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June 18, 2017 Solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
THE PARISH of SAINT MONICA
Saint Monica Parish Bulletin — 141
FROM the PASTOR’S DESK… A few weeks ago, I attended a convocation of the priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Hershey. We met with Archbishop Chaput, the other auxiliary bishops and about 250 priests from around the archdiocese for three days of prayer, liturgy, fellowship, food, relaxation, refreshment and talks. The keynote speaker was Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, the Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland. He and Archbishop Chaput have become friendly through their work on the families. Although he spoke on a range of topics that were germane to priests and priesthood, I was struck on how many of them were also relevant to people who are married. I include some notes from the convocation below. When reading, substitute “husband” or “wife” for “priest.” Substitute “marriage” for “priesthood.” Substitute “married chastity” for “celibacy.” See what insights you get.
The Consecrated Life and Being “Set-Apart” When the world sees a priest, it immediately sees celibacy. There is a reasonable explanation for this. The world is heavily invested in the “natural,” in science, in what is tactical, what one can touch and feel and see and taste. The Church honors the natural. It was created by God thus “It is good.” (Genesis 1:31). Nevertheless, the Church emphasizes the supernatural. The Church is more concerned about holiness which is from the Greek word, hagia which means “something set apart.” From hagia we get the English word “holy.” This otherness - this “set-apart-ness” offends. Celibacy (and committed chastity for singles and married couples) is a powerful sign of being “set apart.” It irked the ancient Roman society; it irks contemporary, secular society as well. Priesthood, as well as dedicated marriage, is offensive to the world. It is an in-your-face comment about what is real and what really matters. It confuses and frightens, yet it also intrigues and attracts. It stretches the umbilical cord from the (Continued on Page 4)
OUR PARISH PRAYER INTENTION for THIS WEEK
For all of our Fathers and those that are
like Fathers to children.
THE CHURCH of SAINT MONICA Founded January 11, 1897
Parish Offices (Pastoral Administration; Religious Education; Business & Finance; Worship & Music; Facilities) Saint Monica Rectory 635 First Avenue Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312 Phone: 610.644.0110 Facsimile: 610.695.0850
Office of Religious Education (Rectory) 610.647.4757
Parish Website www.saintmonicachurch.org
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Mass Schedule Daily Mass 8:30 a.m. (Monday thru Saturday with a Communion Service on Wednesday)
Saturday Vigil 5:00 p.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:30a.m.
Holy Days 8:30 a.m. of Obligation 12 noon
The Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) Saturday from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Anytime by appointment.
Called by Name; Gifted by God; Committed to Prayer; Driven to Serve… Abiding in Hope
FROM the OFFICE of RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
FROM the OFFICE of WORSHIP and MUSIC
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ABOUT THE CHORAL ANTHEM THIS WEEK O salutaris hostia is the penultimate stanza of the hymn Verbum supernum prodiens, composed by Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Hour of Lauds in the Divine Office of the Feast of Corpus Christi. This stanza and the final stanza, or doxology (Uni trinoque Domino), have been selected to form a separate hymn for Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Usually, and most appropriately, it is begun either when the door of the tabernacle is opened or when the monstrance is being placed on the throne of
exposition. The hymn is often chosen as a motet for solemn Mass. The setting the choir sings this weekend is by English composer Sir Edward Elgar. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius, chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King’s Music in 1924.
The Saint Monica Summer Session 2017 begins Monday! This year's theme is “Be the Light”. We look forward to spending the 8 day session with the students as they learn to act in ways to shine His light. Register now for the 2017-2018 year! If you have not yet registered your child or children for the 2017-2018 Religious Education Monday Night Program, please do so prior to June 30. The registration form can be found on our
parish website at www.saintmonicachurch.org. Please make every effort to register prior to June 30 so that we can acquire the optimal number of catechists and accurately order the teaching materials.
