ST. PARISH

EASTON ROAD & FAIRHILL AVENUE ™ GLENSIDE, PENNSYLVANIA JULY 16, 2017

MISSION STATEMENT RECTORY AND PARISH OFFICE 2316 Fairhill Avenue We, the parish family of St. Luke the Evangelist Roman , Glenside, PA 19038 respecting our tradition, affirming our strong family ties, and valuing our 215-572-0128 diverse community, are called by Baptism to commit ourselves to: fax: 215-572-0482 • Give glory to God by liturgy which unites and strengthens the community [email protected] of faith; • Build a church community that welcomes all, encouraging each home to be Summer Office Hours: a domestic church; MONDAY-THURSDAY 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM • Listen to the Gospel of Jesus, live it in our daily lives, and share it with one another; and • Serve others as Jesus did, especially the poor and those in need.

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 AM Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 6:30 AM Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 8:30 AM

Holy Day: varies; Holiday: varies

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Wednesday: 7:30 - 8:00 PM www.stlukerc.org Saturday: 4:00 - 4:30 PM RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2330 Fairhill Avenue Glenside, PA 19038 QUESTION OF THE WEEK 215-572-0128, ext #25 [email protected] The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit. MOVIE AND DISCUSSION Matthew 13:22 Life, Animated What anxieties keep you from embracing the July 19, 7 pm Word of God? Lyons Den What are you going to do about it?

061 St. Luke—cover—page 1 ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST PARISH, GLENSIDE, PENNSYLVANIA FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 16, 2017 MASS INFORMATION FOR WEEK THIS WEEK AT ST. LUKE Sunday, July 16 – Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday, July 16 – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 55:10-11; Psalm 65:10-14; Romans 8:18-23; 8:30 am Eucharistic Ministry at Abington Hospital- Matthew 13:1-23 Jefferson Health 1:00 pm Baptism Monday, July 17 – Weekday Monday, July 17 Exodus 1:8-14, 22; Psalm 124:1b-8; St. John’s Hospice Donation Day Matthew 10:34 — 11:1 6:30 am Owen Ferry Tuesday, July 18 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the Tuesday, July 18 – Weekday / Camillus de Chapel House Lellis, Priest 3:00 pm Summer Stock Rehearsal, FFH Exodus 2:1-15a; Psalm 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Wednesday, July 19 Matthew 11:20-24 3:00 pm Summer Stock Rehearsal, FFH 8:30 am Jim Duffy (1st anniversary) 7:00 pm Movie: Life, Animated, Lyons Den Wednesday, July 19 – Weekday Thursday, July 20 Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12; Psalm 103:1b-4, 6-7; 3:00 pm Summer Stock Rehearsal, FFH Matthew 11:25-27 Friday, July 21 6:30 am Joanne Lindquist Rectory closed (Summer Hours) Thursday, July 20 – Weekday / Saint Apollinaris, Saturday, July 22 Bishop, Martyr 7:00 am Women’s Reflection Group, Library Exodus 3:13-20; Psalm 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27; 7:00 am Men’s Gospel Reflection Group, Lyons Den Matthew 11:28-30 Sunday, July 23 – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am Randy Klees (Alma and Jennifer) 1:00 pm Baptisms Friday, July 21 – Weekday / Saint Lawrence of MARK YOUR CALENDAR Brindisi, Priest Exodus 11:10 — 12:14; Psalm 116:12-13, 15, 16bc, 17-18; July 26 Movie & Discussion

