Stewardship...giving back to God with a grateful heart 647 Locust Street Collegeville, PA 19426-2541 Phone: 610-489-1647 FAX: 610-489-7469 Email: [email protected] Website: www.steleanor.com ST. ELEANOR CHURCH February 8, 2015 PASTORAL STAFF Msgr. Michael T. McCulken, Pastor Rev. John A. Franey, Pastor Emeritus Rev. Thomas J. Furey, Parochial Vicar Rev. Christopher C. Moriconi Parochial Vicar Deacon James H. Burns, Retired Deacon John A. Hasson Mrs. Linda Coyne, Finance Director Mr. Dan Weckerly, Music Director Mrs. Susan Gordon, Stewardship/Secretary Mrs. Jean Phillips, Administrative Assistant Mrs. Louise Quinn Receptionist /Secretary WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Evening Vigil: 5:15 PM Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 AM, 12:00 Noon and 7:00 PM WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Monday to Friday: 6:30 AM Monday to Saturday: 9:00 AM SACRAMENTS BAPTISMS: Scheduled every Sunday at 1:00 PM. Arrangements must be made in advance by phone. PRE-JORDAN: Baptismal Preparation Held the first Sunday of the month at 2:00 PM in Vianney Hall. MARRIAGES: Arrangements must be made with the priest at least six months before the wedding. MARRIAGE PREPARATION: Requires attendance at the Archdiocesan Marriage Prep Program (also held here at St. Eleanor). ANOINTING OF THE SICK: For anyone needing the Anointing of the Sick, call the rectory. Communion will be brought to the homebound. *********** FUNERALS They will be scheduled at the request of the family. PERPETUAL ADORATION In Our Lady Chapel PREGNANCY HOTLINE 1-800-CARE-002 PARISH REGISTRATION At the Rectory Rectory hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM 0010 HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION Holy Day: 6:30, 9:00 AM, 12:05 and 7:00 PM CONFESSION SCHEDULE Saturday: 8:00 to 8:45 AM 4:00 to 4:45 PM By appointment anytime. EDUCATION RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) Instructions to become a member of the Catholic Church given Tuesday at 7:00 PM, through the school year. Those wishing to take instructions must call the Rectory. HOLY CROSS REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL: Enrollment is open to any child in order to learn the teaching of Christ in a Catholic environment. 610-489-9434, ext. 2225 Mrs. Theresa Healy, Principal RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PREP: After-school religious instruction for children in grades 1 thru 6. Classes held on Tuesday and Wednesday. Contact Ms. Teri Lahey, Director of Religious Education at 610-4894677 ext. 2233 Children’s Liturgy of the Word: Offered to the younger children in the parish during the Liturgy of the Word at the 9AM Mass on Sundays. G.I.F.T.: Junior High Program is held on select Sundays. Contact Mr. Matt Kirsch at 610-489-1647 ext. 15. PASTORAL COUNCIL The Council is made up of elected and appointed members who suggest a Pastoral Plan for the parish with our mission statement in mind. FINANCE COMMITTEE Meets six times a year to advise the pastor on business matters. Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 8, 2015 During these dark winter days, our God calls us here to witness the example set by Jesus. Gathered as we are in the warmth and light of this building, what do we do to bring that warmth and light outside with us? Let us pray today that we move beyond our daily drudgery to mission, inspired by the energy of Jesus. Baptisms MASS INTENTIONS Saturday February 7 5:15 PM Michael Belisario Sunday 7:30 9:00 10:30 12:00 PM 7:00 February 8 Nellie Naoe Elizabeth Staurowsky Elizabeth Gulotta Jeff Milligan For the People of the Parish Monday 6:30 9:00 February 9 John McManus William Hagan, Sr. Tuesday February 10 6:30 9:00 Saint Scholastica Joyleen Branco William Deem Wednesday February 11 6:30 9:00 Our Lady of Lourdes Anthony R. Capaldi Catherine Alt Thursday 6:30 9:00 February 12 Joseph Guiffre Gilda Bacon Friday 6:30 9:00 February 13 Kathleen Phillips (5th Anniv.) Patricia Leopold Saturday February 14 9:00 5:15 PM Saints Cyril and Methodius Kathryn (Kitty) Fogarty . (1st Anniv.) For the People of the Parish 0010 Congratulations and prayers from our St. Eleanor Family to the parents, godparents, and families of the newly baptized incorporated into the Body of Christ: ~Riley Harper Grace, daughter of Christopher and Dana Claffey ~Kendall Blake, daughter of Willie and Sally Anne