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1325 Boot Road
West Chester, PA 19380
Phone 610.692.2216
Fax 610.692.7103
www.sspeterandpaulrc.org
Saints Peter and Paul Parish
Pastor Fr. James T. McGuinn
Deacons
Deacon Patrick Stokely Deacon Robert Pierce
Director of Communications
Manisha Divecha 610.692.2216 ext:238
Office Manager; Peggy Anne Fox ext:250
Director of CYO
John Callahan [email protected]
Director of Facilities
Bob Falkenstein 610.692.2216 ext. 267
Facilities Manager; David Leitch ext:234
Director of Family Ministries
Michele D’Alessandro 610.692.2216 ext:236
Director of Finances
Bob Angiulo 610.692.2216 ext:258
Business Manager; Julie Carlson ext:237
Safe Environment Coordinator, Mari Lyons ext:205
Director of Pastoral Ministries
Daniel Hoover 610.692.2216 ext:263 [email protected]
Principal of the School Mrs. Margaret Egan 610.696.1000 ext:202
Secretary; Barbara McCarron ext:201
Advancement Director; Barbara Downing ext:262
Director of Worship Bruce Carlson 610.692.2216 ext:265
Asst. Director of Worship; Michele Marinelli ext:264 [email protected]
Pastoral Council Members Fr. Jim McGuinn (Chair), Brian Magee (Vice Chair) Pat Crawford (Secretary), Carol Bove, Marge Donoghue, Margaret Egan, Mary Finley, Chris Lyons, Rich Marinelli, Marietta Moody, Deacon Bob Pierce, Tom Pitt, Deacon Pat Stokely
Finance Council Members
Fr. Jim McGuinn (President), Bob Angiulo, Christian Callahan (Secretary), Martin Roddy, Jim Schiele (Chair), Kevin Rulis, Thomas Mehler
Parish Center and Church
Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: 5:30 PM
Sunday: 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30 AM
Weekdays: 8:30 AM
Holydays: 8:30 AM & 5:30 PM Holidays : 9:30 AM
Confessions 4:00 PM Saturday
Church Hours Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM-Noon Saturday 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
Sunday 7:00 AM-1:00 PM
Parish Center Office Hours
Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM-Noon
July 10, 2016
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 10:25-37
Church@Guest2015
Sick List and Prayer Intentions
Please pray for the parishioners listed below who are in need of our healing prayers. Due to space restrictions in the bulletin, names will remain on the list for 1 month only, unless we hear from you. Thank you .
Please keep the following family members in your prayers as military and first responders in dangerous places throughout the world.
Thomas Burns, Steve DiMaio, Marc Doucette, Mr. & Mrs. Josh & Megan Elliott, Bill Fletcher, Joe Gable, Tom Gutherman, Riley Harsh, Marc Nielson, Eric Reigner, Timothy & Mary Alice Riemann, Christian Troutner.
Communications Saturday, July 10, 2016 5:30 PM George Feeney by Mary Jane Deitch
Sunday, July 11, 2016 7:30AM For Saints Peter & Paul Parishioners 9:30 AM Jerry Shoemaker, Russo Family by Barbara Shoemaker
11:30AM Thomas Flynn by Brendan & Rose
McGuinn
Monday, July 12, 2016 8:30 AM John Gormley (1st Anniversary) by Roseanne Havird
Tuesday, July 13, 2016 8:30 AM Annie, Jerry, John Shields by Alice & Mary Shields
Wednesday, July 14, 2016 8:30 AM John Templeton Jr. MD by Christian
& JC Callahan
Thursday, July 15, 2016 8:30 AM Dolett Hemphill by Christian & JC
Callahan
Friday, July 16, 2016 8:30 AM Bernice Zavitsky by the Jenkins family
Saturday, July 17, 2016 5:30 PM Joe & Mary Congialdi by Josephine
Zagone
Sunday, July 18, 2016 7:30 AM Patricia Kirk by Bernard & Eileen
McGovern
9:30 AM For Saints Peter & Paul Parishioners 11:30 AM Jim McDonald by the McDonald Family
Tim Anderson, Christine Austin, Maria Casalnova, Lou and Marie Casciato, Mary Celommi, Madeleine Christiansen, Rita Dailey, Ralph Dastalfo, Bob Dymowski, Mia & Lelia Finnegan, Dr. John Flanagan, John J. Flanagan, Margie Friedman, Issy Gallen, Stephanie Gallen, James & Therese Gillespie, Bob Gorey, Catherine Greenfield, Jean Grentz, Heidi Grieb, Francis Hagan, Ray Hummel, Mary Inglesby, Joe Kearney, Jeanne Kelch, John Kelch, Phil Kennedy, Christine Madden, Nancy Mandato, Elizabeth McArdle, Susan Nanoski, Jim Nelson, Mary O’Reilly, Peggy Raspa, Amy Sadowski, Helen Schaffer, Joy Shields, George Stanek, Doris Taggert, the Taylor family, Jeanne Ward, Richard Whiting, Larry Wolov.
