Sacred Heart Parish
120 Jefferson Street ~ Swedesburg, Pennsylvania, 19405
We are the “HEART” of Bridgeport, King of Prussia, Swedeland and Swedesburg
Saint Augustine Sanctuary
Sacred Heart Church
Our Pastoral Staff
Rev. Timothy F. O’Sullivan
Founding Pastor
Rev. Msgr. George A. Majoros
Parochial Vicar
Rev. James J. Shea, Sch. P.
Weekday & Sunday Ministry
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Sanctuary
Our Mother of Sorrows Sanctuary
Our Parish Mass Schedule,‘Pro Tem’
Saturday evening at 4:00pm
in Sacred Heart Church in Swedesburg
Saturday evening at 5:30pm
at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Worship Site
Sunday morning at 8:00am
at Our Saint Augustine Worship Site
Sunday morning at 10:00am
in Sacred Heart Church in Swedesburg
Sunday evening at 5:00pm
in Sacred Heart Church in Swedesburg
Monday through Friday at 6:30am at
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Campus;
Monday through Saturday at 8:00am in Sacred Heart Church.
(Masses on National Holidays will be celebrated at 9:00am.
This will be announced in our Parish bulletin.)
The Sacrament of Baptism
Baptism is celebrated on the third Sunday of the month at
12 Noon and on the fifth Sunday of the Month during the
10:00am Mass. Before selecting a Baptism date, parents should
secure letters of eligibility for their selected Godparents and
present them at the rectory. Parents should also plan on
Attending our Parish’s Pre-Jordan program before setting a
Baptism date.
All baptisms are celebrated in Sacred Heart Church.
The Sacrament of Confession
Saturday afternoon: 3:00pm – 3:45pm.
Wednesday morning: Immediately following the 8:00am Mass.
By appointment at the rectory anytime.
The Sacrament of Confession is celebrated in Sacred Heart Church.
The Sacrament of Marriage
Please speak to Father O’Sullivan or Monsignor Majoros at least
six months before your anticipated Wedding date.
Couples should not make any celebratory arrangements until
after they have met with Father or Monsignor at our Parish.
The Sacrament of The Sick
Please speak to Father O’Sullivan or Monsignor Majoros if you
or a family member wish to receive the Sacrament of the Sick.
It is always appropriate to receive this Sacrament before
surgery, during a serious illness or in the final stages of life.
Our Parish Mass Intentions
October 18-19, 2014 – 29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
4:00pm (SH)
Henry Palaszewski
Requested by Eleanor, Lucille & Family
5:30pm (MC) Charles Palmer
Requested by His Sister, Lillian Givat
8:00am (AU)
Cheryl Buddy Lattanze
Requested by Mom & Dad
10:00am (SH) Charles Piatkowski (25th Anniv.)
Requested by his Niece, Joyce
5:00pm (SH)
For the People of our Parish
Requested by Fr. O’Sullivan
October 20, 2014 –SAINT PAUL OF THE CROSS
6:30am (MC) Mary L. Dachille
Requested by Her Husband, Frank
8:00am (SH)
Mary Dolan
HELP WANTED;
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED;
LET’S THINK!
This Monday, October 20th at 7:00pm we will
hold the first meeting of “The Sacred Heart
Parish Fund Raising Committee” in our School
Hall. At this meeting we will discuss opportunities
to foster unity in our parish by planning FUNraisers
and fundraisers! At this meeting we will also be
discussing our Parish’s major summer event in the
spirit of our past Festival and Feast! Please plan to
join us as we plan exciting events for our new
Parish community! Bring your ideas; bring your
enthusiasm; bring a friend!
Requested by Bill & Dolores Simmons
October 21, 2014 –TUESDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
6:30am (MC) Kenneth Ostrowski
Requested by Pat Walker
8:00am (SH)
Wanda Smith
Requested by Jimmy, Wendy,
Joe & Justin Rittenhouse
October 22, 2014– POPE SAINT JOHN PAUL II
6:30am (MC) Bonnie Mateja
Requested by Marilyn & Joe Lewis
8:00am (SH)
Joseph & Helen Dybicz
Requested by Ed Dybicz
October 23, 2014 – SAINT JOHN OF CAPISTRANO
6:30am (MC) Rita DeStefano
Requested by Ken & Sandy Nadwodny
8:00am (SH)
A Special Intention
Requested by Judy Vicchio
October 24, 2014 – SAINT ANTHONY MARY CLARET
6:30am (MC) Dominic M. DiGuglielmo
Requested by Carol Calcagni
8:00am (SH)
A Special Intention
October 25, 2014 – SATURDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8:00am (SH)
Health Blessings for
Thomas J. Hurley, Sr.
