Saint Joseph Church
COLLINGDALE, PENNSYLVANIA 19023
www.saintjoseph-collingdale.com
Rectory: 500 Woodlawn Avenue
Religous Education Office
PARISH STAFF
Rev. Thomas M. Sodano, Pastor
Rev. Msgr. Charles J. Monaghan, Pastor Emeritus
Rev. Msgr. Charles E. McGroarty, Pastor Emeritus,
St. Matthew Parish, Philadelphia In Residence
Rev. Patrick J. Brady, Weekend Ministry
Deacon Thomas Taylor, Permanent Deacon
Deacon Patrick Kelly, Permanent Deacon
Deacon Paul MCBlain, Retired Permanent Deacon
Mrs. Mary Carney, Director of Faith Formation
E-mail: [email protected]
Mrs. Diana M. Martyn, Director of Music
CYO 610-583-4530
610-583-4530
Fax: 610-583-7730
610-586-1520
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday:
4:30PM Vigil
Sunday:
8:00AM, 10:00AM, and 12 Noon
Weekdays:
(Monday – Friday) 8:00AM
Saturdays:
8:30AM
Holy Days:
5:00PM Vigil; 8:00AM & 7:00PM
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time • February 15, 2015
CONFESSIONS:
Saturday: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
MARRIAGES:
Couples contemplating marriage should contact the
rectory a minimum of six months before the date of the
wedding.
BAPTISMS:
Baptisms are celebrated on the first and third Sundays of
each month after the 12 Noon Mass. Parents are required
to attend Pre-Jordan classes in preparation for Baptism.
The class is held on the fourth Monday of the month at
7:30PM in the Church. Please call the rectory to make
arrangements for the Baptism and to attend class.
APPOINTMENTS:
The pastor is most willing to be of service to our parishioners. If you wish to meet with him, please call the rectory
in advance to arrange an appointment.
R.C.I.A.:
The RCIA prepares adults for Baptism and full communion
in the Church. If you’re interested in becoming a Catholic or
completing your initiation into the Catholic Church, please
contact Mrs. Mary Carney, Director of Faith Formation.
RECTORY OFFICE:
The secretaries are available for business matters from
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
VISITS TO THE SICK AND ELDERLY:
The clergy and extraordinary ministers of the Holy Eucharist visit the homebound sick and elderly on a regular
scheduled basis. Please call the Rectory to report a
needed visit.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK:
If you are scheduled for surgery or a hospital stay, receive
the Sacrament of the Sick before you go to the hospital.
Call the rectory or ask the priest on Sunday to administer
the Anointing of the Sick after Mass.
HOSPITAL VISITS:
Due to the Pennsylvania Privacy Act you must tell the
hospital that you would like to be visited by a priest who
serves the hospital as Catholic Chaplain.
PARISH REGISTRATION:
WELCOME TO ST. JOSEPH PARISH!
We invite all Catholics living within parish boundaries to
become registered members of St. Joseph Parish as soon
as possible. If you have recently changed your status,
married, moved out of your parents home or graduated
from college, you need to re-register. If you move, we
would also appreciate a phone call to the rectory so that
our records will be in order.
Handicapped Accessible
BULLETIN DEADLINE - TUESDAY, 12:00 NOON
Sunday, February 15, 2015
6 Sunday in Ordinary Time
th
Sun, 02/15 8AM Kremser/Lakowski Families
10AM Beatrice Ricci
12PM Pro Populo
Mon, 02/16 8AM Billy Ferry
Tues, 02/17Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
8AM For God to establish His kingdom on
Earth
Wed, 02/18 ASH WEDNESDAY
8AM Pat Pesiri, 5th Anniversary
12PM Prayer Service and Ashes
7PM Prayer Service and Ashes
Thu, 02/19 8AM Samuel Watson
Fri, 02/20 8AM Lou Camagna
Sat, 02/21 St. Peter Damian, Bishop &
Doctor of the Church
8:30AM Sandy Felker
4:30PM Catherine M. Toland
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Jackson Roche - Linda Holmes – Mary Pat Hee –
Cheryl McKee – Gina Swentner – Marie Watson – Clara
Antonelli - Claire Burt - Mia Zarzycki – Eileen Davis – Jordan
Dougherty – Carmella & Annie Maraccicio – Claire Reyburn –
Sandra Reilly – Marilyn Bolesta – Gene Holt – Moxie McCutcheon
- Anna Kelly - Daniel Switlinski - Anna Bennett - Chris Kehoe
Anyone who would like to be on this sick list needs to call or have
an immediate family member call. Names will be kept on the sick
list for one month. Thank you.
SCRIP SALES: Rectory Basement:
Sunday 10:30am – 11:30am
Monday 10am – 3pm from the rectory front door
Tuesday 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Friday 9am – 10am.
