Saint Michael Parish May 10, 2015

Rev. Arturo Chagala, Parochial Administrator

Ms. Maryellen Carroll, Director of Religious Education & Parish Services Ms. Grace Galaschewski, Office Manager Sr. Jennie Catanese, M.S.B.T., Receptionist

Sixth Sunday of Easter Saint Michael Parish has been a viable part of Fishtown/Northern Liberties for 182 years.

We continue creating a community where all God’s children are treated with dignity & respect and where faith, hope and love/charity are abound.

We welcome all new immigrants and visitors to our parish. La parroquia de Santo Michael ha sido una parte viable de Fishtown/Northern Liberties por 182 años. Continua-

mos creando una comunidad donde tratamos con dignidad y respeto los niños y donde la fe, la esperanza y el amor/la caridad es abundante.

Damos la bienvenida a todos los nuevos inmigrantes y visitantes a nuestra parroquia.

Saint Michael Church Founded 1831

1445 North Second Street Philadelphia, PA 19122

215-739-2358 Fax: 215-739-5766

http://stmichaelsphilly.org (NEW WEBSITE)

Immaculate Conception Church Front & Allen Streets

Office hours at Saint Michael Monday-Thursday 9 -4:00 p.m.

Friday 9 - 1:00 p.m.

MASS /MISA Sunday

Vigil (Saturday) 5:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. (IC)

11:30 a.m. (español)

Daily Mass Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m.

Holy Days Noon at

Immaculate Conception (IC) 7:00 p.m. at

Saint Michael (bilingual)

CONFESSIONS Saturday 4:15 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.

& by request

“As the Father loves me,

so I also love you.

“Como el Padre me ama, asi los amo yo.”

Feliz Día de

Madres!

Happy Mother’s

Day!

5/10 6th Sunday of Easter 5:00 PM vigil Gregory Micenec r/o Linda & John Trombetti 8:30 AM Dorothy Heron Fee r/o Rita Lederer 10:00 AM Michael Wharton r/o Barbara Galaschewski 11:30 AM Sergio Rivera r/o Gloria Rivera

5/11 Monday Easter Weekday 8:00 AM Margaret Kulka r/o Joseph Kulka

5/12 Tuesday SS. Nereus & Achilleus, Martyrs; St. Pancras, Martyr 8:00 AM In honor of St. Michael r/o Ralph Berarducci

5/13 Wednesday Our Lady of Fatima 8:00 AM Rev. Joseph E. O’Brien (deceased)

5/14 Thursday The Ascension of the Lord 12:00 noon (I.C.) For the People of the Parish 7:00 PM (St.M.) For the People of the Parish

5/15 Friday St. Isidore 8:00 AM Timothy Donnelly r/o Peggy McAllister

5/17 7th Sunday of Easter 5:00P vigil Judge William Lederer r/o Marie Lederer 8:30 AM Gregory Micenec r/o Barb & Bill Majzik 10:00 AM Joseph McGough r/o Dolores McGough 11:30 AM The People of the Parish ====================================

SANCTUARY LIGHTS will burn in the Churches this week for

Gregory Micenec at the request of Mom & Dad.

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS: May 10, 2015

1st Collection $ 1,661.00 Mother’s Day (to date) $ 70.00 Catholic Home Missions $ 160.00 ===================================== LITURGICAL MINISTERS May 17, 2015 5:00 PM Lector & Euch. Min.: As Available 8:30 AM Lector: Bernadette Zotter Euch, Min.: Cass Micenec 10:00 AM Lector: Grace Galaschewski Euch. Min.: Jim Galdo 11:30 AM Lectors: Mercedes Sanchez/Nelly Cintron Euch. Min.: As Available

=================================== STEWARDSHIP: Jesus’ commandment is that His disciples love one another, even to the point of laying down their lives, if necessary. What gifts of myself—my skills and talents, my time and resources—will best demonstrate my love for God’s people? El mandamiento de Jesús es que sus discípulos se amen los unos a los otros, incluso hasta el punto de ofrecer sus vidas, si fuera necesario. ¿Qué dones de mí mismo—mis habilidades y mis talentos, mi tiempo y mis recursos—demostrarán mejor mi amor por el pueblo de Dios?

