SAINT JOHN FISHER CHURCH May 3, 2020
Mass Schedule Parish Staff SATURDAY VIGIL: 4:00 PM Pastor: Rev. Robert B. McDermott (ext. 3) SUNDAY: 8:00, 9:30, 11:30 AM Permanent Deacon: Rev. Mr. Daniel Bingnear WEEKDAYS (Chapel): Monday Friday, 7:30 AM Weekend Assistant: Rev. Francis X. Devlin, O.S.A. HOLY DAYS: Vigil 7:00 PM; 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM Business Manager: Mr. Daniel Kinnik (ext. 4) HOLIDAYS: 9:00 AM Director of Religious Education & Music Ministry: CONFESSION: Sat. 3:00 3:45 PM or by appointment Mrs. Kathleen Aaronson (ext. 5) PREP Secretary: Mrs. Patricia Donnelly (ext. 8) Parish Admin. Assistant: Mrs. Regina Robinson (ext. 6) Business Office Hours Communications Secretary: Mrs. Renee Devine (ext. 2) Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the office hours have Maintenance: Bill Casey (ext. 7) been changed to Monday Wednesday 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM At other times, please call and leave a message and some- Pastor Emeritus one will return your call as soon as possible. Rev. John Sibel
4225 CHICHESTER AVENUE • BOOTHWYN, PA 19061
Website: stjohnfisherchurch.com Facebook: Saint John Fisher Phone: (610) 4850441 Email: [email protected] 2
TODAY IS SUNDAY, ST. JOHN FISHER MAY 3, THE FORTH SUN- PARISH DAY OF EASTER. The Gospel is John 10:110. MAY PROCESSION With whom do we con- ON WHEELS verse and listen to the MOTHER’S DAY MAY 10 most? Believe it or not, the We’re bringing the long answer is ourselves! Our standing tradition of the inner conversations reveal May Procession to you! the truth about ourselves. We really cannot hide from our- selves, although we often pretend we can. By conversing On Sunday, May 10, a three with ourselves, we find solutions to our challenges, prob- lem solve, work through our relationships, formulate opin- vehicle caravan made up of the ions, run through dress rehearsals of possible conversa- Knights of Columbus Council tions, and wrestle with and determine our system of priori- 13710, Father McDermott, and ties and values. What other voices do we hear? Deacon Dan Bingnear, will be Often, voices from the past continue to haunt us. These driving through the neighbor- voices cause us to mistrust our judgment, harbor anger, hoods of our parish with a mo- and cling to our fears of rejection, failure, being wrong, and bile May Procession. the like. It is in these inner conversations that we face what The caravan will begin at 10:00 a.m., and will pass holds us captive N our limitations, weaknesses, sinfulness, through the neighborhoods of Marcus Hook, Trainer, and stubborn ego preoccupations. We often go about our Linwood, Upper Chichester, Boothywn, and Garnet Val- lives putting out one fire or another, keeping ourselves pre- ley, ending about 11:30. occupied and busy, and trying to stay on top of things. In- Join us from your front porch or yard. Listen for the tentionally or unintentionally, we find ourselves wandering music, pray a Hail Mary or your Rosary as the proces- off. We turn around and can no longer see our home. We sion passes by with a statue of our Mother, the Blessed look down at our feet and realize we have lost our anchor. Virgin Mary. Share your faith, hope, and love with your Feeling scared, out of place, desolate, unsettled, and lone- neighbors! ly, we realize that we are lost. Holy Mary, Pray for Us! We listened to the wrong voices! In the midst of every- thing competing for our attention, the voice of the One who MAY PROCESSION ROUTE could truly call us home got muffled. We didn’t hear it. The Marcus Hook Immaculate Conception Church; 8th and one voice we need to consult N even before our own N is Green, to 4th, to Market (toward river), uturn at Delaware God’s. He is the Good Shepherd who can keep us safely St., Market St., to 10th, to Yeats Ave, to Chestnut St., to where we need to be. As we graze through the stuff of our Maple St., to Plaza St., to 10th St. Trainer 10th St. Rt. 13, lives, we must constantly remember to look up, be atten- to Main St., to W.9th St., to Langley Ave., to 12th St., to tive, and stay focused. Our habits of prayer are the only Langley St., to Township Line Rd. Linwood Township thing that can properly root us and keep us grounded. Con- Line Rd. to Summit Ave., to White Ave., to Yeats Ave., to templating God’s presence and developing an inner aware- Ridge Road, to Huddell Ave., to Johnson Ave. Upper ness of love incarnate, we will then find ourselves praying Chichester Johnson Ave., to Chichester Ave., to unceasingly as the days and nights and the ebbs and flows Pleasant Ave., to Briarcliff Ave., to Beech St., to Ferncroft of our of lives unfold. Suddenly, the inner conversations we Ave., to Friends Way, to Meetinghouse Road, to Johnson are constantly having are no longer just with ourselves or Road., to Randall Ave., to Chichester Ave., to Bethel Rd. to with voices that can lead us astray but with the Trinity, who Mill Road, to Lutheran Knolls, to