Williams Our next Pre-Jordan Program will be held on Sunday, March 1 at 2 PM in Vianney Hall (lower level of the rectory). You may attend this program before the birth of your child. Baptismal paperwork is due in the rectory two weeks prior to the Baptism. Rose for Life To reserve a Rose for Life, please call Donna Kolb at 610-948-3955. Rose of Resurrection in Memory of: ~Alma J. O’Donnell on the 4th anniversary of her death, given by her husband, Robert O’Donnell ~James Antonacci on his birthday, given by the Vetrano family ~Mark Wallace on the 11th anniversary of his death, given by Theresa Wallace For a Rose of Resurrection to remember those who have passed away, call Paula Pezzano at 610-489-0533. Please request roses at least one month before the rose is to be placed on the altar. Prayer Wheel for Priests and Deacons For the month of February we will be praying for Deacon Jim Burns, and all his intentions. If you would like to be a part of the Prayer Wheel for Priests and Deacons, please call Betty Rowlands at 610-489-3742. 2 Dear Friends, I am writing this after having participated in the celebration of First Penance for our second grade students. They are so very precious and were very well prepared to meet Jesus in this great Sacrament of mercy and healing. Thank you to all those who help prepare them both through our PREP program and Holy Cross Regional School. Thank you to their parents who are sharing the gift of Faith with them and helping them to respond to the graces of the Holy Spirit at this time in their lives. The celebration was originally scheduled for January 24 but Mother Nature had other ideas. The celebration on January 31 was very touching and grace filled. Our Scriptures this weekend help us to understand the great mystery of salvation which God offers to us. We can easily relate to Job’s feelings that life on earth can be a drudgery. We know times of misery as well as troubled nights. But for us who are disciples of Christ, our weakness is a place for God’s grace. Jesus is the antidote to the misery of life, to the weaknesses of human nature. Without Him, we can do nothing. With Him, nothing is impossible. Jesus forgives, heals, drives out demons, raises the dead to life! And He continues to do so, for you and for me. He does this most frequently in the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion. These two “building blocks” of the spiritual life are reassuring and infallible encounters with the power of Christ and the mystery of redemption. Who do we turn to when we are in need? We can turn to a lot of different places and people. But the only one who can truly set us free, answer our questions, lift us from misery, fill us with hope, enliven our lives with joy, satisfy our deepest longings and desires is Jesus of Nazareth, Son of God and Son of Mary ~ the Christ, the Savior of the world! Let us turn to Him today and every day. Let us search for Him because He searches for us. Let us surrender to Him because He will give us everything we need and even more. But let us not forget that He asks us to pick up the Cross behind Him and with His help to carry it forward into the resurrection which is His and which He willingly shares with us. God bless you, God love you, Our Lady of Lourdes This week we will commemorate the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Our Lady’s messages always seek to bring us to her Son. Take time this week to honor Our Lady by introducing someone in your life to Jesus. The CDs, books, and booklets in our display in the narthex make it easy...just pick one, then pass it on! Thank you for your generous donations that help to support the mission of Stewardship: A Mission of Faith and Lighthouse Catholic Media to “feed hungry hearts.” Pray for Those Serving Our Country Sgt. Thomas Albany 2nd Lt. Andrew Bone SM/Sgt. Charles Gordon Lt. Cmdr. Wendy Gordon, MD Bryan Luther Andrew Somplasky Jeremy Somplasky Ryan Somplasky On behalf of Archbishop Chaput, we are sharing with you a request from Bishop Francis Kalabat of the Chaldean Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle to broadly encourage prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary for her intercession on behalf of persecuted Christians in the Middle East. We kindly ask that you consider sharing information about this initiative with others, along with the prayer below. Individuals are asked to