November 3, 2013 3050 Walton Road, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462 Phone: (610) 828-8634 Fax: (610) 828-1802 E-Mail: epiphanych@comcast.net - www.epiphanyofourlord.com Pastoral Staff Rev. Joseph J. Quindlen, Pastor Rev. James J. Kelly, In Residence (Retired) Rectory Staff Paris A. DiPietro: Business Manager Constance M. Steuer: Director of Music Lydia Hayward: Business Secretary Anthony R. Mashaintonio: Maintenance Supervisor John F. Phipps: Church Sacristan, part-time Cecilia T. Dadario: Administrative Assistant, part-time JoAnn O Connor: Administrative Assistant Nicole Zimmerman: Inf. Tech. Coordinator, part-time Permanent Deacons Kenneth P. Clancy, Emil J. Wernert, Michael Pascarella, Jr. William R. Radetzky (Retired), Joel M. Ziff, (Retired) Office of Religious Education www.epiphanyofourlord.com (215) 367-5853 3050 Walton Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA19462 E-mail: rep@eol.comcastbiz.net Stephanie Quigley, Coordinator, part-time, Nicole Zimmerman, Adm. Assistant, part-time Office of Youth Ministry Gail Toto, Coordinator, part-time (215) 367-5854 E-mail:ymmin@eol.comcastbiz.net 3050 Walton Road, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462 http://epiphanyofourlord.com/youth Holy Rosary Regional Catholic School 3040 Walton Road, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462 Lisa S. Hoban: Principal, (610) 825-0160 Beth Sheldon, Administrative Assistant E-mail: lhoban@holyrosaryregional.com Epiphany of Our Lord Church - November 3, 2013 Page 1
Holy Rosary Regional Catholic School An Inter-parish, Inter-group Festival to celebrate our community Sunday, Nov. 3 12-4 p.m. Holy Rosary Regional Catholic School Grounds, 3040 Walton Road, Plymouth Meeting Bake Sale Cow Plop** Craft Sale CYO Cheerleading Clothing Drive County Jail - arrest your friends & family Dessert Bake Off Face painting Games Jousting Pumpkin painting Moon Bounce Tattoos K-9 Demo at12 Soccer Challenge for kids ages 10-14 Martial Arts Expo at 2:30 4-H clubs and livestock Jewelry making (bring a wallet or locket sized photo) Wristbands for unlimited games and inflatables will be sold at a discounted rate of $15 per child, only in advance of the Festival through Oct. 28. Visit the link to purchase or return the attached form. http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=nxgquweab&oeidk=a07e8b8ur3k1c40f536 Hot Dogs Hamburgers Pulled pork Cotton Candy Popcorn Your chance to win BIG MONEY. Purchase deeds to plots and on the day of event a live cow will be onsite. If it plops on your plot, YOU WIN!! Contact Stephanie Wimmer to purchase deeds (610) 279-7930. All parishes and parish organizations are invited to participate by setting up a table or hosting an activity. Groups confirmed from our parishes: Boy Scouts, Knights of Columbus, S.O.N., Youth Ministry, Religious Education, Respect Life. To participate in the event or Bake Off contact Jennifer Petruccelli at (610) 322-6704. Epiphany of Our Lord Church - November 3, 2013 Page 2
Annual SON Dr. Bill Rodgers Turkey Drive SON will be distributing flyers about the annual turkey dinner drive after the Masses this weekend. You buy the turkeys from WEIS (Germantown Pike store only) or SuperFresh (Center Square store only) at the customer service desk. They hold all the turkeys for SON to pick up. You purchase the rest of the items listed on the flyer yourself and pay for them at check-out. Drop off the turkey receipt at the rectory ASAP and drop off the rest of the food goods at the Parish Center (pls do not leave bags in the Church) before or after any of the Masses on the weekend before Thanksgiving (Nov. 23-24). If you wish to donate a turkey purchased at another store, that is fine but please call me about where and when to drop it off. We do not have freezer space. Call Bud Yanak (215-628-0839) if you have questions. If you leave a message, please include your name and number and the number of turkeys you are buying. Thank you for your generosity. All Souls Day Mass of Remembrance We will celebrate a special All Souls Day Mass of Remembrance on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. (since Nov. 2 falls on Saturday). All are welcome! Our parishioners who have died during the past year will be remembered in a special way during this Mass. After Mass, light refreshments will be served in the Parish Center. Annual Seminary Appeal St. Charles Borromeo Seminary annual appeal kicks off Nov. 8, 9, 16 & 17. Please consider helping the seminary reach its $3.5 million goal this year. The seminary community is grateful to you for your faithful support. Your tax-deductible gift helps to enhance the many resources needed for priestly training and enables the Church to form holy, educated, and dedicated priests. Send your donation to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, 100 East Wynnewood Rd., Wynnewood, PA 19096 or make your donation online at www.scs.edu. Guest Speaker Parishioner Brendan Monahan, a student at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, will speak at all Masses on the weekend of Nov. 23-24, on behalf of the annual appeal. The