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The 11, of 2015

Parish Staff Celebration of the Phone: 610 -269 -8294 Fax: 610 -269 -2487 Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Vigil

www.stjosephrc.org Sunday: 6:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 460 Manor Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335 10:30 a.m., 12 noon, 4:00 p.m. Rev. Msgr. Joseph C. McLoone Monday -Friday: 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. Rev. Anthony T. Rossi Parochial Vicar Saturday: 8:00 a.m.

Rev. Matthew W. Guckin Resident Holy Days of Obligation As Announced Deacon Jim Bogdan Permanent Deacon Reconciliation Deacon Edward R. Schiappa Permanent Deacon Saturday: 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Mr. Ken Chrusch Director of Youth Ministry Wednesdays: 6:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Ms. Karen Dawson Parish Services Director/ Adult Faith Formation Coordinator of the Sick Any sick or hospitalized parishioner who Mrs. Roe DeRitis Parish Secretary is in need of the of the Sick

- should contact the Parish Office. Mrs. Jo Ann Funkhouser Bookkeeper

Mrs. Dodie Milano Receptionist Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Ms. Julie Wiant Business Manager Chapel in the Holy Family

Center. Ms. Jeannine Zack Parish Secretary Morning Prayer School Monday —Friday at 6:30 a.m. in .

Phone: 610 -269 -8999 Fax: 610 -269 -2252 www.stjosephrc.org Devotions The Holy : Sister Catherine Irene, I.H.M. Principal Recited before the 9:00 a.m. Mass daily.

Sister Diane Licordare, I.H.M. Vice Principal Miraculous Medal Devotions:

Mrs. Julie Fitzgerald Secretary Every Tuesday after the 9 a.m. Mass.

Novena to Joseph: Parish Religious Education Program - - - - Every Wednesday after the 9 a.m. Mass. Phone: 610 873 8798 Fax: 610 873 5466 www.stjosephrc.org Litany to the Sacred Heart: Mrs. Kathy Thomas Director of Religious Education First Friday of the month after the 9 a.m. Mass. Mrs. Mary Ann Korpics Assistant to the D.R.E. First Saturday Devotions: Convent The First Saturday of each month at 8:30 Sister Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary a.m. 484 -593 -4352

Saint Joseph Church Mission Statement Motivated by our belief in and bound together by our Roman faith, we are a parish that seeks to respond to the invitation by living as 's people. Baptized into Christ Jesus, confirmed by the gift of the , and nourished by the Eucharist, we are a community that gives glory to God and proclaims His message of love and salvation . Today’s Readings Readings for The Baptism of the Lord can be found at #880. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 5:00 PM Angelina Trina Mango Congratulations to the following children who were baptized on SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 Sunday, December 28 and Sunday, January 4.

6:00 AM For the Parishioners RYDER BECKER BOGUSCH , S AMUEL JAMES BONSALL , K EEGAN JAMES

7:30 AM Francis (Chick) Migdale DOUGHERTY , Z ACHARY JAMES ELLISON AND OLIVIA DEE GREEN . 9:00 AM Helen & Maurice Bird Parents of babies to be baptized are asked to please register for Pre -, a 10:30 AM Adam Erdman baptism preparation program at Parish, recommended by the (4th Anniversary) Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Our next available session is Saturday, February 7 12:00 PM Mary Monastero from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration information can be found on our website or in the 4:00 PM Clare Ann Wolfe brochures in the Saint Katharine Drexel Room. For more information, contact - - MONDAY, JANUARY 12 Karen Dawson at 610 269 8294 or [email protected]. 7:00 AM Frank DeMucci 9:00 AM Mary Keane MARRIAGE Congratulation to the following couple who was married in December. TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 VINCENT SHORT AND HELEN SWANSBOROUGH 7:00 AM Frances DiLullo Couples planning to marry are asked to meet with their parish priest as soon as 9:00 AM Joe Poltrone - - possible after their engagement and to enroll in a marriage prep program (Pre Cana) - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 at least six months prior to the wedding. Our next Pre Cana weekend is April 17 7:00 AM Dominic Binh Than and 18. Flyers are in the Saint Katharine Drexel Room, on the parish website at 9:00 AM Samuel Brown www.stjosephrc.org and in the parish office. For more information, contact Karen Dawson at 610 -269 -8294 or [email protected]. THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 7:00 AM Harry Chicosky, Sr. PLEASE PRAY FOR: 9:00 AM Josephine Anderson Please call the parish office (each month) if you would like to add/remove someone’s name from these lists. FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 ...those who are serving our country: 7:00 AM Loretta Savastio Sgt. Steve Anderson, Andrew Bowser, Scott Bradley, Sgt. Thomas J. Buttner, 9:00 AM Alice Asko Specialist Andrew Clauhs, Sarah Debarberie, Lt/Cpl. Shane Desiderio, Staff Sgt.