Reminder: Mass Time Changes
During the Spring, the parish did a survey and Fr. Jim announced a new Mass schedule. As a re-sponse to many requests, some of the Mass times will change the weekend after Labor Day. Beginning Saturday, September 10, the Vigil will be at 4:30PM. The Masses on Sunday morning will remain the same, but a 5:30PM Mass will be added on Sunday evenings beginning that week-end. We are also adding a 12:15PM Mass on Holydays beginning with the Feast of the As-sumption on August 15. Since the Feast is be-fore Labor Day, the evening Mass will still be at 5:30PM after Labor Day, future Holyday evening Masses will be celebrated at 7:00PM instead.
Family Ministries
CYO
Facilities
Saints Peter and Paul Parish Football
Registration is now open for the St Agnes-Saints Peter and Paul Parish Football program. We offi-cially kick off the 19thseason with open registration for all youth in Grades 5 to 8. Flag football is also available for kids in Grades 3 and 4. To register, please go to www.wagdogs.com. For more in-formation about our program and our innovative approach to safety, please call or email Tom Dunn at 610.416.5449, [email protected].
Saints Peter and Paul Youth Group
Catechist inTraining
Youth Group and Catechist in Training resumes this Fall. If your child or their friend is interested in either/or/both, please email Michele to register your child. or for additional information. mdalessandro@sspeterandpaulrc,org.
Saints Peter and Paul Parish Mom’s Bible Study
Have you always wanted to join a Mom’s Bible Study? Now is your chance. Saints Peter and Paul Parish is forming a Mom’s Bible Study Group which will take place in the Fall. Please email [email protected] if you are interested. We will follow the Connections Pro-gram as an ideal resource because of its easy to follow format, Scripture foundation, and ease of joining at any point.
Don’t forget that Saints Peter and Paul Parish CCD registration is currently taking place. Please register so we can plan accordingly. Forms are on the parish website or by using this link: http://sspeterandpaulrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Family-Ministries-Registraion-Form-2016-2017.pdf. We are in need of teachers and assistant teach-ers, so please help if you can.
New Mass Schedule Effective September 10-11, 2016
Confessions will be heard on Saturdays from 3:00PM to 4:00PM.
Saturday, September 10 4:30PM
Sunday, September 11 7:30AM
9:30AM
11:30AM
5:30PM
Holydays
November 1 8:30AM
12:15PM
7:00PM
December 8 8:30AM
12:15PM
7:00PM
Wooden Benches in the Front of the Church
A kind parishioner has offered to rehab the bench-es and took them to Hershey’s Mill to work on them in their wood shop. We are grateful and look forward to seeing the transformation! Thank you Mike!
Grounds Work near the School Field
The tree work being performed near the School Fields has been completed. There were large, rotted limbs which posed a safety issue for the children. The landscaping is still a work in pro-gress, which we hope will be completed by the end of the month.
Bob Falkenstein
Director of Facilities
Finances
“Having a Ball with Saints Peter and Paul Parish”
Saturday, July 16, 2016, following the 5:30PM Mass
Saints Peter and Paul Parish’s 2nd Annual “Having a Ball” evening is coming soon. It will be held immediately following the 5:30PM Mass, next Saturday, July 16, in the field in front of the Church. Pack your picnic dinner, chairs, and lawn toys, and share the evening with old friends while meeting new ones! Everyone is welcome!
