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PARISH STAFF

Pastor: Rev. Simione Volavola, M.S.C.

Parochial Vicar: Rev. Tony Ripp, M.S.C.

Dir. of Religious Education: Donna Sciacca

Parish Secretary: Rebecca Tirpok

Finance Manager: Carolyn Marchese

PARISH SPIRITUALITY

Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00pm

Sunday: 8:00am & 10:30am

Mon - Thurs: 8:35am / Friday 9:00am

Holy Days: 9:00am & 7:30pm

CONFESSION: Saturdays 4:15pm - 4:45pm or call the parish office to schedule an appointment with a priest. REGISTER: Please contact the parish office to register when you move into the parish. Only registered parishioners, in good standing, can receive a Certificate of Eligibility to act as a Godparent or sponsor.

BAPTISMS: The Sacrament of Baptism is administered on the fourth Sunday of every month. Parents are encouraged

to invite family members to the 10:30 Mass as the Sacrament of Baptism takes place immediately following the Mass. Parents and Godparents must attend an enrichment class approx. 1 month prior to the Baptism. You will need to call the Parish Office to register for this class. A Godparent must

be a committed, practicing Catholic, and if from another parish, must provide a certificate of eligibility from their pastor. This certificate should be brought to the enrichment class. A Christian of other denominations may serve as a Godparent along with a practicing Catholic.

MARRIAGE: A Saturday Mass for the Sacrament of Matrimony may be celebrated no later than 1pm. Couples planning marriage are to contact the parish office & schedule a meeting with our wedding coordinator no later than 6 months in advance of the wedding. Shorter preparation

periods must be approved by our Pastor. Couples will meet several times with the Pastor throughout the preparation process. Couples are to attend a Pre-Cana program approved by our Pastor.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the rectory at any time for the Sacrament of the Sick. Also the Holy Eucharist will be brought to the sick and shut-ins upon request to the Parish Office. We celebrate a Communal Anointing of the Sick in June, near the Feast of St. John the Baptist.

Masses for the Week of Nov.6 - 12, 2017 Morning Prayer in St. Joseph Chapel, Mon. – Fri. at 8:15am

Monday, Nov. 6

8:35am (chapel) Carol Patridge (Jennings Family)

Tuesday, Nov. 7

8:35am (chapel) Joseph Ripp (Sue & Tom Rogers)

Wednesday, Nov. 8

8:35am (chapel) Maria Meier (Ron Meier)

7:30pm (church) K of C Veterans Memorial Mass

Thursday, Nov. 9

8:35am (chapel) Vinceguerra Family (Kathy Vinceguerra

Friday, Nov. 10

9:00am (church) Joseph Ripp (Parish Office)

Saturday, Nov. 11 – Veteran’s Day

5:00pm (church) Deceased Veterans

Sunday, Nov. 12

8:00am (church) Deceased Veterans

10:30am (church) Parishioners’ Intentions

Meetings for the week of Nov. 6 - 12, 2017

Mon. Nov. 6: Conquest, 6:45pm – Parish Hall

Christ Life Prayer Gr., 7:30pm – Chapel

K of C, 6pm & 7:30pm – Marian Room

Tues. Nov. 7: Choir Practice, 7pm – church

Sat. Nov. 11: Men of Faith, 8am – Marian Room, Chapel

Sun. Nov. 12: Living the Faith, 9:15-10:15am, Marian Room

Weekly Mass Collection

Sunday Collection $5,504.00

E-Giving $

Thank you for your generosity

SJB Cleaning Team for the week of

Nov. 6th is Team # 3:

Mary Kosmin, Janice Bebb, Joanne Peters, Betty White

Your parish Thanks You!

Our Mass READINGS for this

weekend may be found in

SECTION 1018 in our

JourneySongs Hymnal.

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A Reflection on the Gospel Matthew 23: 1-12

It’s not about me...! In Matthew 23:1-12, Jesus may be hammering the scribes and Pharisees, but what he says is just as relevant to us today: it’s not about me. The criticisms that he levies are all about the ways religion can morph into something that is more about elevating ourselves, than about what we can do for God or our neighbor. The faith of Jesus is about finding ways to serve, and searching for ways to be a servant—to live as a servant. Of all the things that concerns me about the Church and the Christian Faith today, the thing that scares me the most is the foundation of selfishness that has become a core principal. As if what Jesus wants us to be centrally concerned with is finding more and more ways for us to be happy, successful, and “become a better you.” Now, I DO think that Jesus wants us to be people who are filled-to-overflowing with joy and be the best person we can be…but it’s not supposed to be something that we’re spending time focusing on. We’re supposed to be finding ways to bring others joy. We’re to be finding ways to help them be the best they can be. And, the thing is, that if others are living that kind of life along with us, while we’re focusing on their joy, they will be looking after our own. When the Christian faith is really and truly lived out in community everyone is a winner, and God is praised and exalted. But, when our first inclination in to isolate ourselves in our own cares and concerns, and take care of “#1” first and foremost, we actually all lose a lot. Including the faith of Jesus. The faith of Jesus that was manifest—not in serving himself, or looking after his own self-preservation or happiness—but the faith of Jesus that was manifest on the cross, just a few days after Jesus said these words in Matthew 23. He didn’t just criticize the faith of the scribes and Pharisees with words, he showed them, and us, what real love, humility, and service looks like. There, Jesus demonstrates the exact same selfless, genuine, and authentic love that he demands of us. He was flogged, mocked, tortured, and executed for God and for us, not for himself. It wasn’t some selfish ego-maniacal stunt to gain fame and fortune. He loved God and us with his life and his death, and that is exactly what he asks of us.

