill. The deadline is fast approaching to register for this event. Contact Helen Forgione McDowell at 610-558-2585 or Kathy Duffy Sprows at 610-361-9187. THE PRENDERGAST MEN (Bonner classes of 1957, 1958 & 1959) are having a stag reunion at Barnaby’s on West Chester Pike, Havertown on October 12, 2013. The cost is $25. Please call Dave Breen at 484-802-6646 for more information. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SAINT PAUL TURKEY and GREECE with a GREEK ISLAND CRUISEJUNE 26 – JULY 9, 2014: 14 DAYS/ 12 NIGHTS – Superior First and Deluxe Hotels, 3 nights Greek Island Cruise. $5,299.00 per person double/twin occupancy. For further information contact: Father Curry, O.S.A. at [email protected] or call 856-697-1746 or World Wide Consolidated Travel Inc.at 610-644-3000 or [email protected]. ST. JOHN FISHER MEMORIAL SOCIETY Kathryn Crawford has been enrolled in the Memorial Society through the kindness of the Rhoades. “TRY GOD” “I AM THE LORD, THERE IS NO OTHER” When troubles are deep and your world is dark, don’t give up hope, “TRY GOD”… When life turns sour and you’ve lost your way, don’t give up hope, “TRY GOD”… When fears stack up and you’re sure no one cares, don’t give up hope, “TRY GOD”… When temptation comes knocking and you struggle with it so, don’t give up hope, “TRY GOD”… Walter Hoving Home, Garrison, NY FINANCIAL OFFERINGS WE ARE A TITHING PARISH Thank you for your consistent financial support of our parish community throughout the year. Regular Collection for Sunday, July 28, 2013 Weekend Contributions: $10,158.00 Online giving: $732.00 TOTAL for weekend: $10,890.00 Number of adult envelope 405 Contributions: Maintenance Collection: $583.00 Thank you for your contributions to this weekend’s special collection for our parish maintenance. We encourage parishioners who are out of town on vacation weekends to continue their financial support of Saint John Fisher during the summer months. Our parish depends upon a consistent weekly income to meet ordinary operating expenses and debt service. PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK Coleen Jimenez, David Crowley, Fr. John Gayton, Donna Roth, Janet Krasowski, Donna Jones, Janet Kadyszewski, Francis O’Brien, Elizabeth Sindoni, Jake Kobb, Stella Harris, Joe McSwiggan, Mary Fetterhoff, Baby Lillianna Matys, Judy Giovan, Ronald McGowan, Beverly Bjornson, Kevin Neary. Sat., Sun., Mon., Tue., Wed, Thur., Fri., Sat., Sun., MASSES FOR THE WEEK 5:00 PM Living and Deceased Members of the Mannion Family Aug. 4 8:00 AM Michael Donahue 9:30 AM William DiSabatino 11:30 AM People of the Parish and Our Visitors Aug. 5 8:30 AM George Dougherty Aug. 6 8:30 AM Norm Brown Aug. 7 8:30 AM Joan Ricci Aug. 8 8:30 AM Rose Dougherty Aug. 9 8:30 AM Edward Brown Aug. 10 5:00 PM People of the Parish and Our Visitors Aug. 11 8:00 AM Elizabeth McHale 9:30 AM Arthur Noell and Robert Rushton 11:30 AM Mark O’Connor 074 St. John Fisher Aug. 3 Marcus Hook Florists & Gifts, Inc. 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