Counters Corner
We are looking for parishioners who can volun-teer 2 to 2 1/2 hours each month to count the collection. You would join seasoned volunteers who will teach you the counting process. Experi-ence with handling money and using a calculator is appreciated, but not required. If you would like to explore this opportunity, please contact Julie Carlson in the Parish Business Office at 610.692.2216 ext. 237. Thank you.
Second Collection July 9-10, 2016
This weekend, July 9-10, 2016, a second collec-tion will be taken up for the Campaign for Human Development. CCHD was started in 1970. It is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Bishops. Since 1970, the Campaign has been helping people to break the cycle of poverty and working toward an end to injustice. In the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, CCHD has helped to fund more than 100 different projects that have aided in breaking the chains of poverty.
Sunday Collection Totals
June 19 June 26
Loose Collection $ 2,643.00 2,447.07
Envelope Collection $ 11,751.00 10,485.00
WeShare Collection $ 4,802.00 4,282.00
Total $ 19,196.00 17,214.07
Thank you!
Catholic Family Fun Club (CFFC)
Want to find Catholic activities for the whole family to do together? Want to meet other families that share your values? Look no further! The Catholic Family Fun Club (CFFC) and the Archdiocese of Philadelph-ia invite you to join the Catholic Family Fun Club to network with other families and to attend and create local Catholic catechetical and social activities. Go to: http://www.meetup.com/Catholic-Family-Fun-
Club/ to join. Please direct questions to Mary Beth at: [email protected].
We Share Update
In April we started our “We Share” promotional campaign for automatic giving. We started with 200 Parishioners using “We Share” with our goal to reach 250 users. We are happy to say we are currently at 244 parishioners participating. We are so close! Please consider using “We Share”, as it is a sim-ple, secure, automatic way of contributing to the parish. If you need assistance or have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks you for us-ing “We Share”
Bob Angiulo
Director of Finance
Pastoral Ministries
Sacraments For You, Your Spouse, or Your Children
Were you or your spouse never confirmed? Has your child above the age of 9, never been Bap-tized? Do you have a child over the age of 12, who never received Holy Communion or Confirmation? Do you have a non-Catholic spouse that might be open to considering becoming Catholic? If you an-swered “yes” to any of these questions, then RCIA might be the right fit for you! RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is the process of preparing adults and children over the age of 10, for the Sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion, and Confirmation. To join the Fall RCIA group, or for any other inquiries, please contact: Daniel Hoover at: [email protected].
Young Adults: Your Vote Counts Wednesday, July 13, 2016, 7:30PM
Are you a young adult in your 20s or 30s? If so, join the Catholic Young Adults of Chester County (CYACC) this Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 7:30PM at Saints Peter and Paul Parish in West Ches-ter. Fr. Tom Whittingham, from St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Chester, will provide us with an informed manner in voting consistent with Catholic moral teaching and fundamental human rights. For more info check us out on Facebook or email us at [email protected].
11 Cents: Why The Devil Wants Us Busy
I was at the gas station the other day, and at the
cash register they were selling gum with caffeine
in it. Why do we need caffeine in our gum? It has
been said that Americans spent 13.5 billion dollars
on energy drinks in 2015! America, this is ridicu-
lous, just take a nap already! Instead of promoting
healthy rest and relaxation we spend money to
trick our bodies and minds into thinking they’re not
tired.
As Americans we pride ourselves on our work eth-
ic. That is great, but what happens when we wear
ourselves too thin? When our tanks are empty it
affects many aspects of our lives. When we are
exhausted it is much more difficult to pray, harder
to focus, sense God’s presence, or feel consoled
in prayer.
It is not only our prayer life that suffers when we
are exhausted. It can hurt our relationships too.
When we are tired, we are much more likely to be
impatient with our spouse, children, or others. We
can also become more easily agitated or quick-
tempered with others, and we are more suscepti-
ble to temptation and sin when we are fatigued.
These are all bad fruits of not getting enough rest
and rejuvenation.
On top of all of this, there are thousands of stud-
ies about how stress is bad for our bodies. If we
do not get enough sleep, then we do not enter into
an especially deep sleep in which a chemical pro-
cess occurs that cleans the plaque in our brain.