Matthew 12:1-8 August 3 & 4 Summer Stock Performances 6:30 am & Anna Pie and Family August 8 Jenkintown Community Band Concert (Scarnecchia Family) August 15 Assumption of the BVM Holyday Saturday, July 22 – Saint Exposition of Blessed Sacrament in Church Exodus 12:37-42; Psalm 136:1, 23-24, 10-15; August 21 St. John’s Hospice Donation Day John 20:1-2, 11-18 August 21-25 Fr. Fitzpatrick Hall floor cleaning 8:30 am Cass Carlin August 27 Parish Picnic Sunday, July 23 – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 5 Over 50’s Mass & Meeting Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Psalm 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16; September 10 Troop 304 Pancake Breakfast Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43 September 11 PREP begins The Pro-Life Rose, placed before the statue of Mary, September 15 Red Cross Blood Drive and the St. Vincent de Paul Carnations, September 23 Villanova Volunteers placed before the statue of St. , ST. JOHN’S VOLUNTEERS are in loving memory of We continue to help serve lunch between noon and 1 pm the Amorosa, Fanelli and Penecale Families. at St. John’s Hospice at 12th and Race Streets. Our next WE ARE UPDATING OUR RECORDS service dates are Tuesday, July 18, Friday, July 21, —please help us by sending us your current email address. Tuesday, August 1, and Tuesday, August 22. If interested, please contact Maggie Moya Do this by emailing us at ([email protected]). You can join us on the train [email protected] or if you work in town, you can meet us there for an uplifting way to spend your lunch hour. include your first & last name in the Subject Line 7/16/17—061 St. Luke—page 2 WELCOME OUR NEWEST July 16, 2017 PARISHIONER! Dear Parishioners, Rhys Alexander Sedore, son of David & Madeleine (Romberger) Sedore, The summer gives us all some added necessary time to reflect on was baptized on July 9, 2017. important issues/aspects of our lives. An important area of parish ministry for the priest and especially the Pastor is the care of the sick, Congratulations to all! elderly and homebound. First I’d like to mention how impressive it is to see as many volunteers weekly taking Communion to our ST. LUKE PARISH STEWARDSHIP homebound, and bi-weekly ministers going to Abington Hospital. As Sunday Collections: Pastor I try to get to the sick and homebound several times a year to 7/2/17 ...... $13,782.00 offer the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick, but 7/3/16 ...... $12,218.00 our Eucharistic Ministers allow Communion to be available every

7/9/17 ...... $12,388.00 week, as much as we can. This is a commitment of time and personal 7/10/16 ...... $13,515.00 faith sharing on each visit. I am very grateful.