Requested by Wife, Dorothy & Children
October 25-26, 2014 – 30th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
4:00pm (SH)
For the People of our Parish
Requested by Fr. O’Sullivan
5:30pm (MC) Margaret & Albert Roberto &
Catherine & George Johns
Requested by Frank & Philomena Johns
8:00am (AU)
Kayla Buddy
Requested by Grandmom & Pop Buddy
10:00am (SH) John & Florence Czapla
Requested by Rosemary & Phil Giovinco
5:00pm (SH)
Jean Guziewicz
Requested by Jack & Family
SAINT JOHN PAUL, PRAY FOR US!
The Wednesday, October 22nd, the Church
will celebrate the feast of Saint John Paul for
the first time! (Saint John Paul was
canonized a saint this past May by Pope
Francis.) Our 8:00am morning Mass will
celebrate the feast of this extraordinary
leader of our times.
Immediately
following
Mass,
parishioner will be welcomed to venerate a
first class relic of Saint John Paul. All are
welcome to join us for the Mass.
Also, during this Mass, a zucchetto
once worn by Pope John Paul II will be
displayed in the sanctuary of our Church.
Please Pray For All Who
Protect Our Country Through Their
Military Service, especially…
Matthew D. Baxter (Senior Airman, U.S. Air
Force), Grandson of Peg Palmer; Matthew
Capaldo (Lieutenant, U.S. Navy), son of John and
Connie Capaldo; Devon Kantz (Lieutenant, U.S.
Navy), grandson of Rose Kantz; Gregory Kantz
(Captain, U.S. Air Force), grandson of Rose Kantz;
Stephen Kantz (Lieutenant Commander, U.S.
Navy), grandson of Rose Kantz, Matthew McNulty
(Warrant Officer U.S.M.C.),son of Irene McNulty,
and John Orendorff (Captain, U.S.Army),
grandson of Ed & Gertrude Connor, Jonathan D.
Palmer(Sergeant, U.S. National Guard), Grandson
of Peg Palmer; Lawrence H. Palmer, Jr.(Sergeant,
U.S. National Guard), Grandson of Peg Palmer.
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Our Parish Office Information
Sacred Heart Rectory
120 Jefferson Street
Swedesburg, Pennsylvania
Sacred Heart Rectory office is open:
Monday through Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am – 12 Noon
Sacred Heart Rectory Telephone:
610-275-1750
Sacred Heart Rectory Fax:
610-275-0480
Contact us by e-mail:
[email protected]
FOR OUR FORTY HOURS DEVOTIONS:
Sunday, November 23rd to
Tuesday, November 25th
Our Parish will celebrate our First Forty Hours
this November. Father O’Sullivan and Monsignor
Majoros would like to invite any parishioners
willing to help plan our Forty Hours Devotions to
join them for a meeting on Wednesday, October
29th. Please call the rectory and let Joanne know
you are willing to join us to help plan our Forty
Hours Devotions!
Our Parish offers several opportunities for parishioners
to remember loved ones in our Parish. In addition to
having Mass offered for a deceased relative or friend,
parishioners may sponsor our sanctuary lamp for their
intentions, or commemorate the memory of a loved one
by donating the Bread and Wine used in our Parish for
the week. Parishioners are welcome to stop by the
rectory to make these arrangements.
The Sanctuary Lamp burns this week in our Parish
In Memory of Karen Kelly Johnson
Requested by Her Family
The Bread & Wine used in our Parish
this week was donated
In memory of wanda Smith
By her friends
Let Us Serve The Lord With Gladness!
The following Ministers are scheduled
for our Parish Masses.
Saturday evening, October 25th:
4:00pm in Sacred Heart Church
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
John Simmons, Mary Ellen Kester, Sheila Sargent, Pat
Moletzsky
Lector: Peter Wisniewski
Music: Theresa Mann & Lori Warring
Servers: Ania & Asia Niemiec & MaryCatherine
Murphy
5:30pm at Our Mount Carmel Worship Site
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
Terry Kelly, Barbara Fromm, Tom Kavanaugh, Karen
Hinchey
Lector: Connie Capaldo
Music: John Bednar & Jan Krueger
Servers: Estefania Cabrera & Ysalane Rojas
Sunday, October 26th:
8:00am at Our Saint Augustine Worship Site
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
Larry Kilian, Joseph Saboe, Tom Krizovensky, Janet
Kita
Lector: Joseph Saboe
Music: Mary Estright & Stephanie Iaccarino
Servers: Evan & Preston Smith
10:00am in Sacred Heart Church
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
Shirley Funhouser, Dolores Burton, Margie Pruskowski,
Greg Philips
Lector: John Kolcun
Music: Theresa Mann & Janice Sbei
Servers: Jessica Poley, Trish Smith & MaryCatherine
Murphy
5:00pm in Sacred Heart Church
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
Richard McVoy, Mary Ellen Kester, Tom Krizovensky,
Mary Eads
Lector: Danielle Cantando
Music: Theresa Mann & Cathy Middleton
Servers: Tyler Klicka & MaryCatherine Murphy
Come, Let Us Worship The Lord!
