Rev. Msgr. George A. Majoros, M.Div., M.S., Pastor

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SPONSORSHIP LETTERS To receive a letter of Sponsorship for Baptism or Confirmation from the Pastor, one has to be an active parishioner of the parish for at least six months, be of age, have received the Sacraments of Initiation, and if married, be in a Catholic Church recognized Marriage. The Partnering Parishes of St. Charles Borromeo, Drexel Hill, and Sacred Heart, Clifton Heights, defines an “active/participating pa-rishioner” as one who is registered and worshiping at the parish on a regular (“weekly”) basis; and who commits to a stewardship of time, talent and finan-cial resources to help support the parish and the Church of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT To live and grow as a church in the Roman Catholic tradition by devotion to God in worship, doctrine, ministry, and loving service to each other and to the people entrusted to us. WEEKEND ASSISTANTS Rev. John McKenzie, OSA Rev. Herbert Sperger Rev. Joseph Zaleski Deacon, John Farrell

Sacred Heart Parish

316 East Broadway Avenue ~ Clifton Heights, PA 19018

Phone 610-623-0409 Fax 610-623-2926 E-mail sacredheartchurch@rcn.com

Parish Website: w w w .sacredheart-cliftonheights.net

Partnering Parishes Sacred Heart, St. Charles Borromeo (Drexel Hill) and St. Hedwig’s Chapel (Chester)

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT ~ MARCH 1, 2020

SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Sacred Heart (Vigil) 4:00PM, 7:30AM St. Hedwig Chapel 9:15AM (Rosary before Mass) St. Charles (Vigil) 5:30PM, 10:00AM, 4:00PM

Weekday Masses During Lent SACRED HEART 8:30 AM Monday & Tuesday, 12 Noon Wednesday

ST. CHARLES BORROMEO 8:30 AM Thursday, Friday and Saturday

HOLY DAY MASSES ST. CHARLES BORROMEO 7:00 Vigil Mass (evening before the Holy Day) ,8:30 AM Morning Mass

SACRED HEART 12:00 Noon Mass , 7:00 PM Mass THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION 3:00 to 3:45 PM—Before Saturday Vigil Mass at Sacred Heart Church 4:30-5:15 PM—Before Saturday Vigil Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Church 6:30 to 7:30 PM—Thursday before First Friday at St. Charles Borromeo Church 9:15 to 10:00 AM—On First Saturday (barring funerals at St. Charles Borromeo) Please check the pamphlet included in the purple bags for additional dates for Penance during Lent.

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Mass Intentions Mass Celebrants Weekend of February 29– March 1

Sacred Heart 4:00PM Fr. Sperger 7:30AM Fr. McKenzie

St. Hedwig’s Chapel 9:15AM Fr. Zaleski

St. Charles Borromeo 5:30PM Msgr. Majoros 10:00AM Msgr. Majoros 4:00PM Fr. Speziale

Mass Celebrants Weekend of March 7-8

Sacred Heart 4:00PM Msgr. Majoros 7:30AM Fr. McKenzie

St. Hedwig’s Chapel 9:15AM Fr. Zaleski

St. Charles Borromeo 5:30PM Fr. Zaleski 10:00AM Fr. Sperger 4:00PM Fr. Speziale

Celebrants Are Subject To Change

Sacred Heart Church 4:00PM + Richard Terpstra Of sister,

Catherine & family

Sunday, March 1

7:30AM - For the spiritual life and well-being of

Fr. Joseph Zaleski Of Martin Kelly

Monday, March 2

8:30AM - For the spiritual life and well-being of

Mark Wufsus Of Martin Kelly

Tuesday, March 3

8:30AM - For the spiritual life and well-being

of Donna Crawford Of Martin Kelly

Wednesday, March 4

12:00 Noon The Living & Deceased

Parishioners of Sacred Heart Parish

Saturday, March 7

4:00PM + Thomas McGehrin

Sunday, March 8

7:30AM - For the spiritual life and well-being of

the Kleinschmidt Family Of Mom, Connie

St. Hedwig’s Chapel

Sunday, March 1

9:15AM + Joanne Novak Of husband, Jim Sunday, March 8

9:15AM + Joseph Sewruk Of Hanna

Operation Rice Bowl Please Cash or Checks Only

(No coins) Your donation is most appreciated!

