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St. Francis de Sales Church Established in 1894
MASS SCHEDULE Sunday Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM Sunday 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 AM Monday—Friday 8:30 AM Wednesday 8:30 Communion Service Saturday 8:30 AM (September through May) Holy Day Vigil 5:00 PM Holy Days 6:30 AM and 7:00 PM Confessions are Saturday at 4:30 PM and anytime by request.
Proclaiming the Good News of our Savior Jesus Christ and celebrating 125 Years ,
from the little church on the hillside of Lenni.
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Scripture readings for:
SEPTEMBER 29th 2019
Amos 6:1a, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:11-16
Luke 16:19-31
Adult Choir Nancy Brown 610.358.3112 Adult Education/RCIA Sr. Anne Marie 610.500.4088 Altar Society Phil D'Orazio 610.459.0635 PREP Sr. Anne Marie 610.500.4088 Cancer Care Ministry Lydia Lill 610.358.2627 Church Environment Barbara Jones 610.566.4149 CYO Paula Bonsall 610.517.6136 Eucharistic Ministers Tracy Boyle 610.566.8453 Finance Committee Fr. Okon 610.459.2203 Ladies' Club Belle Miller 610.513.2920 Lectors Joanne Sunick 610.459.1996 Liturgy Committee Sr. Betty Kirk 610.459.0554 Pastoral Council Steve DeLozier 484.574.4425 Prayer Shawl Ministry Ann Fernandez 215.203.6697 Web Master Arlene Petragnani 610.558.0588 Welcome Committee R. DiFebo 610.459.8971 Women's Prayer Group Sr. Betty Kirk 610.459.0554 Social/Fellowship Gretchen DeLozier 484.362.3898
Refer and Reflect
Directory of Parish Organizations
RECTORY 610.459.2203 35 New Road, Box 97, Lenni, PA 19052 Website—www.SFDSLenni.org [email protected]
Reverend Alan J. Okon, Pastor Deacon Paul A. Quinn
Sr. Betty Kirk O.S.F. 610.459.0554 Parish Services Director Sr. Anne Marie Stegmaier I.H.M. Director Religious Education 610.500.4088 Mrs. Marie McGonigal 610.459.2203 Administrative Assistant Tammy McDonald 610.459.2203 Communications Secretary Art Kahn, Business Manager 610.459.2203 CONVENT 610.459.2501 28 New Road, Aston, PA 19014 Education Center 39 New Road, Aston, PA 19014
OUR WEEKLY OFFERING
August 25th, 2019
Sunday Collection = $4222.00
E-Giving = $1431.00
Total Sunday =$5653.00
Parish Improvement = $265.00
Thank You for your generosity!
Do you have Parish informa�on or photos that you would like to share with us?
Our new Bulle�n E-Mail address is: Bulle�[email protected]
Please keep in mind , due to the printers dead-lines, you must submit any informa�on 10 days
prior to the date of print..