FATIMA HOUSE RETREAT CENTER Bedminster, PA

“A QUIET COUNTRY

RETREAT”

Offering Private &

Small Group Retreats

Overnight Retreats

for Individuals & Small Groups

Our Programs Are Open to Everyone

Monday 7:00PM – Adoration & Prayers

Wednesday 9:30AM – Adoration & Prayers

3rd

Sunday 12PM – Adoration & Prayer for Vocations

1st Saturdays 10am Mass,

Rosary, Confession, before Mass & Lunch after

Mass

For more information or directions please call

Joan Black 215-536-3508

Join us on Sunday, Nov. 5th & 12th

9:15 – 10:15am in the Marian Room for a

half hour viewing of the DVD

Symbolon program titled,

“LIVING THE FAITH.”

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS National Shire of Our Lady of Czestochowa

654 Ferry Road, Doylestown, PA

Join Us on November 12th

As provided for under the Motu Proprio issued by

Pope Benedict, Mass in the extraordinary form (The

Latin Mass) is now more widely available and has

been growing in popularity. This is the same Mass

that existed for 400 years prior to Vatican II.

A Latin Mass is now held monthly at the Shrine,

on the second Sunday of each month at 11 am in

the LOWER CHAPEL OF OUR LADY.

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TEACH THE CHILDREN

We need your help!

It costs $9.00 per shoebox to ship.

Our PREP children and their families will fill the shoeboxes, but we cannot get them into the hands of the children in need without SPONSORS like you.

Please consider becoming a sponsor to one of these shoe boxes.

Sponsor donation checks should be made payable to: Samaritan’s Purse - Operation Christmas Child. Please place your donation in a plain white envelope, labeled, “OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD” and drop it in the Mass collection basket. Our goal is to fill and ship as many shoeboxes as

possible by NOVEMBER 13th.

Our PREP families are baking up some delicious

treats and will be selling them before & after our

Masses this weekend.

All monies go to the shipping of the

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Shoe Boxes.

Our 1st – 8

th Graders visit the

SHRINE OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL

The Chapel of the Immaculate Conception was built in Pennsylvania’s historic section of Germantown, Phila in 1875. Our group was greeted by Father Shea (top photo, right) who told the story of the history the Shrine and of course, of the Miraculous Medal. Since 1927, the chapel’s west transept has housed Mary’s Shrine, where a special place of worship to honor Mary Immaculate and her Miraculous Medal became a reality. The Medal of the Immaculate Conception, popularly known as the Miraculous Medal, is unique among all medals. Our Lady manifested the Medal to St. Catherine Labouré on November 27, 1830, in the motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac, in Paris. Catherine saw Our Lady standing on a globe, with dazzling rays of light streaming from her outstretched hands. Framing the figure was an inscription: “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.” Then Mary spoke to Catherine: “Have a medal struck upon this model. Those who wear it will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around the neck.” The vision then seemed to turn to show the reverse of the Medal: the letter M surmounted by a cross with a bar at its base; below this monogram, the Sacred Heart of Jesus crowned with thorns, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary pierced with a sword. With approval of the Catholic Church, the first medals were made in 1832 and were distributed in Paris. Almost immediately the blessings that Mary had promised began to shower down on those who wore her medal, and soon all of France was clamoring for what the people referred to as the “Miraculous Medal.” Use of the Medal spread from country to country and now blankets the world. Everywhere, the Medal is still drawing down from God blessings for body and soul.

School Headmaster: Mr. John Mundy

Dir. of Institutional Advancement: Geoff Meyer

Phone: 610-847-5523 www.sjbottsville.org

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THE GARDEN CLUB CHRISTMAS PLANT & WREATH SALE

You may find the Garden Club’s Christmas Plant & Wreath Order in our parish bulletin

starting the weekend of November 11th & 12th.

We will be taking orders Nov. 18th - Dec. 3rd.

All orders will be delivered on Dec.9th & 10th.

