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Masses for the Week Masses for the week of May 16th, 1999 will be offered at St. Joseph Church.
Saturday, May 22nd, 6:30pm Peter Michinok (Erik & Lori Brecht)
Sunday, May 23rd, 10:30am John & Mary Tolarovich (Mary Shesko Family)
Memory Donation A donation has been received and is acknowledged in memory of ROSE GULDAN from Betty Hracho. Your Prayers are Requested In the kindness of your prayers, please remember the Sick: Julia Esposito, Vera Lahm, John Yankech, Mary Riley, Lillian Turansky, Jean Moister, Lyndsey Conner, Cecilia Shesko, Betty Meister, Christopher Rosado, Carolyn Pechin, Ann Hook, and the Dead: Elizabeth Taran. Sacrament of Reconciliation This weekend, Confessions will be heard on Sunday, May 16th, from 9:45 to 10:15am, prior to the Morning Mass. Next weekend, Confessions will be heard on Saturday, May 22nd, from 5:45 to 6:15pm, prior to the Evening Mass. Also, the Sacrament of Reconciliation is available anytime upon request. Manna Bag Sunday Your Manna Bag, containing non-perishable food items, may be returned to our Church vestibule this weekend, so as to replenish the shelves of our own Coatesville Emergency Food Cupboard. Thank you for your donations which will help to stamp out hunger locally during the coming summer months. Firefighters' Memorial Service This Sunday, May 16th, St. Joseph Church hosts the Fireman's Relief Memorial Service at 5:00pm. Annually the Washington Hose Company Number 1 and the West End Fire Company, together with their respective Auxiliaries, conduct a religious service to honor the memory of those members who died in the previous year. A roll call of the deceased and placing of flowers is a moving highlight of the service. Everyone from the community is welcome to participate. Fellowship over a light buffet will take place in our school hall, immediately after the Memorial Service. Cemetery Mass on Memorial Day Weather allowing, on Memorial Day, May 31st, in St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery, Waterworks Road, West Caln Township, a Mass will be offered at 9:30am for the repose of the souls of all those buried in this hallowed ground. Participants are asked to gather at the Shrine of the Pieta, in the upper left hand section of the cemetery. Should weather be unfavorable, Mass will be offered in St. Joseph Church at 9:30am, honoring the same special intention. Plan to join us for an observance in keeping with the spirit of our National Holiday. Pastoral Council Meeting The next meeting will be Tuesday evening May 18th at 7:30pm in the rectory. We will be discussing the method for rotating members off the council to allow for new members to join in September. Life Awareness Weekend The Serra Clubs of the Philadelphia Archdiocese are sponsoring a Discernment Retreat Weekend, July 9th-11th, 1999, at St. Raphaela Center, Haverford, for those young adults, 18 to 40, who are considering a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. If interested, kindly call Father Joseph Devlin at (610)667-5778 or Sister Kathleen Leary, S.S.J. at (215)587-3795 for more information. Let us all pray for additional vocations of service to the Church. |
Community Blood Drive The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will conduct a Community Blood Drive on Thursday, May 27th, from 2:00 until 7:30pm, in the Auditorium of the St. Stanislaus Kostka School Building, Diamond and Church Streets. Every few seconds, someone nationwide needs blood. By the time we reach age 72, there is a 95% chance we will need blood or blood products. If you are able, please give the gift of life by being a blood donor. Complete the form available on the vestibule table and return, or call the Rectory Office at 383-0360 to schedule a time convenient for you. Thank you for your anticipated participation in the May 27th Blood Drive. 1999 Catholic Charities Appeal This year's Catholic Charities Appeal enters into its third and final week. Please join with your fellow parishioners in support of this important campaign of charity in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Gifts to the Appeal help provide services such as marriage preparation, domestic counseling, foster care and adoption for thousands of men, women and children in our area. Many are the programs, institutions and agencies of service funded directly by the Appeal. If your means permits you to support only one charitable cause, let this be the one. To our kind donors, thank you for your caring response to the Appeal. If you have not yet made your gift, please do so by placing it in the collection basket or vestibule drop box or by sending it to the Rectory Office. God bless you for your goodness to His needy! A Note from your Chairperson: With last week’s collections, we have donations amounting to $1,836.00 which leaves a balance of $ 5,664.00 before we reach our goal of $7,500.00. Please open up your hearts to help us reach the goal assigned to us by the Archdiocese. Drop your contributions in the mail to either the Rectory or to Ann Cigas this week if you have not already done so. HELP US REACH OUR GOAL.!!! Thank you. Ann B. Cigas Attention, Young Mothers St. Cecilia Church, 6th Avenue and Chestnut Street, will hold a Young Mothers' Hour of Prayer on Monday, May 24th, 1:00 to 2:00pm, offering some quiet time for prayer and reflection devoted to Mary, the Mother of God. Treat yourself to a calm and hushed break from the busyness of the day to glorify the Blessed Virgin in her loving example of caring and creating a home of peace. Baby-sitting will be available in the lower church facility. For more information, call Barbara Larkins at the Rectory 384-0422. A Family Perspective What a wonderful thing Jesus is able to say to his Father in today's Gospel: "I have given you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do." What work has God given you and your family to do? How well are you doing it? Calling All Teenagers Teenagers, Grades 9 through 12, are welcome to an End of the School Year Dance on Friday, June 4th, from 7:30pm to 11:00pm, in the Social Hall of Our Lady of The Rosary Church, S. 17th Avenue. Your $2.50 admission provides music by four bands and CD's. Food, too, will be available. Don't be a couch potato; come out and meet new friends on June 4th. Other Summer Dances will follow on July 23rd and August 20th. Walk-for-Hope Bridge of Hope's Annual Walk-For-Hope is being held on Saturday, June 12th at Hibernia Park at 9:00am. This year there will be three choices of walk routes: a 10 kilometer (6.2 miles), a 5 kilometer (3 miles) and a Kid's Adventure Hike and Craft Activities. Registration is from 8:30-9:00 on the morning of the walk. The Walk will be followed by a free lunch and special music, celebrating Bridge of Hope's 10th Anniversary of Ministry. Join us for this fun event which benefits homeless women and children. For more information contact Bridge of Hope (610)380-1360. Women & Young Women's Breakfast Please don’t forget our Women and Young Women of the Parish Breakfast next Sunday, May 23rd, following the 10:30 Mass. It’s not too late to make your reservations by calling Andy Levenite. It’s going to be a wonderful gathering and the response has been very good. Please gather in the front pews on the Blessed Mother side of the church and we can go to Communion as a group. Please join us. Thank you! Thank you very much to all who supported our First Annual Flea Market. God bless you. Sympathy Our sincere sympathy is offered to the family of Elizabeth Taran who passed away last week. May her soul rest in peace. |