NEW MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil: 5 PM Sunday: 7 AM, 8:30 AM, 10 AM & 11:30 AM Weekdays: 8 AM Saturday: 9 AM Holy Days: 7 PM Vigil, 8 AM and 12:05 PM

SACRAMENTS

Reconciliation: Sat. 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, or by appointment.

Eucharistic Adoration: Tues. 7 PM – 8 PM Baptism: 1st & 3rd Sunday each Month. Pre-Jordan class is required and held on the 3rd Monday of every month. Please call the Parish Office to schedule.

Marriage: Engaged couples must meet with the Pastor at least six months prior to the Wedding.

Anointing of the Sick: Holy Communion for the homebound or Sacrament of the Sick upon request. Anointing in preparation for surgery after Masses.

PASTOR:

Rev. Gerald P. Carey

IN RESIDENCE:

Rev. Msgr. Richard Malone

PERMANENT DEACON:

Deacon John Rose

Music Ministry:

Rick West

Office Manager/

Parish Secretary:

RoseAnn Westerfer

Business Manager:

Nicole Giacche

Office Phone: 610-688-1178 Website: olastrafford.org

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Mon. - Fri.: 8:30 AM - 4 PM

Emergencies Call the Parish Office and press 1.

ASSUMPTION ACADEMY

School Principal: Patricia Welsh 610-688-5277

PREP Office

Sr. Rita Marian Angelilli, IHM 610-688-6590

OLA CONVENT — IHM SISTERS

Phone: 610-688-7889

February 23, 2020 7th Sunday

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MY OLA MY FAMILY OF FAITH

Roman Catholic Church 35 Old Eagle School Road, Strafford, PA

LENTEN ACTIVITIES:

Eucharistic Adoration, Tues., 2/25 at 7 PM +

ASH Wednesday, 2/26/2020 Masses & Distribution of Ashes:

8 AM, 12:05 PM & 7 PM +

Stations of the Cross, Fri., 2/28 at 7 PM

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Masses for the Week

5:00 - Confraternity of St. Peter by Chris Renzi

Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 - Connie DiDario by The McCormick Family 8:30 - Lawrence V. Lolli by Lou & Brenda D’Amicantonio 10:00 - Eleanora Rose by Mary DiCandilo 11:30 - For the People of the Parish

Monday - Feb. 24, 2020 8:00 - Margaret Morrow by the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters at OLA

Tuesday - Feb. 25, 2020 8:00 - T. Richard Campbell by Daughter, Nancy

Wednesday - Feb. 26, 2020 ASH WEDNESDAY

8:00 - David Blasetti by the D’Ignazio Cousins 12:05 PM - Concettina “Connie” DiDario by the Santoro Family 7:00 PM - Joseph Somers by Daughter, Christine & Mark Gaeto & Family

Thursday - Feb. 27, 2020 8:00 - Jack & Claire Norton by Sr. Jeannine Norton

Friday - Feb. 28, 2020 8:00 - Eleanora Rose by Palmer & Margaret Dalesandro

Saturday - Feb. 29, 2020 9:00 - Eleanora Rose by Tony & Yolanda Falcone 5:00 - Adrian, Lucy & Ann Mary Ise by Richard & Rosemary Ise

Sunday, March 1, 2020 1st Sunday in Lent

7:00 - Eleanora Rose by Paul & Diane Norcini 8:30 - For the People of the Parish 10:00 - Rose D’Innocenzo by Son, Peter & Donna D’Innocenzo & Family 11:30 - Rosemary Watters by Andy & Genell Ferrilli

Sanctuary Lamp is burning

For: Genoeffa Trosini From: Feb. 21, 2020 to Feb. 27, 2020 By: Chris & Joanne Bouvier

Question of the week:

How can I allow the Spirit to guide me more fully? How will that affect how I treat both those who treat me well and those who mistreat me?

