We at Saint Katharine Drexel Parish pray and St. Katharine Drexel Parish warmly welcomes worship God as a community of faith through visitors and new members at all times. If you the celebration of the Eucharist and the are not worshipping with another parish Sacraments of the Church. Our purpose is to community or you are new to the area, we nourish our Christian community with Gospel encourage you to fill out a registration form values and works of charity. We dedicate our available at the entrance of church. Perhaps efforts to proclaim the good news through you are not Catholic and are interested in evangelization, teach the message of Christ learning more about the Catholic Church; all through education and formation, and to you have to do is ask or call us. Don’t put off serve the needs of all people in our what your heart is telling you to do. Jesus left community. We ask God to guide and bless the Church behind to continue His work here our efforts through the intercession of Mary, on earth and we are all called to be His Joseph, St. Katharine Drexel, and all the disciples and to follow him together. Saints. MASS SCHEDULE/HORARIO DE MISAS MAY 9, 2021 Monday-Friday/Lunes-Viernes 7:30 AM SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Saturday/Sábado 4:00 PM Vigil Mass Sunday 9:00 AM Mass Domingo 12:15 PM Misa SATURDAY, MAY 8 4:00 PM Parishioners of St. Katharine Drexel CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES UNDAY AY Wed./Miércoles 8-8:45 AM Sat./Sábado 3-3:45 AM S , M 9 First Friday/Primer Viernes: 7:00-7:30 AM 9:00 AM Mother’s Day Mass Remembrance Sunday/Domingo before Mass/antes de la Misa 12:15 PM Mother’s Day Mass Remembrance 8:30 AM & 11:45 AM MONDAY, MAY 10 ST. DAMIEN DE VEUSTER or by appointment/o por cita 7:30 AM Nairee D. English
ADORATION of the MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT TUESDAY, MAY 11 ADORACIÓN del SANTISIMO SACRAMENTO 7:30 AM Frank & Mary Pileggi Monday-Friday/Lunes-Viernes 8:00-9:00 AM WEDNESDAY, MAY 12 ST. NEREUS & ACHILLEUS; First Friday/Primer Viernes: 6:30-7:30 PM ST. PANCRAS
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS/HORARIO del VERANO 7:30 AM Zachariah Walwer Monday-Thursday 9 AM-4 PM; Fridays 9-12NOON THURSDAY, MAY 13 THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Lunes-Jueves 9 AM-4 PM; Viernes 9-12PM 7:30 AM Parishioners of St. Katharine Drexel
CHURCH/RECTORY—IGLESIA/RECTORIA 12:00 PM William Stern LOCATION/CONTACT INFO—DIRECCIÓN 7:00 PM (Bilingual) Josephine C. Kelley 1920 Providence Ave. Chester, PA 19013 FRIDAY, MAY 14 ST. MATTHIAS Phone (610) 872-3731 Fax (610) 872-0545 7:30 AM John Felix [email protected] stkatharinedrexelparish.org
JOIN THE SKD FLOCKNOTE LIST/ MINISTRY SCHEDULE ÚNETE a FLOCKNOTE de SKD May 15 at 4:00 PM Mass Text 'SKD' to 84576 or go to Lector: Kathya Garriga saintkatharinedrexel.flocknote.com EMHC: Sue Ramberg Envía mensaje a SKD al 202-765-3441, o visita saintkatharinedrexel.flocknote.com May 16 at 9:00 AM Mass Lector: Connie Kanady FOOD CUPBOARD/BANCO de ALIMENTOS EMHC: Bill Swanson LOCATION/CONTACT INFO—DIRECCIÓN 226 Norris St., Chester, PA 19013 SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Phone (484) 490-5079 Fax (484) 490-5081 Thursday, May 13 stkatharinedrexelpantry.org Forty days after His Resurrection, our Lord PASTOR/PÁRROCO ascended to His Father in heaven. Masses will be Fr. Thomas P. Whittingham, ext. 103 at 7:30 AM, 12 PM, and 7:00 PM (BILINGUAL). [email protected]
DEACON/DIÁCONO Summer Office Hours Dcn. John J. Pileggi May 14 through September 3, 2021 [email protected] Monday-Thursday 9-4; Fridays 9-NOON DIRECTOR of RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/ Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable summer!
