Parish 316 East Broadway Avenue ~ Clifton Heights, PA 19018 Partnering Parishes, Borromeo (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: www.sacredheart-cliftonheights.net MASS SCHEDULE Sunday Schedule (Vigil) 4:00PM, 7:30AM St. Hedwig Chapel 9:15AM (Rosary before Mass) (Vigil) 5:30PM, 10:00AM, 4:00PM 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 4:30-5:15PM before Vigil 6:30-7:30PM on the Thursday before 1st Friday 9:15-10:00AM on the First Saturday of the month 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 and to the people entrusted to us. Religious Education Office of the Partnering Parishes Located at: Borromeo 3400 Dennison Avenue Drexel Hill, PA 19026 610-623-3800 Contact: Lori Farrell Weekend Assistants Rev. Edward C. Kelly Rev. John McKenzie, OSA Rev. Herbert Sperger Rev. Joseph Zaleski Deacon, John Farrell Ash Wednesday, February 14th is the first day of Lent. Its official name is Day of Ashes, so called because of the practice of rubbing ashes on ones forehead in the sign of the cross. THE SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ FEBRUARY 11, 2018 Rev. Msgr. George A. Majoros, M.Div., M.S., Pastor 092 SACRED HEART COVER PAGE 1
Mass Intentions Church 4:00PM + Vincent Salute Of wife & family Sunday, February 11 7:30 AM + Thaddeus Basara Of Lillian Pecko & family Monday, February 12 8:30AM + Edward Wrzesniewski, Sr. Of wife, Emilie Tuesday, February 13 8:30AM + James & Kathleen Dare Of Bidoli family Wednesday, February 14 Ash Wednesday 12:00 Noon Liturgy of the Word Service 7:00PM Living & Deceased Members of Sacred Heart Parish Saturday, February 17 4:00PM + Intention of the Memorial Fund Sunday, February 18 7:30 AM + Lillian & Louise Bush Sunday, February 11 9:15AM + Richard Zoltak Of Zoltak family Sunday, February 18 9:15AM + Phyllis ASH WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE No Morning Mass 12:00 Noon Liturgy of the Word 7:00 PM Mass 8:30AM Mass 4:00 PM Liturgy of the Word Stations of the Cross Thursday Evenings 7PM at Borromeo Friday Evenings 7PM at Mass Celebrants Weekend of February 10-11 4:00PM Msgr. Majoros 7:30AM Fr. McKenzie, OSA 9:15AM Msgr. Majoros Borromeo 5:30PM Fr. Zaleski 10:00AM Fr. Kelly 4:00PM Fr. Speziale Mass Celebrants Weekend of February 17-18 4:00PM Msgr. Majoros 7:30AM Fr. McKenzie, OSA 9:15AM Fr. Zaleski Borromeo 5:30PM Fr. Kelly 10:00AM Msgr. Majoros 4:00PM Fr. Pawelko 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 - Kathy Pivnickas - Jean Sherwood - Tracey Sodermann - Catherine Spinelli - Ted Szyszkiewski - Emilie Wrzesniewski- Al Yakas. Ministers of the Eucharist and Lectors Ash Wednesday 12:00PM Dukinas 7:00 PM Barrett/Johnson/Terpstra February 17-18 4:00PM T. Leonard/Leoncio/J. Leonard 7:30AM J. Lenski/Pancavage Counters: C Open Mass Intentions For March 4, 6, 26. April 4, 8, 11, 15, 16, 17. May 6, 10 (noon), 16, 21, 23, 28 (9AM), 29. Call the rectory 610-623-0409. 092-2 Candles For The Month Of February Christ Be Our Light St. Hedwig + George Kubica + Joseph Bush
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Prayerfully consider your Offertory Gift as your act of praise to God for all HE has given you. - February 4, 2018 Sunday Envelopes 78 $1,226.00 Loose 280.00 Total 1,506.00 Loose 144.00 Maintenance 277.00 Catholic Relief 15.00 St. Hedwig - February 4, 2018 Sunday Envelopes 41 $1,229.00 Loose 134.00 TOTAL 1,363.00 Loose 20.00 Maintenance 345.00 Catholic Relief 5.00 God Bless Those Who Are Great Stewards To Our Parish! F O R M E D Our Partnering Parishes have subscribed to FORMED, which provides our parish families 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. Daily Lenten Reflections, delivered to your inbox. Sign up at formed.org St. Hedwig Maintenance Fund In Memory of the Zoltak Family: M/M Joseph F. Kisleiko $100. Annual Contribution Statement If you would like a statement of your contributions for tax purposes, we will be happy to provide it. To request a statement, call the rectory at 610-623-0409 or send an email to sacredheartchurch@rcn.com. We will gladly mail the statement to you or if you prefer send it in an email. Lotto Tickets You may still purchase a $25.00 lotto ticket through Easter to help with parish finances. Extra forms can be found in the