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1 Rev. Msgr. Joseph J. Anderlonis Pastor Rev. Msgr. Vincent Walsh Spanish Ministry Rev. Msgr. George Strausser In Residence Rev. Benjamin Nwanonenyi In Residence Rectory: (215) 222-5819 SFDS School: (215) 387-1749 IHM Convent: (215) 727-3929 IHM Center for Literacy: (215) 382-0292 Religious of the Assumption Convent: (215) 386-5016 Star Harbor Senior Center: (215) 726-7468 PARISH INFORMATION Welcome to proudly-blended Saint Francis de Sales Parish United by the Most Blessed Sacrament. SFDS Parish was founded in 1890; Most Blessed Sacrament Parish was founded in 1901; St. Francis de Sales Church was built in 1911; and the two parishes merged here in 2007. Today, we proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in an urban setting to diverse members who form a Catholic community of believers of all ages. Our worship together overflows into a life of service, justice, and peace. Contact the Rectory at (215) 222-5819 Monday-Thursday 9:00AM to 4:00 PM to: Register as a new Parishioner Schedule a Baptism Plan a Marriage Request a Home Visitation Add a Mass Intention Find out about RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation) for adults or PREP (Parish Religious Education Program) for children Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is available in the Adoration Chapel 24 hours a day.

2 Contact the Rectory for more information. Sacrament of Penance (Confession) is available Saturday from 4:15 4:45 in church or anytime by appointment. 4625 Springfield Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19143 NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 12, 2018 " The spirit of the Assumption tends towards a joyful detachment from earthly things and a going beyond trials and difficulties without complaining or wasting our time over them. The Blessed Virgin calls us to rise with her to a celestial life by placing our thoughts and affections in heaven (St. Marie Eug nie, de Jesus, Founder of the Religious of the Assumption) Today s readings begin on page 197 of the missalette. 1 KINGS 19:4-8; EPH 4:30 5:2; JOHN 6: 41-51 Page 2 - 187 PARISH NEWS AND NOTES Parish Debt Reduction Collection this Weekend The second collection this weekend is for the Parish Debt Reduction. Special envelopes were mailed out for this.

3 Monsignor Joe requests, if possible, that you try to donate $50 to this collection to help pay our many parish bills. Thank you for your support! PREP Classes Start SUNDAY , September 9 Hope everyone is having a great summer! Don t forget: the Parent Meeting and First Class for PREP (Parish Religious Education Program) is SUNDAY , September 9, from 9:00 to 10:00AM in church. The PREP program serves children who do not attend Catholic school. If you know of any family that might want to join (grades Pre-k to Confirmation), encourage them to call Sister Alice at (215) 222-5819 to register. Registration also available in the back of church. ALL are welcome! An Invitation to Learn about the Catholic Faith RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) is a faith-formation program for non-Catholic adults and teens who are searching for faith tradition and want to find out more about the Catholic church. It is also for adults who were baptized Catholic but did not receive the sacraments of Holy Eucharist and Confirmation.

4 RCIA classes meet from 7:00 to 8:30 PM on Thursdays, starting September 20; or on SUNDAY morning from 8:30 to 10:00 AM, starting September 16. Call Sister Alice at (215) 222-5819 to find out more or to register. And if you know someone who might be interested, spread the word! Parish Alumnae: A Benedictine Connection Last Saturday, August 4, Novice Terry Lafferty made her first vows at the Benedictine Sacred Heart Monastery in Yankton, SD. Terry grew up in our parish in the 1960s, as the third of eight children (mother Patricia, and father, the late Francis Lafferty), living on 47th St. near Star Harbor. She discovered her calling while serving as Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Marty College. Her chosen theme is especially inspirational for our historic parish: If the Lord does not build the house, in vain do the builders labor (Psalm 127:1). She elaborates: If God is not a part of the building, the home, or the people, there is no real point to the work that is and I am reminded that God s house is the whole world.

