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TITHING: GOD’S PLAN FOR
GIVING
For July 25, 2010
Offertory for this week.................................... $6,486.00
Offertory last year........................................... $8,797.00
18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
August 1, 2010
Saturday,
July 31
5:15PM Steven Kilcoyne
Sunday, August 1
7:30AM Dec’d
Members of the Salvia Family
9 :30AM Joseph
Staley
Monday, August 2
8:15AM Joseph Schank
(15th Anniversary)
Tuesday,
August 3
8:15AM James R. Kelly
Wednesday, August 4
8:15AM Joan Myhasuk
Thursday, August 5
8:15AM
Dec’d
Members of the Matthew & Mary O’Connor Family
Friday,
August 6
8:15AM Gregory Fox
Saturday, August 7
5:15PM Ignatius, Blanche
& Carl Schultz
Sunday, August 8
7:30AM Nancy Cannon
9 :30AM Joan
DeLuca (1st Anniversary)
James Fritz III, Emily Kelly,
Claire Muldoon, Michael McGinnis, Jeffrey Ryan Brown, Virginia Otty, Gabriella Baldwin, Karen Hill Brown, Helen Bogle, Daniel Horulko, Roselie Partenheimer, Luke Fochtman, Theresa Lacoff, Barbara
Salvia, Pauline Daley, Deidra Miller, Paul McGuigan, Lorraine Sirianni, George
DiCiurcio, Doug Tracey, Edmund Opielski, Xiaowei Waldron, John
Boyle, Margaret Mateja, Walter Czarnecki, Joseph Dennis, William Barr, Helen Kane,
John Walski, Thomas Smith.
Erin Bradley, Daniel Furtak,
Robert Bonneau II and all of our Armed
Forces on active duty in Afghanistan
& Iraq.
PRAY FOR THE DECEASED OF THE PARISH:
LITURGY OF THE WORD WITH CHILDREN:
We celebrate Liturgy with
Children at the 9:30 AM Mass every Sunday all year long. All are welcome.
CHILDREN’S SUNDAY
BULLETINS: Are
available in the vestibules of the church. Look for them each week.
Monday to Friday - ALL SUMMER - 8:15AM MASS
The 5:15 Vigil remains the same.
Sundays, July 4th to September 5th
7:30 AM and 9:30 AM (No 11:30 AM Mass)
The 11:30 AM Mass resumes on September 12th.
BAPTISMS from
July 4 - Sept 5 will start after the 9:30AM Mass.
BAPTISM: Baptismal classes are the 1st
Monday of the month at 6:30 PM in our St. Vincent de Paul Room.
Except for this month our class is Monday,
August 9, 2010. Please
call the rectory to register for the class. Baptisms are held the 1st and 3rd Sundays
of the month after the 11:30AM Mass. Baptisms
held from July 4 to September 5 will start after the 9:30 AM Mass. NO 11:30AM Mass during that time.
PARISH
REGISTRATION AND BAPTISM:
To make it more convenient for all, parish registrations
and scheduling a Baptism can be done Monday - Friday between 9:30 AM
– 3:30 PM and any Sunday after the 9:30 AM
Mass at the rectory office. All
wedding plans must be arranged by Fr. Donlon.
EUCHARISTIC
ADORATION:
No
Adoration during the summer months of July and August. Adoration will
resume in September.
ATTENTION CCD PARENTS:
We have reduced our fees to help make CCD more
affordable. Please register as
soon as possible. Please
encourage your friends, relatives and neighbors to sign up also. If you know children in our parish
or in your community who do not receive religious instruction, encourage
their parents to call me and I will arrange for them to have religion
class, no matter their age or background. Every child deserves a religious
education.
The yearly fee is only $75.00 per child. You can pro-rate this monthly over
the summer, but all fees must be paid by the close of registration
on August 29, 2010. A $25.00
late fee will be attached to any registrations after August 29, 2010. Forms
are available in the vestibules at Church or the rectory. Contact Betty at
610-828-0424 or stmatthewdre@verizon.net for more information.
PRIESTS FOR LIFE: Join with Priest for Life in
praying an Assumption Novena Prayer for Life, August 7-15. Find the
Assumption Novena prayer at www.PrayerCampaign.org .You can also
order free prayer cards with the Novena Prayer on one side and helpful
resources for pro-life activity on the other side. Also please join the
Pray to End Abortion prayer effort on face book at www.ProLifePrayers.com
School Office
Hours for the summer:
Elementary Campus:
Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Primary Campus – closed
Answering machines will be checked on a regular basis at
both campuses.
