Parish 316 East Broadway Avenue ~ Clifton Heights, PA 19018 Partnering Parishes, (Drexel Hill) and (Chester) Office Hours Monday - Friday 8:30AM -4:00PM Phone 610-623-0409 Fax 610-623-2926 E-mail sacredheartchurch@rcn.com Parish Website: w w w.sacredheart-cliftonheights.net MASS SCHEDULE Sunday Schedule (Vigil) 4:00PM, 7:30AM St. Hedwig Chapel 9:15AM (Rosary before Mass) St. Charles (Vigil) 5:30PM, 10:00AM, 4:00PM St. Charles St. Charles Weekdays 8:30AM Mon, Tues, Wed (Rosary AFTER Mass) 8:30AM Thurs, Fri, Sat Holy Days (Vigil) 7:00PM, 8:30AM 12 Noon, 7:00PM Sacrament of Reconciliation 3:00-3:45PM Saturday St. Hedwig Chapel 9:00AM Sunday St. Charles 4:30-5:15PM before Vigil 6:30-7:30PM on the Thursday before 1st Friday St. Charles 9:15-10:00AM on the First Saturday of the month Weekend Assistants Rev. Edward C. Kelly Rev. John McKenzie, OSA Rev. Herbert Sperger Rev. Joseph Zaleski Deacon, John Farrell MISSION STATEMENT To live and grow as a church in the Roman Catholic tradition by devotion to God in worship, doctrine, ministry, and loving service to each other Religious Education Office of the Partnering Parishes Located at: 3400 Dennison Avenue Drexel Hill, PA 19026 610-623-3800 Contact: Lori Farrell EASTER SUNDAY ~ APRIL 1, 2018 Rev. Msgr. George A. Majoros, M.Div., M.S., Pastor 092 SACRED HEART COVER PAGE 1
Mass Intentions Mass Celebrants Weekend of March 31-April 1 Church Sunday, April 1 Easter Sunday 7:30AM Living & Deceased Members of Sacred Heart Parish 11:00AM Living & Deceased Members of Parish Monday, April 2 8:30AM Living & Deceased Members of Sacred Heart Parish Tuesday, April 3 8:30AM + The Intention of The Holy Souls Wednesday, April 4 8:30AM + Marvin Talag Of Mom Saturday, April 7 4:00PM + Rose & Joe Mitchell & Diane Salera Of The DeCecco family Sunday, April 8 7:30AM + Thomas & Robin McLoughlin Of Dolores Sunday, April 1 Easter Sunday 9:15AM + Living & Deceased Members of St. Hedwig s Chapel Sunday, April 8 9:15AM + Hedy Gardocki Of Kathy & Sam Oller April 1, 2018 Easter Sunday Church 7:30AM, 11:00AM Church 7:30 AM., 10:00AM, 12:00 Noon NO 4:00PM Mass on Easter Sunday St. Hedwig Chapel, Chester 9:15A.M. Open Mass Intentions For April 17. May 10 (noon), 16, 21, 23, 28 (9AM), 29. July 9, 10, 14, 24, 29, 30. Call the rectory 610-623-0409. 7:30AM Fr. McKenzie 11:00AM Fr. Zaleski 9:15AM Fr. Kelly 7:30PM Msgr. Majoros 10:00AM Msgr. Majoros 12:00PM Msgr. Majoros Mass Celebrants Weekend of April 7-8 4:00PM Fr. Cusatis 7:30AM Fr. McKenzie 9:15AM Fr. Kelly 5:30PM Fr. Zaleski 10:00AM Fr. Sperger 4:00PM Fr. Speziale Mass Celebrants Are Subject To Change The Following Have Asked For Our Prayers Bill Becht - Walt Bush -Julian John D Orazio - James Fitzpatrick - Nancy Flohr -Christine Hanson - Patricia Kaeser - Kaitlyn Klein - Helen Langley - Patrice Laut - Joanne Marks -Jackie McBride -William Papa -Kevin Perkins - Joseph Pinto -Kathy Pivnickas - Jean Sherwood - Tracey Sodermann - Catherine Spinelli - Ted Szyszkiewski - Emilie Wrzesniewski- Al Yakas. Ministers of the Eucharist and Lectors April 7-8 4:00PM Leoncio/J. D Orazio/B. D Orazio 7:30AM C. Lenski/Resnick Counters: B Candles For The Month Of April Christ Be Our Light The Rectory Office Will Be CLOSED On Easter Monday, April 2nd St. Hedwig + Nellie Kubica +Brzezicki Family 092-2
Easter Sunday 2018 After a Lent of grace and reconciliation, we come to the empty tomb of Our Lord and Savior and proclaim Alleluia! Today and throughout the world we sing this song of praise, rejoicing in the core truth of our faith that Jesus Christ rose triumphant from the dead. So on this Easter Sunday we renew our Baptismal Promises, declaring that we reject sin and Satan, and profess our belief in a God whose love is so tangible that we share in the new life of the resurrection even now. Today, and for the next fifty days, we will celebrate and rejoice in the triumph of Christ over the power of sin and death. The joy of Easter should fill us with a renewed sense of discipleship and a renewed hope that not only will we pass through the gates of death and rise to eternal life but we can make things better right here and right now. Each Sunday, we are privileged to experience the Risen Lord in Word and Sacrament so we can witness to His presence in our Church family and the community at large by the way we love one another. By living our Catholic