Chester, Pennsylvania - St. Katharine Drexel Parish

Saint Katharine Drexel Catholic Church
Iglesia de Santa Katarina Drexel
Chester, Pennsylvania
Pastor/Párroco
Reverend Scott D. Brockson
[email protected]
Deacons/Diáconos
Mr. Michael J. Finn
Mr. John J. Pileggi
Director of Religious Education/Directora de la Catequesis
Ms. Julia White
[email protected]
Mass Schedule/Horario de Misas
Vigil Mass in English on Satur day at 4 P. M.
Misa Vespertina en Español el Sábado a las 6 P.M.
Sunday : 8:30 A.M. & 10:30 A.M. (with Gospel Choir )
Weekday 8:00 A.M. Monday to Satur day
Confessions/Confesiones
Saturday/Sábado: 3:15 to 3:45 P.M.
First Friday/ Primeros Viernes: 7:15 to 7:45 A.M.
Parish Rectory/Casa Parroquial - 1920 Providence Avenue Chester, Pa. 19013
(610) 872-3731; Fax (610) 872-0545
[email protected]
Visit our website at www.stkatharinedrexelparish.org
Facebook: St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Community
Convent/Convento (Sisters of St. Joseph)
1902 Providence Avenue Chester, Pa 19013
(610) 876-4916
Food Cupboard/Banco de Alimentos - 2nd and Norris Streets
Open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 to 2 p.m.
Abierto los martes y los jueves de las 12 a las 2 p.m.
484-490-5079 (voice) 484-490-5081 (fax)
Drexel Neumann Academy/Colegio - 1901 Potter Street, Chester Pa. 19013
610-872-7358
NINETEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
AUGUST 10, 2014
MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK
Nineteenth Sunday of the Year, August 10, 2014
4:00PM Vigil
Walter & Mary Stanitski
6:00PM Vigil
Pro Populo (For the People)
8:30AM
Frank Matyok
10:30AM
Mildred Allen
Monday, Aug. 11
St. Clare
8:00AM
Michael & Florence Santaniello
Tuesday, Aug. 12 St. Jane Frances de Chantal
8:00AM
Anne Sekel
Wednesday, Aug. 13 SS. Pontian & Hippolytus
8:00AM
Spiritual Conversion
Thursday, Aug. 14
St. Maximilian Kolbe
8:00AM
Ray Castaldi
Friday, Aug. 15
Holyday -The Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8:00 AM
Lillian Cornish
12:00 Noon
Kathleen M. Klotz
7:00PM
Special Intentions
Saturday, Aug.16
St. Stephen of Hungary
8:00AM
Anne Maher
Twentieth Sunday of the Year, Aug. 17, 2014
4:00PM Vigil
Leonard Long
6:00PM Vigil
Pro Populo (For the People)
8:30AM
Susie Bethune
10:30AM
Anne Maher
Please Pray for the Sick of the Parish, especially:
Ruth Ann Mullen, Bernie Brill, Michayla Amalfitano,
Grace Marcozzi, Sheila Breslin, Olivia Weatherly, Mildred Robinson, Jeannette Platt, Pat McGarvey, Joseph
Barbee, Sophia Agatone, Madeline Devenney, Leslie &
Doris Easterday, Patty Hackett, Alice Walton, The King
Family, Anthony Bonanno, Louise Gibson, Emily Ochrymowicz, Patricia Brown, Sandra Bonner, , Paula DiMaioReczek, Peg Rosenberg, Mary Ann Vail-Etzler, Michael
Bias, Simone Bias, Kathy Murphy, Michael Murphy, Carmen London, Jane Smiley, Yoselin Rivera, Sam Dunkin,
Dorothy Allen, Steven Duncan, Julie Forcielli, Lea Bias,
Patricia Jones, Brielle Barbara, Nancy Dunkin, Catherine Kimes, John A. Smith, Linda Garcia, Christine,
Avery Kelleher, Gordon Sookrae, Aiyanna Fredericks,
James Robinson, Charmine Bias, Yoselin, Matthew
Woods
Names on the Sick List will be on for Five Weeks.
If you wish to leave them on longer, call the rectory.
No names will be added to the Sick List unless we
have approval to do so.
GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER!
(2 Cor. 9:7)
8-03-2014 Collection $2,181
(Last Year’s Collection $2,688)
Buildings Maintenance Fund $560
2014 MASS BOOK
Masses are still available to schedule. You
may request Masses for deceased family and
friends. You may also request Masses for
special intentions of friends and loved ones
who are alive and celebrating special events.
Mass intentions may be scheduled at the
Rectory.
REGISTRATION FOR RELIGIOUS ED
As children and parents begin to brace for the
beginning of a new school year, it is time also
to register your children for their religious
education classes. Julia White, our Director
of Religious Education, will register children
after Mass on the weekend of August 23 &
24. Formal religious education begins in first
grade and continues into high school.
HOMEBOUND
If you or someone you know are not able to
attend Mass regularly due to illness or a
disability, please call the rectory to arrange a
visit from Father Scott.