Prayer Intentions

Please pray for the sick and disabled members of our parish family: Nicole LaMonaca, Ed Drill, Anthony Ciarlone, Elsa Marsili, Josephine Sorrentino, Logan Schweiter, Margaret Cox, Victor Newton, William Vallejo, Msgr. McDonough, Carole Pullo, Louise McKeown, Gloria Biondi, Taylor Boileau, Dan, Angie, Nick & Kelly Sciarratta, Barbara Pupek, Charlotte Krutsick, Catherine Harmer, Eileen Piombino, John Becker, Janet Fleming, Holly Weaver, Agatha & Carol Annino, Bob Iatesta, Louise Fehn, Gabe Yervelli, Msgr. Marino, Milena Trosini, Alison Colodonato, Sean Mahoney, Baby Flynn, Yolanda Price, Zaira Silveri, Dottie Cappelli, Russell Demanczyk, Dominic Toscani, Fran Neary, William Vare, Jessica Rineer, Veronica Kelly, Carolyn Weber, Arthur Mattmiller, Nello DeFlaviis, Joseph Carver, Gina Pine, Fr. Woodeshick, Ed Rofi, Emma Timperio, Gina Falcone, Anita Moscia, Maria DiGiacomo & Stephanie Hill, Kyle Hansen, Rick West & John Davico.

Please pray for our parishioners serving in the Military: Lauren A. Seedor, Rebecca Robbins, Luke Scilovati & Matthew Wilson.

OLA Poor Boxes

The money, collected from our Poor Boxes locat-ed in the Candle Room & in the Vestibule, is

used for our Outreach Ministry. Thank you for your support!

OLA Parish Organizations

Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction: Every Tuesday at 7 PM in Church Missionary Servants of the Holy Love: Every Tuesday at 7 PM in Sacred Heart Chapel Legion of Mary: Every Wednesday at 1 PM in Sacred Heart Chapel Living Bridges Men’s Faith Sharing: Every Friday at 7 AM in Sacred Heart Chapel Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Every Saturday at 9:30 AM in Church Walking With Purpose: Every Wednesday at 7 PM in Assumption Hall Every Sunday at 1 PM in Assumption Hall IHM Companions: Tues., Mar. 10, 2020 at 10 AM in Convent Knights of Columbus: Wed., Mar. 18, 2020 at 7PM in Sacred Heart Chapel Lay Carmelites: Mon., Mar. 9, 2020 at 6:30 PM in Upper Room

Sanctuary Floral Memorial

For: T. Richard Campbell From: Feb. 22, 2020 to Feb. 23, 2020 By: Daughter, Nancy Campbell

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 23, 2020

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PREP

Although Archbishop Chaput was scheduled for our Confirmation Mass on 5/19/2020, we received word that Most Reverend Bishop Edward Deliman will officiate at Confirmation. With the recent in-stallation of Archbishop Perez several schedules from the Archdiocese needed to be revised. We are grateful to Bishop Deliman and look forward to his visit to our Parish. Our Lady of the Assumption will not be spon-soring Vacation Bible School this summer. Some of our neighboring parishes may be conducting programs. Thank you for your understanding in this matter. For further information regarding PREP, please contact Sr. Rita Marian Angelilli, IHM at 610-688-6590 or rmangelilli@olastrafford.org.

Catholic Young Adults of Chester Co. Join CYACC for Ash Wednesday Mass, CYACC will be celebrating Mass at St. Joseph's in Downingtown. The Mass begins at 7 PM on Wed., Feb. 26th. Pizza will be provided after Mass for those of you who will be breaking your fast with an evening meal. We will gather in the Narthex, then head into the room to the left as you are leaving the church. For info: check www.cyacc.org or find us in Facebook / email us at cyacc1@gmail.com

12th Annual Men’s Spirituality

Conference - Man Up Philly

Sat., Mar. 7, 2020

All the men of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are invited to the 12th Annual Catholic Men’s Conference on Sat., Mar. 7th at Neumann University in Aston, PA. We encourage all men - husbands, father, sons, brothers, friends - to become the men God is calling them to be! Rediscover the power and purpose of your faith! Speakers include veteran Phila. Eagle Brent Celek, Steve Bollman, founder of That Man Is You and Immaculee Ilabagiza, author of Left to Tell and survivor of the Rwandan genocide. Register online at ManUpPhilly.com.

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ASSUMPTION ACADEMY 2020 News

February means Love is in the Air & WE LOVE ASSUMPTION ACADEMY

Luck of the Irish BINGO SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2020

11:00AM – 1:00PM This will be a VERY child-friendly event!

$10 per person or $100 per table (includes a Large Pizza)

Call the school to reserve your spot today at 610-688-5277.

BLOCS Scholarship Applications for the 2020-2021 School Year are being accepted

now! A link to a simple application can be found on our website:

www.assumptionacademy.weebly.com.