Gospel of Matthew 10 Sessions. Join us starting Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 9:15 a.m. in the Rectory Meeting Room. Any questions: call Ken Clancy at (215) 699-8950. EOL Youth Group Will have a table at the Holy Rosary Fall Festival this Sunday, Nov. 3. Stop by to meet the teens, find out about the group, view pictures and learn about upcoming events. The Witness Leadership Day that was scheduled for Oct. 26 at Corpus Christi has been rescheduled for Feb. 9. Save the date! You don't want to miss this opportunity to sharpen your leadership skills. More info to come. SON Committee Help The SON Committee needs help unloading heavy bags donated to the Turkey Drive before and after all Masses on the weekend of Nov. 23-24. Time slots are 20 minutes before and 20 minutes after Mass. Counts towards service hours. If you can help, email Nicole Zimmerman at ymmin.eol@gmail.com November Service Event 7-12 th graders are invited to come make casseroles for the Frozen Casserole Program and cut out tags for the annual Christmas Giving Tree on Sunday, Nov. 17, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Parish Center. Bring a snack to share. For more information contact, Gail Toto at ymmin@eol.comcastbiz.net. Education Scrip Credit Epiphany Scrip Program consists of $50 Gift Cards for Giant, ShopRite or Kohl s. Purchases can be made after the Saturday Vigil and Sunday Masses in the Church vestibule or in the rectory during office hours. Use them just like cash to buy your groceries, home goods and clothing. Your savings can really add up! Retain the white receipts for a % of your purchase price for an education scrip credit for Holy Rosary Regional Catholic School, our parish Religious Education Program (REP) or Youth Ministry (YM) programs, and all other Catholic high schools and colleges. Scrip credits can be redeemed by returning the white receipts to the parish office including the student name, student ID #, and their school with the complete address if not on site. Volunteers Needed Contact the rectory to join our scrip volunteer program selling after the 5 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass or the 7:30, 9:30 or 11:30 a.m. Sunday Masses: Counting the scrip inventory and preparing the Mass bags for upcoming sales. Your commitment can be limited to just ONE Monday or Tuesday morning a month. The success of the program depends greatly on the efforts of our volunteers. Epiphany of Our Lord Church - November 3, 2013 Page 3
A journalist, freelance writer and author, Russell Shaw directed media relations for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the United States Catholic Conference for 18 years prior to his current position as a contributing editor to Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic weekly newspaper. His newest book, published this year by Ignatious Press, with the foreword by Archbishop Chaput, is titled American Church, subtitled The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and Uncertain Future of Catholicism in America. In Shaw s own words, his book is an attempt to sketch the process by which American Catholics have been assimilated into American culture during the past two centuries and to assess the impact cultural assimilation has had on Catholicism in the United States. Shaw stated that American Catholicism finds itself enmeshed in a grave crisis that includes falling numbers of priests and religious; sharply declining attendance at weekly Mass and participation in the sacramental life of the Church; and a massive, continuing exodus by people, especially young people, who ve lost interest in Catholicism, even as many others remain Catholic in little but name. At our peril as a Church we ignore the fact that this bad news, and much more besides, is related at least in part to the cultural assimilation of American Catholics into the American secular mainstream. And of course, Shaw observed, rather than hesitant over their relationship with a secular culture in tension with their faith, very large numbers of American Catholics plunge unconditionally into that culture, at enormous cost to their identity as Catholics. Commenting on the tension that now exists between the teaching of the Church and the attitudes of many American Catholics, Shaw noted, the latest large-scale examination of Catholic attitudes to be published is the fifth Catholics in America study conducted at six-year intervals by a team of social scientists under the direction of William V. D Antonio. Published in 2011, the latest study found, among much else, that among the 19% of the 1,442 self-identified Catholics whom it surveyed who regard themselves as highly committed to the Church, strikingly high percentages believe it is possible to be a good Catholic without attending Mass every Sunday (49%); without following Church doctrine on birth control (60%), divorce and remarriage (46%), and abortion (31%); without being married in the Church (48%); and without giving time or money to help the poor (39%). The survey results, D Antonio wrote, provide a portrait showing both persistence and change in the beliefs, practices and attitudes of Catholics. Epiphany of Our Lord Church - November 3, 2013 Page 4