Thank you for your continued support of our Parish. I would like to also say more about hospital ministry, especially at Abington Hospital. It is important that you notify the rectory, or Bills paid last week: even be anointed before you enter the hospital. Each of the six local Cheltenham Printing (envelopes) ...... $80.00 parishes’ priests take turns on covering Abington Hospital each W.B. Mason (supplies) ...... $75.95 weekday and rotating on weekends. St. Luke’s covers the hospital on Great American Financial Service (phone)$195.24 Wednesdays. Over the past 15 years we’ve lost a parish and 5 total PECO ...... $1,569.19 priests (assistants) who shared this work. We are continuing to Elliot Lewis Heating & Air ...... $438.00 respond to hospital needs for Catholics as best we can. When you are Horizon Waste (trash) ...... $536.00 admitted to Abington Hospital, even through the ER, please be sure O'Neill's Food Market ...... $212.33 you are identified as a Catholic. The priests generally do not bring Frank Duff Electrical ...... $5,888.89 Communion during the week because of hospital scheduling and (deposit for LED lighting) tests. The Eucharistic Ministers bring Communion to those Staff Payroll ...... $9,511.52 permitted to receive on Sundays. Again we are very grateful for this ministry and the time spent in this important pastoral work. PHILADELPHIA CATHOLIC THANK YOU. GRANDPARENTS ASSOCIATION Also, a word about “Rehabs,” Assisted Living and Nursing Home ONFERENCE C care facilities. This is a growing option in health care. While there are Join with other Grandparents for a day of no facilities that St. Luke’s is primarily responsible for, I do try to learning, sharing, prayer, and support with visit the various facilities from time to time. Please let us know which keynote speakers, Catherine Wiley, Founder, facility someone may be in for short term or long term care. The International Catholic Grandparents Association, local parishes offer varying services to these facilities, but again be and Jim & Joy Pinto, EWTN’s Jim & Joy Show. sure the person is identified as a Catholic. Sometimes they are unable Topics to include: Your Biblical Mandate; the to ask for this service themselves. importance of Grandparents to the Church, the Family and Society; Grandparenting in Secular Our care for the sick, elderly and disabled is an important pastoral Times; Practical, Secular, and Spiritual Catechesis. work of the priests and parish. But we do depend on you, especially Ending with celebration of Holy Mass. Saturday, the families, to keep us informed of the often-changing August 26, 8:30 am - 5:15 pm, St. Charles circumstances of those involved. It is always better to have the Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood, PA. For more sacramental needs met early or scheduled rather than wait until “the info & to register, visit phillycatholiclife.org. last minute” when a priest might not be immediately available. Once again, enjoy this week of July. Please continue to support A VOCATION VIEW St. Luke’s especially if you’ve been away, and pray for me as I will The sower went out to sow. The Lord has sown pray for you. the seeds of vocations to priesthood and religious life in our parish. Be good ground! Encourage the St. Luke, pray for us. gifts of compassion and leadership wherever you Father Joe Brandt find them. (Matthew 13:1-23) 7/16/17—061 St. Luke—page 3 THE ’S PRAYER Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson INTENTIONS FOR JULY In my semi-active retirement, which finds me helping out at a combined Lapsed Christians. That our broth- parish of two churches, in the southern part of the “Garden State,” I meet a ers and sisters who have strayed sampling of authentic farmers. Their number steadily dwindles, as suburbia from the faith, through our prayer makes its relentless inroads into their territory. They wistfully tell me that this and witness to the Gospel, may re- “Bellevue Acres” housing development used to be “Farm W.” Or that discover the merciful closeness of “Produce Stand X” did quite a business when it was flourishing, but now it’s the Lord and the beauty of the Chris- gone. Or that “Farm Y” is up for sale to make room for more than a hundred tian life. mini-mansions. Ironically, many of those new homeowners will likely decorate STOP WORRYING & START their newly sodded lawns with old farm equipment newly-painted to match LIVING RETREAT their shutters. Malvern Retreat House will host this When such laments run out, I enjoy listening to their stories of raising retreat August 4-6 for both men and crops, and the unexpressed pride they have in coaxing good things out of women. Retreat Director Gary Mother Earth. Or in breeding horses or cows. Zimak will help retreatants find practical ways to achieve peace in The New Testament record tell us Jesus was a carpenter or construction their lives. Zimak is a well-known worker but He sure understood farming. He also knew farmers’ lives, perhaps Catholic author and speaker, and his through His interaction with them as customers of His business. Jesus loved retreat topics will include “You CAN their plain stories because he loved people. I’m certain that He smiled at their stop Worrying!,” “Unleashing the recall of little victories over capricious weather. So He taught them using those Spirit,” and “Jesus - Your BEST Best marvelous parables that still intrigue us today. Friend.” For more information Believe me, those eternal stories are not easily matched. I used to assign my please visit malvernretreat.com or former high schoolers in my English classes to write an original parable of their call 610-644-0400. own. While I got back clever renditions of Jesus’ originals, none of them ever The Sisters of will host came up with a truly new parable of their own. Perhaps it was unfair of me to a Women’s Wellness Weekend in impose that task on them. But together we re-appreciated the mastery of Our lovely Cape May Point, New Jersey Lord. September 8-10. The weekend is In using examples His humble audiences would understand, Jesus not only designed to be holistic, spiritual, re- exercised masterful teaching methods, but also a subtle form of mercy. His laxing, rejuvenating, educational and mission involved the announcement of startling new truths and the arrival of a fun. Included in the $375 price are kingdom of which they had no concept. He led them to understand gradually meals, accommodations and the op- His earth-shattering “good news.” portunity to participate in a variety We moderns, who only see farms passing by our SUV windows, or on a of workshops. For more info please PBS documentary, nonetheless can make the connection between seed sown contact the SSJ Development Office and teaching accepted. That’s the mastery of Jesus. Of course our challenge is at 1-800-482-6510 or develop- to be that “rich soil” that made Him smile. [email protected]. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged. First Reading: Isaiah 55:10-11 Extraordinary Ministers of Holy God’s word comes to the world with a plan and a purpose, both of which will Communion bring Communion to be accomplished, despite human obstacles. Rain and snow make the earth fertile. The Word makes hearts fertile. patients at Abington Hospital on Sundays. If you would like to be part Second Reading: Romans 8:18-23 of this ministry contact the rectory. St. Paul reminds his readers that although suffering is part of the Christian We also need Ministers to the experience, there is an assured glory at the end of this life for those who remain homebound and at Sunday Masses. faithful.