FAMILY and YOUTH MINISTRY FAMILY and YOUTH MINISTRY
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May 2017 $61,220 47% Electronic May 2016 $71,199 42% Electronic May Budget 2016-17 $70,198
May YTD 2017 $723,350 45% Electronic May YTD 2016 $764,278 45% Electronic May YTD Budget 2016-17 $762,921
SUNDAY COLLECTIONS for MAY 2017
SUNDAY COLLECTIONS
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Sunday Collection $6,995 Electronic $4,403 Total $11,398
We have 177 families contributing electronically.
POOR BOX The monies collected from the Poor Boxes during the Month of June will be for the benefit of the Maryknoll Fathers. God bless you for your continued generosity.
The Fiscal Year 2017 budget for Saint Monica Parish is available on line at www.saintmonicachurch.org under the Parish Information tab in the Parish Leadership section.
CELEBRATE THE FORTNIGHT for FREEDOM 2017
FREEDOM FOR MISSION JUNE 21 to JULY 4
Religious freedom is under siege at home and around the world.
We are called to follow Christ as missionary disciples by seeking the truth, serving others, and living our
faith in all that we do.
Take a few moments each day during the Fortnight for Freedom from June 21 - July 4 to pray, reflect, and take action on religious
liberty, both here in this country and abroad.
TAKE ACTION: To help Christians suffering around the world, go to christiansatrisk.org
Call your US Senator to support the Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act (HR 390)
An internally displaced Iraqi Christian family take shelter at the Syriac Catholic Mrtshmony Shrine in
Erbil. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need.
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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SAINT MONICA CEMETERY A recent survey of Saint Monica’s Cemetery revealed several gravesites that are available. If you are interested in purchasing a plot in our cemetery, please call the rectory, 610-644-0110, ext. 116, for further information. YOUNG ADULTS: SOCIAL NIGHT Are you a young adult in your 20s or 30s? If so, join the Catholic Young Adults of Chester County (CYACC) for an evening of music, food, and fellowship this Wednesday, June 21, 2017. We will attend Saint Joseph Community Festival at 7:30 pm. Meeting location will be posted prior to the event, please check www.cyacc.org or Facebook for more details. SISTERS’ NIGHT
June 23, 2017: 6 to 9 pm Villa Maria House of Studies 1140 King Road, Immaculata
Young women (16-35) are invited to share informally with IHM Sisters. Join us for a fun night of prayer, cookout, and scavenger hunt! For more info contact Sister Marianne at 610-889-1553 or [email protected].
BULLETIN DEADLINE Due to the upcoming Holiday, there is an early submission date for the Bulletin. Any information for the July 9th Bulletin must be sent to [email protected] no later than Tuesday, June 27.
WINE NATIONAL CATHOLIC
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
Join women from the greater Philadelphia area and across the country for the first-ever National Catholic Women’s Conference hosted by WINE: Women In the New Evangelization! Dynamic Catholic speakers Kelly Wahlquist, Teresa Tomeo, Kitty Cleveland and Sarah Christmyer will inspire you and musician Amanda Vernon will rejuvenate your spirit. The day will include time for Mass, Confession, prayer, rest, socializing, and shopping. Saturday, October 21, 2017, 8:30a.m.-4pm, National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA. Special group rate available, so bring your friends! For more info and to register, visit wineconference.org. (Please Note: Last year’s women’s conference sold out five weeks in advance, so register today!) COME PRAY THE ROSARY
We continue to pray the Rosary as a parish community throughout the summer months every Monday evening at 7:15 p.m. Weather permitting, we will recite the rosary outdoors in the Grotto. Please join us! Bring your children! Bring a friend! Remember Fatima. Live out its
messages. Let this rosary inspire you to seek Our Lady’s help in living out the Faith with joy, charity, and humility.
CHARISMATIC RETREAT Gifted Spiritual Director Fr. James Blount is leading a Charismatic retreat at Malvern Retreat House June 30-July 2. The weekend will focus on the theme Healing & Deliverance and will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Catholic Charismatic Renewal. This retreat is being held in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Please visit malvernretreat.com or call 610-644-0400 for more information.