Candles for the Month of March

Sacred Heart + Tina Mori

St. Hedwig

+ Joseph Sewruk

Ministers of the Eucharist and Lectors March 7-8

4:00PM J. D’Orazio/B. D’Orazio 7:30AM Mettimano/McLoughlin

Congratulations Archbishop Nelson Perez

The 1.3 million parishioners of the Roman Catholic

Archdiocese of Philadelphia have a new spiritual leader.

Nelson Perez, 58, who spent most of his early pastoral career in the Philadelphia area, assumed the post of archbishop in a ceremony Tuesday, February 18, 2020

at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul.

Perez, the former bishop of Cleveland, is the first Hispanic archbishop to lead the five-county Philadelphia archdiocese. He is the 14th Roman Catholic bishop and 10th archbishop

of Philadelphia.

He succeeds Archbishop Charles Chaput, who stepped down after turning 75 last year, the traditional retirement age

for Catholic bishops.

The Mass of Installation followed a procession of hundreds of cardinals, bishops, priests, deacons and seminarians to

the city's cathedral church.

Perez attended the diocesan seminary in Philadelphia in the 1980s and served in a number of Philadelphia parishes before being named as an auxiliary bishop in Rockville Centre, New York, and then bishop of Cleveland in 2017.

Masses For Lent

Sacred Heart Church Mondays, Tuesdays -8:30A.M and Wednesdays- 12Noon St. Charles Borromeo Church Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays -8:30A.M

Stations of the Cross will be held on Fridays in Lent with Confessions 7:00P.M.- March 6th and March 13tth - St. Charles Borromeo Church 7:00P.M.-March 20th, March 27th and April 3rd at Sacred Heart Church St. Hedwig Chapel Light “meatless’ dinner offered at 6:00PM in the Social Room followed by Friday evening Stations of the Cross

at 7:00PM. (No Stations on Good Friday). Lenten Lamen-tations following the 9:15am Sunday Mass. Reflection and meditation on the Pasion of Christ and the sorrows of His Blessed Mother.

LENTEN FAITH SERIES: Forgiven—the transforming power of Confession will be held at St. Charles Borro-meo Parish Hall on the following Sunday’s after 10AM Mass, March 8, 15, 29 and April 5. (no series on March 22)

SOUP SUNDAY: March 1st at St. Charles following the 10AM Mass. Guest Speaker for Operation Rice Bowl. BIBLE STUDY: Every Wednesday at St. Charles Rectory from 7:00 to 8:30PM. March 4—April 1. No Greater Love—a biblical walk through Christ’s pas-sion. SPECIAL MASSES: Thursday evening , March 19th at St. Charles—St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary at 7:00PM and Wednesday, March 25 at Sacred Heart—Annunciation of the Lord at 12 noon

Fast and Abstinence The Bishops of the US prescribe, as minimal obligation, that all persons who are 14 years of age and older are bound to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday, on all the Fridays of Lent and Good Friday. Further, all persons 18 years of age and older, up to and including their 59th birthday, are bound to fast by limiting themselves to a single full meal on Ash Wednesday and on Good Friday, while the other two meals on those days are to be light.

Six Tuesdays during Lent, 7:00 PM Lenten Series Hosted by Ridley Area Catholic Churches Six Ridley Township area Catholic Churches will host a weekly Lenten series entitled “Seven Signs in the Gospel of John” on six consecutive Tuesday evenings of Lent. Each evening will feature a talk on a different miracle of Jesus, and each evening will be hosted by a different parish at 7:00 PM. The format will include Evening Prayer, Benediction, talk by a different guest speaker each week, and then a social for attendees. For more information, including location, topic and speaker for each session call 610-532-5800

12th Annual Man Up Philly Men's Spirituality Conference The Theme: No Greater Love – Sacrifice Over Self . The men of our parish are invited to join Catholic Men from throughout the Archdiocese for the 12th Annual Man Up Philly Men’s Conference on March 7th at Neumann University. Speakers include Immaculee Ilibagiza, acclaimed speaker and author of Left to Tell surviving the Rwandan genocide, Brent Celek, former Eagles star tight end and Superbowl LII champion, Steve Bollman, Catholic speaker and founder of This Man is You, and back by popular demand, Mark Forrest, internationally recognized Irish tenor, who will lead our Eucharistic Adoration. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available, and the Conference will conclude with Mass celebrated by the Most Reverend Archbishop Charles Chaput. Come & See Weekends Winter / Spring 2020 A discernment retreat is one stop on the journey to explore God’s purpose for your life. It offers a chance to come away, to be with others on a similar path, and to find a place of quiet to listen so as to hear God speak. Men who are discerning a possible call to the priesthood are invited to attend a Come & See Weekend at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.