Please notify the priest before Gospel: Matthew 13:1-23 Mass if you would like to receive In this early part of the chapter, we find the parable of the Sower, which Jesus the Eucharist uses to explain the purpose of the parables. Jesus then gets specific about the in a low-gluten host. present parable. 7/16/17—061 St. Luke—page 4 THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL WINE EPIC YOUTH GROUP NATIONAL CATHOLIC Thursday, July 20 - Adoration: 7:45 hosts WOMEN’S CONFERENCE to 8:30 pm at St. David Chapel; de- ANNUAL NOVENA OF HOPE Join women from the greater velop your spiritual strength through Nine Mondays: until July 31 Philadelphia area and across the worship, prayer & song; followed by The theme for this year’s Novena of country for the first-ever National social time Hope is: “The New Evangelization.” Catholic Women’s Conference Friday, July 21 to Sunday, July 23 - Eight Masses and Novena Services hosted by WINE: Women In the New - Steubenville Youth Conference; on as well as Adoration and the Sacra- Evangelization! the campus of St. Johns University, ment of Confession are available Queens, NY each Monday. On July 10, they will Dynamic Catholic speakers Kelly Sunday, July 30- 12:30 to 7 pm offer the Sacrament of Anointing of Wahlquist, Teresa Tomeo, Kitty White Water Rafting; $35 per person the Sick during each service. They Cleveland, and Sarah Christmyer will (Mass at St. David, 11:30 am) will stream LIVE each day at 9 am inspire you and musician Amanda Monday, July 31 & Wednesday, and 12:05 pm EDT. Vernon will rejuvenate your spirit. August 2 - Volunteer at St. Francis Free, secure parking. The day will include time for Mass, Inn Confession, prayer, rest, socializing, Friday, August 11 to Sunday, Au- For Details and Full Schedule, visit and shopping. Saturday, October gust 13 - Summer Splash Retreat - www.MiraculousMedal.org/Novena. 21, 8:30 am-4 pm, National Shrine of Murray Grove Retreat House, Schedule: Our Lady of Czestochowa, Lanoka Harbor, NJ; Cost: $150; Mass (with Novena): 7:00 am; 9:00 Doylestown, PA. contact: David Dombrowski, 215- am; 12:05 pm; 7:30 pm. Novena wineconference.org. 500-6840 or [email protected] (with Sermon and Benediction): Join with other women from our Saturday, August 19 - Pool Party 2:00 pm; 3:30 pm; 5:00 pm; 6:30 pm. parish—get discounted rates & 3:00 pm; details to follow Confessions: 6:45 am - 7:15 am; carpool. Contact Clare Fitzpatrick Sunday, August 27 - A Night with 8:45 am - 9:30 am; 1:45 pm - 5:30 at [email protected] or 267 Meghan Mastroianni at Corpus pm; 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm. Adoration -237-1845. in the Crypt Chapel: 7:30 am - 8:00 Christi Youth Group, 6 pm Mass, 7 MORNING OF REFLECTION pm dinner. pm FOR GRANDPARENTS Email: [email protected] NAPRO ROADSHOW Wednesday, July 26, 9 am to noon, Website: EPICinform.blogspot.com PRESENTATION AND MOVIE Saint Jude Church, Chalfont. Wednesday, July 26, 7 pm Celebrate the blessings and ST. ANNE NOVENA You are invited to an information challenges of grand-parenting at this July 18-26 session on NaPro Technology morning of reflection for all Church of St. Anne (NaPro) and the Creighton Model grandmothers and grandfathers. This 2828 E. Lehigh Ave., Phila., 19125 FertilityCare system, life affirming special day begins with the 9 am Daily Novena Services are at 3 and 7 health care for women. NaPro offers Mass celebrated in honor of pm. The Homilist is Deacon Tom real help for numerous conditions Joachim and Ann, the grandparents McGovern. On St. Anne’s Feast including infertility, repetitive of Jesus. Following Mass, there is a Day, July 26, there will be a Solemn miscarriages, hormonal imbalances continental breakfast and a Closing at 7 pm. and menopause. After the film, conference by presenter, Deacon presentations offered in English and David Schaffer, who currently serves St. Raphaela Center in Haverford in Spanish. at Saint John Neumann Parish in offers summer retreats as well as the Speakers: Dr. Delia Larrauri and Dr. Bryn Mawr. Cost is $10.00 per Ignatian Spiritual Exercises retreat Monique Ruberu person. To register, print out the for an extended time of prayer and Location: Auditorium of the registration form from the Adult silence, accompanied by a Spiritual Archdiocesan Pastoral Center; 222 Faith Events Page of St. Jude’s parish Director. Visit their website for July N.17th Street, Philadelphia website at www.stjudechalfont.org or and September retreat dates. 610- More info & to register: http:// contact [email protected] or 642-5715. www.straphaelacenter.org cathedralphila.org/napro/ 215-822-9225 (ext. 234). 7/16/17—061 St. Luke—page 5 BIBLE IS FOR CATHOLICS