vestibule of the church. Prizes are $500.00 New Years Day $1,000.00 Easter Sunday, $100.00 on Sunday, and $50.00 on weekdays. Thank you and good luck! Drawing Runs Until Easter Sunday, April 1st Ladies Auxiliary News Fashion Show - Save the Date! Planning is underway for our annual fashion show to be held on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at the McCall Golf and Country Club. This year s theme is Fashion Paradise. Mark your calendars and look for more details to come. 092-3 WILL BE OPEN THIS WEEKEND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH 2PM -6PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11T H 8AM-10AM PLEASE STOP IN AFTER MASS!!!!! ALSO WED - FRI FEBRUARY 14-15-16 10AM-2PM SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17 9AM -1PM Start Your Day With God s Word found Online! Daily Reflections~ Dynamic Catholic.com Daily Gospel Reflections from Bishop Robert Barron ~ Wof.@wordonfire.org 3 Minute Retreat ~@LoyolaPress.com Daily Gospel Reflections ~ CatholicMom.com
Lent Begins Ash Wednesday marks the first day, or the start of the season of Lent, which begins 40 days prior to Easter (Sundays are not included in the count). Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. During Ash Wednesday services, the foreheads of worshipers will lightly be rubbed with the sign of the cross with ashes. Fast and Abstinence 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 the Fridays of Lent and Good Friday. Further, 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 on Good Friday, while the other two meals on those days are to be light. + + + Prayer For Ash Wednesday Blessed are you, O Lord our God, the all-holy one, who gives us life and all things. As we go about our lives, the press of our duties and activities often leads us to forget your presence and your love. We fall into sin and fail to live out the responsibilities that you have entrusted to those who were baptized into your Son. In this holy season, help us to turn our minds and hearts back to you. Lead us into sincere repentance and renew our lives with your grace. Help us to remember that we are sinners, but even more, help us to remember your loving mercy. As we live through this Ash Wednesday, may the crosses of ashes that mark our foreheads be a reminder to us and to those we meet that we belong to your Son. May our worship and prayer and penitence this day be sustained throughout these 40 days of Lent. Bring us refreshed and renewed to the celebration of Christ s resurrection at Easter. We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. 2018 Catholic Charities Appeal Giving Hope To All You can find appeal Brochures and Pledge Cards in the church pews. Please mail your donation directly to: The Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia Catholic Charities Appeal 100 North 20th Street, Suite 301 Philadelphia, PA 19103-1454 For more information visit catholiccharitiesappeal.org Gifts made to the Catholic Charities Appeal will provide support needed to tens of thousands of people through countless organizations, programs and ministries throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The beneficiaries are grouped into five key areas: Education Social Services Evangelization, Parish and Spiritual Life Clergy Local Mission Activities Philadelphia Catholic Men s Conference MAN UP PHILLY Saturday, March 3, 2017 New Location: Neumann University, Aston, PA (Mirenda Center) Christ Crucified - the Power and Wisdom of God Registration Is Open For 10th Annual Man Up Philly Go to: manupphilly.com to register. Keynote Speaker will be Seth Joyner, former Eagle, Pro Bowler & analyst. We welcome back Jim Towey, President of Ave Marie University and personal attorney to St. Teresa of Calcutta, Don Saleski, Stanley Cup Champion with the Flyers, and Brian Gale, author of the trilogy Fatherless, Motherless, and childless. Acclaimed Irish tenor, Mark Forrest, will again provide inspirational accompaniment during a special Eucharistic Adoration. Marty Rotella, singer and evangelist will provide musical accompaniment for the conference. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered, and the Conference will conclude with Mass celebrated by the Most Reverend Archbishop Charles Chaput. Lunch is included. Amen. 092-4