For further information, please check our website at www.conshohockencatholic.org
or email the school at conshohockencatholic@yahoo.com
CONSHOHOCKEN
CATHOLIC CYO NEWS
REGISTRATIONS for Conshohocken Catholic CYO
Girls Volleyball are now open at www.wagdogs.com until July 30, 2010. Registration
is open to all Conshohocken
Catholic School
students and CCD participants in the 5th through 8th grades, now through
July 30, 2010. If you are interested in playing volleyball for the 2010
season, you must register online at www.wagdogs.com before July 30, 2010.
Registration fee: $62.50
All participants must register online.
You have two payment options:
1.) Register online and pay with a credit card. Print
out confirmation letter and send it in.
2.) Register online, print a copy of registration and
send it in along with a check for $62.50.
Please send it to Patty White, 341 East 7th Avenue, Conshohocken,
PA 19428.
Please register at www.wagdogs.com, before July 30, 2010
so that teams can be set and be ready to start practices on or around the
August 1st start date. Go to www.wagdogs.com to
register and follow the prompts. Please note: A $50.00 uniform deposit
check will need to be collected at the time of uniform distribution. We
will hold on to these checks. These checks will be returned to you when the
uniform is turned back in at the end of the season. If you have any
questions or concerns please contact Patty White at 610-832-9892.
SCRIP PROGRAM: Save money the SCRIP way! Make a list of stores where you
shop, estimate the amount of money you will spend, and purchase scrip
cards. It’s as easy as
one, two, three. For every $25 in scrip you spend,
you will receive a $1 tuition voucher.
The savings add up!! Shop and Save! Questions?? Call Megan at 610-834-8382 or email
her at scripCCS@yahoo.com.
ST. MATTHEW PARISH PRAYER CHAIN: This month our Prayer Chain
volunteers celebrate two years of praying for the intentions of our
parishioners. Both the pray-ers and the
prayed-for have been very blessed. If you have petitions you want prayed
for please call the rectory
(610-828-0424) or email stmatthewrectory@verizon.net
SPIRITUAL LENDING
LIBRARY: "Do
you love to read a good book? Do you hunger for spiritual reading
material? Stop by our new Spiritual Lending Library! It is
located in the vestibule on the rectory side of the Church. Books are
available for a period of a month at a time. We ask that you sign out
any book you borrow in the log provided and sign the book back in when you
return it.
TIME TO CHUCKLE:
A Nun told some children in the
CCD class that John the Baptist ate wild honey and locusts when he lived in
the wilderness. “What are
locusts? One child asked?
“They are like grasshoppers, the Nun replied.” “He ate grasshoppers, another
child asked, aghast?”
“What’s wrong with that, a third child said, my
grandmother drinks ‘em!”
TIME TO CHUCKLE:
Husband
(looking in the freezer): “What shall I take out for dinner
tonight?”
Wife:
(without hesitation): “Me!”
TIME TO CHUCKLE:
If work is so terrific, how come
they have to pay you to do it!
FOSTER CHILD:
Can you make a place in your family for a foster child?
Thousands of children need the love and support of a foster family.
Catholic Social services is looking for married or single adults to become
foster parents to children of all ages, races and denominations. Homes are
also needed for children with some medical or emotional needs and for
siblings who need to live together. Catholic Social Services provides
professional training, support, financial reimbursement and catholic school
tuition to foster children. For more information call 215-587-3960.
YOUNG ADULTS (OVER 18)
Email ConshohockenYAM@GMail.com
or visit www.ConshohockenYAM.org to learn
more! Weekly faith fellowship with pizza! Interested in
Camping? Also, GOLFERS-- help support the golf tournament on
August 30th-- contact us for more information. And, of course, we
need to get our softball team in shape for the October Archdiocesan young
adult picnic and softball tournament!
PERSONAL HELPER: Need help with cleaning,
cooking, shopping, running errands? Call Donna Sheehan at 610-256-6396,
610-203-6989 OR 610-272-3388.
Volunteers –
Musicians & Singers
Can you share your talents with our residents? We are
seeking musicians and singers willing to volunteer at Mass (at our
facility) one hour a week. Mass is usually on Wednesday afternoons from
2:30pm to 3:30pm. Our in-house guitar player would gladly welcome other
musicians to share their talent. Our goal is to enhance our liturgy and to
bring joy to our residents through music and song. For more information,
and other volunteer opportunities, please call Joe Weinhardt
at 610-272-5600. Our facility, Regina
Nursing Center,
is a Catholic-oriented facility located on Fornance Street
in Norristown. Thank you.
