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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 Vicar Rev. Thomas D. O’Donald Parish Office 215-357-5720 Fax Number 215-396-0704 Office Manager Barbara Rogowski Communications/Scheduling Patrick McNally Secretaries/Receptionists Debbie McDermott Kathleen Mercurio Safe Environment Cathleen M. Lynskey Music Director Susan DiFlorio Facilities Manager Richard Bergen Parish Pastoral Council Email: [email protected] Religious Education/C.C.D. 215-357-2130 Eucharistic & Devotional Celebrations Landra Cunningham (During the current pandemic, all state & archdiocesan regulations are in effect) Parish Youth Ministry Vigil Mass (Saturday Evening): 5:30PM 215-357-5113 Sunday Masses: 7:30, 9:30, 11:00AM, & 12:30PM Youth Ministry Coordinator Weekday Masses (Monday through Friday): 6:30 & 9:00AM Maritza Carmona-Kelly Saturday Mass & Miraculous Medal Novena: 8:30AM Parish Outreach Ministry Holy Days (Except Christmas & New Year's) Vigil Mass: 5:30PM 215-357-4113 Holy Day Masses: 6:30, 9:00AM, 5:30PM, & 7:30PM Parish Nurse Sacrament of Reconciliation (Saturday): 4:00 to 5:00PM Kris Ingle Parish Rosary (Tuesday). 7PM Adoration Chapel (Temporarily in the Daily Mass Chapel) St. Katharine Drexel Mon-Sat: 7:00am to 9:00pm / Sunday: 1:30pm to 9:00pm Regional School 215-357-4720 Sacramental Sponsorship - For letters of eligibility, one must be a registered member of the Principal parish for six months or more (a reference letter from your previous parish will be accepted). Please contact the Parish Office five days in advance. Laura Clark Baptism - Usually celebrated on 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month, at 1:30pm. Advancement Director MANDATORY Pre-Jordan Classes are held on the 2nd Sunday of the month, Alicia Figueroa at 12:15pm. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED - please call the Parish Office to make Grade School Secretaries arrangements (215-357-5720). Debra Guarino Marriage - Saturday weddings are 10:00AM, 12:00 Noon, & 2:00 PM. It is Diocesan policy that arrangements must be made AT LEAST 6 MONTHS prior to the Kathleen Young wedding. Information on Marriage Instructions can be obtained from the priests. For information on music, call Susan DiFlorio at 215-891-0869. Anointing of the Sick - In case of serious illness (or advanced age), please call the priests. Hospital cases should contact the Chaplain, but the Parish Office should be notified so one of the priests may visit the patient. Sacrament of Reconciliation - Saturdays 4 PM to 5 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. October 25, 2020 1 St. Bede 103 "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Matthew 22: 37 A Message From Your Pastor Scripture Readings for Next Sunday My Dear Parishioners, Solemnity I am pleased to announce that Matthew Ruel, a parishioner of All Saints of St. Bede the Venerable Parish for over 11 years, has been November 1, 2020 accepted as a candidate for the Permanent Diaconate for the Revelation 7: 2-4, 9-14 Archdiocese of Philadel- Psalm 24: 1-6 phia. On Monday 1 John 3: 1-3 Matthew 5: 1-12 Rev. Monsignor evening October 5, 2020, along with his This feast first honored martyrs. Later, when John C. Marine Chrisans were free to worship according to their wife Rachel, I attended conscience, the Church acknowledged other paths the Rite of Admittance into Candidacy to sancty. The first papal canonizaon occurred for the Diaconate for Matt, which took in the year 993; the lengthy process now required place at Immaculate Conception Chapel to prove extraordinary sancty took form in the on the campus of St. Charles Seminary. last 500 years. Today’s feast honors the obscure as There are three orders or “levels” of well as the famous—the saints each of us have the Sacrament of Holy Orders in the known. Catholic Church: namely Bishop, Priest, and Deacon. And in that Diaconate part Ma Ruel (right) is pictured here with Adoration Chapel his wife Rachel and Bishop Timothy of Holy Orders there are two classifica- Altar Candle Dedication tions: Transitional Deacons for whom the Senior, Rector of St. Charles Seminary, who officiated at the Rite of Candidacy. Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 2020 Diaconate is the final stepping stone to In memory of the priesthood, and the Permanent Diaconate in which a Deacon remains a Pfc. Joseph F. Boschetti Deacon primarily because he is usually married, as is the case with Matt. Req. by “Church Lady Friends” Matt received candidacy upon completing a preliminary year of aspirancy, 2021 dates are also now available! which involved study, interviews and prayerful discernment under the guidance Just come into the Parish Office. of the Permanent Diaconate Office of the Archdiocese. He now begins a four- Candle dedications are a $30 donation for the week. year period of ongoing discernment, study and prayer, which involves a once or NOTE: twice a week commute to St. Charles Seminary, for him and his wife. Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament is now Permanent Deacons are ministers of the Word, the Altar and Charity. Upon taking place in the Daily Mass Chapel, until further ordination they proclaim the Gospel, and with the presumed consent of the notice. The Chapel is open Monday through Saturday pastor, occasionally preach at Mass. They bring Holy Communion to the sick, from 7:00am to 9:00pm, and on Sunday after the baptize, preside at wake services and burials, and occasionally, when necessity 12:30pm Mass, until 9:00pm. arises, officiate at weddings. As Ministers of Charity, Permanent Deacons participate in the charitable outreach and social welfare ministries of the parish, Remember The Deceased visiting the sick, feeding the hungry, and wherever the pastor sees the need for Ron Peluso, Walter H. Grove, Jr. their assistance. We are united in prayer with their families and with one Many of you know Matt from your hospital stays at St. Mary Medical another as we and all the faithful departed await our rising Center. Matt volunteered there for several years as a member of the Pastoral with the Lord. Care team, where he visited Catholic patients and assisted the priest chaplains in the distribution of Holy Communion and prayer. Currently, Matt opens our NEED ASSISTANCE ?? church for the 6:30am daily Mass, assists in serving and distributing Holy Communion at that Mass, and also at funerals. He also serves as a lector and Need help with shopping or an Extraordinary Minister. errand during this time ? Call the Please join me in congratulating Matt and his wife Rachel, as he begins, Rectory (215-357-5720) with her support, his four-years of study and formation. He is another example or Kris Ingle: 215-357-4113 of the many blessing and gifts I have found in you, the parishioners of St. Bede the Venerable Parish. Remember, you May God bless you. can access the Mass for this Sunday at St. Bede Church online by “My past, O Lord, to Your mercy, 9:30am by going to My present to Your love. our website My future to Your Providence.” (www.st-bede.org). St. Pio of Pietrelcina October 25, 2020 2 St. Bede 103 FAITH FILLED CITIZENSHIP How do we let our Catholic Faith guide our choices on Election Day? A panel discussion led by: Francis X. Maier Francis X. Maier is a senior fellow in Catholic studies at the Washington, D.C.-based Ethics and Public Policy Center, and senior research associate in Constitutional studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he also earned his degree. A cofounding board member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, and a board member of the Napa Institute, he served as senior adviser and special assistant to Archbishop Charles Chaput for 23 years in Denver and Philadelphia. Previously he was editor in chief of the National Catholic Register and a story analyst and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. He is also a former fellow of the Ameri- can Film Institute’s Conservatory for Advanced Film Studies. His bylined work has appeared in First Things, National Review, The American Spectator, Crisis, This World, America, Commonweal, the New York Times Sunday magazine, Christian Science Moni- tor, and other national and foreign outlets. The father of four and grandfather of 10, he and his wife Suann are active members of St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish in Yardley. Rev. Eric J. Banecker Parochial Administrator St. Francis deSales Parish, Philadelphia Born and raised in South Philadelphia, Fr. Banecker is a graduate of Epiphany of Our Lord School and Roman Catholic High School. He attended and earned his Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Pennsylvania, and while there taught citizen- ship classes at the IHM Literacy Center and volunteered at St. Francis deSales School through the Fox Leadership program at Penn. Fr. Banecker then entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, and was ordained a priest in 2018. He served as a Parochial Vicar at St. Pius X Parish in Broomall before being named Parochial Administrator of St. Francis deSales in July, 2020. **There will be me for quesons following the presentaons** St. Bede the Venerable Church 1071 Holland Rd. Holland, Pa. TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, 2020 7:00pm The event will be live streamed at www.st‐bede.org and on the St. Bede Facebook Page October 25, 2020 3 St. Bede 103 Don’t let the end of Daylight Savings Principal’s Corner Time make you late for Mass! Remember to set your clocks BACK one hour before Our Annual Golf Outing was a great going to bed on October 31, so you’ll be success last weekend.