ST. CECILIA CHURCH

1 ST. CECILIA CHURCH 535 Rhawn Street ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 53533335 RhRRRRRRRawn Street ~ Philadelphihhhha, PennsylvaniaThirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 18, 2018 #179 2 Offices Rectory Eleanor Kerwick Fax Business Susan Wagner PREP Mar cia Mason School Bobbie Mitchell Tuition Lisa Hnat Website: g TSC: vicecor g School Facebook: CYO Facebook: Saint CECILIA Catholic Youth Or ganization Rectory Office Hours Monday Friday 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM to 4.

2 30 PM Closed on Holy Days of Obligation Sacraments Baptism: Fir st 3 Sundays of the month at 12:15pm. Arrangements must be made at least two weeks prior to the Baptism. Attendance at a Pre-Jordan class is required for first time parents. Please pre-register for class by contacting the Rectory at 215-725-1240. Marriage: Couples must contact a pr iest six months pr ior to the wedding. Reconciliation: Satur days fr om 4:00 to 5:00PM Homebound Visitation: Please contact the Rector y. Saint CECILIA CHURCH 535 Rhawn Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111 PASTOR: Rev.

3 Char les E. Bonner PASTOR EMERITUS: Rev. Msgr . Fr ancis X. Dr eger PAROCHIAL VICAR: Rev. Rober t Lucas PERMANENT DEACON: Deacon Patr ick Diamond PRINCIPAL: Sister J ane Mar y Car r , IHM VICE PRINCIPAL: Sister Patr icia Healey, IHM Mass Schedule For November 24th & 25th Saturday Celebrant: Father Bonner 5:00pm Lector: Madeleine Litka Sunday Celebrant: Father Lucas 6:30am Lector: Richard McIvor 8:00am Celebrant: Father Lucas Lector: Rita Malfara 9:30am Celebrant: Father Bonner Lector: Kate Meredith 11:00am Celebrant: Father Bonner Lector: Rose Messina MASS SCHEDULE Sunday Vigil 5:00pm (Saturday) 6:30, 8:00, 9:30, 11.

4 00am Monday through Friday 6:30 and 8:30 AM Saturday 8:30 AM Holy Days of Obligation 6:30, 8:30, 10:30am & 6:00pm Manna Food Drive Thank you for bringing non-perishable food items this weekend, such as canned goods, pasta, peanut butter, etc. Please bring them to the vesti-bule of the CHURCH . May God bless you for thinking of others. St. CECILIA s Feast Day November 22 PRAYER TO ST. CECILIA O glorious saint, who chose to die instead of denying your King, we pray you please to help us as His fair praise we sing! We lift our hearts in joyous song to honor Him this way.

5 And while we sing, remembering, to sing is to doubly pray. At once in our hearts and in our tongues we offer double prayer sent heavenward on winged notes to praise God dwelling there. While in our hearts and tongues we try with song to praise God twice, we ask dear saint, to help us be united close to Christ! Offices closed November 22 & 23 #179 3 Charismatic Prayer Group Do you have an immediate prayer need or can you offer the gift of prayer? The People of Love Prayer Group meets every Monday evening at 7:30PM in the Cecilian Room. You are always welcome to join us and renew your Spirit.

6 Aid For Friends We are always looking for volunteers to help with this ministry. Perhaps you would consider being a volun-teer cook for AFF. Just add an extra portion to your family meal, freeze it in the trays we provide, and bring them to the freezer located in the alcove be-tween the rectory and CHURCH . For info on how you can help, please call Bernadette O Donnell at 215-379-3448. FREEZER HRS: Mon thru Fri Sat & Sun 8:30am-6pm 8:30am-4pm Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 18, 2018 FOCUS: The Son of Man will gather his elect from the four winds.

7 The sacrifice of Jesus is perfect and complete, atoning for our sins, and he will one day come again to gather to his side all of us who have followed him. In doing this, he will judge between the living those who have remained faithful to his commandments and the dead: those who lived lives not as disciples. Christ s judgment, then, simp-ly reflect our status, it doesn t impose it. God has chosen us for his own we are the elect. Let us respond by choosing it for ourselves, as well. LITURGY OF THE WORD: Daniel heard the word of the Lord describing an end time where those who sleep will either awake to life everlasting or to everlasting dis-grace.

8 In the second reading we hear that by Christ s one sacrifice, we are made perfect. In the Gospel, Jesus tells of the day that the Son of Man will come in glory to gath-er his elect. REFLECTION: Our faith invites us to trust that, even amid complete upheaval, God has not abandoned us. "The tribulation" Jesus predicts for his disciples is about to take place for him. When their world collapses with Jesus death, will they remember and cling to his words and look forward to an entirely new Spring? The same can be asked of us. So we ask ourselves: As we face our own tribulations can we trust that Je-sus words will not to fail us and that he will be faith-ful to us?

9 How can I be a symbol of Jesus steadfastness to oth-ers in their trials? God Bless Our Newly Baptized Lyana Carina Hernandez Congratulations to our newly Married Couples Michael Cusack & Alicia McGinn Michael Yeck & Jessica Bailey Christian Pembroke & Caitlin O Neill Michael Petruska & Lauren Engarde Jacob Huber & Maria Stadler Dear Lord, Thank you - - For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. Happy Thanksgiving to all our parishioners and your families. May God bless you abundantly.

10 #179 4 Senior Citizen News St. CECILIA Seniors meet on Thursdays from 10am to 2pm in the auditorium. New members (ages 50+) are always welcome to join and you can bring a friend. You do not have to be a mem-ber of the parish to join the fun. For more infor-mation, please call the rectory at 215-725-1240. St. William Seniors meet the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at 12pm at Wesley, 7040 Oxford Ave. The next meeting will be Nov. 28. New members are always welcome to join us. The Christmas luncheon for members only will be held on December 12 at Cottage Green beginning at 12 Noon.