Saint Richard Parish 3010 South 18th Street

Holy Spirit Worship Site 1845 Hartranft Street

Pastor Father John R. Weber

Director of Faith Formation Ms. Maryellen Carroll [email protected]

Baptisms Baptisms are celebrated at St. Richard Church mostly every Sunday at 12:30 PM. Contact Fr. Weber to make arrangements.

Reconciliation—Confession Saturdays at St. Richard Church 3:30—4:15 PM And before all Masses on Sunday.

Marriage Couples planning a Catholic Wedding should contact Fr. Weber a minimum of six months in advance to begin the marriage processes.

Anointing of the Sick and Homebound Visits Arrangements can be made for anointing or communion to be brought to the sick or dying by calling the rectory.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Celebration of the Eucharist Any adult wanting to join the Catholic faith or any adult who was baptized but never received First Communion or Confirmation please Weekend Mass contact Fr. Weber or Maryellen Carroll. Saturday Vigil 4:30 PM at St. Richard

Exposition and Benediction Sunday 8:00 AM at St. Richard Tuesdays September through May Sunday 10:00 AM at Holy Spirit Exposition following 8:30 AM Mass Sunday 11:30 AM at St. Richard Benediction with Prayers for Vocations 3:00 PM

Novena Prayers Weekday Mass Following the 8:30 Mass Monday through Saturday 8:30 AM at St. Richard Monday Miraculous Medal Novena Holy Day Mass as Announced Thursday Novena to Our Lady of Knock

Parish Registration Parish Rectory New parishioners are welcome and should register. Registration may 3010 S. 18th Street be conveniently done online via our parish website, Philadelphia, PA 19145 www.strichardchurch.org or by contacting the parish office. www. stricharchurch.org

Choir Phone: 215-468-4777 Fax: 215-468-3161 Our 11:30 Mass in enhanced by our choir. They are always Email: [email protected] looking to welcome new members. Office Hours: Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Senior Citizens and any time by appointment Tuesdays, 12:00-3:00 PM in St. Richard Parish Hall, September through June. Contact Joe Nolfi at 215-463-2590 for details. Saint Pio Catholic School Saint Vincent de Paul Society Provides charitable outreach to the community. Members meet Mrs. Francesca Russo, Principal monthly. See bulletin for details and events. 1826 Pollock Street Phone: 215-467-5430 www.stpiocatholicschool.org Please see inside the bulletin for other parish groups and events. St. Richard Parish Philadelphia, PA By the Way

SUNDAY August 23 8:00 Maryann Coletti Dear Sisters and Brothers, Requested by Carol and Bob Borda Today’s Gospel is the foundation of the 10:00 HOLY SPIRIT primacy of Peter and his successors, the Pope. In Vincent Smith today’s Gospel, Jesus gives Peter the keys to the Requested by mother, Mary Smith Kingdom of Heaven after Peter’s profession of faith 11:30 Anna Petriganni that Jesus is the Christ, the savior of the world. Pope Requested by Bob and Lorraine Terruso Francis is the 266th successor of Saint Peter. Pope MONDAY August 24 Francis is the Bishop of the Diocese of Rome, but 8:30 Anthony Giannini also, the head of the universal Church. We can only Requested by Annette Giannini TUESDAY August 25 be Catholic when we are in union with him. He has 8:30 Dante Tasca a great weight on his shoulders, but the Holy Spirit Requested by a neighbor chose him, is with him, and will continue to WEDNESDAY August 26 strengthen him as he leads us all closer to Jesus. We 8:30 Sr. Rita Small, R.S.M. pray for the Pope by name daily at Mass, and we Requested by Fr. Weber should also, pray for him in our private prayers each THURSDAY August 27 day. Our city was blessed to have the Successor of 8:30 Vincent Smith Saint Peter in our midst a few years ago. This Requested by mother, Mary Smith should make us feel even more connected to him. FRIDAY August 28