OLA Lenten Soup Night

Wed., Mar. 4th at 6:30 PM

In Assumption Hall

Our guest speaker is Sarah Christmyer, a Catholic author, Bible teacher and speaker with a love for lectio divina and journaling as ways to draw close to Christ in Scripture. Sarah is an adjunct faculty member at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and a board member of the Malvern Retreat House. Legionnaire Priests will be available from 6:30 PM for confession. Register online at: www.olastrafford.org/lenten-soup.

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Stewardship

SUNDAY & OTHER COLLECTIONS** (does not include Electronic Parish Giving)

On 2/09/2020: $ 10,262 2/03/2019: $ 6,259 ** OTHER COLLECTIONS INCLUDE: HOLY DAYS,

CHRISTMAS and EASTER FLOWERS

Electronic Parish Giving Deposited on 2/12/2020: $ 2,237.50

CUM FISCAL YTD TOTALS AS OF including Electronic Parish Giving

2/12/2020: $ 275,927 2/06/2019: $ 272,624 Note: 2019-2020 fiscal YTD offerings are

+ 1.2% greater than 2018-2019.

To request your 2019 Contribution Letter for tax pur-poses, please contact Nicole Giacche, Bus. Mgr. at ngiacche@olastrafford.org or .610-688-1178 x 112.

We thank you for your generosity!

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Parish Calendar

February

23 10:00 AM - Confirmation Class - Upper Room 10:00 AM - Children’s Liturgy of the Word - Sacred Heart Chapel 1:00 PM - Walking With Purpose - Assumption Hall 24 4:45 PM - Confirmation Class - Upper Room 4:45 PM - PREP Levels 1-5 - School 25 7:00 PM - Eucharistic Adoration - Church 7:00 PM - Missionaries of the Holy Love - Sacred Heart Chapel 26 1:00 PM - Legion of Mary - Sacred Heart Chapel 7:00 PM - Walking With Purpose - Assumption Hall 28 7:00 AM - Living Bridges Men’s Faith Sharing - Sacred Heart Chapel 7:00 PM - Stations of the Cross - Church 29 9:30 AM - Sodality Devotions - Church 1:00 PM - Arts & Environment Cttee - SHC

OLA Pro-Life Committee

Seeks Members

Vince Silveri, the chairperson of OLA’s Pro-Life Committee humbly prays that caring peo-ple join him in this important “Respect Life” endeavor. If you are interested or have ques-tions about the commitment, please contact the Parish Office at 610-688-1178. In Jesus’ name, on behalf of Vince, we thank you for consider-ing this invitation!

Pastor’s Corner

My dear Parishioners, This Wednesday, Feb. 26th is Ash Wednesday & the beginning of the Season of Lent. The liturgical schedule for the day is as follows:

8:00 AM Mass 12:05 Noon Mass 7:00 PM Mass

The Gospel for Ash Wednesday gives us good advice on how we are to enter into the “spirit” of Lent. Jesus speaks to us of the three disciplines of: praying, fasting & giving alms. All of these, Jesus teaches us, are to be done without desire for any recognition. The point is not that we should only pray alone & not in community, for example, but that we should not pray in order to be seen as holy. The same is true of fasting & works of charity; they do not need to be hidden, but they are to be done sincerely out of love of God & neighbor, and again, not in order to be seen by others. There is a certain irony in the Gospel which tells us to wash our faces so that we do not appear to be doing penance on a day that we go around placing “dirt” on our foreheads. This is just another way Jesus is telling us not to perform religious acts for public recognition. We don't wear these ashes to proclaim our holiness but to humbly acknowledge that we are simply a community of sinners in need of repentance and renewal.

As a reminder, abstinence from all meat is to be observed by all Roman Catholics 14 years old and older on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays in Lent.

Fasting is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Roman Catholics who are 18 years of age but not yet 59. (Usually this means only one full meal that day and two much smaller ones.)

I pray that this coming season of Lent will be an opportunity for all of us to use wisely the tra-ditional practices of Lent to bring about a true renewal in us; sincere repentance, true conver-sion of heart and an increase in works of charity in our daily lives. May God continue to bless you during this Holy Season.

Love and prayers, Fr. Carey

The Brother’s House

Assisting homeless men in Norristown is in desperate need of clean new socks & boxer shorts (XL & XXL & XXXL). Please drop off in the Giving Room.