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TWELTH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
JUNE 23, 2013
A note from Fr. Joe
Well, as you read this, another eventful week will have occurred here at St. Thomas of Villanova.
There are two things in particular that I want to highlight for you. First is the final meeting of our parish’s
Stewardship Council, for this term, that took place on Monday evening, the 17th. It’s one of the most
gratifying in that we decide on the distribution of grants to worthy organizations and causes, from the
treasure that you so generously give throughout the year. It also drives home the significance of
stewardship as a way of living and our call to be good disciples. The most important question we can
answer is the one that Jesus asks in this Sunday’s Gospel – “But who do you say that I am?” Our response
can and does make all the difference in the world! After all is said and done, we will have distributed over
$125,000 in stewardship funds for this fiscal year. Look for a detailed accounting in our Annual
Stewardship Report this fall.
The other thing of which I wanted to make you aware is a piece of good news for our Order and
the Church. On Saturday of this weekend, June 22nd, one of our Augustinian friars, Craig McMahon,
O.S.A., was ordained a priest by Bishop Michael Fitzgerald in the Villanova Church. Craig, who
originally hails from Tarrytown, New York, is a graduate of Villanova University and a member of our St.
Thomas of Villanova Province. He’ll be heading on to the London School of Economics for doctoral
studies and will be helping at the Augustinian parish in the Hammersmith section of London, where he’ll
also be residing for the next few years. Congratulations to Craig! May his vocation inspire all of us in
ours! As St. Paul reminds us in his Letter to the Galatians, “For all of you who were baptized into Christ
have clothed yourselves with Christ…you are all children of God.”
God Bless!
Fr. Joe
Thank you for your generosity for the weekend of June 15 and 16, 2013: Number of Envelopes 271 Envelope Amount $12,315.00 Loose Cash $809.25 Electronic Offerings $1,277.88 Other $1,130.00 Total $15,532,13 10% Tithe $1,553.21 Income for June 18, 2012 $24,03853
Stewardship Thought for the Week “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 We are not very good at “denying ourselves” in our society. Our current economic situation is evidence of what happens when people think they can have every-thing they want. Jesus calls us to set our own personal “wants” aside so that we have the resources to follow Him instead.
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Schedule of Events for the week of: June 23, 2013 Recitation of the Rosary after the daily Liturgy.
Monday, June 24, 2013 Art Class - PC1 11:00AM Splash Party at Conestoga Swim Club 6:00PM Food Addicts in Recovery - Café 7:00PM Stewardship Council - PC1 7:00PM Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Cradles to Crayons Ministry (offsite) 6:00PM Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Exercise Class - Aud 10:00AM WWP Women’s Bible Study - Aud 7:00PM Thursday, June 27, 2013 Friday, June 28, 2013 Parish Offices Closes at 1:00PM Saturday, June 29, 2013 Sunday, June 30, 2013 Rosemont Presbyterian Prayer Service 10:30AM Baptism-VNCH 12:00PM
Mon., June 24th The Nativity of St. John the Baptist 12:05PM-RMCH Blessings on new Deacon Donald DiCarlo - Joe Ciambella Tues., June 25th Weekday 12:05PM-RMCH Garrett Bolger - Rosemary Holt Wed., June 26th Weekday 12:05PM-RMCH Edward J. Mallon - Dr. Francine Mallon Thurs., June 27th Saint Cyril of Alexandria 12:05PM-RMCH Alice McCullough - Bridget Duddy Fri., June 28th Saint Irenaeus 12:05PM-RMCH Edward Randow Sat., June 29th Saints Peter and Paul 9:00AM-RMCH Rita Smith - Jack Geraghty 5:00PM-RMCH Patricia LeJarde - Family Sun., June 30th Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30AM-VNCH Mary & Bernard Mulholland - Family 9:00AM-RMCH Gerard Tully - Kay & Jim Gately 10:30AM-VNCH For the Parishioners of St. Thomas
“Masses in Interpreted American Sign Language”
We have an American Sign Language Interpreter at the 9:00am Mass in the Rosemont Chapel on the Second and Fourth Sunday of each month. The interpreter will be here on June 23, 2013.
ST. THOMAS PARISH CENTER SUMMER OFFICE HOURS
On Thursday, June 27th, the Parish Office will close at
12:00pm for a Retreat Day.
From June 21st through August 30th, the Parish Office will close on Fridays at 1:00PM.
