212 Meredith Street • Kennett Square, PA 19348 www.stpatrickkennettsquare.org

MASSES Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM

Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 11:00 AM Weekday Mass: 7:30 AM Monday through

Friday, 8:00 AM Saturday

CONFESSIONS Saturday: 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM

Holy Days of Obligation - See Sunday bulletin.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Mondays 8 AM to 7 PM in the Chapel

Parish Office 205 Lafayette Street

Telephone: 610-444-4364 Fax: 610-444-2129

Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday through Friday

Buffington House 227 Lafayette Street

Clergy

Rev. Christopher B. Rogers, Pastor

Rev. Victor F. Sharrett, Pastor Emeritus

Rev. Andres Garcia, In Residence

Oblates of St. Francis DeSales, Sunday Assistance

Deacons James K. Madonna and James J. Elliott

Seminarian Phong Le

July 28, 2019

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

MISSION STATEMENT

St. Patrick Church, in the process of strengthening its Catholic Community, seeks

to make the gospel of Jesus Christ better known and loved through prayer, stewardship

and good works. 236

Monday, July 29, St. Martha 7:30AM Michael Cunningham

r/o Marianne & Dan Gillman

Tuesday, July 30, St. Peter Chrysologus 7:30AM Rich Forte

r/o The Falcone Family

Wednesday, July 31, St. Ignatius of Loyola 7:30AM Lena Lovisa

r/o Roseann & Joe

Thursday, August 1, St. Alphonsus Liguori 7:30AM Felix Santana

r/o The Brady Family

Friday, August 2, St. Eusebius of Vercelli 7:30AM Jack DePoulter

r/o Wife, Joan

Saturday, August 3, Weekday 8:00AM Special Intention

Vigil, Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00PM Rudolph Cerami

r/o Phil & Eileen Cerami & Family

Sunday, August 4, Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30AM Mass for Parishioners

9:00AM Centkowski Family

r/o Conrad

11:00AM Rich Forte

r/o M/M Anthony DiNenno

Julia Pia

r/o Theresa Pia

ST. PATRICK CHURCH, KENNETT SQUARE, PA PRAYER INTENTIONS

Good and loving Fa-

ther, watch over and

protect all who serve in

the Armed Forces of

our nation. Surround

them with your love and care and bring them

safely home.

SGT Richard Baffa

SSG Raymond Burke III LT Michael Crawford

Capt. Dominic Paul DellaPelle, USMC LCPL Ben Farrell, USMC

Chief Petty Ofcr 1st Cl Shauna McNeely SFC Tyler Nellens

E1 Airman 1st Cl Andrew Szonntag Major Ian C. Whiteman

1st Lt. USAF Scott Seidenberger 1st Lt. USAF Natalie King

Major Robert C. McDonough 236

All praise and glory is yours, Lord our God, for You have called us to serve You in love. Bless our sick: Ro Teel, Gweneth Malchione, Bill Ewell,

Ronald Hall, Frank Reck, Mario Lorenzut, Ginny

Basilio, Phil Morehead, Rosemary F. Madrigale, Tim

Ewell, Rosa Maria Santos, Ilidi Brown, Phyllis Pa-

los, Thomas Layug, Steven Mangini, John Pelle-

grino, Thomas Kelleher, Diane Jones, Giovanna

Sankus, Frankie Knowles, Jackie VanGrofski, Rich-

ard Reynolds, Marc Palfy, Karen Dinius, Joshua

Brown, Maria Rowe, Margaret DiNorscia, Walter

Oram, William Morey, Eufemia Ortega Milagros

Ada Maldonado, Tiffany Volovich, Christopher Iaco-

no, Bryan Pudelka, Miles Kennedy, Tippi Carlino,

Ron O’Brien, Diane Stansberry, Dolores Stingel ,

Kathy Norris, Diane & Jeff Jones that they bear this

illness in union with Your Son’s obedient suffering,

restore them to health, and lead them to glory.

Amen.

OUR FAITHFUL DEPARTED: For those who

have been faithful, O Lord, life is not ended. An

eternal dwelling place awaits them in heaven.

