Sacred Heart Parish. Clifton Heights, PA

Sacred Heart Parish Clifton Heights, PA Sacred Heart Church Saint Hedwig Chapel 316 East Broadway Avenue 4th & Hayes Streets Clifton Heights, PA 19018 Chester, PA 19013 Rectory: 623-0409 Rectory: 623-0409 MASSES Daily: Monday - Friday - 8:00 A.M. Saturday Vigil - 4:00 P.M. Sunday - 7:30 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. Holy Day - As Scheduled Holy Hour - Friday 8:30AM Confessions - Saturday 3:15-3:45 P.M. Rosary - Monday - Friday 7:30 A.M. MASS Sunday - 9:15 A.M. Bilingual (Polish and English) Confessions - Sunday at 9:00 A.M. Rosary - Before Mass on Sunday PARISH 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. Rev. Msgr. George A. Majoros, Pastor PHONE: 610-623-0409 sacredheartchurch@rcn.com www.sacredheart-cliftonheights.net Bulletin deadline: Friday 12:00 Noon JULY 31, 2016 092-1

Mass Intentions 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ 2016 Sacred Heart Church 4:00PM Vigil + Ted Lesniak Of Family Sunday, July 31 7:30AM + Grace & Theodore Riccardi Of Family 11:00AM + Allan Taylor Of Family Monday, August 1 8:00AM Living & Deceased Parishioners of Sacred Heart Tuesday, August 2 8:00AM + Robert Yost Of Donna Crawford Wednesday, August 3 8:00AM + All Souls Thursday, August 4 8:00AM + Deceased Clergy of the Archdiocese Friday, August 5 8:00AM + Freda Kleinschmidt Baxter Of Mom, Connie Saturday, August 6 4:00PM Vigil + Living & Deceased Members of Sacred Heart Parish Sunday, August 7 7:30AM + Michelle Kleinschmidt Of Connie Kleinschmidt 11:00AM + Intention of the Rosary Sodality St. Hedwig s Chapel Sunday, July 31 9:15AM + Joe Sewruk Of Stan & Judy Zoltak Sunday, August 7 9:15AM + Sophie Szymczyk Of Jan & Family Mass Celebrants Weekend of August 6-7, 2016 Sacred Heart 4:00PM (Vigil) Msgr. Majoros 7:30AM Fr. Cusatis 11:00AM Msgr. Jagodzinski St. Charles Borromeo 5:00PM (Vigil) Fr. McKenzie 7:30AM Msgr. Majoros 10:00AM Fr. Devine 4:00PM Fr. Speziale St. Hedwig s Chapel 9:15AM Fr. Bielecki Mass Celebrants Week of August 8, 2016 Sacred Heart St. Charles Monday Fr. Pazmany Msgr. Majoros Tuesday Fr. Pazmany Msgr. Majoros Wednesday Fr. Pazmany Fr. Devine Thursday Fr. Maneni Fr. Devine Friday Fr. Pazmany Msgr. Majoros Saturday No Morning Mass Fr. Devine * Please note Mass Celebrants are subject to change EM s, Lectors, August 6-7 4:00PM T. Leonard/Czerwinski/J. Leonard 7:30AM Bush/McLoughlin 11:00AM DeVitis/R. Terpstra/T. Barrett Counters: Team B Sacred Heart Candle For July Sacred Heart Candle for August + Richard & Debbie Celgarski + Joseph & Agnes Lizut & Sons + Elizabeth Burns St. Hedwig Candle For July St. Hedwig Candle For August +Albin Smagala + Joseph & Stanley Zdun + Harry Holobowicz + Anthony & Catherine Skorupa Candles For The Month Are available at both worship sites. Please call the Rectory office during business hours. The cost is $20. Bread and Wine In the early Church the people brought the bread and wine to be used for Mass. If you wish to participate in this ancient tradition of providing the bread and wine for our liturgies in memory of a loved one, you may make arrangements by calling the Rectory. An offering of $20.00 is requested. Holy Hour Please join us every Friday at 8:30 AM to spend one hour with the Lord. 092-2 The Following Have Asked For Our Prayers Bill Becht - Marie Blumenkrantz - Baby Aubrey D'Orazio- Julian John D Orazio - James Fitzpatrick - Robb Flick- Christine Hanson - Jayden - Patricia Kaeser- Kaitlyn Klein - Joanne Marks - Jackie McBride -William Papa -Kevin Perkins - Helen Pincurek -Kathy Pivnickas - Jean Sherwood - Tracey Sodermann - Catherine Spinelli - Ted Szyszkiewski - Emilie Wrzesniewski- Helen & Al Yakas. In Sympathy Please remember the soul of the late, Barbara Ostapowicz, who passed away to the Lord. May she find happiness with the Lord and her family and friends find consolation in Him, too.