Newly Baptized:
Adam James Powell
Shannon Gonzalez-Gore
Lori Elise McNeill
Through the Holy Spirit, Christ unifies us and
makes us holy. The marks of Christ's church are
one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Loyola press
This week at St. Joseph’s †
Sunday 2/15/15
10:30AM - 11:30AM Scrip sales in rectory basement
12Noon 100th Anniversary kick off Mass & celebration in
parish hall
Monday 2/16/15
6:15PM Holy Hour in church
7PM Narcotics Anonymous in rectory basement
7:30PM Zumba in Parish Hall
Tuesday 2/17/15
6:30PM 7:30PM Scrip sales in rectory basement
6:30PM PREP classes in parish hall classrooms
Wednesday 2/18/15
12Noon Prayer service and Ashes
7PM Prayer service and Ashes
7PM Choir practice in church
7PM Bible Study in rectory lower level
Thursday 2/12/15
6:30PM Girl Scouts in parish hall
7PM RCIA in rectory basement
7:30PM Legion of Mary in rectory basement
Friday 2/13/15
9AM – 10AM Scrip sales in rectory basement
5:30PM Soups On in parish hall
7PM Stations of the Cross in Church
8:30PM Alcoholics Anonymous in rectory basement
Saturday 2/14/15
3PM – 4PM Confessions
Pre-Jordan class for Baptism: Monday, February 23, 2015
at 7:30pm in the church. Please call the rectory to arrange
for this mandatory class and for the Baptism.
†
The Legion of Mary meets every Thursday at 7:30pm in the
rectory basement. Join us to pray the rosary or to join.
†
The Knights of Columbus are always looking for new
members! If you would like to join, call the rectory.
†
Divine Mercy Cenacle meetings are held the first and third
Saturdays of the month in the Rectory basement at 10am.
†
Moments for Mothers and Others meets the first
Wednesday of every month at 9AM in the rectory basement
†
Holy Hour is held Mondays at 6:15pm
†
St. Joseph Novena with relic veneration is prayed every
Thursday after 8AM Mass.
†
Coffee Social is held the last Thursday of the month in rectory
basement after 8AM Mass
Reflections from a Carpenter’s Angle
That Special Touch
How often we use this phrase to admire the work or
service of someone that is able to give us what we
want. In today's gospel only Jesus can give the man
with leprosy that special touch that will make him whole
again. Yet we each have been where the leper in today's
story is isolated. I am sure we all can think of a time
that our failures, shame, sickness and or pain has
separated us from the ones we love. We feel like we
have leprosy. We believe our isolation is terminal and
there is no cure. But the good news is that Jesus has that
special touch. He can heal us. He and only he can make
us whole again. Jesus alone can restore our hope! Only
Jesus can remove our shame and disgrace! Only Jesus
can restore us to the place of sons and daughters of God.
This weekend we celebrate our 99th year as members of
Saint Joseph Church. How many of us have been out of
touch? We have not been in touch with Jesus. We have
not been in touch with his Church. We have not touched
the needs of those in our community here. Now is the
perfect time to change that. Now is the time to come
home to St. Joe's. Come to where that special touch of
our Lord Jesus Christ can make us whole again.
Saint Joseph foster our love for Jesus,
Father Sodano
Altar Server Schedule:
Saturday, February 21
4:30PM Chantal & Gabriel Diallo, Madison Turner
Sunday, February 22
8AM Christoforo Romanelli, Charlie Cronmiller &
Sarah Callahan
10AM Cesar Kuziw, Alejandra Martinez, & Chelsey Szuttor
12PM Melissa Hamilton, Cleopatra Gonzales & Lisa Heston
RCIA (for people joining the Church) is held every
Thursday evening at 7pm in the rectory basement.
If the topic of the week interests you, please feel free
to join us and learn more about your faith!
February 19 topic is “Holy Orders ”
† PREP SCHEDULE - Tuesdays at 6:30PM.
Feb. 17: Regular Class
Feb. 24: Regular Class/Confirmation Meeting Students only 6:45 in Rectory Basement.
Mar. 3: Regular Class/ First Penance Practice in
Church @6:45.
LENT BEGINS THIS WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 18
Mass for Ash Wednesday is at 8AM with Prayer
Services and Ashes at 12Noon and 7PM.
A Poor Man’s Supper 'food for the body
and soul' will be served in the parish hall at
5:30PM to be followed by Stations in
church every Friday during Lent except Good Friday.
Questions/volunteers:
call Deacon Kelly at 610-522-9086
Stations of the Cross will be prayed
every Friday in Lent at 7pm.
Fast…Practice self-discipline & self-denial.
Give… Give generously to those in need.
Pray... Read & reflect on the Word of God.
An additional Mass is added to our Sunday schedule
during Lent beginning Sunday, February 22, 2015 at
6PM.
Individual confessions will be heard every Sunday
from 9:25AM - 9:55AM during Lent and will continue
to be held Saturdays from 3pm – 4pm.
Fast, Abstinence and other acts of Penance for Lent:
The Bishops of the US prescribe, as minimal
obligation, that all persons who are 14 years of age and
older are bound to abstain from eating meat on Ash
Wednesday, on all Fridays of Lent and Good Friday.
All persons 18 years of age and older, up to and
including their 59th birthday, are bound to fast by
limiting themselves to a single full meal on Ash
Wednesday and Good Friday, while the other two meals
are to be light.