People looking for reasons to be optimistic about the future of the Church in America sometimes turn to Hispanics and young people, Shaw pointed out. Certainly there are many high-minded and devout young American Catholics who are strongly committed to their faith. I have met some of them, and I admire them. These are the young people who attend events like World Youth Day, pitch in to make projects in their parishes and schools succeed, sign up for volunteer service programs during vacation or after graduation, participate in Mass and receive the sacraments, strive to live chaste lives despite the influence of the corrupt secular culture surrounding them, marry responsibly with the intention of having Catholic homes and families, or in some cases enter the priesthood and religious life. If the Church in the United States has a future, these admirable young people are it. But according to the numbers, it s an unpleasant fact that they re a minority even among their Catholic peers. The problems that now face American Catholicism are serious, numerous, and complex, Shaw emphasized. Moreover, to the extent that they are symptoms of the secularization process under way in many places today, the immediate challenge isn t so much to solve the problems as it it to recognize what is happening and adapt to it in ways faithful to the Catholic tradition but responsive to the needs of rapidly changing times. It is imperative, Shaw urged, that American Catholic laypeople not only for their own sakes but for the sake of the Church and society discern and accept their personal vocations, fully understanding them to be rooted in and directed to the secular order perceived in this way. The renewal of American Catholicism that is now so urgently needed rests ultimately with them. We can try to run away or we can do our best to embrace the way of the Lord Jesus, which here and now and always, is the way of the cross. There is no third option, Shaw concluded. Endorsement Shaw is one of the best informed, most articulate observers of the American Catholic experience; a writer of elegant clarity, fairness and impeccable research. To understand the Church in the USA and the challenges she now faces, American Church should be on the short list of books you need to read. Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M., Cap. Archbishop of Philadelphia Excerpt from the Foreword by Archbishop Chaput: You Shall Be My Witnesses We teach other people with the example of our lives. If we believe, others will more readily believe. If we are holy, others will more easily hear their own call to holiness. The crisis in today s Church is finally a crisis not of resources but of baptism; it is a crisis of faith. The central issue of modern American Catholic life is the temptation to accommodate, to compromise, to get along, and to fit in and then feel good about it. We accept tepidness in the name of pluralism. We put diversity of belief and behavior above truth. We place the individual above the common good. We elevate tolerance above love, justice, and real charity. None of this converts anybody. It does the opposite. It provides people with alibis for indifference and inaction, and it leeches away their faith. Epiphany of Our Lord Church - November 3, 2013 Page 5
MASS INTENTIONS Monday, Nov. 4 8:30 a.m. Legion of Mary Members Tuesday, Nov. 5 8:30 a.m. Joan Gibson Wednesday, Nov. 6 8:30 a.m. Michael Tancredi 7:00 p.m. Mass of Remembrance Thursday, Nov. 7 8:30 a.m. Robert Lesko Friday, Nov. 8 8:30 a.m. Drew Weber Saturday, Nov. 9 8:30 a.m. Gus J. Falco Baptism We welcome to our parish family Arthur Michael Thomas Daniel Austin Cooney Baptized Oct. 27 Please Remember in your Prayers Mary F. Dugan Who died Oct. 27 Mother of Joseph Dugan Respect Life Rose Is in Loving Memory of Elizabeth A. McCloskey This rose will remain on the Altar in front of The Blessed Mother Legion of Mary The Legion of Mary of our parish continues to visit all the homes, Catholic and non-catholic, as part of our Evangelization Program. When they call on your family, please receive them kindly into your homes, as you would receive Christ. Epiphany Parish s Legion of Mary meets every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. in the Rectory Meeting Room. All are welcome! Visit a junior Legion of Mary meeting any Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. at the Legion building, 510 Green St., Norristown. Meet Catholic kids, pray the rosary, visit the sick and elderly. Stewardship is a way of life. Tithing is God s Plan for Giving. This Week s Tithe $ 12,775 Last Year s Tithe $ 15,632 Children's Tithe $ 7 From the Pastor: During the month of November, we are called in a special way to remember our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection (Eucharistic Prayer II). November, especially All Souls Day, is a traditional time for visiting graves of loved ones, as is the anniversary of death. From the Children: Played an instrument. Made people happy. Grady Hall & Parish Center Events To schedule