By Mary Elizabeth Sperry The Bible is all around us. People hear Scripture readings in church. We have Good Samaritan (Luke 10) laws, welcome home the Prodigal Son (Luke 15), and look for the Promised Land (Exodus 3, Hebrews 11). Some biblical passages have become popular maxims, such as “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (Matthew 7:12),” “Thou shalt not steal” (Exodus 20:15), and “love thy neighbor” (Matthew 22:39). Today’s Catholic is called to take an intelligent, spiritual approach to the bible. Listed here are 10 points for fruitful Scripture reading. 1. Bible reading is for Catholics. The Church encourages Catholics to make reading the Bible part of their daily prayer lives. Reading these inspired words, people grow deeper in their relationship with God and come to understand their place in the community God has called them to in himself. 2. Prayer is the beginning and the end. Reading the Bible is not like reading a novel or a history book. It should begin with a prayer asking the Holy Spirit to open our hearts and minds to the Word of God. Scripture reading should end with a prayer that this Word will bear fruit in our lives, helping us to become holier and more faithful people. 3. Get the whole story! When selecting a Bible, look for a Catholic edition. A Catholic edition will include the Church’s complete list of sacred books along with introductions and notes for understanding the text. A Catholic edition will have an imprimatur notice on the back of the title page. An imprimatur indicates that the book is free of errors in Catholic doctrine. 4. The Bible isn’t a book. It’s a library. The Bible is a collection of 73 books written over the course of many centuries. The books include royal history, prophecy, poetry, challenging letters to struggling new faith communities, and believers’ accounts of the preaching and passion of Jesus. Knowing the genre of the book you are reading will help you understand the literary tools the author is using and the meaning the author is trying to convey. 5. Know what the Bible is – and what it isn’t. The Bible is the story of God’s relationship with the people he has called to himself. It is not intended to be read as history text, a science book, or a political manifesto. In the Bible, God teaches us the truths that we need for the sake of our salvation. 6. The sum is greater than the parts. Read the Bible in context. What happens before and after – even in other books – helps us to understand the true meaning of the text. 7. The Old relates to the New. The Old Testament and the New Testament shed light on each other. While we read the Old Testament in light of the death and resurrection of Jesus, it has its own value as well. Together, these testaments help us to understand God’s plan for human beings. 8. You do not read alone. By reading and reflecting on Sacred Scripture, Catholics join those faithful men and women who have taken God’s Word to heart and put it into practice in their lives. We read the Bible within the tradition of the Church to benefit from the holiness and wisdom of all the faithful. 9. What is God saying to me? The Bible is not addressed only to long-dead people in a faraway land. It is addressed to each of us in our own unique situations. When we read, we need to understand what the text says and how the faithful have understood its meaning in the past. In light of this understanding, we then ask: What is God saying to me? 10. Reading isn’t enough. If Scripture remains just words on a page, our work is not done. We need to meditate on the message and put it into action in our lives. Only then can the word be “living and effective.” (Hebrews 4:12).

Mary Elizabeth Sperry is Associate Director for Utilization of the New American Bible.

Copyright ©2009 by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Used with permission. 7/16/17—061 St. Luke—page 6 ST LUKE’S SUMMER STOCK PROUDLY PRESENTS: PEACE AND JUSTICE 2017 SUMMER MOVIE SERIES