DIRECTOR de EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA Horario del Verano Mr. José Martín el 14 de mayo al 3 de septiembre [email protected], ext. 111 lunes a jueves 9-4; viernes 9-12 PM DIRECTOR of FOOD PANTRY & Que disfruten de un verano divertido CLOTHING CUPBOARD/ y con buena salud. GERENTE BANCO de ALIMENTOS y VESTIDO Ms. Judy King RECENTLY DECEASED [email protected] Eternal rest grant unto Juana M. Oliver and Dixie Jackson O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. BLACK HISTORY: PRAYERS FOR MARK EDWARD GODSHALK
Cathay Williams On the 7th Sunday of Easter, May 16, at the Cathay Williams was born to an enslaved mother and a free father in Independence, Missouri in 1844. During her 9:00 am Mass, Mark adolescence, she worked as a house slave on the Johnson Edward Godshalk will plantation on the outskirts of Jefferson City, Missouri. In 1861, be fully initiated into Union forces occupied Jefferson City during the early stages of the Church. He will be the Civil War. At this time, captured slaves were officially baptized, confirmed, designated as contraband and were forced to serve in military and will receive his First support roles such as cooks, laundresses, or nurses. Before her Holy Communion. voluntary enlistment, at just 17 years old, Williams served as an Army cook and a washerwoman. In this role she accompanied Please keep Mark in your prayers this week as the infantry all over the country. Williams served during the he prepares to be welcomed formally into the Indian Wars under the service of General Philip Sheridan and Holy Catholic Church. witnessed the Red River Campaign and the Battle of Pea Ridge. Despite the prohibition against women serving in the military, Williams enlisted in the U.S. Regular Army under the false name of “William Cathay”; on November 15, 1866. She enlisted for a PENTECOST VIGIL three-year engagement, passing herself off as a man. Williams On Saturday, May 22, we will celebrate an was assigned to the 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment after she passed extended (4 Old Testament readings) the cursory medical examination. Though this exam should have Pentecost vigil Mass at 4:00 PM. ousted her as a woman, the Army did not require full medical exams at this time. Later that evening we will have a special Holy Shortly after her enlistment, she contracted smallpox and was Hour from 7:00—8:30 PM, featuring music by hospitalized. Williams rejoined her unit in New Mexico. There, Mark Griswold as well as silent adoration of possibly due to the effects of smallpox, the heat, or the years of the Most Blessed Sacrament. marching, her body began to show signs of strain. Due to her Let us implore the Holy Spirit to descend and frequent hospitalization, the post surgeon finally discovered to fill the hearts of the faithful in the she was a woman and informed the post commander. She was Archdiocese of Philadelphia! honorably discharged by her commanding officer, Captain Charles E. Clarke on October 14, 1868. Though her disability discharge meant the end of her tenure with the Army, her adventure continued. She signed up with an emerging all-black WONDERFULLY MADE: regiment that would eventually become part of the legendary A THEOLOGY OF THE BODY RETREAT Buffalo Soldiers. FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Following her discharge, Williams went on to work as a cook We will talk about what it means to be a at Fort Union, New Mexico (now Fort Union National Monument) and later moved to Pueblo, Colorado. She later moved to young, dynamic, Catholic woman in today's Trinidad, Colorado, where she worked as a seamstress. It was world. The retreat from June 4-6 will introduce during this time that her story first became public. A reporter you to John Paul II's Theology of the Body and from St. Louis heard rumors of a female African-American who what it means for your life! Retreat will include had served in the army and came to interview her. Her life and talks, small groups, Mass, Adoration and time military service narrative was published in the St. Louis Daily for confession. Times on January 2, 1876. Speakers: Samantha Kelley, the Founder and Around 1889 or 1890, Williams entered a local hospital and President of FIERCE