St. Patrick Parish Honor Students at Padua Academy for the sec-ond semester:

High Honors

Moira Neary & Leah Gen�lo�

Honors:

Elizabeth Sauerbaum & Grace Berenato

St. Patrick Honor Student at Villa Maria Academy for the second semester:

Ella Dudley

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 28, 2019

My Dear Parishioners,

Praised Be Jesus Christ! On behalf of our parish family, I thank Fr. Francis for his brief visit with us last weekend from Peru. It was a joy to have another priest here with me, to hear his witness and share his

company. Next weekend, we will have the Mission Coopera�ve Plan Collec�on (it’s a yellow envelope) and these monies will be forwarded to the Propaga�on of the Faith for Fr. Francis’ good work. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Last weekend, in addi�on to mee�ng Fr. Francis, we met again the person of Martha in Sacred Scripture. The one who complained to the Lord and went to Him quickly with her complaint. This week, as we come to the end of July and begin a new month, we celebrate her feast day. That’s right! “Busy Martha” became St. Martha and I believe her witness offers a powerful lesson for all of us today. There’s something so real about Martha, so refreshing, honest and just. She’s a person who turned to the Lord Jesus not only with her prayers and piety, but with her complaints and anxie�es. Whatever it was, she gave it to the Lord. Indeed, she turned to him with the whole of her life and in that turning, in that going quickly to the Lord, she found something that all of us are meant to find. She found the gi� of Chris�an Faith.

Today, Chris�an faith is receiving a terrible bum rap. Chris�ans are enduring ever greater pressures, prejudices and even hatreds for being believers. They remain the number #1 target of religious violence and persecu�on across the globe. There are more Chris�an martyrs now than in the days of Nero and Diocle�an! In our part of the world, the persecu�on ranges from being thought of as a “hater” to being accused of being one for simply believing and living what the Church teaches. Years ago, Karl Marx called faith the opium of the masses and it seems that that descrip�ve has been inhaled, smoked and fully accepted by many today. His thought on faith as a drug has infected many a person, not to men�on what it has done on our whole society. Sociologist Chris�an Smith has wri�en beau�fully about this over the years and has iden�fied not only the root of this confusion, but the solu�on. He calls the type of faith that people believe today Moralis�c Therapeu�c Deism (MTD). While not a “faith” per se, it describes what many person would consider their faith today. Five characteris�cs of MTP. They are as follow.

1. A God exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth.

2. God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.

3. The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.

4. God does not need to be par�cularly involved in one's life except when God is needed to resolve a problem.

5. Good people go to heaven when they die.

At first such faith sounds good, but no�ce well, it is devoid of revela�on, history and substance.

I write of this today as we get ready to celebrate St. Martha and as we prepare to enter August. This is the month that many of us or our loved ones will return to school and engage the rigors of learning. School can be a place of great learning and maturing or it can be just the opposite especially when it comes to faith. Many a person lost their faith on the college campus and for many it’s never been found. And so, I encourage all in the next weeks to engage the faith. Opportuni�es abound for this and in the coming weeks they will be adver�sed. But for this week, make the commitment, take the �me and cul�vate the desire to engage FAITH. For all of this, let’s pray to St. Martha. May she who was commi�ed to finding and turning to Jesus throughout her life, help us to do the same. For in finding Him, we find ourselves, we find our peace, we find everything.

Peace,

Fr. Rogers 236

THIS WEEK AT ST. PATRICK PARISH

Sunday, July 28

Baptism 1:00PM CH

Monday, July 29

Eucharistic Adoration 8AM-7:30PM CH

Tuesday, July 30

Bible Study 10:00AM BH

Bible Timeline 7:00PM BH

Wednesday, July 31

Celebrating the Journey of Faith-Summer Adult Ed. Series

with Seminarian Phong Le & Alan Haley 7:00PM CH

Thursday, August 1

Friday, August 2

Saturday, August 3

Rosary 8:30AM & 4:30PM CH

BH-Buffington House

CH-Chapel

ST. PATRICK CHURCH, KENNETT SQUARE, PA PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS

Saturday, October 26, 2019

9:00AM-4:30PM

(A mid-September sellout is expected!)

Na�onal Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA.

More details and registra�on:

www.catholicwomensconference.org

Unique & Unrepeatable:

Your Mission as a Catholic Woman

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JOURNEY OF FAITH: ADULT ED SERIES

Join us this week for Session IV

Mary and the Saints

7:00PM in the Chapel

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Saturday, September 21, 2019

Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA.

Eight �me Grammy Nominee, Ma� Maher, will headline this year’s AbbeyFest! Enjoy a wonderful one-of-a-kind local experi-ence celebra�ng faith, music, and witness for families and indi-viduals!

Visit www.theabbeyfest.com

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Bap�sm-Welcome to the St. Patrick Parish Family

Marion Grace Sceski

Brayden Ma�hew Sinton

Whitney Elle Kerezsi

Jacob Conway Isselmann

Joseph Patrick McDonald III

Cameran Patricia Karwath

McKenna Rose Maloney

Jack Joseph Kentrup

Thomas Baran Thuer

Sadie Grace Monaco

Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson

Penelope Garza Moore

Enjoy two Catholic Radio Sta�ons-Relevant Radio 640 AM WWJZ & Holy Spirit Radio WCOJ 1420 AM. 236

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FAITH FORMATION SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Sunday Celebrant Schedule-Subject to Change

August 3-4, 2019

5:00 Fr. Connolly

7:30 Fr. Gardner

9:00 Fr. Morrissey

11:00 Fr. Donia

Sunday Collec�on

July 20-21, 2019

Regular-$11,918.00

Last year-$12,172.34

Mark your calendars for PREP Opening Mass scheduled for Sun-day, September 8, 2019 at 6PM.