Christopher Deutsch, Staff Sgt. Ian Deutsch, 1st Lt. Joseph DiBerardinis, Jennifer SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 Dunn, 2nd. Lt. Mark Edwards, Spc. Sean Foreman, Danny Fuller, Jeffrey Fuller, 1st 8:00 AM Pierre & Kate Suhrber Lt. Matthew Glisson, Leslie Harkness, 1st Lt. Jonathan M. Harris, Brent Joshua (Living) Horrocks, LCPL. Steven Houser, Jacob Hudson, Zachary Kish, Christopher J. Korpics, Mark T. Korpics, Andy Landmesser, Major Paul D. Lang. PFC. Sgt. Christopher Madden, Spc. Nicholas Massari, Pvt. Francis Misantone, 2nd Lt. Ryan The Sanctuary Candle burns - in memory of Adam Erdman. Misero, Lt. J.G. Brian Muka, Pvt. Ian Donoghue Neider, Sgt. Bradley Panichelli, Alex Rozon, Vincent E. Short, III, Jeremy Solnosky, John Stagliano, III, Ryan The Chapel Sanctuary Candle burns Strehl, Bryan Williams, Josh Woodward and Vincent Yarch. in memory of Mafalda Ferrara. those who are sick: Sylvia Anderson, Paul Barnhouse, Pierce G. Batty, Jr., Tony Bello, Mina Massimini ANNOUNCED MASSES Bender, Patrick Bonani, Page Brophy, Philomena Bruno, Nathaniel Burt, Allison Carcella, Caroline Casenta, Judy DiFonzo Cazillo, Anita Conant, John P. Conway, NEXT WEEKEND Baby Michael Corrigan, Jason Cozzone, John Cruice, Agnes Cunniffe, Dominic D’Antonio, Eileen Delphais, Paul DiFonzo, Linton Dorfman, Preston James Duca, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 Evelyn Dulik, Tony G. Eby, Mary Ellen Edwards, Lisa Esworthy, Gladys Felice, 5:00 PM Betty Benfield Arnold Fernandes, Richard Fernandes, William Ferracone, Foley, Cathy Gold, SUNDAY, JANUARY 18 Charles Gold, John Guttman, Phoebe Guyer, Cathie Harper, Ann Hauster, Cyn 6:00 AM For the Parishioners Hechinger, Doreen Hindo, Nick Inman, Kenny Klunk, Sr., Joseph R. Koval, Jr., 7:30 AM Msgr. Robert T. Patricia Kundert, Kurtz, Ann Lang, Robert Mancuso, Joseph Massaini, Nicholas Massari, The McBeth Family, Kathy McGroarty, Pat Melcher, Lynn McManus (Living) Memola, Marena Marie Meyers, Guy Milbrandt, Xavier Miniaci, Kathleen Ott, Jim 9:00 AM Domenic Talucci & Mary Ann Paserba, Bill Pashinski, Florence Popadick, Al Porta, S. Pratt, Carol (43rd Anniversary) Purvis, Lynn Reily, Sue Rizzo, Doreen & Don Sadowski, Christopher Sauk, Charles 10:30 AM James Colligan Scott, Pat Semenza, Margaret Shannon, Melissa Shellenberger, Laura Shorter, 12:00 PM Maggie Medvitz Edward Smith, Sister Mary Stanislaus, Tammy Strater, Hillary Taub, Agnes Timothy and Ronald Grant Zimmerman. 4:00 PM Antonio & Teresa DeFeo Please remember in your prayers all those who have died:

(68th Wedding Barbara Beck, Joan Courtless, Bernard James, Roberta McLoughlin, Anniversary) Ada Morelli, Molly Taraschi, Eula Yatcilla and Daniel Ziobro, Jr.