say this prayer in conjunction with the recitation of the Holy Rosary for the intention of the persecuted. Mother of God, Virgin Mary, be for us a safeguard from all illnesses and hardships. Through the great love you have for Christ, ask and beseech Him to be merciful to us, to give healing to our ailments, to console the downtrodden, and to reunite those who are scattered and to forgive us. Monsignor McCulken 0010 3 REMEMBER OUR SICK: Jane Alba, Ann Marie Allen, Nathan Allen, Joseph Art, Jr., Elizabeth Ashenfelder, Kathleen Bani, Lori Bani, Christine Barrett, Kaitlyn Barrett, Kathleen Beaudoin, Rachel Beck, John Betz, Shelly Bone, Jennifer Buczkowski, Diane Burg, Bailey Cafone, Gianna Campbell, Rosemary Carney, Anne Cartenuto, Alexa Cipriani, Monica Cipriani, Ray Cooper, Kristin D’Antonio, Denise DeCaro, Betty Dougherty, Linda Dougherty, Brett Eggiman, Claire Esposito, Frank Fierro, Sandy Forcine, Joe Gardiner, Helen Guarnaccia, Joan Hallman, Bobby Henzler, Joe Howard, Myrna Knaide, Jack Kurtz, Linda LeNoir, Ann Lentz, Nate Lentz, Carol Logue, Joe Lutz, Mary Mahoney, Marie and Sarah, Elizabeth Mauger, George Mauger, Aida Mazzulla, Jaime McNutt, Jeff Miller, Charles Mruskovic, Jr., Gene Mullin, Marla Pennypacker, Megan Roth, Linda Sauer, James Sidie, Dorothy Sloan, Ray Smyth, Rose Splendor, Anne Marie Stoudt, Yoshiko Strohlein, Anne Marie Tate, Barbara Tulio, Dominic Vacanti, Jr., Beatrice Vogler, Nancy Wenrich, Raymond Wigand, Barbara Wynne FOR OUR LITTLE ONES: Brayden Jones, Jack Andrew Keffer, Maggie Lutz, Baby Zachary Sinnk, Isaiah Thoxton Justin Wichner FOR OUR DECEASED: Bridget Botero, mother of Barbara Dale Stephen Krajnik, father of Paula Davis Joseph Sigora, brother of Maryanne Magee To all the men of St. Eleanor: Don't miss Man Up Philly! March 7, 2015, at the Hagen Arena on St Joseph's University Speakers include Archbishop Chaput, Scott Hahn, and more! For information >>>> http:// manupphilly.com/ Mass for Healing Tuesday, February 17, 2015 We are continuing our monthly Mass for Healing. Our next one will be on Tuesday, February 17, at 7:00 PM. We warmly invite everyone to this Mass including your family members, friends and neighbors. Abandon yourself and our world to the power of God. When we surrender to God, He always surprises us by His greatness and the depth of His love for us. Looking ahead ... Confirmation Retreat will be celebrated on Saturday, February 21! The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on Saturday, March 28. Please contact Ms. Teri Lahey, Director of Religious Education, with questions at 610-4899434, extension 2232 or [email protected]. Week Ending January 23, 2015 Regular Collection Other Collections Total Diocesan Collections $ 20,080 $ 136 $ 20,216 $ 28 Regular Sunday Collections Fiscal Year-to-Date July 1, 2014—January 23, 2015 $ 771,168 July 1, 2013—January 23, 2014 $ 787.187 Volunteer Position Available P.R.E.P. office presently has a volunteer position available to assist staff with administrative work. Position requires a willing heart to help serve the children of the parish! Contact Teri Lahey, Director of Religious Education, [email protected] or 610-489-9434, ext 2232. The St. Padre Pio Prayer Group meeting and Mass for February will be on February 21. The prayer meeting and confessions will begin at 9:40 AM. Mass will begin at 10:30 AM and blessing with Padre Pio’s relics will take place after Mass. The celebrant is Fr. Hamilton. Bulletin Deadlines All information and announcements to be published in the bulletin need to be in the rectory by the Thursday that is ten days prior. Flyer inserts need to be in the rectory two weeks ahead of the desired bulletin date. Bulletin information and inserts should be e-mailed to [email protected]. Pilgrim Virgin Statue Feb. 08: Karen Cedrone Feb. 15: Mary Farren Feb. 22: Joe & Rose Bondi March 1: Chris & Lisa Bruder Call Kevin (610-489-4412) to schedule a week in 2015. 