When that plaque builds up it can lead to many
illnesses and diseases.
God wants us in the present moment in Commun-
ion with Him. Evil wants us worrying about the fu-
ture, which we cannot control, or the past, which
we cannot change.
Staying busy often gives us a sense of control but
it is much better to work hard while always trusting
more in God’s providence than our own efforts.
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As Psalm 127 says, “Unless the Lord builds the
house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the
Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in
vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late
to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he
gives sleep to his beloved.”
Get some rest, America!
Daniel Hoover
Director of Pastoral Ministries
Worship Ministries
Local News
Liturgy Corner Hi folks! I hope that of you are getting a chance to relax and enjoy some down time during the sum-mer months. I wanted to share a few thoughts about how privileged I continue to feel by being able to serve this Parish as Worship Director. I was so pleased to hear such glowing and cautiously surprised compliments from the priests who helped us out while Fr. Jim was away! Many of them com-mented on the high level of participation here and how well and enthusiastically you all sang! Thank you everyone for your obvious and impactful in-volvement in our Worship here at Saints Peter and Paul Parish! Okay, now that I’ve softened you all up, I’d like to draw attention to a couple of areas I could definitely use some help. As you are probably aware, our still fairly new Au-dio/Visual Ministry has become an important part of our liturgies and a big reason our assembly is able to participate so well at Mass. However, it remains that the Liturgical Ministry has a low participation rate. To some extent this is understandable as peo-ple are probably less likely to associate the A/V Ministry with the Mass than say, Lectors or Altar Servers. This function should be seem as being as vital to our parishioners as some of the more tradi-tional ones. This might take a slight redefinition and expansion of how we think about sharing our gifts, talents, and abilities with one another in our cele-bration of the Mass together and the many different ways in which we are called to serve. Call me cra-zy, but I’ve seen a similarity here in the way in which Jesus challenges us to redefine who we call our neighbor in today’s Gospel, expanding that group of people whom we are called to love. If you have any comfort level at all with operating a com-puter, please consider helping us out, in order to help your neighbors or other parishioners. It would be great to grow this ministry team. Lastly and unbelievably, Fall seems almost on our
doorstep now and as you may know the Parish is
adding a 5:30PM Sunday evening Mass to our
schedule. The Worship Department will be looking
for folks to volunteer in Ministry at this Mass. If you
think the time of this new liturgy might fit your
schedule and you have served or are interested in
serving as an Altar Server, Eucharistic Minister,
Lector, Usher, Greeter or Audio/Visual volunteer
please contact the Worship Department.
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Vintage Swing Dance at Saints Peter and Paul Parish
Friday, July 15, 2016, 7:00PM
Swing Kat, a vintage swing dance company offering lessons as well as dance sessions began last month, and will continue every third Friday of the month. The Church Hall doors will open at 7:00PM, lessons will begin at 7:30PM, and the dance floor will be open from 8:00PM to 10:00PM. The music from the 20s to the 50s. Everyone is welcome to attend. Ad-mission is $10.00, $5.00 for full-time high school or college students. For more information, visit: http://www.swingkat.com.
It would be great to know who will be joining us at this new Mass time to serve and worship. Again, thank you so much everyone!
Bruce Carlson
Director of Worship
Harvest of Peace
A world that desperately needs but obviously lacks peace. Sound familiar? This was also the world into which Jesus sent his disciples not to condemn, to curse against corruption and bad morals or to threaten divine punishment, but to announce the peace that everyone, many unconsciously, are seeking. Considering the reali-ty we live in, it really takes a great faith to imagine that it is possible to build a world where peace reigns. Yet this is the mission entrusted to the disciples. Christians have tried to build peace, but not always with the means sug-gested by Jesus who wanted them to be “lambs among wolves.” We have not always walked - poor, meek, and defenseless - alongside people in need of peace. In or-der to emulate those who have – St. Francis of Assisi, Blessed Theresa of Calcutta, St. Damien of Molokai – as our current Pontiff Pope Francis constantly encourages us to do, let us commit firmly to the belief that we who believe in peace will see the great works of the Lord.
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C.
