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1325 Boot Road West Chester, PA 19380
Phone 610.692.2216 Fax 610.692.7103
www.sspeterandpaulrc.org
Saints Peter and Paul Parish
Pastor Fr. James T. McGuinn
Deacons
Deacon Patrick Stokely Deacon Robert Pierce
Director of Communications
Manisha Divecha 610.692.2216 ext:238
Office Manager; Peggy Anne Fox ext:250
Director of CYO
John Callahan [email protected]
Director of Family Ministries
Michele D’Alessandro 610.692.2216 ext:236
Safe Environment Coordinator, Mari Lyons [email protected]
Director of Finances/Facilities
Bob Angiulo 610.692.2216 ext:258
Business Manager; Julie Carlson ext:237
Facilities Manager; David Leitch ext:234
Director of Pastoral Ministries
Daniel Hoover 610.692.2216 ext:263 [email protected]
Asst. Director; Judy Magee ext:257
Principal of the School Mrs. Margaret Egan 610.696.1000 ext:202
Secretary; Barbara McCarron ext:201
Advancement Director; Barbara Downing ext:262
Director of Worship Bruce Carlson 610.692.2216 ext:265
Asst. Director of Worship; Michele Marinelli ext:264 [email protected]
Pastoral Council Members Fr. Jim McGuinn (Chair), Brian Magee (Vice Chair) Pat Crawford (Secretary), Carol Bove, Marge Donoghue, Margaret Egan, Mary Finley, Chris Lyons, Rich Marinelli, Marietta Moody, Deacon Bob Pierce, Tom Pitt, Deacon Pat Stokely
Finance Council Members
Fr. Jim McGuinn (President), Bob Angiulo, Christian Callahan (Secretary), Martin Roddy, Jim Schiele (Chair), Kevin Rulis, Thomas Mehler
Parish Office and Church Hours
Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: 5:30 PM
Sunday: 7:30, 9:30 &11:30 AM
Weekdays: 8:30 AM
Holydays: 8:30 AM & 5:30 PM
Holidays 9:30 AM
Confessions 4:00 PM Saturday
Church Hours Mon-Wed-Thursday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Tuesday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Friday 8:00 AM-Noon Saturday 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
Sunday 7:00 AM-1:00 PM
Parish Office Hours
Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM-Noon
January 31, 2016
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sick List and Prayer Intentions
Please pray for the parishioners listed below who are in need of our healing prayers. Due to space restrictions in the bulletin, names will remain on the list for 1 month only, unless we hear from you. Thank you . Tim Anderson, William Bauernschmidt, Maria Casalnova, Lou Casciato, Mary Celommi, Bill Cosgrove, Rita Dailey, Arthur DiGiuseppe, Bob Dymowski, Mia & Lelia Finnegan, Dr. John Flanagan, John J. Flanagan, Stephanie Gallen, James & Therese Gillespie, Bob Gorey, Catherine Greenfield, Jean Grentz, Heidi Grieb, John Hay, Ray Hummel, Carmen Lobis, Joe Kearney, Jeanne Kelch, John Kelch, Phil Kennedy, Christine Madden, Nancy Mandato, Jim Myers, Susan Nanoski, Jim Nelson, Bob Olseski, Mary O’Reilly, Peggy Raspa, Joy Shields, Marta Simons, George Stanek, Doris Taggert, the Taylor family, Jeanne Ward, Larry Wolov.
Please keep the following family members in your prayers as military and first responders in dangerous places throughout the world.
Thomas Burns; Steve DiMaio, Marc Doucette; Mr. & Mrs. Josh & Megan Elliott; Bill Fletcher; Joe Gable; Tom Gutherman, Riley Harsh, Marc Nielson, Eric Reigner; Timothy & Mary Alice Riemann; John Strasser lll, Christian Troutner.
