JANUARY 10 & 11, 2015 BAPTISM OF THE LORD
A MESSAGE FROM OUR PASTOR
MASS INTENTIONS
Dear Friends in Christ,
On this feast of the Baptism of the Lord, we conclude
the Christmas season. This day we remember the promises
and privileges of our own baptisms into the Lord. May we always stay faithful to those promises.
Christmas was a very special time here at St. Christopher’s. The bad weather on Christmas Eve weakened attendance at the last two Masses. The 4 pm time slot proved
popular despite the weather. We filled both the Church and
Holy Family Hall for those two Masses. With the weather being better on Christmas Day, the last two Masses that day
had a better than attendance than usual. Our altar was exquisitely decorated – so much that people were coming up and
taking “selfies” in front of it after the Masses. Also our music
was so very nice. I want to thank once again all those who
made the season so festive and so devotional.
I would like to acknowledge the kindnesses of all of
you who baked cookies, sent cakes, and did other nice things
for the priests this Christmas season. With this being Father
Sean’s first Christmas as a priest, he was kind of overwhelmed by the kindness of you all. I want you to know that
those of us who are used to those kindnesses never take
them for granted. You are a remarkably good group of people, and all of your priests appreciate you very much.
Looking forward to next Sunday, Father Michael
Shea of the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal in
Germantown will speak at all of the Masses. Father Shea is
an ardent spokesman for the Blessed Mother, and he will try
to assist us in our personal devotion to Our Lady. Father hails
from New York. His devotion to Our Lady helps us forgive
him as an avid fan of the New York teams! I am sure you will
find his talk helpful in your own devotion to the Mother of
God. Father’s purpose is not to take up any collection – his
presence is simply to help us understand how devotion to
Mary will help us as we live our lives.
As we announced last week, there is a special second collection today for the work Catholic Relief Services is
doing to combat the Ebola virus. You can be proud that you
support his world wide effort that helps with so many tragedies and illnesses throughout the world.
Finally, I would like to thank you for your response
and support of our various collections – both Sunday and
Christmas. As you can see by the results in the collections,
we have higher numbers than the past year. Also, our Annual
Appeal or “Block Collection” is close to our goal. Results are
still coming in; so we have hope of reaching our much
needed goal. While I don’t like to talk about finances, they are
necessary to keep a large parish like ours going strongly.
With your help, we have been able to do that. I am very
grateful to you all.
With sincere hope for God’s special blessings on
your and your family in this New Year, I leave you
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2015
5:00 pm Vigil — Bridget McNamee
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2015
7:30 am — William McCardle
9:00 am — Charles Kimbrell
10:30 am — Sean Ludascher
12:00 pm — Jack Wiedmayer (10th Anniversary)
MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015
6:30 am — Andrew Jardine
8:30 am — Derek DelQuadro (Birthday Memorial)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015
6:30 am — Frank O’Keefe
8:30 am — Christopher & Mary Rausch
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015
6:30 am — Joseph Nocitra
8:30 am — Farhid, Memar & Shafieyan
Families (Living)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015
6:30 am — Eugene Piorkowski
8:30 am — Jack Franks (Birthday Memorial)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015
6:30 am — Joseph Mathews
8:30 am — George Haag
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015
8:00 am —Rev. Gabe Rosetti (10th Anniversary)
5:00 pm Vigil — Vito Guarrera
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2015
7:30 am — Bob Dobek
9:00 am — Peter Shelinsky, Sr.
10:30 am — Jean Ludascher
12:00 pm — Arturo R. Pabalan (1st Anniversary)
PRIEST CELEBRANT SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015
5:00 PM – Fr. Shea
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2015
7:30 AM –Msgr. Boland
9:00 AM – Fr. Sean
10:30 AM – Fr. Shea
12:00 PM – Fr. Michel
In the peace of Christ,
NOTICE: BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP MEETING
SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 12, 2015
HAS BEEN CANCELLED
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JANUARY 10 & 11, 2015 BAPTISM OF THE LORD
WEEKLY COLLECTION
Collection for December 27 & 28, 2014 $18,705
(includes $1,754 from E-Giving)
SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND JANUARY 10 &
11, 2015 IS FOR THE CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES TO
HELP COMBAT THE EBOLA VIRUS
Collection for December 28 & 29, 2013 $16,814
Collection for January 3 & 4, 2015
$20,182
(includes $1,754 from E-Giving)
Collection for January 4 & 5, 2014
$11,462
(This collection was low due to inclement weather)
Christmas Collection
December 24 & 25, 2014
December 24 & 25, 2013
$86,075
$81,925
Solemnity of Mary, January 1, 2015 $7,349
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR PARISH
BLOCK COLLECTION
Thanks to everyone who has already responded to
this year’s Block Collection. As in previous years, our
parish goal is $130,000.00.