A�erwards the families will have an opportunity to meet their child’s catechist while the students enjoy pizza with their classmates. Our

PREP classes will begin on Sunday, September 15 at 10:00AM and Monday, September 16 at 4:45PM. If you haven’t registered for the Fall classes do so soon. Classes are filling up. See you soon!

St. Patrick Parish Fun Day at the Y

August 25, 2-6PM

Share the Joy!

Plan for the day: FUN, FUN AND MORE FUN!!!

Corn Hole Basketball

Bounce House Hula Hoops

Family Zumba Jubilee Cra�

Minute to Win It Games from 2:30-4PM

and Beat the Padre at 3:45

Don’t Miss Out! It’s FREE!

All are cordially invited to the 100th Annual

Feast of the Assump�on

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Communion Breakfast @ the Knights of Columbus

110 W. Market Street, West Chester

Following the 9:00AM Mass at

St. Agnes Church, West Chester

Solemn Procession at 2:30PM

Beginning in front of St. Agnes Church

Benedic�on following the Procession

Contact Barbara Mange @ 610-389-0728 or

Marie Mauro @ 610-692-4597

For informa�on and Breakfast Tickets

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“The Gi�” (A Life in the Spirit DVD Course) at Sacred Heart Church, Oxford. Friday night, August 16 from 7-9PM and Satur-day, August 17 from 8:30AM-3:00PM. Pre-Registra�on by August 9 is appreciated since a con�nental breakfast and lunch will be provided. Contact Jean Go�el-gotbean77@yahoo.com or 610-507-2486.

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Bishop Shanahan High School is seeking a Head Boys Basketball Coach. Please send resume to rrreidinger@shanahan.org by Au-gust 5. 236

SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION Bap�sm: celebrated on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each Month. Please call the parish office to schedule. Matrimony: celebrated throughout the year. Please contact Fr. Rogers.

PARISH REGISTRATION Registra�on is held on the First Sunday of Each Month or at the parish office. Roman Catholics who live within the boundaries of the parish should register in the parish. This will regularize one’s status and allow for the issuance of

cer�ficates and make possible the arrangements for Bap�sm, Weddings and Confirma�ons. 236

COMING UP THIS JUBILEE YEAR:

JUBILEE LEGACY APPEAL UPDATE:

Fr. Rogers’ homilies are available online: www.cbr.podbean.com

Like ST. PATRICK’S on FACEBOOK

Flock Note Sign Up: Sign up by visi�ng www.flocknote.com/StPats or text the message 31716 to the Number 84576 from your

cell phone.

Thank you to all who have responded so far to our special

appeal. The response has been terrific. As of July 15, 2019

we have raised $513,962.00 for our Jubilee Legacy

Appeal. Visit our website, click on Jubilee Logo.

SPECIAL JUBILEE EVENT

Please remember that the Jubilee celebration includes every-one in the parish. An easy and important way for you to par-ticipate is to have your photos taken during October. We want to include every parishioner in the commemorative Jubilee book. The photography team will be at St. Patrick’s on the following dates in October: 3, 4, 5,17,18,19,25 and 26. Fur-ther details will follow, plan to be part of this publication.

DID YOU KNOW? The applica�on process to be accepted into the Deaconate program is very comprehensive and intense. When Jim Ellio� made his applica�on to the program, he was given psychological and ap�tude examina�ons and was inter-viewed by a number of the program leaders. Despite his ac�vi�es in the parish he was not accepted into the program. It was suggested that he work with a spiritual director, begin praying the Liturgy of the Hours and do more religious reading. He was told that his applica�on would be reconsidered in one year if he fulfilled these requirements and was s�ll interested. Because of his sincere desire to serve as a deacon Jim began to work with a spiritual director and intensified his prayer life. The archdiocese did, in fact, contact him a�er one year as promised. He then went through another set of interviews and was accepted into the forma�on program. The first year is a kind of proba�onary year (Aspirancy), a�er which the candi-dates are formally admi�ed into the program.

August 25, 2019 2:00-6:00PM Parish Family Day at the YMCA Kenne� YMCA FREE (Signups required)

September 7-8, 2019 Scheduled return to Church All are welcome

September 7/8, 2019 Kenne� Square Mushroom Fes�val Parish Par�cipa�on TBA

October 13, 2019 Oktoberfest Church Campus Signups Required

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