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PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Joseph McGrath, Anna Batot, Joanne Sherman, Mary Zarowski, Matthew Muldoon, Dorothy Schill, Rosita Renta, Millie Adair, Peggy Dunbar, Joseph Sheenan, Gilbert Velasquez, Olga Espada, Hilda Rodriguez, Diane Mills, Elizabeth Campbell, Pat Regler, Maria Cruz, Dolores Kelly, Marina Pagan, Freddie Nagle our benefactors, those who have asked for our prayers & those who have no one to pray for them.

New Parishioners/Nuevos Feligreses Welcome. Please call the rectory and make an appointment to register as soon as possible.

Bienvenidos. Favor de llamar la rectoría y haga una cita para inscribirse lo mas antes posible. Change of Address/Cambio de Direccion

Please notify the parish secretary if you plan to move. Favor de notificar la secretaria de la parroquia si planificas mudarse.

Collection Envelopes/Sobres para la colecta Every working person should support the parish by regularly using their envelopes - they can be obtained by

calling the rectory or filling out one of the “welcome” envelopes at the entrance of the church. Cada persona de trabajo debe habitualmente apoyar la parroquia usando los sobres—puedes obtenerlos

llamando la rectoría o llenando unos de los sobres maracados “bienvenidos” en entrada de la iglesia. 214-1

May 10, 2015 Sixth Sunday of Easter

Let us love one another as Christ has loved us by offering himself for our sins. His love is to be revealed to all the world, as Peter himself has taught.

Forming our Faith

Any adult interested in receiving instruction in preparation for Confirmation or initiation into the

Catholic Church. please call Maryellen at the Rectory.

Baptism/Bautismos Call the Rectory to make arrangements. Parents and sponsors must attend an instruction class. Llame la rectoría para hacer arreglos. Padres y padrinos deben asistir clases de instrucción.

Marriage/Matrimonio Arrangements must be made six months in advance in order to fulfill Diocesan requirements. Debe hacer arreglos seis meses de antemano para cumplir los requisitos diocesanos.

Care for the Sick/Cuido para los enfermos In the occasion of an emergency call the rectory im-mediately. Call the rectory for visits at home to the elderly and infirm or when someone enters the hospi-tal and wishes a visit from the parish priest. En caso de una emergencia llame la rectoría inme-diatamente. Para visitas en casa de las personas ma-yores y enfermas o cuando alguien este en el hospital y desee una visita del sacerdote llame la rectoría.

Parish Calendar of Events

Saturday, May 9 & Sunday May 10 Mother’s Day Flower Sale Sunday, May 10 Parish Mission

Sunday, May 10 @ 11:30 a.m. Mass FIRST COMMUNION & May Procession

Sunday May 17 Parish Mission

Saturday/Sunday—May 16 & 17 Manna Food Collection

Join Us for a Great Mission! At Norris Square Park Pope Francis tells us:

“All of us are called to offer others an explicit wit-ness to the saving love of the Lord...Our falling short of perfection should be no excuse; on the contrary.,

mission is a constant stimulus not to remain mired in mediocrity but to continue growing .”

( Joy of the Gospel 121)

Sunday’s at 3:00 p.m. May 10 & May 17

May 10, 2015 Sixth Sunday of Easter

Our Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of God and of us ALL .

Please take time throughout the month of May to honor Mary and to pray to the

Queen of Peace for peace in our commu-nity and the world. The world is full of goodness and evil. The only way we

can stop evil is by doing good and act-ing lovingly to all God’s children.