On the Weekend of September 27-28st,
317 people joined us for Fr. O’Sullivan’s
Installation Mass at 4:00pm;
105 people joined us at our 5:30pm Mass;
110 people joined us at our 8:00am Mass;
201 people joined us at our 10:00am Mass;
and, 57 people joined us at our 5:00pm Mass.
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Our Parish Financial
Information
Sunday Collection for Sept. 27-28, 2014 .. ….$7,859
Collection for Sept. 28-29, 2013* ................. .$9,697
(*This amount reflects a combined total of the Sunday
collections for this weekend from Sacred Heart, Saint
Augustine and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parishes.)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF OUR PARISH!
Our Upcoming Second Collections:
In your generosity, please remember:
October 25-26, 2014
All Soul’s Day Remembrance
November 1-2, 2014
Our Church Heating Fund
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS
UPDATE INFORMATION
All of the Extraordinary Ministers of our three
former parishes should have received a phone call
recently asking if they would like to continue their
ministry in our new parish. The Extraordinary
Ministers who expressed a willingness to serve at
all three of our worship sites were invited to a retraining session with Father O’Sullivan over the
last week. If any of our former Extraordinary
Ministers who are willing to continue in their
ministry at our three worship sites did not receive a
phone call, please call the rectory at your earliest
convenience. There is a possibility that some
Extraordinary Ministers somehow did not get
transposed to our new listing of Extraordinary
Ministers and Father O’Sullivan wants to make
sure that all of our former Extraordinary Ministers
who wish to continue in this ministry at all three of
our worship sites have the opportunity to do so in
our new Parish.
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL TRIP!
Any parishioners and friends who signed up to join us on
our trip to see the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City
Music Hall in New York City on Thursday, December 11th, is
reminded that payment is now due. Please send your final
payment, made out to “Sacred Heart Parish” to the rectory!
In Your Kindness, Please Pray For Our
Family & Friends Who Are Sick…
Baby Michael Yi (Great-nephew of Joan
McKiernan), Baby Ryan VanBuskirk, Tom Burke,
Baby Theodore Kocher (Great-Nephew of Michael
& Eileen Bralski), Baby Madelyn Grace
Kavanagh (Granddaughter of Denise & Tom
Kavanagh),Rosemarie Grabowski (Cousin of Floyd
Pachella), Crystal Fiorentino, Teresa Fiorentino,
Alberta Hamaday, Dora Delmoro,
Armando
Delmoro, Antoinette Hildebrand, Dolores Simmons,
Philomena
Pishock,
Madeline
Dobbs
(Granddaughter of Joseph & Dolores Saboe),
Patricia McGee, Marion Raup, Kay Bolger,Vern
Krueger(Husband of Jan Krueger), Baby Zander
Castillo (Family friend of the Moser Family),Paul
Dougherty.
We are happy to keep your loved ones on our Parish prayer
list for four weeks. If they would benefit from remaining on
our prayer list after this period of time, please call the rectory
and we will happily keep them on our prayer list.
ETERNAL REST,
GRANT UNTO THEM O LORD!
In your kindness,
please pray for the happy repose of the souls of:
PATRICK J. TERPOILLO, JR.
(Former Parishioner of St. Augustine Parish)
Who passed away on October 6, 2014
ELIZABETH (“BETTY”) DAVIS
(Mother of Joseph Davis)
Who passed away on October 10, 2014
DOROTHY FREED
Who passed away on October 10, 2014
CONGRATULATIONS!
To
Cory Weiss and Jessica Wetzel
Who were married in our Parish on
October 11, 2014.
CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME,
SISTER AUGUSTINE MARIE!
This past Monday, the Sacred Heart Sisters
accepted a new novice - Sister Augustine Marie,
who received the habit of the novice in our convent
on October 13th. Sister will join with Sister Angela
Marie in her Novitiate studies. Please welcome
Sister to our Parish when you see her!