4th of July Holiday Schedule
The Parish Office will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, and Friday, July 5th. The daily Mass on Thursday, is at 9:00am, and the daily Mass on Friday is at 12:05pm, but there will be no Adoration, Reconciliation, and Benediction due to the holiday.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office of the Archbishop
222 North 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1299
June 23, 2013 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, There are many places around the globe where the Church struggles to be a visible sign of charity, but thankfully, the Holy Father is the pilgrim of charity for Catholics everywhere. In poor dioceses where many are dependent on the Church for social and pastoral support; in regions where Catholics are persecuted for their faith; and in nations overloaded with refugees and victims of war and natural disasters, the works done by the Holy Father help the church to extend charity to those most in need. This special appeal gives us the opportunity to be pilgrims of charity around the world. Our gifts to this annual Collection help the Holy Father strengthen dioceses, religious orders, and struggling communities of faith when they need it most. This year the Peter’s Pence Collection will be taken at all Masses on the weekend of June 29 and 30, 2013. Many who struggle to survive rely on pilgrims of charity to assist them through their difficulties. Please give generously to the Collection and know that in doing so, you become a pilgrim of charity around the globe. Gratefully and with best wishes in Jesus Christ, Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Philadelphia
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We extend a warm welcome to the newest members of our parish: Rachel Evans of Strafford Nancy Major of Bryn Mawr Resting in Peace: Mr. Maurice “Moe” Hennessy Mr. Herbert Obarski, Father-in-Law of Alice Obarski Remember those in need of our prayers, especially: Julia Barlow, Thomas A. Boland, Rita Burns, Frances Carr, Catherine Casey, Peggy Caulfield, Mary Ann Dadourian, Frannie DeMarco, Bob Ellison, Jack Geraghty, Theresa Green, Brendan Glynn, Patricia Ann Harley, Bridget Kelly, Garrett P. McAleer (baby), Rita O’Connor, Eugene Prisco, Alice Rogers, and Michael Seeds
Please pray for our soldiers assigned in Afghanistan and in other parts of the world,
especially Major Shawn Williams, U.S.M.C., who is currently serving in Afghanistan.
CHRISTIAN SERVICE
PRAYERLINE The parish prayerline is waiting for your prayer request. This week call Mary Ann Barrow at 610-525-4164 or email [email protected] to activate the parish pray-erline. Two parish teams are available for your special intentions. PROJECT HOPE This is a transportation ministry for our Parish. If you need a ride to your medical appointments or to food shop this week, please call Pat Herbison at 610-527-3556. Please give at least 3 days notice. DINNERS TO THE DOORSTEP This ministry is for parish families who are in crisis or for parish couples welcoming a new baby. Homemade dinners are delivered. Two parish coordinators keep a list of volunteers who are called as needed. If you are in need of this delicious community support, please call Sarah Breck at 610-975-0444. ST. FRANCIS INN We are forming a parish work group to serve the midday meal at the St. Francis Inn in Kensington on Sunday, July 21st. The Inn tries to meet the immediate daily needs of the poor and homeless people they serve with food, clothing and hospitality. This ministry is open to anyone 16 years or older. For more information and to sign up, contact our parish coordinators, Ruth and Joe Reeder at 610-662-2055 or
[email protected]. FEED THE HUNGRY MINISTRY Feed the Hungry Ministry will be serving dinner on Saturday night, July 6th, at the Life Center in Upper Darby. Your food donations are greatly appreciated. If you can prepare a meatloaf, potatoes, vegetable, salad, dessert and deliver it to the Steele’s home in Villanova on July 6th, contact Dennis Steele at [email protected] or call Denise at 484-343-4473.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK: Monday: Is 49:1-6; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Tuesday: Gn 12:2, 5-18; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday: Gn 15:1-12, 17-18; Mt 7:15-20 Thursday: Gn 16:1-12, 15-16 or 16-6b, 15-16; Mt 7:21-29 Friday: Gn 17:1, 9-10, 15-22; Mt 8:1-4 Saturday: Acts 12:1-11; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21; Gal 5:1, 13-18; Lk 9:51-62
Job for Refugee Needed
For three years, STV and OMGC have been
joint sponsors for Iraqi war refugee Hamza and his family. Hamza works in food service at Villanova and is
self- supporting.
His brother Hussein, his wife and three children arrived here as refugees last December.
They are sponsored by St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ardmore and are living in Philadelphia, off the
Roosevelt Boulevard. The only work that Hussein has been able to obtain is part-time position at an Ardmore
gas station. He takes three buses for two hours to get
there. He is quite far from self-supporting. St. Paul plans to move him to the Main Line in
August, but he needs a full-time job with health insurance to be self supporting. He worked for the
Americans in the Green Zone in Baghdad as a Security
Guard Supervisor. Before the war, he was educated and employed as an English teacher.
