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Saint Bede the Venerable Founded 1965 1071 Holland Road • Holland, PA 18966 Web Site: www.st-bede.org Pastor Rev. Monsignor John C. Marine Parochial Vicars Rev. Sean A. Loomis Rev. Matthew J. Tralies Parish Office 215-357-5720 Hours: Mon-Fri 8a.m. to 9p.m. Sat 9a.m. to Noon CLOSED SUNDAY Fax Number 215-396-0704 Office Manager Barbara Rogowski Office Secretary Kimberly Muldoon Ivenz Communications Patrick McNally Music Coordinator Susan DiFlorio Facilities Manager Tina Engle Eucharistic & Devotional Celebrations Religious Education/C.C.D. Vigil Mass 215-357-2130 (Saturday Evening): 5:30PM Director. Religious Education Sunday Masses: 7:30, 9:30, 11:00AM, & 12:30PM Carole Obrokta Weekday Masses (Monday through Friday): 6:30 & 9:00AM Administrative Assistant Saturday Mass & Miraculous Medal Novena: 8:30AM Linda Bourcet Holy Days (Except Christmas & New Year's) Vigil Mass: 5:30PM Holy Day Masses: 6:30, 9:00AM, 5:30PM, & 7:30PM Parish Youth Ministry Sacrament of Reconciliation (Saturday): 4:00 to 5:00PM 215-357-5113 Youth Ministry Coordinator Parish Rosary (Tuesday). 7:15PM Maritza Carmona-Kelly 24-Hour Perpetual Adoration Chapel Parish Nurse Ministry Sacramental Sponsorship - For letters of eligibility, one must be a registered 215-357-4113 member of the parish for six months or more (a reference letter from your previous Parish Nurse parish will be accepted). Please contact the Parish Office five days in advance. Kris Ingle Baptism - Usually celebrated on 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. MANDATORY Pre-Jordan Classes are held on the 2nd Sunday of the month. PRE- St. Katharine Drexel REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED - call the Religious Education Office. Regional School Marriage - Saturday weddings are 10:00AM, 12:00 Noon, & 2:00 PM. It is 215-357-4720 Diocesan policy that arrangements must be made AT LEAST 6 MONTHS prior to Principal the wedding. Information on Marriage Instructions can be obtained from the Laura Clark priests. Information on music, call Susan DiFlorio at 215-891-0869. Advancement Director In case of serious illness (or advanced age), please call Lisa James Anointing of the Sick - Grade School Secretaries the priests. Hospital cases should contact the Chaplain, but the Parish Office Debra Guarino should be notified so one of the priests may visit the patient. Kathleen Young Sacrament of Reconciliation - Saturdays 4:00 PM to 5 PM, Wednesdays of Lent at 7 PM, or by appointment with a priest. _________________________________________________________________ NOTICES FOR THE BULLETIN (SUBJECT TO SPACE AVAILABILITY) MUST BE AT THE RECTORY BY MONDAY, 12:00 NOON. July 19, 2015 St. Bede 103 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 19, 2015 A Message From Your Pastor Scripture Readings My Dear Parishioners, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 26, 2015 Summer in a parish is often a time when 2 Kings 4:42–44 people are moving into a new home in the Psalm 145 area, registering their children for school, Ephesians 4:1–6 getting acquainted with new neighbors and a John 6:1–15 new home town. If you carefully read our The refrain from Psalm 145 is a good summary of the Rev. Monsignor parish bulletin each week you know that we word of God that we will hear proclaimed: “The hand of the John C. Marine are constantly welcoming new parishioners Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.” As we listen, let us to St. Bede. be mindful of all the ways that the Lord feeds us, especially We discover and get acquainted with them when they make through our brothers and sisters around us. a request to register in the parish. I would like to use this week's column as a place to explain the registration process and why registering with the parish is an important thing to do. New families are registered after one of the weekend Mass- Adoration Chapel es. Since all of us priests stand at the exits of church after each Altar Candle Dedication Mass, the easiest way to begin the process is to ask one of us to July 20-26 register you and your family. Either Fr. Loomis, Fr. Tralies or I In memory of Carmine A. Prato will direct you to our weekend office, conveniently located to Req. by his wife and children the right of the main entrance vestibule. If you don't see one of us, ask an usher or greeter and they will connect you with us. Dedications are still available for 2015! Just come into the Parish Office. Candle dedications are a $30 donation for the week. The registration meeting is an opportunity for us priests to be one of the first to welcome you to the parish. During the brief meeting we will request pertinent information