What is a saint? The Catholic Catechism defines saints as those who are canonized “by solemnly proclaiming that

they practiced heroic virtue and lived in fidelity to God's grace.” By doing so, “the Church recognizes the power of the Spirit of holiness within her and sustains the hope of believers by proposing the saints to them as models and intercessors.” (CCC 828). A Saint is an ordinary person who knows, loves and serves God to the best of his or her ability in

the here and now. A saint is an authentic, concrete person. His or her testimony of life attracts, beseeches and draws, because it manifests a transparent human experience, full of the presence of Christ. They led real, believable, exciting and human lives. They are our models in holiness and each one of us is called to this same holiness. The saints and blesseds were both men and women, priests, nuns, virgins, religious brothers, single, and married. Many people think that saints must perform great miracles during their lifetimes - healing the blind, the deaf and the lame, delivering demons, and raising the dead. None of the American saints performed any miracles like these during their lifetimes. They simply performed their apostolic work, did their daily duty, prayed, and practiced penance, chastity and a virtuous life. They were ordinary Americans, if not by birth, by adoption, they had the “can do” spirit of Americans and they accomplished typically American great works.

Liturgical M inistry Workshops at the

National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa

ST. BEDE PRAY FOR US

ST. CECILIA PRAY FOR US

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Please remember in your prayers our parishioners who are sick, homebound, in the hospital, under hospice or residential care. Susan Ackerman, Lillian Appleman, Patricia Baker, Nancy Beans, John & Loretta Bodisch, Emmalee Bryan, Patti Bucci, Libby Chapman, Anne Colyer, Charlene Cornell, Charles Cornell, Matthew Crance, Jim Crawford, Ernest D’Angelo, Chrissy Davis, Joy Davis, Larry & Joanne Diehl, Terry Dunn, Arlene Eichlin, Marvin Eichlin, Bernice Fees, Charles Fees, Jr., John Finn, Patricia Fite, Crystal Fleck, Sarah Fleck, Thomas Fleck, Claire Fratrik, Violet Freeh, Janet Galen, Gall, Kathi Gallegher, Kathleen Gaughan, Dylan Geroni, Kathy Geroni, Marie & Rosalyn Giardullo, Anna Giebler, Mary Halwski, Florence Hancharik, Bill Hejnor, Joyceann Heley, Sharon Horvath, Charles Houston, Martha Juchnowicz, Georgine Kocher, Valerie Korbar, Jim Lacey, Ryan Leven, Kathy Lightkep, Charles Lutcavage, Julia Maher, Loretta Malloy, Jill Martindell, Adelaide McElderry, Bridget McHugh, Anne McNichol, Harvey Mueller, Emma Michael, Joseph Moore, Nancy Moreno, Lorraine Mosolgo, Wanda Muth, Helene Nastro, James O’Hanlon, Gabrialle Otero, Jonathan Ott, Gary Palmer, Joseph and Mary Victoria

Pepkowski, Nicholas Powell, Don Raman, Mike Ramos, Harry Reckner, Rachael Rice, Carol Reardon, Betty Rick, Gregory Rickert, Joy & Teddy Rodman, Sandy Romaszewski, Sam Rothman, Frederick R. Rude, Dolly Rutherford, Zina Sauerwine, Lana Schell, Florence Schroker, Ronald Schultz,Sr., Frank & Joyce, Joe Shuman, Mary Jane Shuman, Baby Ella Stack, Carolyn Stahley, Shane Stroup, Sean Thatcher, Baby William Patrick Thomas, Maddie Tomaszewski, Douglas Toner, Betty Ventresca, Diane Wesoski, Maryjane Whealton, Tamara Widmer, Edward Wismer, Baby Logan Yoder.

To request a “Prayer Shawl” call 610-847-2374

Fionna M. Boyle, Derek Brosius, Christopher Brune,

Kyle Crossland, Casey de Lauretis, Steehly de Lauretis,

Michael Froeder, A.J. Giovino, Aaron Given, Matthew Gumprecht,

Bob Hankinson, Victor Hormilla, Stephen Lindmeier,

Jason Litschauer, Cory Litzenberger, Dan O’Connor, Jonathan Pucci, Dusty Rhodes, Craig Russell, Don Valdez.

Thank you for serving & protecting our freedoms

MINISTRY SCHEDULE Nov. 11th & 12th, 2017

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Extraordinary Minister

Lector

Altar Server

Music

Saturday

5pm

Peg Glancey Cathy Leidtke

Joel Roney Marion Wolf

Sean Lynch

Luke Grindrod Mead Grindrod

Emily Saab

Liz Torgerson

Fred Furmaniak

Sunday

8am

Nancy Kaczinski Marianne McEvoy

Donna Nice Patricia Ott

Jeanne Keller

Mikayla Irvine Toby Irvine Natalie Nice

Choir – Mary Pucci Sue Rogers

Sunday

10:30am

Gerri Belsito Wendy DeGroot

Dan Hauber Jackie Litzenberger

Tony Luna

Joseph Gonzales-Fleck Luke Luna Olivia Luna

Laura Fleck Sue Rogers