0010 4 Mother and Daughter Breakfast Tea - Sunday, February 15th at 10:00 following the 9:00 AM Mass in the Holy Cross School Cafeteria. Please visit the parish website for a registration form and send it back asap. Limited to the first 200. Hosted by the St. Eleanor Women's Guild. www.steleanor.com Make a Difference this Lenten Season and Help Save Lives! Dates: February 18 through March 29, 2015 Location: Norristown Planned Parenthood 1221 Powell and Wood Streets Norristown, PA (Parking is available on all side streets) Vigil Hours Daily: 8 AM—8 PM Please contact Rita Smith, MEV, 610-489-1929 or email [email protected] for more info. Visit www.40daysforlife.com/norristown to sign up for vigil hours and view events and devotionals. St. ELEANOR PARISH PAPER RECYCLING FUNDRAISER We earn money when you recycle paper in the paper retriever bin! Introducing the Paper Retriever at St. Eleanor Parish We are asking you to help us reach our paper recycling and fundraising goals. Please bring your newspapers, catalogs, junk mail, magazines, phone books, office paper, and books to the Paper Retriever Bin located in our rear parking lot near the Religious Education Center. 0010 The Men of St. Eleanor Series, or MOSES, invite you to our next Men’s Breakfast on Sunday morning March 1. Join us for 7:30 am Mass, a fantastic breakfast and special guest speaker, Mr. Jim White, President of J.J. White Incorporated, the largest Contracting employer in the MidAtlantic Region. Jim will share with us how he lives out his faith as Catholic husband, father and businessman while leading a multi-faceted Construction Management company serving the pharmaceutical, healthcare, electronics, defense and utility industries in 18 states, Canada and the US Virgin Islands. Please join us on Sunday, morning March 1, for 7:30 am Mass followed by breakfast and fellowship in the school cafeteria. There is no charge although a free will offering will be taken. Please register at [email protected]. You can also sign up at our table in the Narthex on February 22nd. Looking forward to seeing you on March 1! Knight of Columbus, Perkiomen Valley Council 3633 in preparation for the World Meeting of Families is Sponsoring a Family Movie Night on March 6 in Holy Cross Regional School. Admission cost is one food item per person to be donated to the food pantry. Movie at 7 PM; doors open at 6:30. Refreshments will be available at a very nominal fee. Bring your own chair or blanket! Movie is :Book of Life. Details can be found at the Council Web Site www.koc3633.org, on the bulletin boards in Church and flyers sent home with the children attending Holy Cross School. Movie is open to all but you must register by calling 484 9714388 in advance or at [email protected]. 5 Sept. 22-27, 2015 In order to help us prepare for the World Meeting of Families and the anticipated visit from Pope Francis, a catechism on family life entitled, Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive, has been prepared. Each month, our parish will reflect on one chapter from this catechism. You can order a copy of this beautifully illustrated catechism and learn about the World Meeting of Families at WorldMeeting2015.org. Chapter 4: Two Become One Our first three chapters reviewed basic Christian faith. We saw how confidence in Jesus opens the door to faith, enabling us to know God and what God has done in history. God creates male and female in his image, and makes a covenant with Israel and the Church. God is faithful to his promises, even when we sin. Because God loved us in this way, we spend our lives trying to return our love to God and share it with our neighbor. In this month’s chapter and in the chapters to come, we will study the implications of these doctrines for marriage and the family. When husband and wife promise to love each other as God loves us all, they make a commitment to love not only romantically, but also with mercy and forgiveness. Our culture sometimes teaches us to think of marriage as a negotiable contract between two individuals who happen to feel sexual chemistry. This view of love is a recipe for instability, since it is still premised on individualism and the waxing and waning of romantic feelings. The Church’s alternative account of love enables us to transcend the culture of individualism and become who we were created to be. Founded on Christ, sustained in the sacraments, Catholic marriage builds humility and self-sacrifice into the dynamic between male and female. As this month’s chapter explains in more detail, sacramental marriage creates intimate communion even in times of suffering and hardship. “Love is our mission,” as our catechism’s title declares, because Christ’s love frees us from false, shrunken accounts of love and makes us fully alive. Christopher C. Roberts, catechism editor Did you know? The World Meeting of Families is