events at Grady Hall, contact Beth Sheldon, Administrative Assistant, at Holy Rosary Regional Catholic School, at (610) 825-0160 or email at bsheldon@holyrosaryregional.com. To schedule events in the Parish Center (Conference Room 1 and/or 2) before 6 p.m., contact Beth Sheldon, Administrative Assistant, at Holy Rosary Regional Catholic School, at (610) 825-0160 or email at bsheldon@holyrosaryregional.com. To schedule events in the Parish Center (Conference Rooms 1 and/or 2) after 6 p.m., contact Lydia Hayward, Business Secretary, at (610) 828-8634 or email at lydiahayward@verizon.net. Rectory Meeting Room To schedule events for the Rectory Meeting Room, contact Lydia Hayward, Business Secretary, at (610) 828-8634 or email at lydiahayward@comcast.net. Anne Alexander* Peter Cosumano* Todd Bailey Hanna Garman* Joseph Hreha Steve Idzik* Jim Jones, Jr.* Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. Please Pray For The Sick Bill Keenan* Michael Koneski Mary Lauer Patricia Miamidian* Helen Miller* Michael O Kane Jeff Phipps Jill Ramos Joseph Rozecki Kathy Kelly West* Sandra Young* *Parishioner Epiphany of Our Lord Church - November 3, 2013 Page 6
Frozen Casserole Program Changes The Frozen Casserole Ministry has made some changes to the program to better serve the needs of the hungry in our area. The collection will now be held on the first Sunday of each month from 10:30 to 11:30 a. m. in the Rectory Meeting Room. The casseroles will be delivered to the Patrician Society in Norristown who distributes them to needy families. Casseroles can still be placed in the Rectory Meeting Room freezer anytime. Tins will be available at the collection & at the freezer. Please call Suzanne Antonello at (215) 643-0599 if you have any questions about the program. Altar Flowers For the benefit of those new to our parish, or not aware of this devotion, following are the details of our Altar Flowers Donations. The Art and Environment volunteers are devoted to make the altar look beautiful for every occasion. Arrangements can be sponsored by individuals in memory of the deceased, or for a special intention for the living. Your donation to the Altar Flowers helps our altar look beautiful. Call Lydia Hayward at the rectory (610) 828-8634 to reserve the date. Perpetual Adoration Chapel In order to keep our Perpetual Adoration Chapel open 24/7, we need your help. Please ask a family member or friend to consider spending time with our Eucharistic Lord Jesus. You can come to HIM, to praise and adore HIM or to pour out one s heart to HIM, to ask for inspiration, to be consoled and comforted, to ask for favors and guidance, and to give thanks. If you can commit to any of these times, please call Elaine Thorpe at (610) 828-6925. OPEN HOURS SUNDAY: 5-6AM, 12-1PM, 1-2PM, 3-4PM, 8-9PM MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: SATURDAY: 4-5PM, 5-6AM, 11AM-12PM, 4-5PM, 9-10PM,12:30-2AM, 3:30-5AM, 5-6AM 4-5PM, 5-6 PM, 11PM-12:30AM, 12:30-2AM, 2-3:30AM, 3:30-5AM 11-12 PM, 6-7PM, 7-8PM, 10-11PM, 12:30-2AM 3-4PM, 7-8PM, 9-10PM, 10-11PM, 3:30-5AM, 5-6AM 11-12PM, 12-1PM, 1-2PM, 3-4PM, 7-8PM, 9-10PM, 2-3:30AM, 3:30-5AM, 6-7AM SATURDAY: SUNDAY: DAILY: HOLYDAYS: MASS SCHEDULE 5 p.m. Vigil (fulfills the Sunday Obligation) 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., & 11:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Monday to Saturday Vigil at 7 p.m., 8:30 a.m., 12 & 7 p.m. CONFESSIONS Saturday: 3:30-4:30 p.m. and by appointment OFFICE HOURS MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. After 4:30 p.m. by appointment only Closed for lunch: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. SATURDAY By appointment only SUNDAY 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. A mail slot is located in the rectory front door. OFFICE REQUESTS To register in the parish, arrange for a baptism, or request a Certificate of Eligibility for sponsorship at baptism or confirmation, contact the rectory Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (email is preferable). Also, please advise our office staff of any change of address, telephone number or family status. Thank you. Baptism Baptisms are celebrated after the 11:30 a.m. Mass every Sunday, with the option of baptism during the 11:30 a.m. Mass on the fifth Sunday of the month. Both parents must attend a Pre-Jordan class, which is held the first Wednesday of every month. Pre- Registration for the class is required by contacting the rectory. Sponsors are required to submit a Certificate of Eligibility from their parish two weeks prior to the baptism. Marriage Notify the priest of your intention to marry at least six months before the date of the wedding to assure sufficient preparation and to arrange for Pre-Cana sessions. Pre-Cana Days are held in April and October. Anointing of the Sick First Saturday of the month during 8:30 a.m. Mass or by special request. Please notify the rectory as soon as possible when any parishioner becomes seriously ill or is admitted to the hospital. MIRACULOUS MEDAL PERPETUAL NOVENA After 8:30 a.m. Mass every Saturday Epiphany of Our Lord Church - November 3, 2013 Page 7