Religious Education Program St. Charles & Sacred Heart Registration Deadline July 31st Religious Education classes for children attending public school will begin on Monday, September 12th. PREP Classes for grades 1-8 will be from 6:30-7:50 PM in the Charles Kelly School Hall located at 3400 Dennison Ave. A registration form must be filled out for all new and returning students. Forms may be found on the St. Charles website www.scbdh.org. or in the vestibule at both churches. When completed, they may be dropped off at St Charles Rectory or mailed: 3422 Dennison Ave, Drexel Hill, PA, Attention: Lori Farrell The Scrip Program may be used to defray the cost of registration. We ask that all children be registered by July 31st. Our Parishes Religious Education Program provides classes for children of all abilities. Children with cognitive, sensory, physical or social disabilities are welcome and encouraged to attend weekly PREP classes. If you have any questions or are registering for the first time, please contact Lori Farrell at 610-259-4389. 2016 Catholic Women s Conference Plan to join our area parishes for a day of friendship, prayer, and growth in your faith at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic Women s Conference! This year s theme Mother of Mercy, Make Our Hearts Like Yours! is in honor of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy called by Pope Francis. Saturday, October 29, 2016, 8:30am-4pm, National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA. Three tracks: adult track in English, adult track in Spanish and youth track for teens. Registration fee is $50, for groups of 5 or more, $40 per person. We are in the process of arranging for bus transportation with another parish. Space may be limited, please reserve your seat as soon as possible by calling 610-259-4389 or emailing kkozak@scbdh.org For more info:catholicwomensconference.org Shrines Pilgrimage Saturday, October 1, 2016. Pope Francis has announced an opportunity for Catholics to obtain a plenary indulgence by passing through a designated Holy Door during this Year of Mercy. These shrines are part of the Holy Doors and give the chance to obtain 4 indulgences all in one day. Tour includes a light breakfast, lunch and snacks on the bus and visits to the Shrines of the Miraculous Medal, Our Lady of Czestochova, St. Katharine Drexel and St. Rita of Cascia. Come join us with friends and be open to receive these indulgences and a renewed spirit. Bus departs from MacDade Mall K-Mart, Holmes at 7:45am. Arrives back at K- Mart approximately 6:45pm. Bus equipped with bathroom. Cost: $55, due by August 1st. Contact: Helen Holroyd at 610-213-4141 or info@newhorizonsseniors.net. Checks payable to: New Horizons. Mail to: 555 East Winona Avenue, Norwood, PA 19074. 092-3 Prayer for our Parish Partnership Heavenly Father, Your wisdom and providence are beyond our understanding; surround us with your love so that we may not be overwhelmed during this time of transition in our parish. Help us to engage one another with charity, openness and good will as we begin our parish partnership; and to be patient with the questions that may arise. We pray for the courage to be open to new possibilities and new ways of living out our parish mission. May the richness, diversity and gifts of our people be treasured and used to strengthen the Body of Christ In our neighborhood, and witness to your presence in our lives. Let us view this moment of change and renewal, not as a threat to what has been, but as an invitation to build on the faith and traditions that are important to our parish, through a vibrant, parish partnership united in mission and dedicated ever more to the fruitful building up of your Kingdom We ask this through Christ our Lord Amen Stay informed, educated and inspired by visiting CatholicPhilly.com every day. Discover Catholic news, photos, videos and columns on Catholic life and spirituality. Jubilee Year of Mercy Pilgrimage Mother Teresa Canonization Pilgrimage Sept 1-7, 2016 A Canonization Pilgrimage for Mother Teresa will be led by Fr. Paul Brandt, Pastor of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, Limerick, PA. Visits to major sites in Rome and Assisi. For more info visit: www.proximotravel.com. Philadelphia Walk For Life Because Every Life Matters. Sunday, September 25, at Thomas Paine