5 Powerful ideas! We wish Novice Terry all the best and are pleased to discover this thoughtful new old connection. LAST WEEK S COLLECTION August 5,2018 $ August 6,2017 $ Difference +$ Thank you for your continued support. MASS SCHEDULE AND INTENTIONS Summer Schedule: Daily Mass is at 8:00 AM from June 18- August 27 Saturday August 11 Saint Clare 9:00 AM Barbara Newton Sessa 5:00 PM John Cooney SUNDAY August 12 Nineteenth SUNDAY in ORDINARY Time 7:00 AM Patricia Kopicki 10:15 AM Jeannie Jordan 12 NOON (Spanish) Monday August 13 Saint Pontian 8:00 AM Sarah Rich Tuesday August 14 Saint Maximilian Kolbe 8:00 AM The Hegarty Family Wednesday August 15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 AM Special Intention. Thursday August 16 Saint Stephen of Hungary 8:00 AM Ann Glasgow Friday August 17 8:00 AM John DiSciullo Saturday August 18 BVM 9:00 AM People of the Parish 5:00 PM Special Intention SUNDAY August 19 Twentieth SUNDAY in ORDINARY Time 7:00 AM Church Benefactors 10:15 AM Theodore F.

6 & Mary Deady 12 NOON (Spanish) Page 3 - 187 The measure of love is to love without measure. (St. Francis de Sales) PRAY FOR THE SICK: Tracey Allmond, Jennifer Baugh, Alma Burden, Becky Brown, Dawn Byers, Edmund Coccagna, Adlyn Cummings, Bernadette Jengo, Gwen Bacon, Ruth Harrell, Vashti Holden, Mary Jane Kelso, Maria O Connor, Mason Levi Oldakdwski, Jack Ruane, Marie Vaughn, Monica Green, Phyllis Buckhan, Peter and Susan Villa (The Sick List is cleared at the beginning of each month; contact the Rectory to add the name of someone who is seriously ill or to keep a name on the list). REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Raymond Albert Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION Wednesday, August 15 Assumption of Mary The Assumption feast day has been celebrated since the 7th century, though it was only in 1950 that Pope Pius XII declared as dogma that the Virgin Mary "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.

7 " Many places in Europe and South America, parts of Africa and Asia, and ethnic communities in the United States, hold processions on the solemnity. Assumption shrines sometimes show Mary wearing a cloak decorated with sheaves of grain; in Medieval Europe, August 15 to September 15 was known as Our Lady s Thirty Days and was a time to celebrate the harvest. In coastal communities, it is traditional to bless the ocean and the fishing boats on this day. SFDS HISTORY MYSTERIES The 1928 Parish Monthly Bulletin offers a description of a long-ago neighborhood outing, supposedly written by one Bad Boy in the Third Grade at SFDS School: Our sister told us this morning in school to something we did during the Easter thought of the treat Joe Forte gave us on Easter in our parish (4839 Larchwood) and has charge of a lot of movies in West Philadelphia. He has a big green car and wears a soft one day (Father Canney) met Joe Forte in Mr.

8 Rody s barber shop (1213 S. 50thStreet) where they get their haircut, and asked him to give the school a We all met at the marched over to the Belmont Theatre on Fifty-second and Market Street. There were over eight hundred of and Joe Rody and Cornelius McLaughlin walked over together, and talked about marbles and baseball players. Joe said he wants to be an outfielder like Al Simmons, but Cornelius said he wants to help his father on the Ice Cream truck. I thought I would like to be a A couple of cops who knew Father Canney kept the green lights on so that we could all pass across Chestnut and Walnut Streets without any break in the line. named Frank Yates was in charge of the Belmont Theatre and he certainly gave us a great Imagine friendly local police, in dark uniforms with shiny buttons, officiously stopping horse carts, delivery trucks, and Model T Fords for the neighborhood children. The long parade filed past James Beers Drugstore at 47th and Baltimore, and Nace Hopple s Radio Repair shop at 47th and Cedar; then up Cedar and along Fiftieth Street, the head of their line of march turning into Market Street as the end approached to Pine Street (that s ten blocks!)

9 The Belmont Theatre, which opened in 1914, seated 1,000 people. A trendy Philadelphia-born fast-food eatery the Horn & Hardart Automat -- was next door, and doubtless, some little faces covetously eyed its interesting prepared foods behind little clear coin-operated windows. Movie treats for parish children ended in 1934 when Cardinal Dougherty issued a pastoral letter, prohibiting Catholics from attending the movies due to cinematic violence and bad language. Boycotts worked: within a few years, the industry cleaned up its offerings and the Catholic audience trickled back but by then, Father Canney was gone. Explore parish history and more at Contact 187 St. Francis de Sales United by the Most Blessed Sacrament, Philadelphia (B) FX John Patrick Publishing Company 1-800-333-3166 Rossi & SonsELECTRICIANSALL TYPES OF WIRING & REPAIRS329 9456 Vincent Goff redoREGISTERED PLUMBING & HEATING, Kassab, Owner, Registration #3906806 S.

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