Please place your Block Collection offering in the
regular Sunday collection basket. You may also mail
your offering to the Parish Office or drop it off there as
soon as your means allow.
God bless you and your families
for contributing to this very important appeal.
PARISH GOAL:
RECEIVED TO DATE:
NEEDED TO REACH OUR GOAL:
$130,000
$115,572 (88%)
$ 14,428
E-GIVING TO
ST. CHRISTOPHER PARISH
Are you a person who pays bills online or has them
withdrawn automatically from your account? Now you
can have that same convenience for your Church
contributions. You can authorize your contributions to be
safely transferred to a Church account. Forms are
available in the back of the Church or in the Parish
Office. For more information contact:
WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES 2015 LITERATURE
The 2015 World Meeting of Families will be coming to
Philadelphia September 22-27 immediately followed by
a visit from Pope Francis. The World Meeting is an
event sponsored by the Catholic Church every three
years to celebrate the life of the family as the Domestic
Church. The organizers of this event have sent us two
hand-outs. One is a brochure regarding schedule,
ticket, volunteer and hosting information. The other is a
short invitation to host a family during the event. Both
hand-outs are at the entrances of the Church today and
for as long as they last. This promises to be a great
experience for the Church of Philadelphia and a wonderful opportunity for all of us to participate in whatever
way we feel called. If you have any questions about
this event or hosting you can look at the web
site:www.WorldMeeting2015.org or, if you are not an
“Internet person” you can leave your contact information at the parish office and someone from the parish
will contact you.
Holy Redeemer Health System is a non-profit organization that has an emphasis on providing a continuum
of care services guided by our mission to care, comfort
and heal. Holy Redeemer Health System offers different levels of care including Independent Living, Personal Care, Nursing, Dementia Care, and Rehabilitation
Services at three locations: Holy Redeemer St. Joseph
Manor (Montgomery County); Holy Redeemer Lafayette
(Philadelphia County): and Holy Redeemer D’Youville
Manor (Bucks County).
For more information, please contact:
Lucia Maglio, Outreach Coordinator for Residential
Sales at 267-626-0676.
Congratulations Newly Baptized
Ronan William Weathers
Mary Wilkinson at 215-673-5177, ext. 22
Children’s Church Envelopes are available at the
doors of the Church and in the Parish Office. These
envelopes are a great way for families to teach students
the importance of giving. Any student in grade school or
high school is asked to take a box.
If you are a parishioner and you need a
TEMPORARY envelope, please take one of the white
temporary envelopes by the doors. Thank You.
PRE-JORDAN BAPTISM CLASS
First-time parents, as well as parents who have not
already done so, must attend a Pre-Jordan class
before scheduling the Baptism. We suggest that you
attend before the birth of your baby. The next class will
be on:
Wednesday, January 28th, at 7:00 pm
in the Parish Meeting Room.
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JANUARY 10 & 11, 2015 BAPTISM OF THE LORD
St. Christopher School
Early Childhood Education Program
Open House and Registration
Parishioners who are parents or guardians of age
3,4,5 or 6 year olds who wish to register a child in the
PreK-3, PreK-4, Kindergarten or First Grade programs at St. Christopher School are invited to an
Early Childhood Information Night on Tuesday, January 20th. In addition, you are also invited to our
Catholic School Week Open House on Sunday,
January 25th. On this day you’ll have the opportunity
to show your child the school, view student work displayed in the hallways, meet faculty, and ask us
questions.
We look forward to meeting you and your family and
sharing the accessibility, advantages, and affordability of a St. Christopher School education.
TUITION COLLECTION
DATE: Thursday, January 15, 2015
TIME: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
PLACE: Parish Office
Families on the semi-annual payment plan, your second half of tuition is due by January 15th. Payments
can be mailed or dropped off at the Parish Office on
or before January 15th.
Don't forget to redeem your gift card/scrip prior to
making payment.