Park 3:30pm, Mass at 6:30pm. Archbishop Charles Chaput, Celebrant, at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul. Contact Steve Bozza at 215-587-0500 oozza@archphila.org.jubilee Year of Mercy National Holy Cross Chapter of St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry For people from Delaware County who are in need of food. If you know anyone who would benefit from this program, please tell them the Holy Cross Food Pantry at Holy Cross Church in Springfield is open on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 6 PM. Thank you! Little Sisters Of The Poor Annual Raffle Take part in the St. Jeanne Jugan Pot of Gold Rafflel! Only 2,016 tickets sold. Grand prize of $25,000! To purchase a ticket, please send your name, address, and check for $100 to: Holy Family Home, Dept. PB, 5300 Chester Avenue, Phila, PA 19143. Raffle date is September 11, 2016.

Gospel Summary From the crowd, a man called out to Jesus asking for help in a family matter. The man wanted his share of the family inheritance from his brother. Jesus first made it clear that he was not the man s arbitrator and refused to enter the quarrel. But Jesus did use the opportunity to teach the crowd that placing too much emphasis on the acquisition of material wealth would lead to greed and greed would lead to conflicts in families. Jesus continued by making the point that true security did not exist in a surplus of goods when he relayed a parable about a man who had a bumper crop. So huge was the harvest s yield that the man decided to tear down his storage buildings and build new ones to hold all his grain. Once everything was stored, the man would have no worries and could spend his life without care. But God demanded the man s life that night and we are left to wonder what good did all the abundance do the man? Holy Year of Mercy Prayer Lord Jesus Christ, Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church. With renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy, you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen. Please call the rectory at 610-623-0409 or send an email to sacredheartchurch@rcn.com and we will be glad to mail you a registration form. The rectory hours are weekdays 8:30AM to 4:00PM. FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Prayerfully consider your Offertory Gift as your act of praise to God for all HE has given you. Sacred Heart - July 24, 2016 Sunday Envelopes 85 $1,433.00 Loose 314.00 TOTAL 1,747.00 Maintenance 10.00 Loose 172.00 Energy 48.00 St. Hedwig - July 24, 2016 Sunday Envelopes 30 $879.00 Loose 31.00 TOTAL 910.00 Maintenance 20.00 Energy 80.00 Thank You For Your Generosity Today s 2nd Collection Parish Maintenance Next Weekend Parish Maintenance Don t forget your parish when on vacation because the bills never seem to take a vacation! You Can Still Purchase A Lotto Our only summer fundraiser!! August 1st through Labor Day. Lucky numbers will be the same as the EVENING PA lottery drawing. $25 each - extra forms can be found in the vestibule at both worship sites. $1,000 could be yours on Labor Day GOOD LUCK! Sacred Heart Rectory Summer Hours Mon-Tues 8:30AM-4:00PM (lunch 12:30-1:00) Wed-Fri 8:30AM - 1:00 PM Regular hours will resume after Labor Day Suggestion Box We welcome your ideas/ suggestions to be placed in the suggestion box in the vestibule of Sacred Heart church. Let us know your thoughts! Thank you! 092-4

Food For Thought~ Reprinted with Permission Catholic Philly.Com The Court, the House, and the Elections Ahead Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap ~ From July 1, 2016 The Court has simultaneously transformed judicially created right like the right to an abortion into preferred constitutional rights, while disfavoring many of the rights actually enumerated in the Constitution. But our Constitution renounces the notion that same constitutional rights are more equal than others. Justice Clarence Thomas, dissenting in Whole Woman s Health vs. Hellerstedt Only six other countries allow an abortion to be performed by dismembering a baby as it is aborted, North Korea, China, and Vietnam amongst them. I joined with 131 of my colleagues, including 25 Democrats, to vote in favor of ending a procedure that many physicians told me, before my vote, that they absolutely refuse to perform because of the sheer brutality of