Mill Road Ogden Mill desperately wants us to stay home. Road, to Corbett Dr., to Brentwood Rd., to Irwin Dr., to Creekside Blvd., to Naaman’s Creek Rd., to Yorktown Dr., to Larkin Rd., to Naaman’s Creek Road Garnet Valley Naaman’s Creek Rd., to Ashbrooke Ave., to Village Ave., to Beechwood Rd., to Village Ave., to Poplar St., to Village Ave., to Boxwood Rd., to Ashbrooke Ave., to Naaman’s Creek Road, to Goodley Rd., to Bethel Rd. Boothwyn Bethel Rd., to W. Colonial Dr., to E. Colonial Dr., to Conestoga Way, to Larkin Rd., to Trophy Dr., to Riders Ln., to Upland Dr., to Bethel Rd., to Laurel Ave., to Greenwood Ave., to Springmill Rd., to Greenwood Ave., to Bethel Rd., to Mill Rd., to Jacqueline Dr., to Mill Rd., to Chich- ester Ave., to Flora Ln., to Oliver Ln., to Bethel Ave., to Larkin Rd. to Woodstream Rd., to Haudie Ann Rd., to Woodstream Rd., to Chichester Ave., ending at St. John Fisher Church. We hope to see you along the route! 3 JOIN US FOR LIVE FEEDING THE HUNGRY STREAMING MASS FOOD AND MEAL DONATIONS NEEDED AT ST. JOHN FISHER Nearly every night, the news shows long lines of people Tune in for the Sunday Vigil waiting for a distribution of food for their families. The local Liturgy on Saturdays at food banks have seen a great increase in the number of 4:00pm. Father McDermott families needing help. invites you to join him on your computer, IPad or other St. John Fisher parish will be accepting do- device by logging on to the parish website: nations during office hours and on Sunday. If stjohnfisherchurch.com and clicking the link on the home you are able to help you can drop off your do- page. Or, if you follow us on facebook, you can watch it nation at the Parish Center Monday through there. A recording of the Mass will remain on the website Wednesday 8:30am to noon and at church and facebook for viewing on Sunday until 11:00pm. on Sundays from 8:00am to 12:30pm. The Church continues to be open for private prayer on Nonperishable foods (nothing fresh) please: breakfast Sunday from 8:00am until 12:30pm. Please use the recom- cereal, canned tuna or chicken, spaghetti sauce in cans or mended precautions: as a public place, masks are re- jars, peanut butter and jelly, canned fruit, soup, beans, rice, quired. Upon arrival, please use the hand sanitizer set up microwave meals, crackers, juice for kids. Cleaning sup- in the lobby or wash your hands in the lavatory before sit- plies and paper products are needed, too. ting; use the disinfectant provided to wipe the pews before The Aid For Friends effort at the parish and after use. Please spread out and sit six feet away from feeds seniors and other hungry people, one others. meal at a time. The freezer is emptying fast- The weekly bulletin is available on Sunday in church, er that it is being filled. If you can, please on the website, or you can sign up to have it delivered di- make an extra portion of your main meal, rectly to your email by going to www.parishesonline.com and freeze it in the containers we provide. We encourage you to tune in each week and join our Supplies for Aid for Friends are located next parish family in the observance Sunday Mass, and make a to the freezer in the Parish Center Kitchen. You can pick Spiritual Communion. God bless us all! up supplies and drop off prepared meals during the Parish Business Office hours (above). If you, or someone you SPIRITUAL COMMUNION know, are in need of food during this time of hardship, The best way to receive Christ is in the Holy Eucharist please let us know so we can help! Thank you for your at Mass. Yet, in these times when we can't celebrate a continued generosity for the hungry among us! public Mass, you can still reach out to Him by making a Spiritual Communion in prayer! FOOD CERTIFICATES Sales of gift cards for the local grocery stores continue. My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most You can purchase them on Tuesdays, between 8:30am Holy Sacrament. and 12 noon in the office. Cards are available in $25, I love You above all things and I desire to receive You $50 and $100 amounts for the ShopRite, Acme, and Giant into my soul. Food Stores. Food certificates can help you budget your Since I cannot at this moment receive You grocery expenses, and they make a great gift! Thank you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. for supporting this parish fundraiser. I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. CHANCE OF A LIFETIME (COAL) RAFFLE Amen. The Knights of Columbus statewide Chance of a Lifetime raffle drawing has been rescheduled for July 23. There are over 16 prizes, worth over $65,000, including a new NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER car, Honda Scooters, vacations, and tech gear. Winners MAY 7, 2020 can choose the cash equivalency for any prize. The Mark your calendar for Thursday, May 7, and plan to join in the annual Delaware Knights of Columbus Council 13710 uses the proceeds County observance of the