Life, Animated July 19, 7 pm, Lyons Den Owen was a little boy of Where: The Keswick Theatre considerable promise until he was rd th When: August 3 and 4 identified with autism at the age of 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30) three. He parents almost lost hope, Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased after the 9:30 and 11:30 watching him withdraw into a silent rd th Masses on July 23 & July 30 in the back of Church state. But Disney films gave Owen a or at the door the night of the show way to understand the world. Heart- Cost: $8.00 in advance, $10.00 at the door warming and emotional, plus ice Email us at [email protected] cream to follow. Who could ask for if you need an order form or have any questions. more? ENJOY THE SHOW! Suffragette July 26, 7 pm, Lyons Den ST. LUKE PARISH PICNIC Meryl Streep stars as a political Sunday, August 27, 10 to 2pm activist in early 20th-century Britain. Alverthorpe Park She engages in a dangerous game of Thanks to everyone who contributed paper goods and plastic ware for our cat-and-mouse, all for a just cause. parish picnic. We now have plenty of plastic cutlery, but if you still have As always, ice cream to follow. paper napkins and plates and cups to donate, please deposit them in the Please join us! baskets at each entrance to the church. This week we acquired a pair of face-painters, some Boy Scouts to help The Lyons Den is a meeting room with the games, and promises of musical entertainment from talented in Fr. Fitzpatrick Hall, the parishioners. On Picnic Day, we’d like to have a few friendly folks to serve auditorium beneath the church. The as greeters and help direct people to our pavilion. If you can help, please entrance to the auditorium is by the contact Mary Dhand, [email protected] or Bonnie Dalzell, driveway connecting the parking lot [email protected] to Easton Road. Tickets go on sale today – get yours early, as space in the pavilion is limited. We promise you a wonderful time! Saint Luke Parish offers year round opportunities for people seeking St. John’s Hospice is an emergency shelter and day services program and is a more information about the Catholic division of Catholic Social Services within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Faith, the Sacraments, and living the Since 1963, St. John’s has been providing crucial services to homeless men in Christian Life.

Center City. Currently, St. John’s Hospice provides residency for over 250 These opportunities are for adults homeless men annually. St. John’s serves over 3,000 meals per week through its who would like to inquire about fol- on-site day services program, provides 150 showers and clean clothing to lowing Jesus and becoming a mem- homeless men each week, and provides mail services for over 1,030 individuals. ber of the Catholic Church and for Medical assistance, counseling and case management are also available to all. those who are Catholics who would

Our parish assists the work of St. John’s by providing casseroles. Easy casserole like to receive Confirmation. recipes are located at saintjohnshospice.org/recipes For more information, please contact Pans are located in church. Please bring casseroles to St. Luke’s rectory porch Jeanne Kyle at the rectory (parish on the Monday morning before 9 am on our Donation Days, the third Monday office), [email protected] or 215-572 of each month. The next Donation Day is Monday, July 17. -0128. Remember to deliver casseroles frozen; prepare your recipe so that it can be eaten with a plastic “spork” (a combination spoon and fork). St. John’s does The program is known as Rite of not provide knives; Please mark the lid with the main ingredients and date you Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). prepared your casserole. 7/16/17—061 St. Luke—page 7 ST. JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR SCHOOL 2336 Fairhill Avenue Glenside, PA 19038