A Letter from the Pastor

January 11, 2015 Dear Friends,

This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord . All of the readings on this Sunday speak to the glory of the Holy — “the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” As stewards of the faith, we must strive to understand and appreciate the meaning and significance of that Trinity.

Recall that Isaiah was writing some six centuries before the birth of Christ; yet that prophet anticipates and predicts much of what we are to learn and realize in the . We are challenged to reflect upon suffering and Christ and salvation within this beautiful poem. Although we understand that suffering is part of life for all of us, it can never match the trials undergone by our Lord and Savior. We, too, are called to be servants of the Lord, and although much less is asked of us than was of Jesus, if we hope to accomplish even in some small way our calling, lives of stewardship provide the best means.

The second reading from John also speaks to the glory of the Trinity. It begins with emphasizing that “Everyone who believes Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God,” and ends by emphasizing that “The Spirit is the one who testifies, and the Spirit is truth.” He tells us that serving God is not burdensome; indeed, it is in serving Him that we know we love Him and each other.

The Gospel from Mark supports the reference to serving God and being open to the work of the Trinity. It is this call to service that we find in our own summons to lives of stewardship. St. reminds us that we, too, have received the Holy Spirit through Baptism. Stewardship is our response to that charge, that invitation to discipleship.

We are blessed to have so many people here at Saint Joseph who know they are called to be good servants and faithful stewards of the many blessings God has bestowed on them. I am very thankful for how you share your time, talent and treasure and very appreciative for the generous collection we received to continue the work of Christ here in Downingtown! Let us continue to work and pray that God will be well pleased by all we say and do!

Saint Joseph, Pray for Us!

Monsignor McLoone Pastor

A Prayer for the World Meeting of Families

God and Father of us all, in Jesus, your Son and our Savior, you have made us your sons and daughters in the family of the Church.

May your grace and love help our families in every part of the world be united to one another in fidelity to .

May the example of the Holy Family, with the aid of your Holy Spirit, guide all families, especially those most troubled, to be homes of communion and prayer and to always seek your truth and live in your love.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Jesus, Mary and JosephJoseph, pray for us!

There will be a different theme each month leading up to the World Meeting of Families (September 2015) based on the 10 chapters of the Preparatory Catechesis “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive .”

January’s theme is The Meaning of Human Sexuality The tangible, earthly, corporeal world is more than inert matter or modeling clay for the human will. Creation is sacred. It has sacramental meaning. It reflects God’s glory. That includes our bodies. Our sexuality has the power to procreate, and shares in the dignity of being created in the image of God. We need to live accordingly. Parish News

Join us this Substance Addiction Festive Time of Year! Ministry Team St. Joseph Parish is forming a new ministry to help people The Art & Environment committee invites you to join in this festive time of year. We will be taking down all the face the challenges that accompany addiction. The mission church decorations on Sunday, January 11, 2015 , following of the Substance Addiction Ministry includes: the 4 p.m. mass. We appreciate any and all volunteers, so if • Increasing awareness by aiding those affected by you find yourself available, please join in. Many hands addiction through education about ministries and make for light work. We hope to see you there! groups within the parish and the community at large. • Providing a safe, confidential place for healing rooted

Mandated Reporters in Catholic Spirituality and Faith Tradition. Under Pennsylvania law, any Our next two planning meetings will be held: person, paid or unpaid, who works, • Thursday, Jan. 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the St. John volunteers and/or comes into direct Neumann Room in church. contact with children in a program, • Thursday, Jan. 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 3 of the activity or service is a mandated Parish Meeting Center (behind the school). reporter and must immediately report suspicions of child abuse or For more information, please contact Regina Martin at 484 - neglect. 354 -7919 or [email protected] Within the Archdiocese, this includes all members of clergy, Help build a world where human life parish and school staff, and volunteers who are likely to come is always loved and defended! into direct contact with children. March for Life 2015