If desired, a
extraordinary minister of Holy Communion
may be assigned to bring the Eucharist to the
house on Sundays or during the week.
TRANSPORTATION TO MASS
Anyone needing a ride to Mass who lives in
Chester or near by may call the rectory and
we will pick you up for the 4pm and 6pm
Saturday Vigil or the 10:30am on Sunday.
LAY MINISTERS SCHEDULE
BREAD AND WINE
AUGUST 16 & 17, 2014
If you wish to participate in this ancient
tradition of providing the bread and wine for
our liturgies you may make arrangements by
coming to the Rectory. A n offering of $20.00
is requested.
4:00PM VIGIL
Extraordinary Ministers: Maxine Gr aves,
Carmella Lewis, Flossie Bryant – Alternate
Lectors: Carol Bur k
Ushers: Dwight Williams, Tom Tucker,
James Ianni, Ed Larkin
8:30AM
Extraordinary Ministers:Sandr a Edwar ds,
Mary Stock, Judy King - Alternate
Lectors: Fr anny Bloom, Connie Kanady
Ushers: Mike Galczynski, Walter Manchin
Greeters: Mar y Stock
10:30AM
Extraordinary Ministers:Dorothy Mur phy,
Catherine Murray, Rick Dennis -Alternate
Lectors: Rikkaya Dennis, J anet Lang
Ushers: Rick Dennis, Dan Kennedy,
Vyto Barkamskas, Marlin Hunter
Greeters: Paulette Fuller, Gennie Swinick
HOLYDAY OF OBLIGATION THIS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15:
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED
VIRGIN MARY
Mass will be celebrated in English at 8
a.m. and 12 Noon, and English and
Spanish at 7 p.m.
Please note that
there is no Vigil Mass. Readers are
needed for the Noon and Evening Mass.
Please call the rectory if you are able to
volunteer.
SANCTUARY CANDLES
One or both sanctuary candles can burn in
memory or the intentions of a loved one. If
you wish to do so, please make arrangements
by coming to the rectory. A n offering of
$10.00 per candle is requested..
RECENT WINNERS
Of the Raffle Ticket Sales which benefited
our Food Cupboard were Ocie Stevenson,
winner of the “Phillies Tickets” and Paulette
Fuller, winner of the “ 4 Concert Tickets” .
We thank all who supported this fund raiser,
Maxine Graves, R.N., Health Ministry.
FUNERAL HOME ASSISTANT NEEDED
Nolan-Fidale Funeral Home is seeking a
mature individual to fill the position of a part
time Funeral Home Assistant. Evening and
weekend work is required. High school
diploma,
valid
driver’s
license,
organizational, communication, and customer
service skills, and the ability to lift 50 pounds
are required. Job Duties: Assist Funeral
Director with visitations, memorial & funeral
services. Set-up and clean-up before and
after services, parking lot & door attendant,
etc.
Funeral Service Driver: Hearse,
limousine, flower van, etc. Light cleaning:
building and grounds maintenance. Other
duties as assigned. If interested call 610-3583255 or e-mail: [email protected]
JOKE THAT A PRIEST CAN TELL
UNA BROMA QUE PUEDE CONTAR
EL CURA
Late one night, a burglar broke into a house
he thought was empty. He tiptoed through the
living room but suddenly he froze in his
tracks when he heard a loud voice say: "Jesus
is watching you!" Silence returned to the
house, so the burglar crept forward again.
"Jesus is watching you," the voice boomed
again. The burglar stopped dead again. He
was frightened. Frantically, he looked all
around. In a dark corner, he spotted a bird
cage and in the cage was a parrot. He asked
the parrot: "Was that you who said Jesus is
watching me?" "Yes," said the parrot. The
burglar breathed a sigh of relief and asked the
parrot: "What's your name?" "Clarence," said
the bird. "That's a dumb name for a parrot,"
sneered the burglar. "What idiot named you
Clarence?" The parrot said, "The same idiot
who named the Doberman Jesus."
En la madrugada un ladrón entró en una casa
para robarla. Caminaba muy calladamente,
pero de repente escuchó una voz, que dijo,
“¡Cristo te está mirando!” Se detuvo, pero
había silencio. Empezó a caminar y entonces
otra vez escuchó, “¡Cristo te está mirando!”
Tenía miedo y se paró. Miró alrededor, y a
pesar de la oscuridad, vio un loro en una
jaula. Le preguntó, “¿Eres tú que dijo que
Cristo me está mirando?” El loro lo afirmó.
El ladrón sentía mejor, y le preguntó,
“¿Cómo te llamas?” “Vaquero.” Riendo, el
ladrón exclamó, “Es un nombre estúpido;
eres un pajaro. ¿Quién es el idiota que te dio
este nombre?” Dijo el loro, “El mismo idiota
que dio el nombre de Cristo al perro
guardián.”
ATTENTION ADULTS WHO HAVE NOT
RECEIVED FIRST COMMUNION OR
CONFIRMATION OR WHO HAS NOT
BEEN BAPTIZED
If you or someone you know has not received
one or more of these Sacraments of Christian
Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Holy
Communion) or perhaps was baptized in
another faith community and now is
considering becoming Catholic, please speak
with Father Scott after Mass or during the
week. We are putting a list together of
persons who are interested and will hold a
meeting at a convenient time in September
for questions and to set up a plan for
instructions.