If you know of an available position and can arrange an interview for him, will you please contact
[email protected] who will be happy to forward his resume by mail or email. Thanks for your
consideration.
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The Family Life Committee
of
St. Thomas of Villanova
Parish Community
invites you to
OUR ANNUAL SPLASH PARTY
Monday, June 24, 2013—
6:00PM-9:00PM
at Conestoga Swim Club on
Rt. 320 in Villanova
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: Volleyball Badminton
Paddle Tennis Huge Swimming Pool
Baby Pool Dinner included
Family Games
Parishioners A to M—Bring a dessert to share! Parishioners N to Z—Bring a salad to share!
Bring a blanket!
Rain date is Tuesday, June 25th. Check the parish website for any changes.
Any questions call
the Nulls at 610-649-8364 or the Abele’s at 610-995-9579.
SPLASH PARTY RSVP by calling 610-525-4801,
fax this form to 610-525-6041 or email your
reply to [email protected]
Family Name____________________________________________
Number of Adults_________________Number of Children________
SPLASH PARTY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We need teens to help with games: potato sack races, egg toss, parachute, etc.
If you can come and help, please contact Carole Abele at [email protected] or
610-995-9579.
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PARISH OUTREACH NIGHT AT CRADLES TO CRAYONS
30 Clipper Road, West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - 6:00-8:00pm
We will be working at the Giving Factory
sorting children’s clothing, packing gift bags, cleaning children’s shoes to look like new.
Middle schoolers and parents are welcome to come together. Parish adults are welcome.
RSVP to Parish Coordinator, Cheryl Gibson at [email protected] or if you need a ride from
the Parish Center, contact Anne Murphy at [email protected] or 610-525-4801.
We plan to meet AT the Giving Factory.
SUNDAY FOR JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA
JUNE 30, 2013 The Catholic Bishops of the United States and Mexico remind us:
Migrants and immigrants are in our parishes and
in our communities. In both our countries, we see
much injustice and violence against them and much
suffering and despair among them because civil and
church structures are still inadequate to accommodate
their needs.
SUNDAY FOR JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS invites everyone in the area of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to respond in three ways to the plight of immigrants in our parishes and communities: 1. We need to be informed of the challenges immigrants face each day and to know the Church’s position in support of just immigrant reform. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops provides easily accessible parish resources for this important information: http:// www.justiceforimmigrants.org/index.shtml. 2. Take the time to write Congress of your support, in accord with the Bishops’ Justice for Immigrants Campaign, especially with regard to pending legislation. See the above website for guidance to contact political officials. 3. Pray! We must bring our concerns for justice before the Lord in our personal prayer and, especially so, when we gather with others to pray for justice for immigrants. Plan now to attend a Mass for the intention of Justice for Immigrants.
SUNDAY MASS at 6:30 PM, on June 30, 2013 CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF SAINTS PETER AND
PAUL, 18TH Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Archbishop Chaput, Celebrant and Homilist
All priests are welcome to concelebrate in Archdiocesan vestments.
Wishing you a Safe and Happy Summer!!!
Congratulations to our Honor Students: DEVON PREPARATORY SCHOOL Distinguished Honors: William J. Moreno - Sophomore Edward A. McGinley - Freshman Honors: Johnathan M. Clementi - Junior James M. Costello - Seventh Grade LA SALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL First Honors: Paul Louis Melchiorre, III - 12th Grade Second Honors: Robert Francis Moore, III - 12th Grade
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YOU ARE INVITED TO A PARISH FORUM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH AT 12:45pm
In the Rosemont Auditorium
Topic: President Lincoln’s Funeral Train
visits Philadelphia
April 22nd through 24th, 1865
Presenter: Parishioner, Peter Romeika
Peter began his studies of the Civil War in 1980. He is a graduate of Mt. St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD. Peter is a member of the Compuserve Civil War Forum, Delaware Valley CWRT, Villanova Civil War Forum and many other Civil War organizations.
Drinks & desserts
provided. Please join us.
REDISCOVER THE LOVE IN YOUR MARRIAGE!
The Retrouvaille Marriage Program offers help for struggling marriages. It gives you the chance to rediscover yourself and your spouse. Tens of thousands of couples headed for divorce have successfully saved their marriages by attending a Retrouvaille weekend and the six post sessions that follow it. Retrouvaille is not just a social gathering or series of seminars, bur rather a way to discover and rekindle the loving relationship in your marriage. The next program begins on the weekend of August 9-11 at the Family Life Center in Malvern, PA. For more information, or to register for our upcoming weekend, visit our website at: www.HelpOurMarriage.com or call 1-800-470-2230 or 1-215-766-3044. All inquiries are kept strictly confidential.