ARE YOU A The 42 nd Annual March for Life is January 22 in Washington, DC. Join Archbishop Chaput, Msgr. McLoone, MANDATED REPORTER? and Fr. Rossi in this peaceful demonstration to bear witness As part of our Catholic commitment to safe to the dignity of human life from conception to natural environments, the Archdiocese recently updated its death. policies and training curriculum for mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect. These new policies reflect the Please make plans to attend. We will be departing promptly Church’s commitment to always do more, as well as the from the Church parking lot at 6:30 a.m. and will be new Pennsylvania laws that went into effect December returning by 7:00 p.m. The bus will not be stopping enroute, so please pack a lunch. 31. If you have direct contact with children, you are a mandated reporter . Our Safe Environment We will be attending Mass with the Archbishop at the Coordinators will be working with our parish in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at 10 a.m. coming weeks to educate mandated reporters about their The buses will take us to the March for Life Rally on the responsibilities and how to properly report child abuse to Mall. After the March the buses will be picking us up at ChildLine, PA’s 24 -hour hotline. Information is also 4:00 p.m. in downtown D.C. available at www.childyouthprotection.org. As we continue to do all we can to keep our children safe, also Two buses have been ordered and we have limited seating. know that the Office for Child and Youth Protection Please call (Dan at the number below) as soon as possible to provides services, resources and support toward healing reserve your seat. Thanks to the generosity of the Knights for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and their of Columbus and the Baby Bottle Campaign, we will not be families. Victim services can be reached at 1 -888 -800 - charging for the trip this year. However, if you wish to 8780 or via email at [email protected]. make a donation, the monies will go to support the March for Life 2015 National Committee.

PLEASE NOTE Please call Dan Bowser at 610 -909 -0807 or email [email protected]. There will be no evening confessions on Wednesday, January 28 Please make a serious commitment to join us. Last year we due to First Reconciliation. had too many cancellations so be prepared to go regardless of the weather. Available in the Parish Ofice. Parish News Parish Registration Sweepstakes Calendars for Sunday, January 25, at 10 AM Located in the Church, Saint John Neumann Room . 2015 are on sale! You can give yourself - or someone else - the This is a great opportunity to register as a parishioner of chance to win every day of the year in 2015. Just Saint Joseph Parish. Please come and meet our wonderful pick a three -digit number and buy a ticket (a Pastor, School Principal, Parish Services Director, Director “lottery calendar”). of Religious Education and members of our Stewardship Committee. Please call the parish office if you have any You may purchase a calendar at the Parish Office. further questions. Proceeds will help fund the purchase of a window for the church. Calendars cost $100 and your Called and Gifted three -digit number is good for all of 2015. Join us as we discern our spiritual gifts, our personal call from God, and our personal vocation all for God’s Glory. Update Your information! Have you moved, been married recently, changed your Dates: Part 1 (5 Thursdays, February 26 through phone number or email address, or made any other

March 26); Part 2 (5 weeks, beginning April 16) changes in your household? Please call the parish office or

email [email protected] to update your records. Place and Time: St. John Neumann Meeting Room in Church; 7 -8:30 p.m. Monsignor McLoone used this little prayer on Who: Catholics who want to live their faith more fully. New Year’s morning at his mass and many people asked for a copy of it. Maybe you are in transition in your life. Maybe you are looking to help your children in their spiritual lives. Or maybe you are discerning how your giftedness can renew The Good Morning God Prayer your life, help our parish, or change the world. Know… that you are called and gifted ! Good Morning God! You are ushering in another day, Cost: $20 for program materials. Parish subsidies are untouched and freshly new. available. Checks payable to Saint Joseph Church. So here I am to ask you, God, Register/Questions: Cathy Sirhal at if Youʹll renew me too. [email protected]. Please register by Feb. 13. Forgive the many errors that I made yesterday Family Potluck and let me try again dear God to walk closer in Your way. Dinner and Prayer Your entire family is welcome to attend St. But Lord, I am well aware, Joseph’s monthly Family Potluck Dinner & Prayer Evening I canʹt make it on my own. on Saturday, February 7 following the 5 p.m. Mass! So take my hand and hold it tight, Celebrate Mass Share a meal for I cannot walk alone . Pray a decade of the rosary

Parish Office Inclement Weather Policy On your way into Mass, bring your dish and serving utensil into the cafeteria (using the right -most doors along the Saint Joseph Office has a formal office closure policy.

