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St. Andrew the Apostle Church Founded - July 2, 1916

3500 School Lane October 3, 2021 Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026

Pastor: Rev. Msgr. Albin J. Grous, S.T.D., M.A., M. Div. Sunday Assistants: In Residence: Rev. P. Masson, M.A., M.Div. Rev. Philip J. Lowe, Ed. D., M. Div. Deacon Thomas N. Verna, M.A., D.M.D. School Principal: Helen McLean, Ed. D. Deacon N. DeLucca, M.B.A., L.H.D., Pd.D., LL.D., Retired

Parish Phone: 610-259-1169 Parish Website: www.standrewdh.org School Phone: 610-259-5145 Parish E-mail: [email protected] School Website: www.saintandrewschool.com School Fax: 610-284-6956 Bulletin E-mail: [email protected] Convent Phone: 610-259-6130 Business Mgr. E-mail: [email protected]

MASSES: Saturday: 5:00 PM Vigil DAILY VISITATION: The Church is open for visitation on weekdays from Sunday: 7:30 &10:00 AM and 12:30 PM the fi rst Mass until 5:00 PM; on Saturday until after the 5:00 PM Vigil Mass Holy Days: 5:15 PM Vigil; 6:30 AM, 12:00 Noon and 5:15 PM and on Sunday until 1:45 PM. The Most Blessed Sacrament will be exposed Weekdays: 6:30 AM in the monstrance for Adoration every Tuesday (except in July and August) Saturdays: 8:00 AM until 7:00 PM when the Divine Mercy chaplet is prayed in reparation for SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Parents must register for the the sins of sexual abuse and concluded with Benediction. Pre-Jordan Class before having their baby baptized by calling the Coordinator: Stephanie Ennis 610-622-8169. Rectory 610-259-1169. All necessary forms and guidelines for Godparents will be given at the Pre-Jordan Class, held the third CCD / PREP: Religious instructions for public school children, grades 1 Sunday of the month at 9:00 AM in the St. Katharine Drexel Room through 8, are given each Monday evening during the scholastic year, from in Msgr. McGettigan Hall. The Sacrament of Baptism is administered 6:45 to 7:45 PM, in the Fr. McShain Building. Further information on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 1:30 PM in Church. Please refer to may be obtained by calling the rectory (610-259-1169). the parish website for guidelines for Godparents.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: SICK CALLS: Emergency sick calls to the rectory always receive prompt Saturdays: 3:30 to 4:30 PM attention. Parishioners unable to attend church should call the rectory so Sundays: After 7:30 AM Mass, or by appointment with a priest that a priest or an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion may bring Holy Communion. If you are going into the hospital please see the heading SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Couples should contact one of the Sacrament of Anointing. parish priests who will meet with them. Available dates for weddings will not be discussed before the couple meets with the priest. Six The Rectory Offi ce is open Monday through months notifi cation to prepare for marriage is expected; a full year RECTORY OFFICE HOURS: is recommended. Thursday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Friday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. All requests for sacramental arra ngements or certifi cates, registration, etc., are to be SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING: Please gather at the altar of conducted during these hours, or arranged by appointment. Our Lady each Sunday after the 10:00 AM Mass for this Sacrament. Sick persons will be anointed before surgery, elderly people THE ELECTED PASTORAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE: because of weakened condition, and all whose illness shows a Kelsey Bierling 610-259-5685 Marianne Grace 610-623-3069 need for strengthening through the power of the Holy Spirit and Rosemarie Dooling 610-259-4077 Magee 610-284-0210 the prayers of the Church, including sick children who have suffi cient Joseph Gallagher 610-622-5951 Robert Montoro 610-259-2774 reason to be strengthened by this Sacrament.  2FWREHU2FWREHU2FWREHU2FWREHU 7ZHQW\7ZHQW\7ZHQW\7ZHQW\6HYHQWK 6HYHQWK6HYHQWK6HYHQWK6XQGD\LQ2UGLQDU\7LPH 6XQGD\LQ2UGLQDU\7LPH6XQGD\LQ2UGLQDU\7LPH

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In your charity, please remember in your prayers every human being, but especially the weakest and those who have died and join the whole Church in most defenseless. If you want equal justice for all commending them to the Mercy of God: and true freedom and lasting peace, then America, Sr. Anne Jose Campbell, SSJ defend life.” ~ St. John Paul II

Pray for the Sick of our Parish Family Rosary Night

In our prayer for those in need of healing, each of Join us in church each Wednesday in us in the Church serves Himself in the October at 7:00 PM for the Family suffering members of His Mystical Body. Please Rosary. Families are encouraged to pray for: Jennifer Clark, Helen Getzfread, Virginia attend! This will be a prayerful experience for Malloy, Thomas Melvin, Sarah Paquette, Kim families – and especially for younger children – to Petitpren, Vincent Reiley, Mary Walsh. learn the joy of praying the Rosary as a family.

Pre-Jordan Baptismal Instruction Nocturnal Adoration Society Pre-Jordan Baptismal instruction is Annual Mass

required for parents who wish to have A Mass for all living and deceased members of St. their child baptized in the Catholic Andrew’s Nocturnal Adoration Society will be faith. Prospective godparents are also celebrated on Saturday, October 16th at 8:00 AM welcome and encouraged to attend. followed by a fellowship reception in McGettigan The next Pre-Jordan session will be held on Hall in the Fr. Hughes Building. All members and Sunday, October 17 at 9:00 AM. Please call the anyone interested in learning more about Nocturnal Rectory office (610-259-1169) for more Adoration are invited. Refreshments provided. information and to register. Please call Tina Angelo (610-513-8731) for more information.

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with the recitation of the Divine Mercy Individuals may reserve up to five (5) Masses. Chaplet and Benediction. Thank you for your understanding.

We are in need of adorers particularly between the hours of 5:00-6:00 PM. You may scheddule yourself for one (or more) hour per week to pray before the St. Vincent de Paul Society presence of Our Lord, exposed in the monstrance. Even if you are not a scheduled Adorer but come in In today’s , tells his to make a visit, please sign in on the clipboard the disciples, “Let the children come to time 'you remain with Him'. If you are able to sign me…for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” up for any time at all please call Stephanie Ennis (610-622-8169). This week, please help the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to bring the love and mercy of Jesus to children who are hungry and cold. Rosary Rally Save the Date! – St. Andrew Parish will host a On Saturday, October 16 at noon, a clothing and household goods drive on Saturday, public square Rosary Rally will be held October 23 from 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM for the outside the Church in front of Our benefit of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Lady’s statue. Join us to pray for Our Donating your gently used clothing, toys, small Lady’s intercession through her Son for appliances, and other household items will make a the protection of our country and our difference to our neighbors in need! world from evil that is threatening to engulf us. Our prayer also commemorates Our Lady’s “Miracle of the Sun” which took place in Fatima, St. Andrew CYO News Portugal on October 13, 1917. Please join us for one hour when hundreds of thousands across the Please pray for our CYO student-athletes country will also be praying. Bring your Rosary as they compete in this week’s events. Go (and a chair on blanket if you wish). For more Cardinals! information, call Raphael (610-613-7481). Girls’ and Boys’ Cross Country October 3 - Meet #3 (Belmont Plateau)

Are You Called to Be a Deacon in the Girls’ Varsity and JV Field Hockey Archdiocese of Philadelphia? October 7 – vs. St. Bernadette (Dermond Field)

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