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September 22nd, 2019 Twenty-Fifth Sunday
SATURDAY September 21 8:30 AM Marie Bradley 5:00 PM Marion Gallagher SUNDAY September 22 7:30 AM Christine Hanna 9:30 AM Peggy Staats 11:30 AM Agnes Fisher MONDAY September 23 8:30 AM William Brown TUESDAY September 24 8:30 AM Special Intention WEDNESDAY September 25 8:30 AM Communion Service THURSDAY September 26 8:30 AM Karl Paoli FRIDAY September 27 8:30 AM Damaso William Mercado SATURDAY September 28 8;30 AM Janine Viscidi (19th Anniversary) 5:00 PM Louie & Dolly Bonetti SUNDAY September 29 7:30 AM Laura Masse 9:30 AM Jeremiah Shea 11:30AM Phyllis Marano
SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2019 TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Most of us remember our visits to the carnival fun house and those marvelous mirrors. How we laughed at what we saw as we stood in front of them. Bulbous heads above��ny torsos. Or huge legs holding up a bulging stom-ach topped o��with a small head. It was fun. All of it pro-duced by curving glass and harmless disto��n. Later in life, we may have gone back with younger family members in tow. They s�ll laughed and we may have smiled, but our adult sensi�vity picked up more mean-ing. The mirrors made us mindful of small and less signi�-cant parts of our physical selves. Our thighs might be a li�le bigger than we would like. Our shoulders might be narrow-er than we thought. That li�le gap between our front teeth has undue��en�on drawn to it. In a similar way, we can acquire distorted views of reality that we pick up along the way as our educ��on expanded beyond the basics. Or we started being very conscious of what our peers thought about things, forgetting that not all the world is Catholic and believes in the Church. Not all the world thinks Jesus is God, or even deserves a second look. They are instead the descendants of that pi�able crowd that walked away from Jesus the day He announced the Eucharist as His�esh and blood. Most of us realize that it was distorted thinking that led the Nazis to forge a holocaust. The same holds for the inno-cent sounding Planned Parenthood that really denotes abo��n mills where babies are reduced to removable��s-sue. A holocaust of a di�rent but similar dis���n. When Our Lord praises that wily steward preparing for his dismissal by lowering the cost of the master’s debtors, and misusing his master’s money, we have to remember that Jesus admires the man’s ingenuity. He likes the fact that the sly guy is inven�ve. The story gets ou���en�on because it seems there’s a turnaround in Jesus’ think-ing. But that was only to get our ��en�on and shake us from our lethargy. Our Lord wants us to use our ingenuity, our inven�veness in discipleship. In spreading the message of Jesus to a world unknowingly starving for it. Our culture, society, whatever you want to call our hu-man context is su��ing from disto��n. It centers itself on its bathroom mirror and refuses to look beyond to a di��-ent way of thinking, one that is not self-centered but fo-cused on God in Christ and how he wants us to live. So we have our task. But we come at it with the backing of the Holy Spirit, who is with us all days. We have the Eu-charist that feeds our souls with courage. And we don’t have to visit the fun house to laugh at ourselves along the way for temporarily buying into the disto��n of sin be-cause we have Jesus’ mercy. That makes for true happi-ness. A�r all, life is like a mirror. If we frown at it, it frowns back. If we smile, it returns the gree�ng.
“Reflection by, Rev. Leonard N. Peterson”
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Belle Miller, Chrissy Ferris
Bruce McManus, Greg Miller
Sue Scheivert, Kevin Duckett Dorothy Tait, Marilyn Kane, Joel Rivera,
Mary Ann Gilbert, Lenore Hines
Hear Our Prayer If you wish to have a family member added to our list to be remem-bered in prayers, for sickness or health concerns, please e-mail the
rectory at, [email protected]
OUTREACH
Peanut Butter/Jelly Drive The Archdiocesan Nutri�onal Services Dept. has
scheduled its Annual Peanut Bu�er/Jelly Drive for September-October. Once again we will par�cipate in this Drive and do-nate our Collec�on to Saint Katharine Drexel Food Cupboard in Chester. For all who are able to p���ipate please place
your jars of P/J in the Father Walsh Center an��me between September 21st and October 6th. The Collec�on will be deliv-ered to the Center 7th, 12019. Thank you in Advance for your
contribu�ons.
FR.CONNOLLY
PRESENTATION
LETTERS, we get letters, we get lots and lots of
letters…. Between 48 AD and 62 AD, St. Paul wrote
letters to the infant Christian Church. From these
writings we get a picture of how the early Church
operated, worshipped, and governed itself.
What insights can we take away for the challenges
we face in our times?
Join Father Michael Connolly, OSFS to find out
Sunday, September 29 at 12:45 in the Father Walsh
Center.