In order to continue enrollment in St. Christopher
School, those on the monthly payment plan must be
current through the month of January and tuition
must be paid in full for those families on other payment plans.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK
Dolores Anderson
Mary Kay Banks
Robert Banks
Mary Ann Daily
Louis Desiato
Marie Dolhancryk
Taylor Dworznicki
Bill Ferro
Nancy Finn
Nora Forgione
Ted Franks
Rosemary Gabriel
June Glenn
David Griffin
Ronald Gutschall
Joanne Henes
Baby Abby Henderson
Patrick Keenan
Patrick Kilcoyne
Robert Kurtz
Leonard Laurito
Rina Laurito
Lisa MacWilliams
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
Tuesday, January 20th
7 — 8 PM
Holy Family Hall
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, January 25th
1 — 2 PM
School Main Lobby
NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION (ALL GRADES)
Thursday, January 29th
5—7 PM
Friday, January 30th
8:30 — 10:00AM
School Main Lobby
Children’s Scholarship Information
New Children Scholarship Fund applications for
the 2015-2016 school year are now available to be
completed
on
the
website,
www.csfphiladelphia.org. Scholarship requirements are simple. To be eligible, families must
meet income requirements, be residents of Philadelphia, have a child entering grades K-8th and
complete the required essay. The submission
deadline is March 1, 2015. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Lisa Keane in the Parish Office.
Jennifer Mariano
Heather McCaffery
Mary McKeever
Kevin McKeever
Joan Martin
Paul Martin
George Matwiejczyk
Ellizabeth Morris
Lee Murphy
Mary Lew Nederoski
Barbara O’Connor
Anna Ryan
Georgine Schuster
Robert Schuster
Benny Shirk
Arden Sukeena
Larry Sutliff,Jr.
Rosalie Unger
Shannon Valotta
Baby Aliana Walker
Baby London Walker
Walter Zubak
NOTICE ABOUT OUR SICK LIST: If you wish to
place or remove a name from the prayer list, please call
the Parish Office (215-673-5177) during regular hours.
H.O.P.E.
HELPING OTHER PEOPLE IN AN EMERGENCY
When family, friends or neighbors are unavailable and
you have need for local transportation to get to doctor
appointments, shopping, hospital visits or church, call
our H.O.P.E. coordinator. Please leave your name and
phone number and the coordinator will call you back.
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TO SCHEDULE A RIDE CALL:
215-677-7629
JANUARY 10 & 11, 2015 BAPTISM OF THE LORD
ADORATION CHAPEL
HELP NEEDED
We are still in NEED of volunteers to give time with
the Lord in our Adoration Chapel. Call Joan Felice
at 215-605-8378 if you can volunteer some time to
cover these hours:
St. Christopher Home & School Association
Is sponsoring a Pancake Breakfast
Sunday, January 25th following the 7:30 mass
and concluding after the 10:30 mass
Adults $5.00 — Children $3.00
Pay at the door
Saint Hubert High School
Annual Fashion Show
“Bambies on the Runway”
Monday:
10:00—11:00 am
12:00— 1:00 pm
Tuesday:
10:00—11:00 am
Wednesday: 4:00— 5:00 pm
Thursday:
10:00—11:00 am
5:00— 6:00 pm
Friday:
10:00—11:00 am
Saturday:
8:30— 9:30 am
Sunday, January 25, 2015
2 pm—5 pm
School Cafeteria—Lunch Included
Tickets available at School
Adults $15.00 Children/Students — $7.00
For information call 215-624-6840 ext. 200
The Adoration Chapel will continue to be open until
7pm Monday thru Friday and 5pm on Saturday.
Five Good Reasons Why
You Should Include
Saint Christopher Parish
in your estate plans with a Charitable Bequest:
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St. Katherine of Siena School invites all alumni to
attend a special Alumni Mass celebrating the
40th Anniversary of Catholic Schools Week
Sunday, January 25th at 12 pm
Reception immediately following the mass
Please RSVP by January 19, 2015 to Erin McShea at
[email protected]
For more information, please call the school office at
215-637-2181
A bequest is the easiest way to make sure that the
things you care about will be provided for in the future.
Saint Basil Academy “Night at the Races”
Saturday, January 24,2015
(Snow Date February 7th)
7PM to 11PM
You can make a significant gift without affecting
your current income or cash flow.
$20 includes dinner and beverages
Must be 21 to attend
You can direct your bequest to a specific program in
the parish.
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You can receive a charitable estate tax deduction.
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Future generations will benefit from your generosity.
Additional info:
www.stbasilacademy.org/pdf/NightRaces2015.pdf.
Bereavement Support Group
Monday, February 9, 2015
6:00-7:15 p.m.—Parish Meeting Room
MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
TO ST. CHRISTOPHER MEMORIAL FUND
IN MEMORY OF CATHERINE GIBBONS
From: Mary Smith
IN MEMORY OF IRENE M. MONTONI
Please call Sister Maureen Erdlen, the moderator of the
group, at 215-248-7203 for more information regarding
this support group meeting. If you are dealing with the
death of a loved one, this might be for you. The Parish
Meeting Room is located in the school building right off
the Lindsay Street parking lot.
Please Pray for our Deceased
W ILLIAM COCHRANE FREDERICK FOLEY
From: Emil & Grace Nahm
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