Save-the-Date for 2013
Year of Faith Archdiocesan Pilgrimage
All are welcome to participate
Blessed Virgin Mary,
the Star of the New Evangelization
Saturday, October 5, 2013 Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception Washington, DC
Program begins at noon and includes confessions,
adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, procession and crowning of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, the holy Rosary, and concludes with
a Solemn Mass at 3:00 PM.
Archbishop Charles Chaput will be the celebrant and homilist.
Thank you! From the Peace and Justice Committee….. Thank you, STV Parishioners, for adding your voice to the annual Bread for the World Letter Writing Campaign advocating for hungry people — globally and locally. You completed 510 letters…. 258 to Senator Toomey 252 to Senator Casey “What does it mean to call out to Christ If not to respond by good works to the Grace of Christ?” St. Augustine, Sermon 88 Thank you to our Interfaith Hospitality Network Ministers who provided warm hospitality to the three single Mom’s and six children (under age 9) who lived in the Parish Center last week. For more information on this ministry, go to www.IHNcares.org.
Thank you to the St. Francis Inn volunteers last Sunday who served 350 meals to the guests of the Inn. You might say that St. Luke’s Gospel of last Sunday was lived out by our parishioners who offered loving hospitality to those who came to the Inn for lunch.
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The Peace and Justice Committee
oF St. Thomas of Villanova and
Our Mother of Good Counsel Presents:
SUMMER FILM SERIES
JULY 1 - ENTRE NOS A beautiful emotional journey of one women’s fight for her family’s survival in the face of our immigration hurtles.
AUGUST 1 - DEAR RITA The story of how one child inspires her community to explore the issue of gun violence in America.
AUGUST 27 - A PLACE AT THE TABLE 50 million people in the U.S. - one in four children - don’t know where their next meal is coming from.
Films start at 7:oopm in the STV Rosemont Auditorium. Each film runs 75 minutes.
Pizza and drinks provided at 6:30pm.
Please join us!!
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POSITIONS AVAILABLE
MERION MERCY ACADEMY
Merion Mercy Academy, an independent, all girls Catholic High school sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, has openings for the following coaching positions for the 2013-2014 school year: Head Varsity Tennis Coach, Junior Varsity, Volleyball Coach and Freshmen Field Hockey Coach. Contact athletic director, Barbara Clarke at [email protected]. Merion Mercy Academy has an opening for a full time teaching position in the math department for the 2013-2014 school year. The teaching responsibility will include AP Statistics. Degree, certification and experience required. Qualified applicants are asked to submit a cover letter and resume by Monday, June 24th to Mary Ann Danovich, Vice Principal, at Merion Mercy Academy, 511 Montgomery Avenue, Merion Station, PA 19066 or email [email protected]
IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY HOSTS GRADUATE OPEN HOUSE JULY 17
Immaculata University’s College of Graduate Studies will host an open house on Wednesday, July 17 in the Great Hall on the University’s campus. A buffet dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m., and an information session will begin at 6 p.m. The open house will provide attendees with the opportunity to meet faculty, staff, and students, and to learn about Immaculata’s graduate programs. For further information, or to make reservations, please call the College of Graduate Studies at 610-647-4400, ext. 3223.
CHARISMATIC HEALING MASS
A Charismatic Healing Mass will take place at St. Katharine of Siena Church in Wayne, on Thursday, June 27th from 7:30-9:00pm. Father David Powers will be the Mass celebrant. Also, he and prayer teams will pray over individuals for their specific intentions. Come with an openness to receive God’s blessings. Reconciliation is encouraged before coming to Mass. Our Lord truly wants to heal His people. Father will also lead the rosary at the outside grotto at 7:00pm. Great live praise music. Donations of children’s clothing, school supplies and cleaning items for the Piarist Mission in Appalachia will be appreciated. Please bring the donations to the Mass. Questions, call Paul at 610-687-8835.
Here are some pictures of our Good Stewart Campers
helping the Sisters at the IHM Literacy Center
in West Philadelphia.
ARCHDIOCESAN BOYS CHOIR NEWS
Please join the Archdiocesan Boys Choir of Philadelphia on a Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Fatima Shrine and Lisbon Portugal with Father Stephen DeLacy. We will be traveling from August 11-18, 2013. Cost is $2,395.00, all inclusive from Newark Airport. Celebrate Holy Mass at the actual Apparition Sites and the basilica, enjoy a concert by the Archdiocesan Boy Choir of Philadelphia, reflect over mountain top resort views and relax in the village along the warm Mediterranean Sea. Limited space available. For more details, please contact Susan Prendergast at Select International Tours at 1-800-842-4842 or by email at [email protected].