PARISH PASTA DINNER
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th, 2019 5:00 PM—8:00 P.M. St. Francis de Sales School Cafeteria Take-out or Dine In !!!!! Parishion-ers and Parish Neighbors welcome . Invite your Family and Friends! Watch in our Bulle�n for the Menu and complete pricing list. Be sure to register/reserve your seats. Family Discounted price for Family of 5 or more. Reser��on Forms will be on the Church windowsills.
Celebrating 125 Years Ad Book/Outreach Comm��ee
The 125th Ad Book commi�� mee�� will be held on Sep-tember 26th at 7:00 PM, in the Rectory mee�ng room. Pa-rishioners & Alumni needed to help obtain Ad sponsorships
and “Well Wishes”. Come see how you can get involved. All Welcome!! Tammy McDonald
125th Historic Committee The next mee�ng for the 125th Historic Co���ee is on
Monday, September 23rd at 7:00 PM in the recto����ng room. All Welcome to��end!
S.F.D.S. Fall Wine & Cheese Social
Saturday, September 28th, 2019
After the 5 PM Mass
You are invited to come and enjoy the company of your fellow parishioners on this evening.
Children are welcome! Co��e, Tea and Juice will also be provided. If you are to
donate a bo�le of wine or snack tray please contact Gretchen DeLozier @ 484-362-3898
Since the feast of St. Francis of Assisi is on Friday,
October 4th, we will schedule the blessing of Ani-
mals for Sunday, October 6th at 1:00. We hope to
see many of you with your pets on the 6th.
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2019 SEPTEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS Choir begins weekly again on Sept. 4th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ray of Sunshine ~ Ray of Hope Outreach Sept.23rd– Toiletry Bag Assembly 7:00pm,FWC Sept.24th– Prayer Shawl Mtg.. 6:00pm, FWC Sept.24th- Caring Cooks, 9:00am, School Café’ Sept.26th– 125th. Outreach/Ad Book Material Pick up & Meeting, 7:00pm, Rectory Mtg. room Sept.28th– Wine & Cheese after 5pm Mass Sept. 29th– Fr. Connolly Presentation at 12:45, FWC. Oct.1st– Cancer Ministry 9:00 am, FWC Oct. 4th– Adult Bingo in School Cafeteria Oct.6th– Breakfast Bag Collection begins Oct.6th– Blessing of the Animals 1:00 pm Oct.8th– Prayer Shawl Mtg. 6:00pm FWC Oct. 8th– Social/Fellowship Mtg. 7:00pm,FWC Oct.12th– Italian Night Dinner 5:00-8:00PM. SchoolCafeteria Oct.12th– 1976 Class Alumni Mtg. 11AM FWC For more information visit our Parish website, at , www.sfdslenni.org We also have a Facebook Page!
Saint Francis de Sales Church-Aston Reminder Kindly contact us at [email protected] with any changes in your family infor-mation, such as a new address (physical or
e-mail), phone number, change (s) in household members, Sac-ramental updates for any family member, etc. We depend on you to help keep our data base current. Many thanks!
Please note that we also have an updated e-mail address for the bulletin. Correspondence for the bulletin may be e-mailed to: [email protected]. Remember the information is due 10 days—2 weeks prior to print date.
SFDS Men’s Night We are forming a group to begin having monthly �me for men. Our goal is to have an hour of scripture and re�e��on where men can share how Scripture applies to their lives as workers, fathers, sons, brothers, husbands and re�rees. A� rwards, there will be a��me of fellowship( and a li��e pizza and beer.) If you would like to a� nd, please contact Steve DeLozier at [email protected] or at 484-574-4425. Proverbs 27:17 “Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another” Best, Steve
Parish Religious Education Program News
(PREP)
PREP is open to
PreK4 – 8th grade
Our program opened on Sunday, September
15 with 82 students registered
Contact Sister Anne Marie at 610-500-4088
or [email protected] to register.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Adult aides for Level 7
High School aides for level 5, 6,7 (a great way
to fulfill service hours)
Office aides
Please prayerfully consider this request and re-
spond to Sister Anne Marie. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!