for everyone, whether you are married, single, celibate, or consecrated! Talk topics include marriage, parenting, grandparenting, celibacy, dating, fostering vocations, family life and much more. Visit the website for the list of speakers and talk titles: WorldMeeting2015.org. 0010 World Meeting of Families coming to Philadelphia in September 2015 and you can help! Thousands will visit for this international event from September 22‐ 27, 2015. You can open your home and host a family or an individual. It is easy to sign up online. Be a part of this historic event and learn more at WorldMeeting2015.org or email us at [email protected]. You can text “World” to 51555 for updates or text “Pray” to 80888 with your prayer intentions to make a $10 donation. Like us on Facebook at “World Meeting of Families 2015” & Follow us on Twitter @WMF2015 Consultation of the Clergy and Faithful for the 2015 Synod of Bishops in Rome Pope Francis has called for an Ordinary Synod of Bishops in October 2015 on the theme, The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World. The General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, following a practice that typically anticipates every Synod, invites consultation on this topic to assist with its preparations. A Preparatory Document has been issued by the Holy See to initiate this consultation along with a series of questions. Archbishop Chaput, in an effort to provide an opportunity for the clergy and faithful of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to engage in this consultation in as wide a manner as possible has authorized the use of this instrument for local participation. The clergy and faithful are asked to read the complete Preparatory Document, or its summary, on the archdiocesan website and then answer any or all of the questions that follow by visiting www.archphila.org. 6 St. Eleanor Catholic Youth Organization is open to all 5th through 8th grades, 9th through 12th grade (Basketball only & Co-Ed Volleyball in Spring), and 1st through 3rd (Pee Wee Track/Cross Country) children of our PARISH. Please visit our web-site for more information www.steleanorcyo.com On behalf of the SE CYO Board we would like to thank all those makers, sellers and buyers of our delicious homemade hoagies last weekend! You time and treasure directly benefit our CYO programs for our parish children. Thank you! SE CYO Dances: SE CYO sponsors monthly dances throughout the school year. These dances are open to 6th through 8th grade boys and girls in our local community. To enter the dance, the student must have a Dance Pass. Parish children have the choice of ordering an Annual Dance Pass or a Single Dance Pass. Children who are not members of St. Eleanor Parish must purchase a Single Dance Pass online prior to the dance and bring proper ID to enter the dances. Annual Dance Passes cost $35 and will admit you into all 7 dances. Individual Dance Pass cost $7- per dance. Current school year ID's are considered proper ID. The dances are chaperoned by parents of our CYO teams and programs. The doors open at 7 PM and the dancing ends at 10 PM sharp. Once inside, a child cannot leave without a parent before 10 PM. When dropping off your child please ensure your child has entered the dance before you depart. Please remember that there will be no dance tickets sold at the door. There is a standard dress code for the dance. Please visit our web-site for more information and to purchase dance passes: http://cyo.steleanor.com/ SE CYO Dance: The next dance will be held on Saturday, February 21st, 2015 from 7-10pm. Each child is asked to bring at least one of the following: toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, toilet paper, paper towels, tissues, dish detergent, or laundry detergent which will be donated to the St. Eleanor Food Bank. Thank you in advance for your help with this worthy cause. (Tom Brennan: [email protected]) Has your email address changed? If so, please visit our web-site and update your profile so we can keep you informed. United Way is an important source of funding for our program. Please consider us when you are completing your donor card. Our number is 08018. Thank you! Perpetual Adoration "The faith of the Church is this: That one and identical is the Word of God and the Son of Mary Who suffered on the Cross, Who is present in the Eucharist, and Who rules in Heaven." (Pope