Memorare REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary,

that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand,

sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy

hear and answer me. Amen. Acordaos, ¡oh piadosísima Virgen María!,

que jamás se ha oído decir que ninguno de los que han acudido a vuestra protección, implorando vuestra asistencia y reclamando

vuestro socorro, haya sido desamparado. Animado por esta confianza, a Vos también acudo,

¡oh Madre, Virgen de las vírgenes!, y gimiendo bajo el peso de mis

pecados me atrevo a comparecer ante vuestra pres-encia soberana.

¡Oh Madre de Dios!, no desechéis mis súplicas, antes bien, escuchadlas y acogedlas

benignamente. Amén.

WE are in need of volunteers to share their talents with us by helping with a variety of things, especially gardening and maintenance (plumbing).

If you like to garden or are handy with tools, please call the Rectory.

Necesitamos voluntarios para compartir su talento con nosotros, ayudando con una amplia variedad de cosas, especialmente jardinería y mantenimiento (tuberías).

Si te gusta al jardín o son útiles herramientas, por favor llame a la Rectoría. 214-2

May 10, 2015 Sixth Sunday of Easter

Congratulations to the following children for receiving the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ for the first time. We hope and pray that they receive Jesus Christ every week as they grow

in faith and knowledge and strive to be better disciples of Jesus Christ.

Diego & Lucas Coronado, Abraham Garcia, Madison Simone, Karla, Karina & Alexis Valdez

& Josue Vasquez.

As we begin the sixth week of the Easter Season, we hear various stories of love. In the First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we hear Peter tell Cornelius not to pay homage to him because he is “also a human being.” Peter then explains that because God shows no partiality, “whoever fears him and acts uprightly is acceptable to him.” That includes Jewish and non Jewish people. Anyone who wants to fol-low Jesus can receive the Holy Spirit and be Baptized. We hear Saint John tells us in the second reading the correlation between knowing and loving God. “Because everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.’ In the Gospel, we hear Jesus correlate his love with God the Father’s love. He continues by saying that we did not choose God but God chose us and the relation-ship is based on a friendship and not on a master vs. slave. We hear in the last sen-tence Jesus’ command to “love one anoth-er.” In the English language, we use the word love to highlight what we like to eat, things we like to wear, our favorite teams, who we like, etc. It is a four-letter word that is often trivialized. The love proclaimed in these readings talk about unconditional love, respect, compas-sion, understanding and a willingness to work together to create a better world and family. When we place our lives in God’s hands, he can guide our words and actions to be more loving and less condemning of our fellow human beings. When we truly understand the unconditional love God has for us it is easy to bask in that love and share that love with others.

So we ask ourselves: • Do we understand the unconditional love of God? Do

we share that love with others? • Do we work at our relationships with our spouses,

children, siblings, neighbors, etc. Do we realize the importance of mutual respect and agree to disagree or are we always right?

• Do we pray every day for the Lord to make us more loving, compassionate, just, forgiving, etc.?

• Since practice makes perfect, do we practice the vir-tues necessary to be more loving followers of Jesus Christ?

Al comenzar la sexta semana del tiempo de Pascua, hemos escuchado varias historias de amor. En la primera lectura de los Hechos de los Apóstoles, Pedro y Cornelio no dicen en homenaje a él, porque es "también un ser humano." Peter, a continuación, explica que debido a que Dios no hace acepción de personas, "quien le teme y actúa rectamente es aceptable para él." que incluye judíos y no judíos. Quien quiera seguir a Jesús puede recibir al Espíritu Santo y ser bautizado. Escuchamos nos dice san Juan en la segunda lec-tura la correlación entre saber y amar a Dios. "Porque todo el que ama ha nacido de Dios y conoce a Dios." En el evangelio, Jesús correlacionar su amor con amor de Dios Padre. Él continúa diciendo que nosotros no elegimos Dios, pero Dios nos ha escogido y la relación se basa en la amistad y no en un maestro y esclavo. Escu-