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484.580.6436
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Mother’s Home
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Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries
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A Prayer Shawl Ministry Please contact Ann Fernandez at
215-203-6697 or [email protected]
Prayer Shawl Ministry here at SFDS.
If you knit, crochet, beginner or experienced, or would like to learn please consider joining the group. Stitching together! The 2nd & 4th, Tuesday evenings
at 6 pm. We meet in the FWC. All Welcome!
Attention All SFDS Alumni David Woods is looking for you!!! David is Chairperson for our 125th Alumni Commi�ee and needs your contact info , contact David at 215-872-4053 or [email protected]
Come and join Deacon Paul on Saturday, Oct. 19th, 2019 for the Archdiocesan pil-grimage to the Shrine in Washington DC. There are 20 seats available on the bus leaving from St Katharine Drexel Church in Chester. Bus departs at 8:00 AM. Cost- $35.00 per person. To reserve a seat, please contact DEACON PAUL QUINN - 610-565-7250 DEPOSIT REQUIRED!
AbbeyFest: Faith, Music and Family Fes�val Saturday, September 21, 2019 Noon—9:30 PM Daylesford Abbey, Paoli , PA~ www.theabbeyfest.com
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Parish Office Hours
The Parish Office is open for business Mon-day through Friday 8:30AM to 4:30PM, sum-mer hours, Friday’s 8:30AM to 1:00PM. Weeknights and Saturdays are by appoint-ment only. Please refer elsewhere in the bulletin for holiday hours.
Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and Holy Communion Please call the Parish Office at 610.459.2203 to schedule an appointment for the Anointing of the Sick. Every effort will be made to celebrate the Sacrament of the Sick within 48 hours of it being requested. Please call the Parish Office to request a visit from an Extra Ordinary Minister of Holy Communion to receive the Holy Eucharist on Sunday mornings.
Funeral Arrangements We are very sorry for the loss of your loved one. To make funeral arrangements, please first meet with your Funeral Director to discuss your wishes and their availability. The Funeral Director will contact our Parish Office to coordinate the date and time of the funeral. Once the funeral has been scheduled, Fr. Okon will call you to schedule a time to meet and plan the Liturgy.
Parish Registration Welcome to our family of St. Francis de Sales. We are happy to welcome new members in to our community. We invite you to be a vital part of our family and hope you will support your parish with your prayers, your presence and your talents. Please contact the Parish Office at 610.459.2203 to make arrangements for registration. If you move out of our parish, or have changed your phone number, please contact the Parish Office so we can update our data base.
Sacrament of Baptism Congratulations on the birth of your child. The Sacrament of Baptism is normally administered after the 11:30 AM Mass on Sunday. Pre-Jordan class for the parents is required prior to the scheduling of the Baptism. Parents can attend the class before the baby is born. Pre-Jordan class is held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM. Please contact the Parish Office at 610.459.2203 to register for the Pre-Jordan class. To schedule a Baptism, please have already obtained the certificates of eligibility and then contact the Parish Office at least two weeks in advance.
Certificates of Eligibility Congratulations on being asked to be a sponsor at either a Baptism or a Confirmation. You have been asked to be a witness to, and role model of, your Catholic faith. A sponsor is a Roman Catholic who has received the Sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation, is an active registered member of his or her parish, at least 16 years of age, and if married is in a Sacramental Marriage. Please contact the Parish Office at 610.459.2203 to request a certificate.
Sacrament of Reconciliation The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated each Saturday afternoon from 4:30 to 5:00, or by appointment.
Elementary Catholic School Education SFDS Parish supports our parishioners who have chosen an Elementary Catholic School for their children. SFDS Parish has open enrollment; enabling parents to select a regional or parish school that is of their choice. For parishioners who are present, active and contributing members, for a minimum of one year, SFDS Parish will pay a subsidy of $1000.00 per student.
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