Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
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
February 21, 2016 Second Sunday in Lent
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, Rita Dailey, Ralph Dastalfo, Arthur DiGiuseppe, Bob Dymowski, Mia & Lelia Finnegan, Dr. John Flanagan, John J. Flanagan, Issy Gallen, Stephanie Gallen, James & Therese Gillespie, Bob Gorey, Catherine Greenfield, Jean Grentz, Heidi Grieb, 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, Amy Sadowski, Helen Schaffer, 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 Rie-mann; John Strasser lll, Christian Troutner.
Communications
Saturday, February 20, 2016 5:30 PM Sam Biondolillo by Andrew & Sam
Biondolillo families Sunday, February 21, 2016 7:30 AM Anthony & Sheila Saunders by Ann
Johann
9:30 AM Daniel Kavka-Coogan by Douglas & Melissa Pacitti
11:30AM For Saints Peter & Paul Parishioners Monday, February 22, 2016 8:30 AM Philip Kennedy by Phil, Shirley, Sean
Kennedy Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:30 AM Walter Runiewicz by the Runiewicz family Wednesday, February 24, 2016 8:30 AM Dorice DiLemmo (14th anniversary) by Joanne & Anthony Bruno
Thursday, February 25, 2016 8:30 AM Anthony & Sheila Saunders by Ann
Joahann
Friday, February 26, 2016 8:30 AM James & Dolores Spillane by Tom & Liz Pitt
Saturday, February 27, 2106 5:30 PM For Saints Peter & Paul Parishioners
Sunday, February 28, 2016 7:30 AM Loretta Greim by the Applebee family 9:30 AM Chuck Hills by Robert, Elizabeth, Lauren and Caitlin Reusche
11:30 AM Ann Grove by the Applebee 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. John Belisari
Family Ministries
Finances/Facilities
Lenten and Holy Week Schedule 2016
STATIONS OF THE CROSS Fridays in Lent: 1:15, 7:00PM
PALM SUNDAY March 20, 2016 Masses: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30AM
(9:30AM simulcast in the Church Hall) “Were You There?” 7:00PM - A multimedia
presentation
HOLY THURSDAY March 24, 2016
Morning Prayer: 8:30AM Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7:00PM
Eucharistic Procession immediately following Mass with Night Prayer at 9:00PM
GOOD FRIDAY March 25, 2016
Morning Prayer: 8:30AM Stations of the Cross: 12:00PM Divine Mercy Novena: 3:00PM Confessions: 3:30 to 4:30PM
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion: 7:00PM
HOLY SATURDAY March 26, 2016
Morning Prayer, Blessing of Easter Food: 8:30AM Divine Mercy Novena: 3:00PM Confessions: 3:30 to 4:30PM Easter Vigil Mass: 8:00PM
EASTER SUNDAY March 27, 2016
Masses: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30AM (9:30 simulcast in the Church hall) Divine Mercy Novena:12:30PM
The Divine Mercy Novena will continue through Easter week, following the 8:30AM daily Mass, and conclude on Saturday, April 2, at 3:00PM.
Spend An Awesome Summer at Saints Peter and Paul Summer Camps!
Full-day, half-day, and extended care available for preschoolers to tweens. Choose from: Sports, Theatre, Cooking, Art & Crafts, Cheerlead-ing, Vacation Bible Camp, and traditional Day Camp Theme Weeks. Field trips, water days, special per-formances, and FREE pizza Fridays. Hang out with old friends, and make new ones! Call 610.692.2216 ext.266 or visit: www.sspeteandpaulrc.com.
Second Collection This Weekend
Next weekend, February 27, 28, we will be taking up a second collection. This is an Archdiocesan col-lection for Aid to the Church in Eastern Europe.
Thank you as always, for your generosity.
Saints Peter and Paul Summer Day Camps is looking for Summer Camp Counselors.
Working at Summer Camp is a wonderful opportuni-ty to create memories, make lasting friendships, and impact our youth. We seek responsible individ-uals with a love for kids. Imagine going to work knowing that what you do each day positively influ-ences the lives of individuals and families in your community.
Camp Counselors are responsible for ensuring that our campers have the best summer ever through guidance, interaction, and supervision. The ideal candidate is at least 18 years old with a high school diploma or equivalent and has experience working with children, preferably in a summer camp setting. If you are interested in joining our Summer Camp
team this summer, please submit resume to:
[email protected] or call 610.692.2216 ext.266.
Pastoral Ministries
Sunday Collection Totals February 7, 2016
Loose collection: $ 3,108.42
Envelope collection: $15,345.00
WeShare collection: $10,825.00
Total collection: $29,278.42
Thank you!!
THANK YOU
The Respect Life Group would like to thank the pa-
rishioners of Saints Peter and Paul Parish for the
generous support of the Spiritual Adoption Program
which recently culminated with a Baby Shower.
Two carloads of baby gifts were delivered to Birth-
right in West Chester and Mother’s Home in Darby.
Both organizations were extremely grateful. God
bless you for your caring love for mothers and their
unborn babies. And a special thank you to Fr. Jim
for allowing us to extend the Shower for another
weekend due to the snowstorm.
Women’s Evening Café February 29, 2016
Our next Women’s Cafe is scheduled for Monday, February 29, at 6:30PM in Parish Center room 11. Donna Teti, an inspirational writer and speaker, will be giving a moving presentation on God’s love for us. Her stories have been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Guideposts Magazine and His Mysterious Ways Magazine. Through her inspirational stories of God’s compassion and ever-present love, Donna hopes to refresh our souls, lift our spirits, and remind us that even in the dark-est of times to turn to our Lord for guidance and healing graces. All of the women of our parish are encouraged to attend for an evening of refresh-ment, friendship and fun. Bring a friend!