front of the school). • If St. Joseph School is closed due to inclement weather,

What Can You Bring? Crock pot or covered dish to the parish office and PREP office will be closed. • share, large salad, rolls and butter, or desserts! We will All daytime and evening activities will be cancelled as well. have prayer cards and extra . For more information,

contact Patty and Scott Millward at [email protected] . You can always check our Facebook page as well! Parish News Do you have expertise to Children’s help the St. Joseph Health and Liturgy of the Word

Our Children’s Liturgy of the Word takes Wellness Ministry? Let the little place every Sunday during our 9 a.m. Mass. St. Joseph Parish is starting a new ministry, the St. Joseph children come to me! Just prior to the First Reading, children in Health and Wellness Ministry , to support parishioners 1st through 3 rd grade will be called forth to and their families in need of support and options for dealing gather in the front of the altar. They will receive a blessing, with health -related issues and options for aging relatives. then proceed with an adult leader to the chapel. There, they The mission of this ministry is to be a trusted source in our will hear approved versions of the readings for the Mass at a parish as parishioners and families encounter: aging issues, level they better understand and trained leaders will invite health issues and the related care options or decision issues, them to share their reflections on the Gospel. The children and support to make decisions regarding independent or will be escorted back into church to join their families for assisted living. The ministry will provide resources and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. support through this process, which can sometimes be very confusing and stressful. We are looking for: elder care If you have questions or would like to become involved in attorneys, nurses, geriatric physicians, bankers, estate this program, please contact Kathy Thomas at planners, medical and nonmedical home care professionals, [email protected]. and anyone who would like to be part of this new ministry. Please call Kate Somers, 610 -639 -3547, or Ceil Harkness 610 -420 -6943 for more information, or email Saint Joseph Memorial [email protected] . Society Masses

“LIKE” US ON FACEBOOK! These Masses are offered on the first Sunday of each “Like” us on Facebook and keep up with all of month at the 10:30 a.m. Mass. The Memorial Mass cards the latest Saint Joseph Parish News! are large padded folders with a choice of three colors & https://www.facebook.com/saintjosephdtown pictures. Names of those to be remembered at these You may also search on Facebook for Masses are printed in the bulletin the week prior to that

“St Joseph Parish Downingtown” month’s Mass. These Mass cards are $20. CONSIDER A NEW WAY FOR 2015 CONTRIBUTIONS Have you considered using one of our electronic forms of giving for your parish contributions for 2015? Why not switch your form of contribution from paper to electronic and save in 2015. The savings are in your time (no time spent writing a check, putting it in an envelope and then remembering to bring it to church), our time (we no longer have to physically count it and then deposit it in the bank), and the environment (less paper = more trees). We offer both AutoGive and credit card giving for both weekly and monthly contributions. Of course, we appreciate your gift and say many thanks for your generosity regardless of the form of giving! Your stewardship helps us maintain, grow, and keep alive the faith at St. Joseph every day . Monthly Credit Card Contribution Form I/We hereby request that our monthly contributions be automatically charged to my/our credit card.

Monthly amount of $ ______

Card No. ______Expiration Date ______

Signature ______

or Weekly or Monthly Checking Account Contribution Form I/We hereby authorize St. Joseph Parish to establish automatic withdraw from my bank account.

Monthly amount of $______Weekly amount of $______

Signature ______Please attach a voided check Stewardship

Collection Totals

Sunday, December 28

$38,287.68

Have you ever wondered why Jesus, who was without , Ordinary Income: $30,293.50 (634 envelopes) was baptized? Loose Cash: $2,880.68

Weekly EFT: $5,113.15 (185 participants) The baptism of Jesus symbolizes and anticipated his death. After Christ’s ascension into heaven, baptism was required Collection Total: $38,287.68 for all those who became . St. Paul makes the connection between baptism and death for Christians when Christmas Collection To Date: he maintained that we are buried with Christ in baptism, so $150,733.00

that we may rise with him to a new life. Sunday, January 4 In what way will we be good stewards of our new life in $79,449.47 Christ in the coming year? Ordinary Income: $32,129.50 (456 envelopes) Helping Other People Everyday Loose Cash: $2,684.44 (H.O.P.E.) Weekly EFT: $5,363.50 (201 participants) Rides require 48 hours notice.