faith with greater integrity, kindness and generosity we can make a difference. People in our families, neighbors on our streets, and co-workers and friends need to experience our joy that comes from our belief in the Lord, risen from the dead. Let us rejoice and be glad in everything we do as His disciples who continue to carry this good news wherever we go and to whomever we meet. I am truly grateful and edified by all our dedicated parishioners of both Churches who volunteered to clean, decorate, and worked to make all the liturgies of the Solemn Easter Triduum and Easter an act of praise to God and a wonderful occasion for our Partnering Parishes to celebrate one faith, one mission-to proclaim Jesus Christ and live as His missionary disciples as best we can! Missionary of Mercy As you may or may not remember, I am one of the many priests designated by Pope Francis for the Jubilee Year of Mercy as a Missionary of Mercy throughout the world. I have been serving in this capacity here in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. At the end of the Jubilee Year (November 2016), the Holy Father decided that this sensitive ministry, an expression of Divine Mercy and the pastoral solicitude of the Church, should continue until further notice as a concrete sign that the grace of the Jubilee remains alive and effective the world over (Misericordia et Misera,9). I was notified that the Holy Father desires to meet with all Missionaries of Mercy, in Rome, April 8 to 11, 2018. So with the blessings of Archbishop Chaput, I leave for Rome Wednesday, April 4. Once in Rome, I will take part in the Prayer Vigil for Divine Mercy on Saturday evening, April 7 th in St. Peter s Square. On Sunday April 8, Divine Mercy Sunday, the Missionaries of Mercy will concelebrate Mass with the Holy Father. The remaining days we will have the opportunity for formation conferences, prayer, Holy Mass, and sharing among ourselves, as well as an audience with the Pope. I return in time to celebrate the First Holy Communion Mass for our children of both parishes on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 11:00A.M. As I go, please know that I carry you all in my heart and ask that you remember me as well. A Blessed and Glorious Easter to all, Monsignor George A. Majoros 092-3
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Prayerfully consider your Offertory Gift as your act of praise to God for all HE has given you. March 25, 2018 Sunday Envelopes Will appear in the next bulletin St. Hedwig - March 25, 2018 Will appear in the next bulletin Today s First Collection: EASTER Today s Second Collection: Regular Sunday F O R M E D Our Partnering Parishes have subscribed to FORMED, w hich provides our parish fam ilies a tremendous amount of Catholic media content for FREE. To take advantage of your FREE subscription to Formed: 1. Go to formed.org 2. Click on Register 3. Enter our Parish Code: K7YRT9 (Note that the Parish Code is case sensitive; all letters are upper-case.) 4. Create your account by entering your email address. Thereafter, you need only to log on to your own account to access all the resources of FORMED. Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, reveals the urgency to live and share the powerful message of Divine Mercy. He explains the basics of the Divine Mercy feast, image, novena, chaplet, and hour of mercy, and how to incorporate them into your spiritual life. Discover God s transformative message of Divine Mercy. ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA--TELEVISION MASS Sunday mornings at 5:30AM: WPVI Channel 6 To everyone who was so generous in donating to those less fortune through the Easter Food Drive. Annual Fashion Show Sunday, April 22, 2018 hosted by the St. Charles Ladies Auxiliary form 1-5PM at the McCall Golf and Country Club. Tickets are $40. Dinner choices are Stuffed Chicken or Crab Cakes. Please call Diane 610-639-5593 for more details or to purchase tickets. OPERATION RICE BOWL ENCOUNTER THE RISEN CHRIST We prayed, fasted and gave alms and now we celebrate Easter joy! Our Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl ends as we encounter our Risen Lord. We reflect on our brothers and sisters we have walked with, and we commit to bringing Easter joy to each person we meet in our daily lives. Don t forget to turn in your CRS Rice Bowl. 092-4 SAVE THE DATE Wedding Anniversary Mass Saturday - April 28, 2018 at 5:15 PM Archbishop Charles J. Chaput - Principal Celebrant For more information or questions about the Wedding Anniversary Mass, please contact the Office for Life and Family at 215-587-0500, or visit: phillycatholiclife.org or email famlife@adphila.org YOU Are Invited To Join Our Parish! If someone you know or if you may be visiting, please know that s door is open to you! Please call the Rectory at 610-623-0409 and request a registration form that you can fill out and 092-4