Babysitter needed in home: Sitter for toddler and infant
needed two days a week plus additional weekday hours, as needed.
Prefer someone who is willing to do light housework and
laundry. If interested, please contact marisaautumn@comcast.net
or call 724-984-3010 for interview. References required.
Attitude of gratitude True happiness doesn’t
come when you have all you want but when you want all you have. “A
tranquil mind gives life to the body, but jealousy rots the bones”
(Proverbs 14:30)
A SHORE THING: La Salle College
High School will hold its annual A
Shore Thing for alumni at The Inlet in Somers Point, NJ
on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Admission is $40 per person. For
reservations or additional information, please call Mary Frances Kelly at
(215)402-4814 or visit the school’s web site at www.lschs.org
and register online.
LITTLE SISTERS OF
THE POOR: “The
Little Sisters of the Poor invite you to join in their ministry of caring
for the needy elderly by participating in their Pot of Gold Raffle! Times
are difficult, and the Sisters, who care for 97 residents, most of whom- are on Medical Assistance, are experiencing great
financial difficulty, and need your help. You can win one of ten prizes,
with a grand prize of $35,000! Only 2,010 tickets will be sold. Please call
Catherine at 215-729-5153 ext 1115, for more information. To purchase a
ticket please send your name, address, and a check for $100 to: Holy Family
Home, 5300 Chester Ave,
Phila, PA 19143,
Attn: Catherine. Or visit our website at www.littlesistersofthepoorphiladelphia.org.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
17TH
ANNUAL NORRISTOWN IRISH FESTIVAL:
St. Patrick
Church, DeKalb & Chestnut Sts., Norristown
Specializing in Good Company – Friendly Suds
– Great Food on Saturday, August 21st – 6:00 –
10:30PM – Irish Music – Irish Pub Night. Sunday, August 22nd
– 12 Noon – Mass of the Golden Rose – Celebrating the
Feast of Our Lady of Knock hosted by the ladies and men of the A.O.H.
– Div. No. 2 Montgomery County. Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
1 to 6 PM Dance, Sing and Experience the Music of…”The
Hooligans”.
Holy Cross School
Alumni: If you or
any of your friends or family are graduates of Holy Cross
School, Mount Airy,
please contact the rectory with your name, phone number and email address,
215-438-2921 or sms0398@comcast.net. We are looking to build a data base
for future school development and events. Your support will help to ensure the
continued Catholic education of the children of Mount Airy.
MERCY FITZGERALD HOSPITAL:
Mercy Fitzgerald
Hospital is planning a reunion of all
classes of the Thomas Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital School of Nursing on Sunday
September 19, 2010. The hospital is collecting updated contact information
for all alumnae. Contact Director of Development Lindsay Warren at
610-237-5058 or lwarren1@mercyhealth.org with your
information by July 30. Formal invitations will be mailed shortly
afterwards. RSVP date on the invitation is Friday, September 10.
REGINA NURSING HOME:
The Regina Nursing Center
“Family” invites you to our 2010 Annual Bazaar on Saturday,
September 25, 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. Held at Regina Nursing
Center, 550 E. Fornance
St., Norristown, PA.
FOOD FOR
THOUGHT: A Steward
Reflects…
Holy, Holy, Holy
“Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” We say or sing those words
just before the prayer of consecration at every Mass. “Blessed is
he…”—and we usually mean Jesus. But blessed are we, too,
when we come in the name of the Lord!
We
come together and celebrate as the people of God—those who have heard
and answered the call of Christ. But being a disciple, receiving the gift
of faith, carries with it the responsibility of living that faith in such a
way that others are also invited to become disciples. Good stewardship of
our faith always lifts us out of ourselves and toward others. Our
stewardship of the gifts of God is the hallmark of our discipleship, and
this lived witness is a powerful means of evangelization.
If,
in gratitude to God for His many blessings, we use our time or our
resources to help the poor, blessed are we who come in the name of the
Lord. If we minister to women in crisis pregnancies because we have been
given the gift of a discerning and compassionate heart, blessed are we who
come in the name of the Lord. If we lend our carpentry skills to a Habitat
house or mow the grass of the elderly widow next door when we mow our own,
blessed are we who come in the name of the Lord. If we accompany the youth
group on a ski trip or collect school supplies for the children of Haiti,
blessed are we who come in the name of the Lord.
“They will know we are Christians by our love,” say the
words of an old song. When our gratitude for the many blessings God has
poured into our lives overflows into works of love and service, we live the
truth of those words. When our discipleship is marked by the generous
giving of ourselves to others, we are good stewards. And blessed are we who
come in the name of the Lord!
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