Upcoming Dates : High School Men Sat., March 14 - Sun., March 15, 2020 Post-High School Men, Fri., April 24 - Sun., April 26, 2020. To register for one of these weekends, please visit our website at: heedthecall.org/comeandsee or contact Sue Matour in the Vocation Office at 610-667-5778 or smatour@archphila.org

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ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA--TELEVISION MASS Sunday mornings at 5:30AM: WPVI—Channel 6

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia and His Eminence Cardinal Justin Rigali invite you to the Eucharistic

Congress and Highlights of Central Europe: September 17-27, 2020

Price including airfare from Philadelphia: $4295.00 Price without airfare: $3395.00

Single room supplement: $995.00

Contact: Select International Tours 85 Park Avenue, Flemington, NJ 08822

Tel: +1 908 237 9262 Toll Free: +1 800 842 4842

Fax: +1 908 237 9263 Email: guestservices@select-intl.com

The Annual Archdiocesan Mass Honoring the Gifts of Persons with Disabilities, The Deaf Community, Family, Friends and Caregivers is Sat., March 21, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul at 18th and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Phila. Archbishop Nelson Perez will be the principal celebrant and homilist. A recep-tion follows the Mass. All are welcome.

Celebrating Mary's Yes Mark your calendars for an Archdiocesan-Wide Rosary Ral-lyand the inauguration of a new Vocation Office initiative aimed at building up a culture of vocations. On Wednes-day, March 25th (Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord), at six locations throughout the Archdiocese, clergy and lay faithful are invited to gather to pray the Rosary and hear a presentation on an exciting new initiative! More de-tails will be provided in the weeks and months to come, and by visiting our website at HeedTheCall.org

Day of Recollection ~ April 4, 2020 9:00 AM – 6:15 PM EDT

You Are Called to Holiness Conference and Day of Recol-lection at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. Reg-istration starts at 8 am, and the conference begins at 10 am. Coffee and donuts will be served during registration. Lunch will be provided. The speakers for the day are: His Emi-nence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, D.D., J.C.D., Member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Pa-tron of the Order of Malta; The Most Reverend Joseph E. Strickland, J.C.L., Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas; Reverend Gerald Dennis Gill, S.L.L., M.Div., Director of the Office for Divine Worship and Rector and Pastor of the Ca-thedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. The day will include Eucharistic Adoration, recitation of the Rosary, the proces-sion and crowning of the National Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, and the celebration of the Vigil Mass.

http://www.stjohnneumannchapter.org/ Email: holinessconference2020@gmail.com

Call: 215-247-2585

LILY’S GIFT If a prenatal diagnosis is poor... you are not alone. There is help. Lily’s Gift is a network of concerned parents and pro-fessionals who have experienced or worked closely with issues surrounding poor prenatal diagnosis. Modeled and trained by BE NOT AFRAID, volunteers from Lily’s Gift offer a free service of practical guidance and compassionate care focusing on meeting the needs of expectant parents as they seek to honor the life of their baby no matter how frail or how brief. For more info, visit LilysGift.org, or benotafraid.net. For support call Sr. Kathleen Schipani at 215.587.3530

Catholic Current

Resources For This First Sunday Of Lent Please visit https://catholiccurrent.org/

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Hands Of Grace An innovative program for the deaf and hard-of-hearing There are roughly 5.4 million deaf or hard-of-hearing Catho-lics in the United States. With English as their second lan-guage, many of these Catholics are left searching for scarce resources, often not finding what they need. Hands of Grace: The Catholic Sacraments in American Sign Language is an innovative program that features video presentations by Father Séan Loomis teaching in ASL, as well as a workbook that is specifically designed with a visual emphasis to provide a better, dynamic learning experience for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Through 7-sessions, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the sacraments and the Catholic Faith as they:

Learn the story behind the sacraments.