FROM the PASTOR’S DESK… (Continued from Page 1)
human to the divine It means a freely chosen sacrifice. It “enters into the commerce of the divine” and is necessary to further a relationship with God since one cannot approach the divine without leaving the natural behind. Celibacy is not the central aspect of the priesthood. Exclusive chastity is not the central aspect of marriage. Nevertheless, ordained priests, married couples, consecrated virgins are “consecrated.” This consecration is in order to “make present” the divine and not to place an emphasis on nature – on things that are comfortable and familiar. The world does not need the familiar. It needs something that points to something larger, otherworldly, unknown, unfamiliar, higher, and transcendent because ultimately only these are transformative.
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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PHILADELPHIA ARCHDIOCESE CATHOLIC GRANDPARENTS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
Saturday, August 26, 2017 Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary
100 Wynnewood Road Wynnewood, PA
$35 per person - $65 per couple, including lunch Join with Grandparents for a day of Learning, Sharing, Prayer and Support. Topics to include: Your Biblical Mandate as Grandparents, the importance of Grandparents to the Church, the family and society, Grandparenting in secular times. Registration is limited. For more information, and to register, visit: www.catholicgrandparentsassociation.org. THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM IS SEEKING TEACHER SUBSTITUTES, CLASSROOM AIDES, AND HALL MONITORS
The Religious Education Program is in need of a few enthusiastic teenagers and/or adults to serve as substitute teachers, classroom aides, and hall monitors beginning in September for the 2017-2018 school year. Classes are conducted approximately 3 Mondays
per month (6:00-7:15pm) Please consider participating in this rewarding ministry. Sharing your time and talent is a great and life-long gift to the youth of the parish. Please contact the Religious Education Office for more information at 610.647.4757.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL “Given that embryos are human beings, they have a right to self and a right to life. Exploiting their parts (i.e., cells) or killing them for research is moral trespass that society should not allow. Even if the research might, and let's be clear, might benefit others, this
trespass is not justified.” - James Sherley, M.D., Ph.D., former associate professor of biological engineering research at MIT
OUTREACH The Hungry Need You to help them by contributing canned goods or donations for the monthly Food Cupboard Drive for Saint Gabriel’s parish in South Philadelphia. The food
is delivered on the last Tuesday of the month. The drive will be held after all masses next weekend and through 8:00 am on Tuesday, June 27. All non-perishable items are welcome. Canned tuna, chicken, chili, peanut butter, grape jelly and pasta sauce are much needed. Checks payable to Saint Gabriel’s Food Cupboard are appreciated and can be placed in the designated box. Sisters Rita Martin and Arleen McCann extend best wishes to Saint Monica parishioners for a wonderful and safe summer.
NO ADORATION Please note that there will be No Eucharistic Adoration on Monday, June 19 and Monday, June 26 due to continuing work on the organ. The Church will be closed each weekday after the 8:30 a.m. Daily Mass and Rosary beginning Monday, June 19 and will reopen on a regular schedule beginning Monday, July 3.
WEEK-AT-A-GLANCE for June 18
DAY TIME EVENT LOCATION
Monday 8:15am-3:15pm RE Summer Session Parish Center
Tuesday 8:15am-3:15 pm RE Summer Session Parish Center
Wednesday 8::15 am-3:15 pm RE Summer Session Parish Center
Thursday 8:15 am-3:15 pm 7:00 pm
RE Summer Session Town Hall Meeting
Parish Center Cafeteria
Friday 8:15 am-3:15 pm 9:15-10:45 am
RE Summer Session Legion of Mary
Parish Center Rectory
Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm Confession Church
L ET THE CHURCH ALWAYS BE A PLACE OF MERCY AND HOPE, WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOMED, LOVED AND FORGIVEN . . . Pope Francis
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS
The Parish Offices will operate on a Summer Schedule through September 5, 2017.
Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon; 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
SAVE THE DATE “Town Hall” Meeting for parishioners on Thursday June 22, 7:00 - 9:00 pm in School Cafeteria. Please join us as we discuss the potential future of the Old School Building.