All the faithful are encouraged to participate at Mass
and to receive the Holy Eucharist daily, to celebrate
frequently the Sacrament of Penance, to undertake
spiritual reading, especially the Sacred Scriptures and to
participate in parish Lenten devotions plus give to
Operation Rice Bowl. Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament is especially recommended.
2014 STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS: Please call the rectory
to request a statement of your 2014 church contributions.
Statements may be picked up at the rectory, or you may send a selfaddressed, stamped envelope and we will mail your statement.
**We can e-mail your statement, please call the rectory for this
option. Thank you.
WEEKLY COLLECTION
February 7 - February 8, 2015: $6,731.00
February 8 - 9, 2014: $7,314.00
Call 1-866-parish-1 or go to www.parishpay.com
to donate electronically.
St. Joseph Parish 100th Anniversary
A Century of Fostering Jesus
Events are being planned as follows:
• Parish Carnival – May 6 through May 9th, 2015 on the
parish grounds
• Alumni Reunion – November 21, 2015 with a 4:30
P.M. Mass at the church followed by dinner at 6:00
P.M. to be held at the Oaks Ballroom, Oak Lane,
Glenolden, PA. Cost: $30 pp with cash bar.
• 100th Anniversary Closing Mass – Saturday, February
6, 2016 with 4:30 P.M. Mass celebrated by Archbishop
Charles Chaput. Dinner to be held at a location TBD
immediately following the Mass.
Follow us on Facebook at st. joseph/100th anniversary for more
information and updates.
The 2016 Mass Book will be opened on
Saturday, February 28 following the 8:30AM
Mass in the rectory basement.
St. Joseph Adult Scripture Study begins!
“Galatians” will be studied in the rectory
basement on Wednesday mornings from 9am – 10am
and Wednesday evenings from 7pm – 8pm. beginning
Wednesday, February 11, 2015. This is an 8 week DVD
instruction from noted Scripture Scholars. Contact
Mary Carney at [email protected] or 610-586-1520
to register or for more information. There will be a $5
fee for supplies.
High School Co-Ed Volleyball Sign-Up
Interested?? Contact Sue Turner at 610-888-4350
St. James Alumni Assn will again sponsor scholarship
grants for students who will be attending Archdiocesan
High schools. Requests for an application can be sent to St.
James Alumni Association, 1499 E. 9th St, Eddystone, PA
19022; Attn: Scholarship Committee by phone at 610-8762006 or e mail [email protected].
Lenten Series at BVM, Darby: Tuesday, February 24 and
then every Wednesday evening from 7:15pm – 8:15pm in
church. Talks, Shared Prayer, Stations and Benediction.
The 10 months prior to the World Meeting of
Families have been assigned 10 themes based
on the Preparatory Catechesis Love is Our
Mission: The Family Fully Alive.
February’s theme is Two Become One: “We are not made
to be alone. Human beings need and complete each other.
Friendship and community satisfy that longing with bonds of
common interest and love. Marriage is a uniquely intimate
form of friendship that calls a man and woman to love each
other in the manner of God’s covenant. Marriage is a
Sacrament. Married love is fruitful and offered without
reservation. This love is in the image of Jesus’s faithfulness to
the Church.”
Ridley Area Catholic Churches 2015 Lenten Series Jesus
said "I AM" begins this week, February 17 at Our Lady of
Fatima Church, Secane at 7PM in church. The topic is "The
Bread of Life" John 6:22-59.
We support, thank and pray for our loved
ones serving our country in the Armed
Forces: Cpl. Kevin Michael Smart, USMC –
Sgt. Amber McCaughan, USA - Seaman William L.
McCaughan, USN.- Captain Ryan J. McCaughan, USAF Airman James A. McCaughan III, USN – Petty Officer Mark
McCrory, USCG – PFC Kraig Sponheimer, USMC – Cpl. Tim
Lindsay, USMC - MSGT James Toland, USMC – Airman
Brendan J. Farrell, USN – PFC Christopher Shanahan, USA Lt Col Michael Rasbach, USAF – Sgt. F. Joshua Cherry,
USMC If you wish to have a family member or friend’s
name published in the bulletin, please call the rectory.
Crab cakes sold only in packages of 4, 6 or 12
Qty 4 = $20.00
Qty 6 = $28.50
Qty 12 = $54.00
Quart of Maryland Crab Soup = $10
50 Piece Bag of Crab Fritters = $15
Number of Crab Cakes
_____ Cost__________
Number of quarts of soup _____ Cost__________
Number of bags of fritters _____
Cost__________
Total enclosed: $ __________
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Featuring famous “Smith Island” Crab Cakes from
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Captain Chucky’s Order Form
Name ________________________________
Phone _______________________
Please make checks payable to Knights of Columbus 8924
and return your pre-paid order to: Knights of Columbus, 500
Woodlawn Ave, Collingdale, Pa 19023 or orders can be
dropped off at the rectory or placed in collection basket
marked “K of C Crab Cake Sale. The first order will be
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between 11am and 12pm. Thank you!
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