Discover the Church’s teachings about the sacraments.

Live out the abundant grace given to us in the

sacraments.

This Program is Available to Purchase on DVD at Ascension Publishing

The First Week of Lent

It is wonderful to see the early weeks of Lent as a catechism

for those who are on a journey toward Baptism at the Easter

Vigil. Each liturgy offers a new "lesson in the faith" for these

new believers. Viewed this way, Lent can be a journey of

renewal in faith for us all. We listen, with the hearts of chil-

dren, learning old lessons, as though for the first time. And

each day, we pray these special prayers that simply help

us keep turning to God for the graces we need for the day.

Throughout the day, we find moments, perhaps "in the

background" while we are doing other things, that help us

remember what we are asking for. Our desire grows as we

make changes to our daily patterns. As we make sacrifices,

in order to experience freedom from self-directed needs, we

also experience a freedom for other-directed love and

generosity.

FORMED

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Sign up at https://formed.org/daily to receive these daily reflections directly to your inbox. Start your day off right. Be inspired and renewed each morning with clips from Catholic authors, speakers, movies, talks, and more.

FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Prayerfully consider your Offertory Gift as your act

of praise to God for all HE has given you.

Sacred Heart– February 23, 2020 Sunday Envelopes 45 $899.00 Loose 397.00 Total 1,296.00 Loose 229.00 Fuel 21.00 Parish Maintenance 40.00 St. Hedwig - February 23, 2020 Sunday Envelopes 23 $603.00 Loose 107.00 Total 710.00 Fuel 10.00

Thank you to those who are great stewards!

Ladies Auxiliary News

B-I-N-G-O! March Meeting - Please join us for a fun night of Bingo (no cash prizes) at our next Ladies Auxiliary meet-ing. This meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 10th at 7:30PM in the St. Charles Church Hall. $10 donation covers multiple games of bingo.

Parish Breakfast - The Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting a Partnering Parish Breakfast in the St. Charles Church Hall on Sunday, March 22, 2020, after the 7:30am Mass until after the 10:00am Mass. The cost is $7 per adult and $3 for children under 12 (payable at the door). Please mark your calendars and come join us for a delicious home cooked breakfast!

Paint 2 You - We have a very special program planned for our April meeting. Please plan on joining us on Tuesday, April 14th, at 6:45 PM in the St. Charles Church Hall when we will be hosting Paint 2 You. Look for additional details to follow soon for this fun event!

POST ABORTION HEALING RETREAT RACHEL’S VINEYARD MINISTRIES

March 27-29, 2020 Malvern-Frazer, Pennsylvania For information contact: Lauren at 215-720-5828 or RachelsVineyardGP@gmail.com Rachel’s Vineyard of Greater Philadelphia All inquiries are strictly confidential. Financial aid is offered if needed. National website: www.rachelsvineyard.org Experience the mercy and compassion of God. Focus on the buried emotions of the past and begin healing in a non-judgmental, safe, lov- ing, and confidential environment. It will give you hope for your future and freedom from the pain within your heart and soul.

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Irish Fling Social on Saturday, March 14th. St. Charles Parish Hall 6:30-10:00pm

Join our Partnering Parishes for music and dancing, catered Buffet—BYOB, $15 per person , Children ages 5-12—$5.00 Children under 5 are free. Tickets can be purchased in the vestibule of the church following all Masses at St. Charles Borromeo the weekends of Feb. 29-March 1 and March 7—March 8. Tickets can be purchased at both Sacred Heart and St. Charles Borromeo rectories during normal business hours.

Pierogi Flour Donations We would appreciate donations of Gold

Medal or Pillsbury flour.

Donations may be brought to the rectory or placed in the vestibule of the church.

CASH is also a great help in defraying costs.

Cash donations can be put in an envelope and dropped in the Sunday collection basket marked

“pierogi.” Pierogi will be made March 23– April 3

Lectors Needed at Sacred Heart Volunteers are needed to serve as lectors to assist in proclaiming God’s Word at Masses. If you would like to try reading please see Mark Wufsus after mass or call the rectory for more infor-mation.