St. Mary’s and Holy Trinity…
a family of families, gathered by the Lord’s love,
under the care of the Lord’s Mother
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY
AND JOSEPH
Rectory Office: 212 Dayton Street • Phoenixville, PA 19460
Rectory Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Weekend Rectory Volunteer Hours: Sunday 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Phone 610-933-2526 • Fax 610-935-1706 • web—www.stmaryassumption.org
e-mail—[email protected]
HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL E-MAIL WWW.MYHOLYFAMILYSCHOOL.ORG : PREP ACADEMY— 610-933-3311
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday 4:00 PM, Sunday 9:00 and 10:30 AM St. Mary Church
Saturday 5:00 PM, Sunday 7:30 AM Holy Trinity Church
Tuesday to Friday 8:00 AM Holy Trinity Church, Holy Days (as announced)
Confession: Saturday 3:00 to 3:30 PM St. Mary Church
Pre-Jordan Class: Pre-Jordan classes are on the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM in the Rectory. Please
register at the rectory. Baptisms are on Sundays after the 10:30 AM Mass except for Holy Days and Holidays.
R.C.I.A. Sessions: Meetings in the Church Hall every Wednesday 7:00 PM—8:30 PM
Anointing of the Sick: The Sacrament is given to seriously ill Catholics by calling the Rectory and arranging by
appointment or whenever there is an emergency.
December 28, 2014
Dear Parishioners:
Thanks for all the support of our staff and volunteers for making this a wonderful
Christmas. The place looks great because of all your volunteer work. Thanks to all our
ministries and singers for a wonderful liturgy this Christmas. Know that THIS MESSAGE
WILL BE UPDATED JANUARY 17TH & 18TH this message was typed December 16th.
We have a family willing to co-ordinate our efforts with the Pope’s visit for the world
meeting of Family’s. More info coming!!!
The future site of Holy Family will remain at St. Ann’s this coming year. However, the task
force is looking to move the school site to St. Basil’s.
The men of St. Mary’s will be having a meeting on Tuesday January 16th at 7:00 PM in the
Church Hall. This will be a planning meeting for the group and the night at the races!
The 175th Anniversary opening Mass will be at the 10:30 Mass on January 4th. Please
mark your Calendars. We will have Donuts with Don & Java with Joe. See you there!
Take one day at a time with the Lord!
Fr. Hutter
Collection
Envelopes
December 14
Loose
Retirement
Loose
326
179
Amount
$5560
$ 945
$1450
$ 320
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday
Dec 28
9:00 AM
Memorial Fund: Memorial Society members
are remembered on the First Saturday of the
Month at the 4:00 PM Mass.
Altar Flowers:
Offering Intentions and
donations for the Blessed Virgin Mary may be
made by calling the Rectory.
10:30 AM
Tuesday
8:00 AM
Wednesday 4:00 PM
Thursday 8:00 AM
12:00PM
Friday
Saturday
Parish Registration: Forms are online at
[email protected]
calling the Rectory.
or by
Mass Intentions: Masses are available until
the end of February; call or stop by the
tory.
7:30 AM
Sunday
Jan 4
8:00 AM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
Mary Krasinski
55th Anniversary
Norman and Leona
Devlin
Bernice Winnick
Earl Blazynski
Joseph Connelly
For Our People
Smith and Hickey
Families
Mary Kowal
Memorial Society
John and Louise
Valerio
Eleanor Marosek
Dominic Bommarito
Anna Spishock
Rec-
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December 28, 2014
LITURGICAL MINISTERS
December 31st - New Years Eve
Eucharistic Ministers
4:00 PM - Marie Adkins, Don Campbell
Lectors
4:00 PM - Maryann Amici
Altar Servers
4:00 PM - Neal Jones, TBS
January 1st - New Years Day
Eucharistic Ministers
8:00 AM - Ted and Janice Kabatt
12:00 PM - Linda Gorman, Margaret Keehn
Lectors
8:00 AM - Bernie Sykes
12:00 PM- Virginia Sierzega
Altar Servers
8:00 AM - Courtney and Chris Schlosman
12:00 PM - Nate and Joel Lebisky
Weekend of January 3rd and 4th
Eucharistic Ministers:
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
Tom and Jean Garman
Ted Kabatt, Marie Adkins
Joe Scaduto, Lenora Francis
Ed and Ethel Jefferis
Sue Grant, Ann Marie Braca
Lectors:
4:00
5:00
7:30
9:00
PM
PM
AM
AM
Tom Moore
Janice Kabatt
Deborah Czapka
Lauren Pickell, Isabella
Carrasquillo
10:30 AM Pam Kolter
Altar Servers:
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
10:30AM
Lauren Mull, Megan Clark
Joel and Nate Smith
Power Family
Joey Pickell, Lauren Mull
Sophia Sullivan, Anastasia Everlof
ST. MARY PREP ACADEMY NOTES
from Jeanne Havrilla (DRE)
PREP Office Hours: Mondays
1:00 PM—8:00 PM September—May
Our next Children’s mass on February 1st is
9:00 AM mass and continues each of the first
Sundays of the month through May.