like family mem- bers' names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mails, sacramental Welcome Our information, etc. It is important to note that our School or CCD normally will not register you in their program until you have New Parishioners first become a registered parishioner. John & Patricia Newman family Parish registration is important for a number of reasons but especially when you need a Certificate of Eligibility, letter of Matthew & Colleen Spinelli family recommendation, etc. The demographic information is helpful Christian & Lauren Archut family to the parish for planning purposes as well. Parish registration can take place immediately after Mass by seeing one of the priests, or ask an usher or greeter So during the summer we welcome our new parishioners, for further details. those just shopping around for a parish and all visitors. We en- courage you to register and become known as a member of the St. Bede family. Remember The Deceased May God Bless you, Thomas Shields, Roxanne O’Connell We are united in prayer with their families and with one another awe and all the faithful departed await our rising with the Lord. Sunday Altar Flower Dedications July 18 & 19: Bouquet 1: In remembrance of the 68th Wedding Anniversary of Frank & Marie Connelly Food Gift Cards Needed Bouquet 2: In remembrance of deceased members I have been getting requests for food and gas gift cards Of the Asman & Connelly families over summer months for those in need. Cards can be purchased in Both bouquets requested by Judy & Maureen Connelly the parish office and left in the Parish Nurse Mailbox. Due to the shortage in our food pantries there has been more requests. The Many Sundays are still available in 2015. food collected on Sunday goes to Jesus Focus food pantry where Just come into the Parish Office. people are being directed. Thank you for your generosity. Flowers are a $45 donation for each bouquet. - Kris Ingle, Parish Nurse July 19, 2015 2 St. Bede 103 Pilgrimage to Feast of 10th Annual Parish Picnic Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sunday, September 20, 2015 2 p.m. to 7 pm. Take a chance on $10,000! Only 400 chances will be sold Donation: $100 (Support the raffle - it helps us to keep Parish Picnic ticket prices low) Request your favorite number NOW (1 to 400) ● Join with your friends and neighbors - Buy tickets as a group! Help us to sell the popular $10,000 raffle tickets. You can volunteer to sell after Masses, or you can take a pack of tickets on consignment to sell at work, to friends or family. Don’t miss the fun! Call Nancy Carberry at 215-322-9951 or by email at [email protected]. You are invited to join Monsignor Marine and several of our parishioners who are planning a pilgrimage to the Feast TICKETS GO ON SALE STARTING AUG. 1 & 2! of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (La Madonna del Soccorso) held at Holy Saviour Church in Norristown on Sunday, August 16, 2015. This traditional Italian Festival starts with Solemn Mass at 11:30 a.m. followed by a procession Volunteer to Help at the St. Bede through the streets during which 25 men carry the Statue of Our Lady. The procession concludes with Solemn Benedic- 10th Annual Parish Picnic tion followed by social festivities. Anyone interested in carpooling or need directions Sunday, September 20, 2015. please call Ed Rogowski at 267-252-1412 or call Barb The Picnic Committee has begun planning this year’s pic- Rogowski at 215-357-5720 or by e-mail at nic. The picnic would not be possible without the many volun- [email protected]. We leave St. Bede at 10 a.m. teers who help to plan, prepare for, and run the picnic. Volun- teers enjoy working together and meeting other parishioner volunteers. We will be making a request for volunteers later in the sum- mer, but we are now asking for a few volunteers to serve on the committee and help with planning and managing the picnic. Specifically, we are requesting individuals to help with the fol- lowing: Blessing of the Waters Committee – members to help organize the picnic and The St. Bede Women’s Club is sponsoring an Excursion to suggest new things we might try. Ocean City, NJ on August 15 for the Blessing of the Wa- Promotion – work with Pat McNally in the Parish Of- ters. A Hagley bus will leave the St. Bede parking lot prompt- fice to develop promotional material for the bulletin, ly at 8:00 a.m. and return at 6:30 p.m. parish websites, and posters. We will have Mass at St. Augustine’s Church at 10:15 a.m., Trash Collection – lead a team to collect trash and followed by a walk to the beach for the Blessing of the Waters place in dumpster during and after the picnic. and a blessing upon the sick.