HOPE provides rides to doctors’ appointments, the grocery Monthly EFT: $31,751.00 (327 participants) store, the pharmacy, and other necessary errands. Monthly Credit Card: $7,521.03 (52 participants)

For the week of 1/12, Collection Total: $79,449.47 Please call Leslie Curtis at 610 -518 -5403 or Nancy Coccetti at 610 -269 -3036. Poor Box & Children’s Collection For the week of 1/19, - - Sunday, December 28 Please call Helen Lyons at 610 873 8041 or Poor Box: $530.00 Julia Kehoe at 610 -269 -9545. Children’s Envelopes: $25.00 December Total: $1,655.07 HOPE is in great need of additional drivers and coordinators. The December collection was for the Lord’s Pantry. To volunteer to drive, please contact Helen Lyons at 610 - 873 -8041 or [email protected]. Sunday, January 4 Poor Box: $350.00 January Mercy Children’s Envelopes: $21.60 Hospice Schedule January Total to Date: $371.60 - Group 1 Chinese Chicken & Noodle The January collection is for - Group 2 Meaty Macaroni Bake Saint Katharine Drexel Parish in Chester, PA. Please call Gail for more info at 610 -269 -9574. Good Works Partner Churches Volunteer with Partnering with Good Works, Inc. of Chester County, this Project Linus ministry helps homeowners living in substandard housing by working hands -on and side -by -side with them once a Involves knitting or crocheting blankets/quilts for critically month to make their homes warmer, safer, and drier. Its ill children and distributing them to hospitals in our area. mission is to extend God's love and replace hopelessness Want to help? Donate a blanket to your local Project with the hope of Jesus Christ. Since starting this ministry in Linus. Blankets must be new, handmade and washable. 2001, parishioners have completed more than 55 homes. For Call Shirley Miller at 610 -269 -4702. Please do not bring more info, e -mail [email protected]. the blankets to the parish office or church. Parish Groups

Youth Ministry News 2015 Steubenville Conference The next King’s Men will meet on Thursday, January 15 at Tentative Date for St. Joseph Parish 8:00 p.m. at Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown. participation in Steubenville Youth Come and meet other Catholic men (18 & older) and enjoy Conference 2015 is June 26 – 28. Mark authentic fellowship, engage in learning and lively spiritual your calendars! discussion and be challenged to live a more integrated and full Christian life! Contact Bill Reagan at For more information or to be placed on our email list

[email protected]. please contact Ken Chrusch at [email protected] or 610 -906 -7100. C.Y.O. Corner C.Y.O Positions Available! Knights of Columbus Corner The CYO Board is looking to fill several positions. We are For those Catholic men 18 years or older, consider a New looking for: President, Boys Athletic Director and Girls Year resolution to join over 290 of your fellow parishioners Athletic Director. The terms will begin in May and run for in active and charitable service and fraternity in the coming two years. Please consider volunteering your time and New Year by joining our council. Google the internet on talents to support and direct one of the parish’s fastest the Knights for more information on all the good works we growing and exciting youth ministries. Interested do. individuals, or if looking for additional information, please contact Len Alansky ([email protected]) or Fr. Rossi. If interested in more information, transferring your existing membership into this council, or starting a new and vibrant Spring Sports Registration life with like -minded men by joining us, contact Jack Ousey Registration for Spring Sports will open on January 12, at [email protected]. 2015 . This includes Baseball, Boys and Girls Lacrosse, - Upcoming events Boys and Girls Track & Field, and Sub Novice Track & Field. See the CYO webpage for additional details. Officers Meeting Monday, January 12, 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Meeting Center

The Loaves and Fishes Home Feasibility Study Committee Monday, January 12 at 8:15 p.m. Project after the Officers’ Meeting, Parish Meeting Center With the Loaves and Fishes Project, giving is as easy as 1 -2-3: Council Meeting

• Grab a can of soup, a box of pasta, or any non - Monday, at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Meeting Center perishable item from your cupboard as you dash out

the door to Mass. Audit Committee • Drop off your donation in the “Loaves and Fishes” Monday January 26 at 7:30 p.m.

closet on your right as you come into church. in the Parish Meeting Center • Enter the church with the warm feeling of a nourished soul!