PRE-School children through Kindergarten will
come forward before the readings begin and
will exit through the sanctuary to the Lower
Church where Catechists will be present to
accompany them. The children will return to
their families after the homily.
PREP classes will resume Monday, January
5th, 2015, the feast of Saint John Neumann.
The children will be reviewing the faith
concepts learned this first part of the year and
will receive their progress report on January
26, 2015.
Our level 2 students will celebrate the richness
of two sacraments this year, namely, First
Reconciliation and Eucharist. More details
regarding the sacrament preparation meetings
will be coming.
We offer God’s Blessings, Joy and peace
throughout the New Year!
Are you interested in making a difference..in sharing your gifts...in reaching out to those with a lifelimiting illness? The Visiting Nurse Association
of Pottstown and Vicinity is looking for volunteers to share their time and talent with our hospice clients. Please call Colleen Paolucci, Hospice
Volunteer Manager at 610-327-5700 ext. 3293.
Catholic Clinical Consultants:
Catholic Clinical Consultants, the behavioral company
of Catholic Healthcare Services of the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia, provides individual couples, and family
counseling in a welcoming and supportive environment.
Our staff includes psychologists and Master’s level professional psychotherapists. We have offices in Levittown, East Norriton, Northeast Philadelphia, South
Philadelphia and Springfield, Delaware County. To
schedule an appointment at the nearest office, please
call 855-518-2223.
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December 28, 2014
TV AND ON-LINE MASS FOR THE
HOMEBOUND
Do you know someone who is unable to get to
church because of illness, frailty, or other
struggles? For the homebound, “My Sunday
Mass” , in this area—Comcast—Channel 25—
9:00AM,
Verizon, FIOS—Channel 25—9:00AM,
Direct TV—Channel 305—9:30 and Dish Network—Channel 216—9:30AM.
This mass provides spiritual comfort and hope.
To
view
it
online,
go
to
www.mysundaymass.org
From The Desk of The Pastor:
In the past year, we have been blessed by God for so
many good things. At this time of year, I can only reflect on what we have done and where we will be going.
First of all I must give regrets for Archbishop Chaput,
the Holy Father has requested his presence during our
175th in Rome after the Pope’s Visit. Bishop McIntyre
will be taking his place. I know this will also be as wonderful. Consideration will be given to have another
event during the year to invite the Archbishop again.
Therefore, we will place our best foot forward.
This past year we had 10 weddings, 26 Baptisms and 23
funerals which is down by three. The weddings doubled since last year! Thanks for the growth.
The Parish Council met this past week to discuss the
upcoming Calendar for the New Year. We also addressed the Subsidy for Holy Family School and the
175th anniversary of the Parish. We look forward to
the challenges and the rewards of all our work this coming year. God Bless all in 2015!!!
In regards to our budget, we have been in the last year
evaluating the expenses of our parish. We were
$143,191 in the short last year. We have started to
make changes to try to adjust expenses. The increased
property has been a challenge and the care for the cemeteries and school assessment for Holy Family. All are
being evaluated now, so we can find some solutions.
More info to come!!! Evaluation results soon!
Take one day at a time with the Lord!
Fr. Hutter
Holy Family School
Did your child experience Christmas in school
this season? Has the recognition of holidays and
faith in school become a political landmine? At
Holy Family School, faith and cultural traditions
are valued and celebrated! There are many reasons to choose Catholic education, not the least
of which are religious, cultural, and intellectual
free dom. Holy Family School believes education
involves more than teaching to a standardized
test! Come see what it means to educate the
whole child steeped in Catholic tradition and academic excellence. For more information or to
schedule a a tour, email us at [email protected] or call us at 610933-7562.
Matching Air Conditioning Grant
St. Mary’s Parish has been fortunate to receive a grant of up to $15,000 from the
Raskob Foundation for air-conditioning in
our school building. The grant is conditional
upon gifts from parishioners and friends of
St. Mary’s. For each dollar committed by a
contribution, the Raskob Foundation will
match dollar for dollar up to $15,000. The
fund raising for this matching grant must be
completed by May 2015. If you would like to
contribute, please make a check to St. Mary
and on the memo line please indicate that
donation is for the School Air-Conditioning.
This is a unique opportunity for St. Mary’s
and we would appreciate participation so
that we may take advantage of it. We have
so far $5851.12! Thanks!!