Communications
Saturday, January 30, 2016 5:30 PM For Saints Peter & Paul Parishioners Sunday, January 31, 2016 7:30 AM Maryellen Dorsey (9th anniv.) by the David Dorsey family
9:30 AM Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Libbi by Sandra
McNally
11:30AM Nick Bonini by Tom & Liz Pitt Monday, February 1, 2016 8:30 AM Alice Miller by James Miller Tuesday, February 2, 2016 8:30 AM Bernadine Sweeney by Ed Sweeney
Wednesday, February 3 , 2016 8:30 AM Judy Kenney by the Mackey familiy
Thursday, February 4, 2016 8:30 AM Joan Taylor by the LeKites family
Friday, February 5, 2016 8:30 AM Robert Orfanelli by Matthew, Kristin, Quinn, Emerson, McKenna
Saturday, February 6, 2106 5:30 PM Nick Bonini by Mike & Claire Paolucci
Sunday, February 7, 2016 7:30 AM For Saints Peter & Paul Parishioners 9:30 AM John Schuerger by the Kennedy family 11:30 AM Anthony Zarelli by the Montgomery family The flowers at the Altar are in loving memory of Maryellen Dorsey by the David A. Dorsey family.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of the recently departed member of Saints Peter & Paul Parish family. May their soul and all the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace.
Mr. William Vignola
Family Ministries
Finances/Facilities
Volunteers Needed
Family Ministries needs volunteers to help at
the 9:30AM Mass on Sundays for babysitting
and Liturgy of the Word. We are in need of addi-
tional CCD Teachers and Assistants. We would
like to offer additional programming such as a
mom/dad and me playgroup and a 4 to 6 Grade
Youth Group. Please consider joining our
team! Safe Environment Requirements are
listed on the Parish Website. Please email
[email protected] if you
or someone you know is interested or would like
additional information.
Mini-Thon comes to Saints Peter and Paul Parish
February 5, 2016
All 6th, 7th and 8th graders are invited to partici-pate in the upcoming mini-Thon dance mara-thon. This event will raise money for Four Diamonds, helping families struggling with child-hood cancer. The event is Friday, Feb 5 from 6:00PM to 11:00PM in the Church Hall. $25 reg-istration includes fun, food and a t-shirt! Email [email protected] for registration form or additional info! This event is in place of
our 7th and 8th grade February meeting. Next Youth Group Date: Sunday, March 13 at 6:30PM
Sunday Collection Totals January 17, 2016 Loose collection: $ 2,824.21
Envelope collection: $11,465.00
WeShare collection: $ 4,035.00
Total collection: $18,324.21
Thank you!!
Poor Box Update
The Business Office, in an effort to be more con-sistent in reporting the Poor Box contributions, offers the following for 2015:
January Project Rainbow $2,497.91 February St. Vincent de Paul Society 2,259.08 March/April Little Sisters of the Poor 4,789.39 May/June Birthright 3,700.44 July Catholic Social Services 1,443.14 August Divine Providence 2,387.42 September Mision Santa Maria 1,570.98 October Bethesda 1,685.15 November/December Project H.O.M.E. 5,837.52 We will continue to update you on a more regular basis
in 2016! Thank you for your understanding!
An Anonymous Thank you
“Thank you for the book, Rediscover Jesus. What a great Christmas gift! It is helping me think through things I should have thought about a long time ago. I am looking forward to doing the Best Lent Ever with this book. Thanks so much! God bless You.” If anyone would like a copy, there are still a few left.
Lenten Schedule
Ash Wednesday February 10
Masses 8:30AM, 5:30, 7:00PM
Stations of The Cross Fridays in Lent 1:15, 7:00PM
Confessions Saturdays in Lent 4:00PM
Good Friday and Holy Saturday 3:30PM to 4:30PM
Pastoral Ministries 2nd Annual Valentine’s Dinner
February 20, 2016
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Do not let life rush by without taking time to enjoy it with the one you love. Come to the 2nd Annual Saints Peter and Paul Valentine’s Dinner to cele-brate the gift of your love for one another, which is ultimately an experience of God, since God is Love!
The dinner will be on Saturday, February 20, from 6:30PM to 8:30PM in the School Cafeteria. Feel free to bring a dessert to share. There will be an opportunity to make a donation that night to help cover costs (suggested $20 per couple). To RSVP, sign up in the church lobby, or e-mail Daniel Hoover at [email protected].