The Loaves and Fishes team will deliver the items to the Charismatic Prayer Lord’s Pantry in Downingtown. Feel free to contribute to this “ongoing food drive” once a week, once a month, or Group once a year. Our charismatic prayer group meets on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. As a church family, we can make a much appreciated Please join us in the chapel as we deepen our prayer life, contribution and a significant impact to a charity that helps deepen our relationship with the Lord, and worship as a over 700 families every week. community.

Please contact Nancy Farrington at [email protected] For more information, please call Joe McCahon at 610 -716 or 610 -620 -3619 for more information. -3084. L o c a l N e w s CYACC Attention all Prayerful Are You a Young Adult in Chester County? Women! If you're a Catholic adult in your 20s or 30s, we want to meet you! Catholic Young Adults of Chester County (CYACC - pronounced "kayak") exists to offer you social, Archdiocese of Philadelphia Spiritual Motherhood spiritual, and service opportunities. Check us out on Facebook, at www.cyacc.org , or Become a Spiritual Mother: request more info by emailing [email protected] . Adopt a Philadelphia Priest Today! With the Blessed Virgin Mary as our Villa Saint Holiday Special! model, we seek to provide each priest Move into St. Martha Villa for Independent & Retirement Living with a Spiritual Mother , who will commit by January 15, 2015 and receive the second month FREE! to anonymously adopt him and pray for him and his vocation as long as she lives. The Philadelphia Commitment Form can Shanahan News be found at on the Archdiocesan Home Bishop Shanahan High School Winter -Summer Programs: Bishop Shanahan Page: http://archphila.org/home.php or at High School and Dr. Richard Fuller offers the most comprehensive 35 -hour training stmariagoretti.net. experience in a PSAT/SAT Program in the area (with a student teacher ratio of 8:1 in For questions, contact Rosemary Doyle at math). Classes begin January 21, 2015 . We also have information on our summer - - - 215 368 5875 or Maria Richardson at programs which include: Algebra I enrichment program (grades 5 9) and Math or 215 -721 -0199 . Programs in Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre -Calculus and Calculus (all grades); “Critical Thinking and Study Skills” program (grades 8 -12); and a PSAT/SAT Program (with a student teacher ratio of 8:1). Summer classes start June 22, 2015 . For more Archdiocese of information, call Dr. Fuller 610 -275 -9660 or BSHS 610 -518 -1300. Philadelphia News

Discernment Retreat Listen to Archbishop Chaput’s - - Sunday Homilies Online! January 16 18, 2015 ( Friday 6 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m.) at Villa Maria House of Studies. Young women (18 -35) are invited to join us for this retreat which focuses on You can listen to Archbishop Chaput’s the IHM Charism and the importance of listening to God's call and discovering the Sunday Homilies anytime at http:// many ways that God speaks to us. Time will be included for personal and archphila.org/archbishopchaput/homilies/ communal prayer as well as the opportunity to interact with the sisters in index.htm.The Archbishop’s homilies are - - Formation. Contact [email protected] or 610 889 1553. also available as Podcasts on iTunes. Unlocking the Mystery of the Live Presentation with Jeff Cavins Would you like to understand but think: It's too difficult, boring or not relevant to your life? Then join us for a live presentation "Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible" with renowned Catholic Bible teacher Jeff Cavins. Offered over two nights at West Chester University, this is a free live filmed event that will help Catholics discover and experience the life -changing power of God's Word. The complexity of the Bible is made accessible through Jeff Cavins’ easy -to - follow story telling approach, and an ingenious color -coded BibleTimeline. As you begin to understand the Bible, you will develop a greater understanding for your faith, a deeper experience of the , and a closer relationship to Christ. If you already know about Jeff Cavins, you'll want to come be part of the audience, share your enthusiasm and contribute to the new evangelization of the ! This is an event you don't want to miss.

February 3 and 4 2015 at 6 p.m. at West Chester University Get more details and register for free at BibleStudyforCatholics.com

What to Expect/ Description of Event Unlocking the Mysteries of the Bible is a live filming of a Bible study over two evenings with each night presenting roughly half the material. Unlocking the Mysteries of the Bible will then be edited and released to the public later in the spring as an update and replacement to A Quick Journey Through the Bible. Due to insurance liabilities, we ask that participants be 18 years or older. Also, all participants will be asked to sign a short video release form authorizing us to use footage of you in the final production of the video.