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Open Your Heart And Home to Sara a Catholic exchange student from Spain for the coming 2017- 2018 school year. A volunteer host family (with or without children) as well as single Two Host Families needed for Host an International Student parents are needed to provide food, a July & August attending La Salle College HS bed and a loving home for the Quest International is seeking caring Cambridge Homestay is currently coming school year to Sara from and nurturing host families for two looking for families in our area to be Spain. Sara is 15 and she was looking male students from Spain ages 15 hosts. Host families are compensated forward to spending the school year and 18. The boys are requesting to with a monthly stipend of $1,200. in Fort Walton Beach but her host be placed with families that have For more information visit family (military) will be transferred to teenagers around the same age. www.gphomestay.com or contact England mid September and a new Host Families will need to provide a Amber Perry, 617-749-8474, host family is needed (anywhere in nurturing environment, meals, and [email protected]. the country) to take over. EMF transportation to summer camps. students have medical insurance, HELP WANTED Students come with their own spending money for their personal Anyone who has a morning or spending money, computer, cell expenses and expect to share their afternoon free can volunteer for phone, and insurance. Generous host family's daily life including three hours as a door monitor at St. stipend for the month to offset household responsibilities. They Joseph the Protector School. Your expenses. speak English, are well-screened and help would be greatly appreciated! If you have room in your heart and eager to experience life in America. Contact Ann Marie Robinson at 908 home and would like to host an Their stay here is sponsored and -463-0086 or [email protected] international student, please contact supervised by EMF (Educational Chris Busche at 610-592-8709. Keep our sister parish in Haiti Merit Foundation), a non-profit, Questexchange.org educational exchange organization. in your prayers. Share your dinner with someone For more information on EMF who is homebound. Cook a little Check the Community page on our students, please call Marie-Claude extra and fill an ‘Aid for Friends’ website www.stlukerc.org for Dijoud now at 1-800-467-8363 or tray. Freeze and place in the freezer information about more events. The visit our web site at www.emfusa.org link to E-giving (Parish Giving) is on the (located in room just beyond chain Intellectual Disabilities and ‘About’ page of our website linked fence in parking lot). For Autism Help-Line—484-472-5041 more info on program at St. Luke [email protected]. call Kathy Cassidy, 215-884-7971. 7/16/17—061 St. Luke—page 8 What does it mean to be human? The annual “Day at the Bay” event Neumann-Goretti Alumni All What is the ache in our hearts that hosted by the Roman Catholic HS Classes Summer Reunion, the things of the world can't satisfy? Alumni Association will be held Saturday, August 19, at Keenan’s in Join the Theology of the Body Saturday, August 5, from 2 to 6 pm North Wildwood. Tickets are $25 in Institute and Anthem in a mini- at Keenan's Irish Pub in North advance or $30 at the door. For immersion retreat encounter Wildwood, N.J. Tickets are $35 in detailed information go to called “Awaken,” Friday, August advance, $40 day of the event. For www.themillayclub.org/calendar and 11 (5 pm) - Sunday, August 13 (1 information about tickets contact for tickets call the Alumni Office at pm) at St. Mary of Providence Roman Catholic HS Alumni Office 215.465.8437 ext. 235 or email Retreat Center in Elverson, PA. To at 215-627-5487 or visit [email protected]. Friday night register or to find out more, contact www.romancatholichs.com/ event is at Keenan’s, $10 at the door Samantha at 215-302-8200 ext 104. Page/906 with guest bartenders. Come and awaken the wonder and Bishop McDevitt Sports Camps mystery of being human! Reboot! Live! With Chris This year they offer Girls Volleyball Camp, Stefanick. St. Philip Neri Parish in MONTHLY TAIZÉ WITH Boys Basketball Camp and Girls Field Lafayette Hill, PA is pleased to Hockey Camp. NOCTURNAL ADORATION announce that internationally- Lady Lancers Volleyball Camp Come to join us for a monthly Taizé renowned Catholic family man, prayer, including Eucharistic July 24 - July 28 speaker and author, Chris Stefanick Adoration that will extend to For girls entering Grades 6th and his life-changing event, Reboot midnight. St. Raphaela Center. 