National Day of of this raffle to fund the Council’s charitable work. Prayer. It has gone viral this year! To find Chances are $1 each or a book of 8 for $5. Contact any out more information about how you can member of the Knights of Columbus to purchase a ticket! participate on May 7, go to www.NationalDayofPrayerDelco.com FINANCIAL OFFERING: Or visit them on facebook at STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE DelawareCountyNDP APRIL 19 ANNUAL PLANT SALE Total: $ 12,460 The annual plant sale supporting Number of Envelopes 166 Vacation Bible Camp has been can- celled for this year. They plan to be We appreciate every effort that you make to continue back again next year for all of your spring flowers and vegetable plants. your faithful support of St. John Fisher Parish! Thank you for your past support! 4 EASTER FLOWERS An Easter Flower Memorial in honor of a loved one was given by the following: The Sanctuary Candle burns this week in memory of Mr. Hai Nguyen, in memory of Stephen Nguyen PATRICK J. McCORMICK CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER: Nourish through the generosity of Virtually every one of us will care for a loved one at some point in our life. Though rewarding, it is not always His Loving Wife easy. Nourish for Caregivers, a Christcentered Catholic ministry, understands that family caregivers need some- where to turn to for information, support in their faith and SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Celebrated on the First, Second and Fourth Sundays of each month at 12:45pm. personal connection during the caregiver journey. Nour- PreJordan baptismal instruction is held on the Third Sun- ish is for anyone juggling the challenges of everyday day at 12:45pm. Please call or visit the Parish Office to life, health, career, and caring for a loved one, whether it arrange baptisms. be a person with disabilities, an ill or aging parent, spouse, friend, or grandparent, in town or at a distance. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays, Nourish provides caregivers a faith perspective, practical 3:00 3:45pm; other times by appointment. and emotional support, useful tools, and shared experi- ences. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: One party must be a Monthly inperson meetings have been suspended for registered member of Saint John Fisher Parish. Couples the time being, but Nourish for Caregivers “House Calls” must make arrangements with the Pastor at least six are being offered daily at 11:00 a.m. Each call will last months prior to the intended date. Weddings can be held approximately one hour depending upon the number of at Saint John Fisher or at Immaculate Conception Church. participants. Caregivers may participate via land line, cell Couples are required to attend the Archdiocesan Sacra- mental Preparation Program for Marriage (four sessions) phone, or through the use of a computer/tablet device. or a PreCana program. Landline/Cell Phone: +1 312 626 6799 (US) and enter Meeting ID: 940 374 7100 PARISH REGISTRATION: We welcome new members to Computer/tablet: go to the website: Saint John Fisher! If you are new to our parish, please phillyevang.org/nourish call or visit the Parish Office to register. and scroll down to the ‘oneclick’ link for the meeting. LETTERS OF ELIGIBILITY: If you need a Letter of Eligi- When monthly inperson meetings resume, the closest bility from Saint John Fisher Parish to be a sponsor for parishes offering this program are Nativity BVM, Media, Baptism or Confirmation, you must be St. John Chrysostom, Wallingford, and St. Anastasia, a registered member of the parish, Newtown Square. Go to the Nourish website for more at least 16 years of age, information about times. a practicing Catholic (have received the Sacraments and attend Mass regularly). All weekly and monthly activities and meetings held at If married, you must be in a ‘valid’ marriage. St. John Fisher Parish have been suspended until fur- The pastor is unable to sign a letter unless you meet ther notice due to the COVID19 pandemic. Thank you these requirements. To request a letter, please speak for your understanding and patience! with Father McDermott after any Mass or call the Parish Office at 6104850441, ext. 2. PARISH ONLINE GIVING: Visit the parish website, www.stjohnfisherchurch.com and click on the We Share icon to sign up for the electronic giving program. PARISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM (PREP): The PREP program provides religious education for public school children from September through May. Please call the PREP office at 6104850441, ext. 5, for more infor- mation and to register. HOLY FAMILY REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL: Grades PreK through Eight: St. John Fisher parishioners support Holy Family Regional Catholic School. Children from the parish who enroll there receive the supporting parish tuition rate. 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