Athlete, Fr. Timothy applied for a disability pension based on her military service. Danaher, O.P, of St. Patrick Church, Though there was a precedent for granting pension to female Philadelphia, Marie DeCecco, and the Sisters soldiers, (Deborah Sampson, Anna Maria Lane and Molly of Life. Williams disguised themselves as men in the Revolutionary War), Williams request was denied. In September 1893, a doctor To learn more, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/ examined Williams. She suffered from neuralgia and diabetes, wonderfully-made-a-theology-of-the-body- and had all her toes amputated and walked with a crutch. The retreat-for-high-school-girls-tickets- doctor decided that she did not qualify for disability payments. 148927503171 The exact date of her death is unknown, but it is believed she St. Mary of Providence Retreat Center, died shortly after she was denied. Elverson, PA
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
A special Mother’s Day blessing on your day. Our Come Holy Spirit, prayers and thoughts are with our mothers living fill the hearts of your faithful and and deceased and those women who have shown enkindle in them the fire of your love. us a mother’s love. The names that were Send forth your Spirit submitted are being jointly remembered as the and they shall be created. intentions on Mother’s Day. We ask our Blessed and You shall renew the face of the earth. Mother to pray for our dear mothers, and we O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, thank God for them, because without them we did instruct the hearts of the faithful, would not have the gift of life. grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be Thank you, mothers, for all that you do! truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Please say this prayer daily May 14 -- 22 OUR LADY OF FATIMA Sign up for daily email reminders or read more at: Feast day: www.praymorenovenas.com/novena-to-the-holy-spirit Wednesday, May 13
"Pray, pray a great deal, and make sacrifices for PRAY FOR THE SICK AND THEIR CARETAKERS/ sinners, for many souls go to Hell because they ORE POR LOS ENFERMOS Y SUS have no one to make sacrifices and pray for them." Our Lady of Fatima CUIDADORAS to Jacinta, Francisco, and Lucia Vonnie Jackson, Christine Cavaliere, Brandon Shain, Reina Torelli, Robert Bosshardt, Aleisa Weatherly, Carol Duncan, Genevieve Parylak, Carmen Calhoun, Oceolia Stevenson, Ariel Rivera A MAY CROWNING BLESSING AT HOME Vasquez, Olivia Weatherly, Patty Hackett, Alice
O Mary, Walton, The King Family, Patricia Brown, Paula You shine continuously on our journey as a sign DiMaio-Reczek, Carmen London, Julie Forcielli, of salvation and hope. Patricia Jones, Brielle Barbara, Catherine Kimes, We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, John A. Smith, Linda Garcia, Christine, Gordon who, at the foot of the cross, Sookrae, Aiyanna Fredericks, James Robinson, were united with Jesus’ suffering, and persevered Yoselin Rivera, Matthew Woods, Gabby Dillon, in your faith. Francis Seeley, June Maguire, Elizabeth A. Young, “Protectress of the Roman people”, Robert McFarland, Regan Kauf, Cassidy Jane you know our needs, Johnson, Hernán García, Pearlina Taylor, Emma and we know that you will provide, so that, Clare M., Madeline Divinny, Andrew Perkins, Bill as at Cana in Galilee, Epp, Roberto Rivera, Luis A. Martínez, Maria joy and celebration may return Polilli, Michael & Kathy Murphy, Kevin Houseman, after this time of trial. Mark Reczek, Jack Sekel, Renee Elliot, Barbara Help us, Mother of Divine Love, Kertis, Carole Duncan, Tanya Boscher, Crystale to conform ourselves to the will of the Father Diaz and family, Alyssa DiMaio, Adele Koch, Al and to do what Jesus tells us. Perry, Vicky Berry, Sally Staats, Sam Auman, For he took upon himself our suffering, Dorothy Murphy, Judith Rivera, Barbara Hunter, and burdened himself with our sorrows Russell Forsyth, Regina Frost, Christine Shiiba, to bring us, through the cross, Jean Marie Davidson. Names will be published on to the joy of the Resurrection. the Sick List for five weeks. If you wish to leave Amen. them on longer, please call the rectory. No names will be published without approval.
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