PARISH LEADERSHIP
FINANCE COUNCIL
Robert Carden
Dennis Connell
Richard Deak
Kathleen Keough
Michael McCabe
Peter Lynch
Gerald O’Brien
Giulio Perillo
Michael Vadner
Lawrence Wieser
PARISH PASTORAL STAFF Reverend Charles Zlock, M.Div, M.A., M.B.I.S., Pastor
Reverend Allan Fitzgerald, O.S.A., Ph.D., Pastoral Assistance
The Norbertines of Daylesford Abbey, Pastoral Assistance
Mary C. Pizzano, Director of Religious Education
Frank K.J. Orman, Director of Worship & Music
Jason Carter, Director of Family & Youth Ministry
Theresa Carey, Business Manager
Catherine H. Levine, Parish Administrative Assistant
Diane Kirsch Pealer, Religious Education Assistant
Elizabeth P. Tenaglio, Cemetery Administration
Frank Pantano, Facilities Manager
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THE SICK AND THOSE IN NEED OF PRAYER Sonia Altirman, Drew Brazer, Michael Byrne, Phyllis Campbell, Lina Cappelli, Terri Carson, Lilly Ciocca, James DiAntonio, Rico DiGuiseppe, Rita Dunn, Joseph Erwin, Kelly Glacken, Mary Hartley, Karen Hastings, Jenna, Maya and Eva Izzi, Faith Johnson, Libby Judge, Anne Maas, Jackson MacTaggart, Mark Maholick, Eugene Matta, Susan McDonnell, Melanie Mizenko, Dr. Mark Nardone, John Neff, Courtney Frances Patterson, Rita Reilly, Joel Rivera, John Robinson, Mary Rose, Cathy Russell, Gary Smith, Tallon Family, Helen Triolo, Bob and Mildred Walsh, Stephanie Walsh Beilman
THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, and may Your perpetual light shine upon them.
May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the Mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
H.O.P.E. — HELPING OTHER PEOPLE IN EMERGENCIES Leader for this week: Sandie Concannon at 610-647-1068
THE CHURCH of SAINT MONICA WWW.SAINTMONICACHURCH.ORG
SOCIAL MEDIA
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Monica, Berwyn
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FATHER ZLOCK
Website Frzlock.com
Fr. Charlie Zlock
Twitter @FrZlock
FAMILY & YOUTH
MINISTRY Edge: Middle School Youth Group Lifeteen: High School Youth Group
Facebook CSMEdge
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BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS
The Saint Monica Parish Bulletin is published weekly and is available both on the parish website and distributed to the assembly after Sunday Worship. Submissions are due each Monday by noon and should be e-mailed to [email protected] with formatting left to a minimum. Please include a contact name and phone number with your submission. In the case where announcements must be submitted handwritten, please make sure the text is legible.
BULLETIN INSERTS All inserts must be submitted to the Rectory Office for approval a minimum of two weeks before you would like it to appear.
MASS INTENTIONS for June 18 – June 25
MASS TIME INTENTION PRESIDER MUSIC MINISTRY
NOTES
5:00 pm Fathers of the Parish Fr. Antry Cantor
7:30 am Fathers of the Parish Fr. Danielski Quiet
9:30 am Fathers of the Parish Fr. Fitzgerald Cantor
11:30 am Fathers of the Parish Fr. Fitzgerald Cantor
Monday, 19th + John Stillwell Fr. Zlock
Tuesday, 20th + Henry Rocks Fr. Zlock
Wednesday, 21st Communion Service
Thursday, 22nd + Lawrence Harris Fr. Antry
Friday, 23rd + Deceased Members of Alleva Family
Fr. Zlock
Saturday, 24th People of the Parish Fr. Zlock
5:00 pm + Rose and Joe Cirafesi Fr. Antry Cantor
7:30 am People of the Parish Fr. Fitzgerald Quiet
9:30 am + Patrick Maher Fr. Zlock Cantor
11:30 am + Anthony J. Froehlich, Jr. Fr. Zlock Cantor