it. -- Rep. Nick Miccarelli, on the passage of HB 1948 Two events happened last month that are worth considering before the election season begins in earnest this fall. In its June 27 Whole Woman s Heath vs. Hellerstedt decision, the U.S. supreme Court struck down a Texas Law that required abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, and abortion facilities to maintain the safety standards of ambulatory surgical centers. Both provisions were common sense medical safety matters, but the Court now seems committed to ensuring easy access to abortion anywhere, anytime, for any reason. Now it s a positive good; a right that trumps any obstacle including any other right that gets in its way. Abortion has become a cornerstone of America s unofficial state religion of choice. And the unborn child is now little more than a lump of organic material miraculously made human or inhuman by the sorcery of adult will. On a much more hopeful note, on June 22, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly, 132-65, to pass HB 1948. HB 1948 bans dismemberment abortion, which ends the life of the unborn baby by tearing off one limb at a time. It also increases the risk of injury to the mother, and it s used in more than 1500 abortions on our Commonwealth each year. The bill also bans abortions after 20 weeks, when the baby can feel pain and the risks to the health of the mother grow significantly. The legislation now heads to the state Senate, where a similar bill, SB 888, has also been introduced. In a state where Kermit Gosnell (now in prison) ran an abortion racket that resembled a butcher shop, HB 1948 is a welcome exercise in medical prudence and common sense. All leaders in the Church, in education, in business, and in elected office are accountable for their actions to the people they serve. When they do something right that serves the common good they need to be thanked. When they do something wrong, they should expect to hear about it. The men and women who voted for HB 1948 did the right thing, and I urge all Catholics across the archdiocese to let them know their gratitude. House members within the geographic area of the archdiocese who voted for HB 1948 include Reps. William Adolph, Stephen Barrar, Becky Corbin, Gene DiGirolamo, Michael Driscoll, John Galloway, Robert Godshall, Kate Harper, Tim Hennessey, John Lawrence, Nick Miccarelli, Thomas Quigley, Marguerite Quinn, Janie Santora, Craig Staats, John Taylor, Marcy Toepel, Dan Truitt, Katharine Watson, and Martina white. Reps. Michael Vereb and Thomas Murt were not present for the vote, but co-sponsored the bill. Each of these elected officials can be contacted through the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference s website at www.pacatholic.org As urgent as it is to resist ill-conceived bills, it s equally vital to encourage our officials on the good that they do which is considerable. The coming election this fall is unsettling, complicated and important, all at the same time. Neither presumptive presidential candidate is ideal; neither comes without serious reasons for concern. All of us who are catholic need to begin thinking carefully about our political responsibilities now, guided by the essentials of our faith. And as I ve said many times in the past, the best place to start (but not stop) our thinking is with the 1998 U.S. bishops pastoral letter, Living the Gospel of Life. A lot is at stake in the months ahead. We need to pray daily for our Commonwealth, our nation and our Church. On a personal note, Aristotle stated that the basic cell of any society is the family. When the family falls so does the empire. Empires historically have not fallen from the outside but have crumbled from the inside. I am personally a lover of animals but when we put our animas first and our children, born and unborn, last, I think we have a serious problem. I urge you to know your representatives and what they stand for. Read solid material. Read the Congressional Record and see what happens daily in Washington. Become informed voters so you can make an informed decision. It is always amazing to me how many people go to the polls and have absolutely no idea who their representatives are and yet they pull the levers of judges and representatives without knowing much or anything about them. Blessings, Monsignor George A. Majoros 092-5