Pius XII) "A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent in sweet communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament." (St. Padre Pio) Everyday many people stop in for a visit in Our Lady Chapel. Our Scheduled Adorers come faithfully for their holy hour and many others come in and out all day and night. All find solace and understanding in His quiet Peacefulness. Please consider signing up to be an Hourly Adorer. One hour each week with Jesus will bring you great Blessing – He will never be outdone in generosity! Our Lady Chapel is open 24 hours a day, with the exception of Saturday from 9 AM until 2 PM on Sunday. Call the Adoration Hot Line (484-483-6584) if you have questions about weather or other closings. Open Hours-Adorers Needed: Friday-2 AM, Sunday, 2 PM HEARTS FOR LIFE Our PREP students will be collecting donations of items to help community agencies that offer compassionate, lifeaffirming support to women facing crisis pregnancies and their babies. Please stop at our display in the narthex or other church entrances and select a heart with a suggested donation. Return this item to St. Eleanor Church by Feb. 15. (Please no gift wrap.) We’re also thankful for gift cards and cash donations with checks payable to any one of these agencies: Birthright A Baby’s Breath Mom’s House Please return your checks or gift cards to the rectory or in the offertory collection in an envelope marked: Hearts for Life Attention: Susan Gordon Your gifts help mothers choose life for their babies. Cub Scout Pack 707 Annual Pinewood Derby Join us on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 1 PM Come share in the excitement while supporting our Cub Scouts! We will have a basket raffle and a 50/50 drawing so everyone can join in the fun and excitement of this traditional event. Tickets for the raffle and 50/50 will be sold in the narthex of the church on Sunday, February 15, 2015. 0010 7 Paul and Karen Quinn “Typical Foster Parents” Working through Catholic Social Services (CSS) for 26 years, Paul and Karen Quinn have provided a safe and loving home to more than 30 foster children. They say “more than 30,” because the truth is they’ve lost count. Though most people would consider what they do beyond extraordinary, Paul and Karen just consider themselves typical foster parents. When asked why they became foster parents, Paul unselfconsciously responded, “The Holy Spirit.” Their story is one of how God works his wonders in mysterious ways. After repeated, unsuccessful efforts to start their own family, Paul and Karen came to terms with the fact that they were unable to conceive. So they decided to adopt. But that proved more difficult than they thought. Then one Sunday, their church bulletin changed their lives. They each saw the same CSS item about foster care, but neither mentioned it for a few days. Eventually, they started talking about what a blessing it would be to have a child in the house. They welcomed Jamie, four years old, into foster care and, in time, were able to permanently adopt her. Jamie is now 30, married, and a graduate of the University of Scranton with a Master’s Degree in Medical Sciences from Arcadia University. Raising Jamie was such a wonderful experience, they opened their home up to more and more foster children — again, more than 30 in all. They adopted four more of those and gained legal custody of a sixth. So that now, in addition to Jamie, their extraordinary family includes Monika, 21, a student at Delaware County Community College, Kristine, 21, a Junior at Neumann University, Gregory, 20, a graduate of the Mapleton School and currently working, Teresa, 17, a senior at Cardinal O’Hara High School, and Denzel, 13, a 7th-grader at St. Francis de Sales School. And the foster children keep coming. The Quinns currently share their home with a tiny, six-week-old preemie, who lights up their lives. Tragically, there are many, many more children who need safe, loving homes. Your gift to the 2015 Catholic Charities Appeal can help provide the staff to supervise the visitations, help the biological or soon-to-be adoptive parents and track each child’s well-being. And, maybe most important, give them the resources to conduct the necessary background checks to find other, loving foster families like the Quinns. ________________________________________________________________________________ At the