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Dear Friends,
On September 23rd, I held my fourth meeting with our Parish’s Transition Team. At
this meeting we were able to continue discussions on several issues, as well as
discuss new issues related to our Parish.
We began our meeting by welcoming Tom Kester as a new member of the
Transition Team. Tom replaced an original member of the Transition Team who
resigned in June. With Tom’s acceptance of this position, our Team is, once again,
comprised of six representatives of our three former parishes, who have, in actuality, become eighteen representatives
of our new Sacred Heart Parish.
The first agenda item was welcoming Gene March and Robert Koochagian from the O’Donnell & Naccarato
Structural Engineering Firm. (This is the firm whom the Archdiocese commissioned to assess the physical structures of all the
buildings of our three former parishes as part of the Pastoral Planning Initiative (PPI) that was begun in September 2013.)
I invited these gentlemen to our meeting so they could offer insight into the evaluation process of our buildings
that was part of the PPI process. As I explained to the Team members before I introduced Gene and Robert, they were
not with us for us to ‘second guess’ their professional evaluations; nor were they with us to ‘justify’ their work. At a
previous Transition Team meeting, the members felt it would be a good idea for representatives from O’Donnell &
Naccarato to join us to share ‘first hand’ their knowledge of the work they carried out.
In the course of their presentation Gene and Robert explained that their work was exclusively to assess the
physical plant of each parish and to report to the Archdiocese their findings. (Gene performed the assessment of Our Lady
of Mount Carmel and Sacred Heart properties, while Robert performed the assessment of the Saint Augustine property.)
After explaining some specifics of the property (roof, electrical system, etc.), Gene stated that Sacred Heart
Parish facilities, given the age of the buildings, were ‘as-good-as-you-can-get’ structurally. He estimated that, over the
next several years, it may cost approximately $25,000 in physical repairs to the Parish. When he discussed Our Lady of
Mount Carmel’s property, he stated that, given the age of the buildings, the overall plant was in ‘very good’ shape. He
estimated that over the next several years, it may cost approximately $90,000 in physical repairs to the Parish.
Robert spent some time explaining some of the difficult challenges at Saint Augustine, in regard to the
buildings. Given the age of the buildings, there is significant repair needed in most of the buildings. Age, water
damage and much-needed pointing of the buildings have affected many parts of Saint Augustine’s property. Robert
estimated that over the next several years, it may cost approximately $800,000 to repair the damage in several of the
buildings. (It should be noted that there is no present danger in using Saint Augustine Church.)
At the end of their presentation, Gene reminded the Team that their only responsibility was to assess the
buildings from an engineering point-of-view. They were not asked, nor did they offer, any recommendation to the
Archdiocese in regard to parish selection. The Team felt their presentation was enlightening and informative.
The Team continued the meeting by discussing several ‘new’ traditions for our Parish.
In November (nearing Thanksgiving) our parish will sponsor a food drive. All foods collected through this drive
will be donated to the Patrician Society of Norristown to help them continue their good works. (Watch for more
information in upcoming bulletins!)
In November /December (as had been a tradition in all three of our former parishes), our Parish will participate in
an Advent Giving Tree to help those in need at Christmas time. After discussion, we agreed that our program will be
called “Gifts from the Heart” and our gifts will benefit children through Catholic Social Services, as well as bring
gifts of cheer to our homebound parishioners. (Watch for more information in upcoming bulletins!)
The Team also discussed that in December, our parish host a Christmas Dinner that would offer the Christmas
ethnic foods of our Parish community. So, watch the bulletin for more information about, Sacred Heart Parish’s
Christmas Eve Dinner - Bringing Traditions Together, scheduled to be held in our School hall on Sunday,
December 21st at 11:30am.
Also discussed at our meeting was our Parish offering Oplatki – a traditional Christmas custom from Eastern
Europe. Oplatki will be available at our Rectory beginning Monday, December 1st, until our supply runs out.
In January, blessed chalk and incense will be available in the lobby of Church on Epiphany weekend. Throats
will be blessed through the intercession of Saint Blaise after our morning Mass on Tuesday, February 3rd.
At our October meeting it is slated for us to discuss some possible events for February and Lent.
As we ended our meeting, each Team member was asked how they thought the meeting went and all indicated
that it was a good and productive meeting.
Through the intercession of Saint Augustine and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, may we always be United in the
Sacred Heart of Jesus!
Fr. O’Sullivan
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