40 Days for Life Spring Campaign
“40 Days for Life” Spring Campaign will be running from Ash Wednesday, February 10 through Holy Saturday, March 26.
Daily, during the 40 days, Chester County residents pray and offer resources in front of the Planned Parenthood. The two dates for our parish’s partici-pation will be announced shortly. We hope you can participate.
Young Adults: Join Us for Praise & Worship Adoration
February 3, 2016
Are you a Catholic adult in your 20s and 30s? CYACC (pronounced "kayak") exists to offer you social, spiritual, and service opportunities in the local area. Join us Wednesday February 3, 2016 for our monthly Praise & Worship Adora-tion. Holy Hour begins at 7:30 PM in the lower chapel of St. Agnes in West Chester. Confession will be available. For more info, check us out on Facebook or email us at [email protected].
11 Cents: Ignorant of Christ? (The Bible Part 1)
If we believe in God, we should want to know God. If we love God we should always want to know God better. St. Jerome said, “To be ignorant of Scripture is to be ignorant of Christ.” If we want to know God we need to meet Him in His Word.
Sometimes, we may feel that God is far from us or silent in our life but all the while our Bibles are gath-ering dust on our bookshelves. I can imagine myself praying, “Speak to me God” and God yelling back, “I did! For like 2,000 pages.”
Many people avoid Scripture because it intimidates them or they grew up with the mentality that Scrip-ture was not for lay people to read. When people do decide to start reading Scripture they often try to read it cover to cover. That is very dangerous be-cause if you make it through Leviticus you will slip into a coma somewhere during the Book of Num-bers.
If a person wants to read the Bible more they should start with the Gospels or the Old Testament stories or the Acts of the Apostles.
It is very important to not zone out if we begin to read a passage we have heard before. The Bible is the Word of God so it contains within it infinite truth. It will never cease to offer us something new if we approach it with patience, humility, and a heart open to receiving. When we prayerfully and slowly read through a part of Scripture, especially if we read the same passage multiple times we will be amazed at what we find that we never noticed before.
Speak, Lord, your servants are listening!
Daniel Hoover Director of Pastoral Ministries
Prayer Chain
Anyone in need of prayers is encouraged to con-tact the members of the parish Prayer Chain Team. Please fee free to reach out and call Mary Brown at 610.696.0806 or Shirley Prilutski at 610.692.4965
There is no need to give your name. All requests can be anonymous.
Worship Ministries
School
Funeral Server Ministry
Saints Peter and Paul is inviting parishioners to consider participating in a new ministry which is open to adults who are available in the morning dur-ing the week. Funeral Servers set up for the liturgy and assist the priest during the funeral mass. Inter-ested adults may contact Michele Marinelli at 610.692.2216.ent. 264.
Please Join Our Greeters Ministry
We bring smiles to faces, God’s love to all entering Saints Peter and Paul Church, happy hearts to all entering or leaving our Church, always lending a hand to new friends and parishioners. Please be with us: if you are interested please con-tact Joe Kearney at: [email protected], 610.212.9734 or Pat Connelly at [email protected], 610.696.8195. Thank you for your consideration. Sign up sheets are on the table in the lobby.
Saints Peter and Paul School Open House
Friday, February 5, 2016
All events begin at 9:30AM. Tour Our Classrooms, Meet Our Faculty, and
Discover the Difference!
Please help our homeless brothers and sisters by bringing in casseroles for Our Brothers House of Bethesda Project this Sunday, January 31. Empty casserole aluminum pans, instructions, and reci-pes are in the freezer room next to the lob-by. Thank you.
Casserole Sunday January 31, 2016
Ushers Ministry
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Worship is looking for a volunteers to fill out the ranks of our Ushers Ministry. We could use some help at all the masses but most especially at the 11:30 Sunday mass. Among their duties, our ushers help seat and guide parishioners before masses, take up collections and direct and assist the assem-bly during Holy Communion. If you are looking for a way to get involved at SSPP please contact Bruce Carlson at 610-692-2216 ext. 265 or send an email to [email protected].