request of Archbishop Chaput, we are sharing information regarding the launch of a website centered around the "Faith in the Public Square" colloquium held in Toronto this past August. The series explored many of the challenging questions that pervade our society and included addresses on the topic of how faith and society are understood today as well as a panel discussion on the future of faith in the public square. In addition to Archbishop Chaput, keynote speakers included Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, and Dale Ahlquist, President of the American Chesterton Society. The website, which contains video of each address, can be found here: http://faithinthepublicsquare.com/. 0010 8 St. Eleanor Gift Card Program “Retailers Partnering in Fund Raising A year-round program HEARTS and SHAMROCKS 5% Rebate is back – Jan 24 to Mar 20 Check out our first quarter specials for Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day on the web - Click on Tabs top of main page. Special Order Forms also at the Narthex Gift Card Table **Send your Valentine a Sweet Surprise** Purchase 1 800 Flowers Gift Cards and shop six different ways with ONE GIFT CARD Winning Ticket Numbers still unclaimed Orange 0204195 Brown 0228707 Red 0086680 and 0086549 Winning Tickets for Jan will post Feb 15 Testimonials Needed - If you have benefited using the Gift Card Program we would love to hear from you! Send email to: [email protected] Explore the Gift Card Program on the Web www.steleanor.com This is a year-round fundraiser benefiting the Parish and for Families to earn education credits! Please participate to help us reach our 1.5 Million dollar goal for 2015 Metropolitan Tribunal On Tuesday, February 10, 2015, Msgr. Paul DiGirolamo, JCD, will be giving a talk on Church annulments at Saint Stanislaus Parish, 51 Lansdale Ave., Lansdale, PA. The presentation begins at 7:30 PM in the lobby meeting room of the parish meeting center. This is an opportunity for individuals to learn about the annulment process in the Catholic Church and will include time for questions and answers. In addition, information pamphlets about the annulment process, divorce, children and Tribunal costs will be available at the presentation. While open to everyone, the presentation will be particularly helpful for Catholics who are divorced, and perhaps remarried, and for divorced individuals beginning the RCIA. Join Archbishop Charles Chaput, Jeff Cavins, Sarah Christmyer and other Catholics from the Philadelphia Community for REACH|philly, a New Evangelization Prayer Breakfast. Gather in prayer and fellowship, encounter Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, hear the words of inspiration speakers, and learn how you can live out the evangelical mission of the Church. Held at Drexelbrook on Thursday, February 19, 2015 from 6:30–9:30am by FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. For more information and to register, please visit focus.org/reach. IHM Discernment Retreat February 13-15, 2015 Friday 6PM - Sunday 1PM Villa Maria House of Studies Young women (18-35) are invited to join us for this retreat which focuses on the IHM Charism and the importance of listening to God's call and discovering the many ways that God speaks to us. Time will be included for personal and communal prayer as well as the opportunity to interact with the sisters in formation. (Contact: [email protected] or 610-889-1553) Have you read Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation “The Joy of the Gospel”? Are you inspired by the Pope’s dream for a missionary transformation of the Church? Come and meet others who share this dream and want to implement the Pope’s vision. Join us for five consecutive Saturday evenings starting January 17th through February 14th, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 1723 Race Street in Philadelphia after the 5:15 PM Mass. We will present excerpts from Pope Francis’ “The Joy of the Gospel.” The excerpts will be followed by a panel discussion to explain the “New Evangelization” and how families can put Pope Francis’ words into action. Hear priests, deacons, sisters and local educators discuss how you can be part of the New Evangelization! See the poster in church for more details. Register today by e-mail at [email protected] or call Michael Campbell at 215-407-7402. 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