616 through 9th in September 2017. Live!, will be held October 5, from 7 Coopertown Road, Haverford. Check the Community page on pm to 9:30 pm in the parish church Dates: 2nd Wednesday of the St. Luke’s website for more details located on 437 Ridge Pike in month, 7:30-8:30 pm No registration on the camps. Lafayette Hill. Reboot Live! is the needed. www.straphaelacenter.org fun, inspiring, and practical Holy Redeemer Lafayette experience for all (ages 12 and up) of Archbishop Wood High School Presents: Community Health and applying the beauty and genius of the has an opening for a Theater Direc- Fitness Series—Drink Up! August Gospel to every aspect of your life, tor for the 2017-18 school year. This 2, 2 pm-3 pm. Please RSVP by 7/26. from prayer and spirituality, to work, dynamic leader will be responsible Hydration becomes even more dating, marriage, parenting, health for directing the extracurricular thea- important as we age- especially this and more! Tickets are $20. Event is ter program, including both fall and time of year. Join us as we explore expect to sell out - register today at spring productions. Please send a ways to choose better beverages and www.reallifecatholic.com/reboot. cover letter and resume to Gary adequately hydrate. (Look for October 5th and St. Philip Zimmaro, president at For reservations, call: 215-214-2877 [email protected]. Neri to purchase online.) GET UPDATES Bishop McDevitt High School - EPIC Youth Group is looking for a FROM THE PARISH Class of 1967 is having a 50th Reun- young adult (early 20’s through ion on October 28, 2017. Please AND ITS ORGANIZATIONS: mid-30’s) who would like to be contact John “B” Creeden for details: www.flocknote.com/StLukeParish involved in our youth group. We [email protected] or 267- Or text Luke to 84756 have a core group of parents that 205-5822. from your phone plan and organize the meetings and events. We are looking for a dynamic WEDDING OF THE SEA FESTIVAL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 individual who can improve our Take part in this special tradition of the Parish of St. Monica in Atlantic City! relational ministry to the teens. Mass of the , Boardwalk Hall. Doors open at 11 am; Please pray and consider this Program and Mass at 12 noon; Procession to Surf at 1:15 pm. Join the Most invitation to aid our youth in Reverend Dennis Sullivan, Bishop of the Diocese of Camden in celebration of becoming closer to God. this beautiful Mass. Festival, St. ’s Church Parking Lot, Georgia If you are interested, contact Dave Avenue, 1 pm to 8 pm. Free & open to the public. Enjoy 10 Atlantic City Dombrowski 215-500-6840 or restaurant vendors, a beer garden, live music, children’s games, and more. Free [email protected] parking at multiple locations. 609-345-1878 7/16/17—061 St. Luke—page 9 Remember those who are serving in the Armed Forces Sean Biggio Ronald Green Nisha Marerro Michael Borowy Robert Grimming John McCormick Scott Cline Allen Hanslovan Anne McGoldrick Agatha Abbott Shaun Collins Robert P. Hopkins William Barry Anne Antenozzi John Crockett Andy Johnson Powers, Jr. Lou Candidi Michael Johnson Michael DiCicco Anthony Ross Kathleen Lindh Charles Keller A. J. Dolan Edward Keller Marygrace Telman Joseph Manero, Sr. Eric Duckworth Joe Kelly Travis Telman Margaret McGowan Christopher Christopher Calvin Travers Nancy Minetti Francis, Jr. Manero Tim Tumelty Margaret Mary Vickers Colin A. Graham Sean Maples Kevin Ward STAFF Pastor ...... Rev. Joseph D. Brandt Retired Priest in Residence ...... Rev. John F. McBride Matthew Anzideo Jimmy McGillian Permanent Deacon ...... Deacon Thomas M. Croke James Bilger Tim McGowan Permanent Deacon ...... Deacon Kevin J. Potter Bart Brigidi Garry Miller Business Manager ...... Deacon John K. Hunter Sherry Burke John Minichino Coordinator of Religious Education ...... Maria Hughes Don Campbell Russell Moore Director of Development ...... Karen Donahue Brian Carini Fr. Joseph Murphy Director of Music Ministries ...... Molly Mahoney Bernie Coyle Marian Murray Director of Parish Services ...... Jeanne Kyle Maureen Cunningham Maggie Nicholson Safe Environment Coordinator ...... Jeanne Kyle Kathy Delzingaro Ed Nolan Secretary ...... Tina Dean Eileen Erkes Charles Oettle Nicholas Fetscher Lou Sciandro Pastor Emeritus ...... Rev. Msgr. J. Michael Flood Kerry Fiandra Ed Scully Retired ...... Rev. Joseph T. Murphy Susan Gaffney Fissell Michelle Shillington PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Ray Fitzpatrick Shannon Simpson Fr. Joseph Brandt, Deacon Tom Croke, Jim Burke, Mike David Garcia Kathy Stanley Dubyk, Anna Filmyer, Jeanne Kyle, Dianne Ryan, Donna Frank Gavin Dot Sweeney Scully, Bob Serianni, and Tom Wieckowski Rose Gerle Sr. Eunice Timoney, IHM Matthew Iller Diane Towey PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL Tori Jones Jennifer McGowan Trainer Fr. Joseph Brandt, Deacon John Hunter, Jim Donahue, Mary King Ally Turner Mike Dubyk, Joe Hart, Ken Kempf, Kirk Stensrud, and Truman King Jean Waerig Pete Wilson Angie Kyle Anna Walsh Jim Lamina Dorothy Wasekanes Find out what’s going on at St. Luke the Evangelist Parish Christine Li Christina Weber We are now on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Andrew Mack Maryellen Worthington in addition to our website: www.stlukerc.org Eoin Madden All those who are sick and Mary Maltman homebound in the parish Lou Mancinelli and patients at Abington St Luke the Evangelist @stlukerc stlukerc Debbie Marvel Hospital - Jefferson Health RESPECT LIFE REFLECTION: John McGill “The challenge is to make the Church’s ‘yes’ to Life Bold indicates a recent addition. concrete and effective. The struggle will be long, and it needs each one of you. Place your intelligence, your RESPECT LIFE PRAYER: talents, your enthusiasm, your compassion and your For those who build a culture of life in our society: that fortitude at the service of life!” their efforts yield a fruitful harvest. — Pope John Paul II, “Homily,” August 15, 1993 7/16/17—061 St. Luke—page 10