8:30 Tom Scalfaro Requested by a friend A lot of work around the church and school SATURDAY August 29 property was able to take place this summer. This 8:30 A Special Intention included paving of the parking lot, cement work, and 4:30 Vigil Patrick P. Confalone the ramp to the side door of the church repaired. Requested by Confalone Family Also, work was done in the school to prepare for a SUNDAY August 30 safe reopening this September. Thank you to all 8:00 Jerry and Mary Politano who have been able to continue to support the parish Requested by Theresa and Sonny Franchetti during this time. If you have not signed up for 10:00 HOLY SPIRIT online giving, a simple way to donate each week, Wanda Fletcher please see the information on how to sign up in the Requested by son, Patrick bulletin through Parish Giving. 11:30 Mariaelena DeCarlo Requested by Lou and Jean God Bless,

Our SANCTUARY CANDLE Father Weber

will be burning in loving memory of Louise Mastrangelo Requested by her daughters and son Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time August 23, 2020

Liturgy Corner 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time August 23rd, 2020

In today's Gospel we are told that Jesus has just left Caesa- rea Philippi. We hear this city, , literally "Philip's Caesarea"; mentioned in the Bible several times Sacraments rescheduled from last Spring but where and what was it! It was an ancient Roman city (children will be going into 3rd and 8th grades) located at the southwestern base of Mount Hermon. It was adjacent to a spring, grotto, and related shrines dedicated to Rescheduled First Holy Communion the Greek god Pan. Now nearly uninhabited, Caesarea is an archaeological site in the . It is now part of Saturday, September 26 modern day Syria. at 10:00 a.m. Mass Caesarea Philippi is mentioned by name in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark. The city may appear in the Old Testa-  Sacrament Formation ment under the name Baal Gad (literally "Master Luck", the name of a god of fortune who may later have been iden- for all children (school/parish hall) tified with Pan); Baal Gad is described as being "in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon." Sunday, September 20 , 9:15 - 11:15 and attend 11:30 Mass Around the time of the death of Zenodorus, the famous Greek mathematician in 20 BC, the Panion, which included Paneas, was annexed to the Kingdom of .  Practice (church) Herod erected here a temple of "white marble" in honour of Thursday, September 24, 5-6:30 p.m. his patron. In the year 3 BC, Philip II (also known as ) founded a city at Paneas. It became the ad-

ministrative capital of Philip's large tetrarchy of Batanaea Rescheduled Confirmation which encompassed the Golan and the . The ancient historian Flavius Josephus refers to the city as Caesarea Monday, September 28 Paneas in Antiquities of the Jews; the New Testament as Caesarea Philippi (to distinguish it from Caesarea Maritima at 5:00 p.m. on the Mediterranean coast). In 14 AD, Philip II named it Caesarea in honour of Roman Emperor Augustus, and  Sacrament Formation "made improvements" to the city. His image was placed on a coin issued in 29/30 AD (to commemorate the founding for all children (school/parish hall) of the city), this was considered as idolatrous by Jews. On Sunday , September 27, 9:15 -11:15 the death of Philip II in AD 34, the tetrarchy was incorpo- rated into the province of Syria with the city given the au- and attend 11:30 Mass tonomy to administer its own revenues.

 Practice (church) Jesus is said to have approached the area near the city, but Tuesday, September 22 5:00-6:30 p.m. without entering the city itself. Jesus, while in this area, asked his closest disciples who they thought he was. Ac- counts of their answers, including the Confession of Peter, Sacraments are found in the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and for the 2020-21 school year Luke. Here Saint Peter made his confession of Jesus as the Messiah and the "Son of the living God", which we hear in (Children will be going into the 2nd grade and 7th grade) the Gospel today, and Christ in turn gave a charge to Peter.

The apostles Peter, James and John were eyewitnesses to First Reconciliation the Transfiguration of Christ, which happened "in a high Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. place nearby" and is recorded in Matthew (17:1-7), Mark First Holy Communion (9:2-8) and Luke (9:28-36). According to the Christian ecclesiastical tradition, a woman from Paneas, who had Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. been bleeding for 12 years, was miraculously cured by Je- Confirmation sus. Tuesday, March 9. 2021 at 4:00 p.m. August 23, 2020

August 23, 2020

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