Bishop Shanahan High School
Winter-Summer Programs:
Bishop Shanahan High School and Dr. Richard
Fuller offers the most comprehensive 35-hour
training experience in a PSAT/SAT Program in
the area (with a student teacher ratio of 8:1 in
math), classes begin January 21, 2015. We also
have information on our summer programs,
summer classes start June 22, 2015. For More
information, call Dr. Fuller 610-275-9660 or
BSHS 610-518-1300.
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December 28, 2014
Black Rock Cemetery
As of November 15th, plots are available at Black
Rock cemetery as follows:
Regular
Discount
Single Gravesite
$1500
$1200
Double Gravesite
$2500
$2200
Cremation Gravesite $ 700
$ 500
The discount prices are in effect until December
31, 2014. All prices are subject to change.
Did you know that St. Mary’s is on Facebook?
We are … and we would like everyone in our Parish
family to
us. Look for parish and community
information, up-coming events,
pictures from events, and other
information on our page.
Visit www.facebook.com/
StMaryAssumption.org or scan
this QRC with your smart phone
or tablet.
“Christmas is not a time nor a season but a state
of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be
plenteous in mercy is to have the real spirit of
Christmas”!
The staff of St. Mary of the Assumption Church
would like to wish each and everyone of you a
Holy, Healthy and Happy New Year!
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
“God dwells in our midst, in the
Blessed Sacrament of the altar”.
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is held
Tuesdays at Holy Trinity Church from 8:30 AM
to 1:30 PM and on Saturdays at St. Mary
Church from 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM .
We are always in need of new members for
St. Mary’s Adoration team; contact Maureen
Clark at 610-917-9595, [email protected] or
Lisa Ricco Kirk at 484-302-6892 for more
information.
H.O.P.E. MINISTRY: H.O.P.E. volunteers
are available to drive those in need to
appointments or essential errands, MondayFriday, 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Information
about HOPE or if you could volunteer to be a
driver, as at this time, we are in great
need of more drivers. Please call Sister
Marie Rose at St. Ann Rectory—610-933-3732
December 16—31: Pat Solomon 610-933-8693
January 1-15: Mary Ann Fennell 610-9331058
PLEASE GIVE 4 DAYS ADVANCE NOTICE IN
SCHEDULING A RIDE WITH H.O.P.E.
EMMAUS BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY:
Holy Family School Annual Fund
If you have lost someone you love by death
Looking for an opportunity for that 2014 tax writeoff? Holy Family School welcomes the opportunity to and are interested in joining a support group,
help you do just that!. We are currently accepting contact Joan Lyon, 610-933-4751 or Nancy
contributions to our annual fund drive. Please support King, 610-933-0465.
catholic education in the Phoenixville-Kimberton area
At this blessed time of the year,
with your donation made on-line via our website or
please keep in your prayers the
mail your donation directly to the school.
service men and women who are
defending our freedom and their families who are
Visit our website at www.myholyfamilyschool.org for
awaiting their safe return home!
more information. We are located at 221 Third Avenue in Phoenixville. Blessings to you and your fami- Remember also, those who have given the ultimate
lies in this new year!
sacrifice for our country.
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December 28, 2014
RCIA UPDATE
ST MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION RCIA PROGRAM
Happy New Year from the RCIA Team,
Candidates and Participants
No meeting on 12/31
NEXT MEETING JANUARY 7th
EVERYONE IS WELCOME — COME AND SEE WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
PARISH SERVICES, DEVOTION AND ACTIVITIES
Saturday, December 27th
Confession: 3:00-3:30 PM—St. Mary Church
Adoration: 3:00-3:45 PM– St. Mary Church
Vigil Mass: 4:00 PM—St. Mary Church
Vigil Mass: 5:00 PM– Holy Trinity Church
Sunday, December 28th
Masses: 7:30 AM—Holy Trinity Church
9:00 AM– St. Mary Church
10:30 AM—St. Mary Church
Tuesday, December 30th
Mass: 8:00 AM—Holy Trinity Church
Adoration: 8:30 AM-1:30 PM-Holy Trinity Church
Wednesday, December 31st
New Years Eve
Mass: 4:00 PM—St. Mary Church
Thursday January 1st
New Years Day
Masses: 8:00 AM-St. Mary Church
12:00 PM- St. Mary Church
Friday, January 2nd
Mass: 8:00 AM - Holy Trinity Church
Saturday, January 3rd
Confession: 3:00—3:30 PM—St. Mary Church
Adoration: 3:00—3:45 PM—St. Mary Church
Vigil Mass: 4:00 PM—St. Mary Church
Vigil Mass: 5:00 PM—Holy Trinity Church
Sunday, January 4th
Masses: 7:30 AM—Holy Trinity Church
9:00 AM—St. Mary Church - PREP Mass
10:30 AM —St. Mary Church
Kickoff of 175th Anniversary
Donuts with Don - after 10:30 mass - Church Hall
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