11 Cents: A Starving Soul
Routine is key to a healthy prayer life, even for
those people who are not the “routine type.” Re-
cently, I fell behind on my prayer routines for vari-
ous reasons but in the back of my mind I assumed
my soul was still in a pretty good place. Last night, I
returned to a late night prayer routine and I was
surprised to find my soul, like a desperate infant,
reaching out to God starving for grace, affection,
consolidation, and peace. I had been depriving my-
self and my soul of its most essential “nutrients.”
We pray not for God but for ourselves.
It is important to think of our relationship with God
like any other personal relationship. Imagine if the
only way a person communicated with their spouse
was through text. That would not be a very healthy
marriage but it would probably be a marriage that
only discussed business and “to-dos.”
The same goes for God. It is so important to re-
member God in little ways with little casual prayers
but those are like texts they are not intimate. It is
also great to ask for help from God and present our
needs and the needs of others but that is kind of
like only discussing business.
A healthy relationship needs leisure time, ex-
pressed gratitude, intimacy, fun, processing of frus-
trations, and heart-to-heart conversations. All of
which is true with God too.
We should make a commitment to vacation with our
loved ones, renew our vows or commitments, and
have intentionally intimate conversations regularly.
The same is true with God. We should renew our
devotion to God once a year, we should take a re-
treat once a year (at least), and we should set aside
journaling or other deeply intimate prayerful times
with God.
No relationship grows strong by accident or by be-
ing neglected. If we want a strong relationship we
will have to intentionally work at it.
Daniel Hoover
Director of Pastoral Ministry
Worship Ministries
School
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.
Ushers Ministry �
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. Introducing a new $10 Grand Raffle – the winner walks away with $10,000! Classroom theme bas-ket 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!
Appalachia Service Trip �As part of our Outreach opportunities at Saints Pe-ter and Paul, we have been investigating a trip to build and renovate homes in some of the poorest parts of our country, near the Appalachian moun-tains. Construction experience is very helpful but not required. Because this is a new endeavor, we are not sure if we are prepared to take a trip this summer or if we will have to wait until next summer. To find out if there is enough interest, we are hav-ing an information meeting on: February 24 from 7:00PM to 8:30PM, in the Parish Center. If we were to take a trip this summer, it would be July 23 to July 30, 2016, and the cost would be $375 per per-son. If you’re interested in going or learning about future trips please contact Daniel Hoover at [email protected] or extension 263 ASAP.
Operation Easter Outfit 2016 February 20, 2016
Partners in Outreach is collecting new Easter outfits for boys and girls, sizes Infant to 16, this year for the St. Agnes Day Room and Coatesville YWCA Family Center.
A coat rack in the church basement will be labeled Operation Easter Outfit 2016 for any new clothing donations beginning the week of February 20. They are accepting donations through March 14, 2016. Please contact Barb Quinn at: 610.344.0418 with any questions or vis-it partnersinoutreach.org for any additional infor-mation. Thank you and God bless you and your families this Lenten season.
Casserole Sunday February 28, 2016
Thanks to your generosity, our parish delivered 81 casseroles and many bags of toiletries, food prod-ucts, and clothing items to our homeless brothers and sisters at Our Brothers house of Bethesda Pro-ject last month. A special thanks to the CCD and Confirmation candidates as well as several families and individuals, all of whom are recognized on the Bethesda freezer. Please have your casseroles in the freezer by next Sunday, February 28. Supplies and instructions are in the cabinet in the freezer room, in the lobby of Church. Thank you!!
Local News
Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe (Sponsored by St. Philip Neri Church)
May 16, 2016
You’re invited to join us on a 6 Day Pilgrimage (May 16th to 21st 2016) to Our Lady of Guada-lupe shrine in Mexico. A $300 deposit will re-serve your seat on this once in a life time experi-ence.
Cost of $1,695 includes: Airfare from Philadelphia
5 Nights lodging at the Casa Blanca Hotel in Mexico City
Many sites will be visited on this pilgrimage
2 meals a day (breakfast & dinner) All ground transportation
All entry fees All Gratuities
For more information call Mark Nunan at: 610.754.7185
Videos about the shrine and the Tilma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7nD_QNeKA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=IKSwAL0DvT0
Merion Mercy Academy February 27, 2016
Merion Mercy Academy will be administering a practice high school placement test (HSPT) for seventh graders on February 27, from 9:00AM to1:00PM, with lunch included. The fee is $35.00. Registration can be completed at: www.merion-mercy.com.
There will also be an extensive tour for par-ents that will take place during the testing.
Academy of Notre Dame
The following young ladies from our parish have attained distinguished honors for the first semester at Notre Dame Academy. Congratu-lation girls, and keep up the good work.
Jordan Alicia Pietrafitta Grade 12 Susana Alai Rastelli Grade 10 Katherine Rose Willis Grade 10
Soup’s On: Year of Mercy March 9, 2016
The IHM Conference Center on Bryn Mawr Ave-nue, is sponsoring a reflection on the merits of mercy vs. the use of revenge as a path to justice by Ernie Sharetta, on:
Wednesday, March 9 from 6:00Pm to 8:00PM ‘Bowl and a roll” and a simple dessert will be served.
To register, please call: 610.581.0120 or email us at: [email protected]. Stipend $15.00.
Young Adults: Join Us for a Vocations Series! February 24, 2016
Come out this Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 7:30PM in the basement of Saints Peter and Paul Church as we kick off a vocations mini-series!
We will be hearing from Ron and Kathy Feher, the founders of Living in Love, about the won-derful engagement and marriage retreats their organization offers. For more info, check us out