Easter Sunday Celebrating the Eight Days of Easter We celebrate Easter each day this week. We keep celebrating so that we might continue to enter into the meaning of the resurrection. In the early Church, the newly baptized would be at each liturgy this week, wearing their white garments. We go through our everyday lives this week conscious of the "white garments" we all wear. We are renewed as a priestly people, committed with Jesus to give our lives for others. The resurrection stories, which we read this week, come from communities that are proclaiming the good news. The tomb is empty - Jesus' tomb and every tomb that tries to claim us in death. These are not believers who, in their deep desire, just made up the resurrection. These are people who can hardly believe what they are seeing and experiencing. They, like us now, had trouble recognizing his presence with them. We let the prayers of this Easter week draw us into the joy. Jesus is with us. He is not dead, but alive. And, that makes all the difference in the world in how much hope and courage we have, before any struggle, any possible fear of death. Divine Mercy Sunday April 7-8 2018 Divine Mercy Sunday is a very special Sunday when the Divine Floodgates from Heaven are wide-opened and Jesus offers us the total forgiveness of all sins and punishment to any soul, who goes to Confession and receives Him in Holy Communion, on that day. We want to encourage everyone to take advantage of this incredible promise on this great Feast of Mercy Divine Mercy Sunday. We want you to benefit fully from these promises, and we also want you to notify all of your family and friends about them too and urge them to return to the practice of their faith. The Image of The Divine Mercy, which Our Lord requested to be solemnly blessed and venerated on this day, will be on display in our church. Pope John Paul II said that the image portrays the Risen Jesus Christ bringing Mercy to the whole world. Our Lord said, I want the image to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it. I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish. BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PARISH'S (1101 MAIN ST., DARBY, PA) Community education program will present a six week - six part program: Personal Finance, preparing for your family's financial future. The classes will be presented free to the public by parishioners Harriet Sarblee, a professional in the financial services industry & Harold Finigan, a retired Philadelphia School District teacher & lifelong private investor. All programs are free and will be held Sundays from 12:30 till 2:00pm in the BVM Old School Hall WEEK #4: (APRIL 8 th ) this class will focus on understanding the difference between probability and possibility, and how that catastrophic life events can be mitigated through insurance. WEEK #5: (APRIL 15 th ) discusses how to think about Investment, retirement and estate planning.methods of wealth building, such as annuities, mutual funds, stocks & bonds will be presented. TWILIGHT RETREAT FOR ] PROFESSIONAL YOUNG WOMEN The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia are sponsoring an evening of prayer on Sunday, April 8, 2018, from 3 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. for young professional women (ages 18-35) to be held at Our Lady of Angels Convent, 609 S. Convent Road in Aston, Pennsylvania (near Neumann University). The theme is the Canticle of Creation by St. Francis of Assisi. A light dinner will be provided. There is no fee for this event. Reservations need to be made by April 3 with Sr. Christopher Marie Wagner, OSF, at (610) 588-6789 or cwagner@osfphila.org. Bring a friend and have a relaxing, prayerful evening. We look forward to meeting you. 092-5 This Bulletin Went To Print Early