Dear Partnering Parishioners, Please Be Good Christian Stewards It takes parishioners to maintain a parish... your church home. We all need to share in the responsibility of helping our parishes thrive through our love for God expressed in our full, conscious, active participation every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation, and in your consistent sacrificial giving through your Church Offering envelopes. As you maintain your homes, please, according to your means, consider increasing your offerings by a few more dollars to help your Church home. I sincerely thank you for being good stewards. If you need or are not getting Church Offering Envelopes please call the Rectory or email us and we will help you. Lent is coming it is our spiritual spring training camp! It is Mardi Gras time, you know, Fat Tuesday and all that fun stuff because we know that the next day begins a special and holy season called Lent. This Wednesday, February 14 th is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the penitential season of Lent. There are six weeks of Lent. The final week is called Holy Week, and the last three days are called the Paschal Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter. This holy season is penitential in nature. That is why as a Church we intensify our traditional practices through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Use this holy season to draw closer to the Lord whose love for you is everlasting and whose mercy endures forever. Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving Here are the rules for Fast and Abstinence Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence from meat All the Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat. Our faith community will again participate in Operation Rice Bowl this Lent. Operation Rice Bowl is the official Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services, and calls Catholics in the United States to reach out in solidarity with the poor around the world through the traditional Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving (learning and giving). Operation Rice Bowl helps us to simplify our lifestyle, learn about the challenges faced by the poor each day and give the balance saved through fasting and other sacrifices. By participating in these three activities, we come to understand our call to be a part of one global community. Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Borromeo Church 8:30A.M. -Mass and distribution of ashes 4:00P.M. - Liturgy of the Word Service with ashes Church 12:00Noon - Liturgy of the Word Service with ashes 7:00P.M. -Mass and distribution of ashes All the faithful are encouraged to participate in Holy Mass and to receive the Most Holy Eucharist daily, to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Penance) and to undertake spiritual reading, especially the study of the Sacred Scriptures (the Bible) and to participate in our parish Lenten devotions as well as Lenten adult religious education programs. Daily Masses for Lent 8:30A.M. Mondays & Tuesdays at Church with the Holy Rosary following the Daily Masses 12:00 Noon Wednesdays at Church 8:30A.M Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at Borromeo Church Stations of the Cross 7:00P.M. on Thursday evenings at Borromeo Church 7:00P.M. on Friday evenings at Church The Sacrament of Penance (Confessions) for Lent 3:00-3:45P.M. - Saturdays before the Vigil Mass at Church 4:30-5:15P.M. - Saturday before the Vigil Mass at Borromeo Church 6:30-7:30P.M. -Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Borromeo Church 9:15-10:00A.M. - Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Borromeo Church 1:00-2:00P.M & 6:30-7:30P.M. - Monday, March 26, 2018 at Church 1:00-2:00P.M. & 6:30-7:30P.M.- Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at Borromeo Church 11:00-12Noon, Holy Saturday, March 31, 2018 at Church 3:00-4:30P.M., Holy Saturday, March 31, 2018 at Borromeo Church Please refer to the Purple Bag for Lent for additional information and Adult Faith Formation Series. May our spiritual spring training help us become stronger disciples of the Lord Blessings, Monsignor Majoros 092-5