chamos en la última frase mandato de Jesús de "amaos los unos a los otros." En el idioma inglés, que nosotros usamos la palabra amor para resaltar lo que nos gusta de comer, las cosas que nos gustan a desgaste, nues-tros equipos favoritos, que nos gusta, etc. , es una palabra de cuatro letras que a menudo es trivial. El amor proclamado en las lecturas hablar sobre el

amor incondicional, el respeto, la compasión, la com-prensión y la voluntad de trabajar juntos para crear un mun-do mejor y la familia. Cuando ponemos nuestras vidas en las manos de Dios, él puede guiar nuestras palabras y ac-ciones para ser más amable y menos condenar a otros seres humanos. Cuando lo entendemos realmente el incondicion-al amor que Dios tiene para con nosotros es fácil de disfru-tar de ese amor y compartir ese amor con otros.

Así que nos preguntamos: • ¿entendemos el amor incondicional de Dios? Podemos

compartir ese amor con los demás? • ¿Trabajamos en nuestras relaciones con nuestros

cónyuges, hijos, hermanos, vecinos, etc. No nos damos cuenta de la importancia del respeto mutuo y llegar a un acuerdo en desacuerdo o estamos siempre a la derecha?

• Podemos rezar cada día para que el Señor nos hacen más amorosa y compasiva, justa, perdonar, etc. ?

• Dado que la práctica hace la perfección, no podemos practicar las virtudes necesarias para ser más amoroso los seguidores de Jesucristo?

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Puertas Abiertas para el futuro de su hijo

The World Meeting of Families Prayer

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 the Gospel. May the example of the Holy Family, with the aid of your Holy Spir-

it, 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 Joseph pray for us!

Encuentro Mundial de las Familias Oración Dios y Padre de todos nosotros, en Jesús, tu Hijo y

nuestro Salvador, que nos han convertido en sus hijos e hijas en la familia de la Iglesia. Que tu gracia y amor

ayudar a nuestras familias en todas las partes del mun-do se unen entre sí en la fidelidad al Evangelio. Que

el ejemplo de la Sagrada Familia, con la ayuda de tu Espíritu Santo, guía a todas las familias, especialmente

aquellas con más problemas, como los hogares de la comunión y la oración y buscar siempre su verdad y vivir en su amor. Por Cristo nuestro Señor. Amén .

Jesús, María y José, ruega por nosotros!

May 10, 2015 Sixth Sunday of Easter

Bendición de las Madres Amar a Dios, como una madre da la vida y alimento a sus hijos, para que

pueda ver a través de la Iglesia. Bendi-ga a estas mujeres,

que pueden ser reforzadas como las madres cristianas. Deje que el ejemplo de su fe y

su amor brille. Nos conceda, sus hijos e hijas, puede honrar siempre con un espíritu de profundo respeto.

Subvención por Jesucristo nuestro Señor. ¡Amén!

Blessing for Mothers Loving God, as a mother gives life and nourish-ment to her children, so you watch over your Church. Bless these women, that they may be strengthened as Christian mothers. Let the ex-ample of their faith and love shine forth. Grant that we, their sons and daughters, may honor them always with a spirit of profound respect.

Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen

From the Catholic Book of Blessings

Visitation BVM Parish Festival Visitation BVM (300 E. Lehigh

Ave.) will hold its annual Parish Festival Friday,

May 29-Sunday, May 31. There will be wonderful food,

carnival games and bouncies for the kids.

The times are: Friday 5– 9 p.m., Saturday 2-8 p.m.

Sunday 1-5 p.m. There will be Bingo on Friday from 78-9 p.m.

with lots of prizes and a $250 jackpot.

¡Ayude por favor a nuestros vecinos en necesidad viven una vida mejor! Please be generous to the Catholic Charities collection and give hope and life to those throughout the Archdiocese in need.

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