SOBRES PARA LA COLECTA
Es recomendado que todo parroquiano recibe
los sobres de iglesia para las colectas
parroquianas. Son un recordatorio de nuestra
responsabilidad de apoyar las necesidades de
la iglesia y son necesarios para contribuir a
las segundas colectas, que normalmente están
destinadas a una obra de caridad. Favor de
pedirles del párroco o en la semana de la
secretaria en la oficina de la rectoría.
COMITÉ HISPANO
Queremos formar un comité para planificar
liturgias, eventos y compartir ideas sobre la
evangelización de personas de orígen hispana
en nuestra ciudad. Si quisiera integrarse en
este favor de hablar con Padre Scott. Si no,
tus oraciones ya son muy importantes. Favor
de peticionar al Señor de la cosecha por
nosotros.
ADVICE ON PRAYER
(Catechism for Children by St. John Vianney)
CONSEJO SOBRE LA ORACION
(del Catecismo para Niños de San Juan Vianney)
My little children, reflect on these words: the
Christian’s treasure is not on earth but in heaven.
Our thoughts, then, ought to be directed to where
our treasure is. This is the glorious duty of man: to
pray and to love. If you pray and love, that is where
a man’s happiness lies.
Consideradlo, hijos míos: el tesoro del hombre
cristiano no está en la tierra, sino en el cielo. Por
esto, nuestro pensamiento debe estar siempre
orientado hacia allí donde está nuestro tesoro. El
hombre tiene un hermoso deber y obligación: orar y
amar. Si oráis y amáis, habréis hallado la felicidad
en este mundo.
Prayer is nothing else but union with God. When
one has a heart that is pure and united with God, he
is given a kind of serenity and sweetness that makes
him ecstatic, a light that surrounds him with
marvelous brightness. In this intimate union, God
and the soul are fused together like two bits of wax
that no one can ever pull apart. This union of God
with a tiny creature is a lovely thing. It is a
happiness beyond understanding.
We had become unworthy to pray, but God in his
goodness allowed us to speak with him. Our prayer
is incense that gives him the greatest pleasure. My
little children, your hearts are small, but prayer
stretches them and makes them capable of loving
God. Through prayer we receive a foretaste of
heaven and something of paradise comes down upon
us. Prayer never leaves us without sweetness. It is
honey that flows into the soul and makes all things
sweet. When we pray properly, sorrows disappear
like snow before the sun.
Prayer also makes time pass very quickly and with
such great delight that one does not notice its
length...Some men immerse themselves as deeply in
prayer as fish in water, because they give themselves
totally to God. There is no division in their hearts.
O, how I love these noble souls!...
How often we come to church with no idea of what
to do or what to ask for. And yet, whenever we go to
any human being, we know well enough why we go.
And still worse, there are some who seem to speak
to God like this: “I will only say a couple of things
to you, and then I will be rid of you.” I often think
that when we come to adore the Lord, we would
receive everything we ask for, if we would ask with
living faith and with a pure heart.
La oración no es otra cosa que la unión con Dios.
Todo aquel que tiene el corazón puro y unido a Dios
experimenta en sí mismo como una suavidad y
dulzura que embriaga, se siente como rodeado de
una luz admirable. En esta íntima unión, Dios y el
alma son como dos trozos de cera fundidos en uno
solo, que ya nadie puede separar. Es algo muy
hermoso esta unión de Dios con su pobre criatura; es
una felicidad que supera nuestra comprensión.
Nosotros nos habíamos hecho indignos de orar, pero
Dios, por su bondad, nos ha permitido hablar con él.
Nuestra oración es el incienso que más le agrada.
Hijos míos, vuestro corazón es pequeño, pero la
oración lo dilata y lo hace capaz de amar a Dios. La
oración es una degustación anticipada del cielo, hace
que una parte del paraíso baje hasta nosotros. Nunca
nos deja sin dulzura; es como una miel que se
derrama sobre el alma y lo endulza todo. En la
oración hecha debidamente, se funden las penas
como la nieve ante el sol.
Otro beneficio de la oración es que hace que el
tiempo transcurra tan aprisa y con tanto deleite, que
ni se percibe su duración...Hay personas que se
sumergen totalmente en la oración, como los peces
en el agua, porque están totalmente entregadas al
buen Dios. Su corazón no está dividido. ¡Cuánto
amo a estas almas generosas!...
Nosotros, por el contrario, ¡cuántas veces venimos a
la iglesia sin saber lo que hemos de hacer o pedir! Y,
sin embargo, cuando vamos a casa de cualquier
persona, sabemos muy bien para qué vamos. Hay
algunos que incluso parece como si le dijeran al
buen Dios: «Sólo dos palabras, para deshacerme de
ti…» Muchas veces pienso que, cuando venimos a
adorar al Señor, obtendríamos todo lo que le
pedimos si se lo pidiéramos con una fe muy viva y
un corazón muy puro.