Spring Fundraiser April 9, 2016
Saints Peter and Paul Home and School Associa-tion Presents Live and Silent Auction Saturday, April 9, 2016 At the Desmond Hotel, Malvern Buy your tickets for one of the best nights of the year after all Masses on Saturday, February 6 and Sunday, February 7 in the Church Hall during Hospitality Weekend. Introducing a new $10 Grand Raffle – the winner walks away with $10,000! Classroom theme basket tickets will also be available. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities call the school at 610.696.1000. If you would like to donate an item or service, please email Christy at [email protected]. Thank you for supporting our parish school!
Local News
The Great Adventure Bible Study
March 8, 2016 7:00PM, March 10, 2016 10:00AM
Our spring study is titled Galatians: Set Free to
Live. There are 8 weekly sessions presented by
Jeff Cavins. Our study will begin Tuesday, March
8, 2016, at 7:00 PM and is repeated Thursday,
March 10, at 10:00AM. If you would like me to
order a study set for you, please let me know by
phone or e-mail no later than February 6, 2016.
The cost will be $20.36 and you can pay at the
first session by cash or check, made payable to
Saints Peter and Paul.
Contact Marietta Moody at:
[email protected] or call me at 610.800.2969. If you call, please leave your name
and number so I can let you know I received your
request. Questions: http://ascensionpress.com.
8th Annual Men's Spirituality Conference-
Man Up Philly presents Transforming Men, Trans-forming Families
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Enrich your faith and the faith of your family through your participation in this year's confer-ence. On Saturday March 12 at St Joseph University Hagan Arena, the men of our parish are invited to join Catholic Men from throughout the Archdio-cese for the 8th Annual Men's Spirituality Confer-ence. Speakers include Curtis Martin, founder of FOCUS - Fellowship of Catholic University Stu-dents, Rich Gannon - NFL Quarterback and St. Joe's Prep grad, Father George Grima; Mission-ary Priest working with African orphans, and Chief J. Thomson, Police Chief of Camden. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered, and the Conference will conclude with Mass celebrat-ed with the Most Reverend John J. McIntyre.
Valentine Retreat Workshop
Discover what makes your husband or wife feel “in love” and enjoy a refreshingly positive proactive approach to put the fun and delight into marriage for the sake of the whole church. February 13,14 , 2016 at St Monica’s Berwyn or February 27,28, 2016 at St Thomas of Villanova For more infor-mation or to register on line: www.livinginlove.org or call 610.640.4105.
40 Days for Life – A Work of Mercy for the
Jubilee Year of Mercy!
40 Days for Life is a community-based campaign that takes a peaceful approach to showing local communities the reality of abortion in their own neighborhoods. Participants sign up online and sacrifice one hour to stand and give witness out-side of an abortion facility. This prayerful witness is a wonderful way to reach mothers with the mes-sage of mercy. Women are offered real alterna-tives and support, awareness is raised in the com-munity about abortion and God's forgiveness is extended to those participating in abortion. This act of mercy is truly a grace filled time and beauti-ful way to serve as a witness to God's love and mercy. Campaigns are being conducted from February 10 through March 20 in West Ches-ter, Norristown, and Center City Philadelph-ia. Please visit www.40daysforlife.com, or call 215.885.8150.
Country Day School of the Sacred Heart News
January 30, 2016
Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Grade 6 Scholarship and Entrance Exam, Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 8:45AM followed by an all School Open House 11:00AM to 1:00PM. Register at www.cdssh.org or email Mary Lee: [email protected].
Snow day is February 6.
“When Courage & Mercy Meet”
February 14, 2016
Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood Director, now pro-life advocate, will be speaking on Sunday, February 14, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM at St. Peter Church, 2835 Manor Road, West Bran-dywine, PA 19320. Abby’s life changed dramatically on September 26, 2009 when she was asked to assist with an ultra-sound-guided abortion. At that moment, the full realization of what abortion was and what she had dedicated her life to, washed over her and a dra-matic transformation took place. Her best-selling book Unplanned, chronicles both her experiences within Planned Parenthood and her dramatic exit.
