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1 TThe Parish of St. Jerome 8100 Colfax St. Phone: 215-333-4461 Website address: Philadelphia, PA 19136 Fax: 215-333-6791 Email address: Reverend Michael J. Reilly Pastor Reverend Richard E. Rudy-Parochial Vicar Reverend Michael J. Ryan - Resident Oblates of St. Francis deSales- Sunday Assistance Sister Mary Fischetti, S. S. Parish Service Director DiFrancesco and Griffin Co-Directors of Parish Music Ministry St. Jerome School 3031 Stamford St. 215-624-0637 Miss Susan Gallagher-School Principal St.

2 Jerome Convent 2930 Holme Ave. 215-333-0306 St. Vincent DePaul Hot Line 215-333-2336 Lottery Hotline: 215-333-4475 Food Bank Phone: 215-805-8479 Bulletin submissions: (Bulletin deadline Monday 10 AM) Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 PM Confessions: Saturday 4 - 4:45 PM or by appointment Sunday Mass- 6:30, 8:00, 9:30 & 11 AM Weekday Masses: Monday Friday 6:15 & 8:00 AM 1st Friday Mass (School Year) 10:00 AM Holy Days - As announced Rosary r ecited befor e the 8:00 AM daily Mass Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Thursdays: Exposition at end of 8:00AM Mass. Holy Hour 9 -10 AM; 10 AM Chaplet of Divine Mercy then Benediction Miraculous Medal Novena Tues.

3 After the 8AM Mass Masses and Devotions September 9, 2018 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Archdiocesan Prayer Vigil of Repara on and Pe on this Friday, September 14th at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul from 5:00 un l midnight. Clergy, consecrated men and women and lay faithful are invited to come together and pray for the vic ms of abuse and in repara on for the untold damage of sin, and with confidence, pe on the Lord to provide for the cleansing and faithfulness of the members of his Church. Parking will be available in the parking lot of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center. Ephphatha!.

4 Be opened! PAGE 2 Saint Jerome CHURCH SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 0148 Sacrament of Baptism- Celebrated on the first and third Sunday of every month immediately following the 11:00 am Mass and other times by appointment Please contact the rectory and speak to a Parish priest to make arrangements. Rectory phone: 215-333-4461 Pre-Jordan Class- Baptism preparation class for expectant parents (and Godparents if they wish to attend). Held on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 pm in a classroom by the school library. Please call the rectory to reserve space for parents (and Godparents/sponsors). Marriage Arrangements must be made at least six months prior to a wedding date.

5 To make arrangements please call the rectory to speak to a priest. Sacrament of the Sick- given to the seriously ill Catholic or those about to undergo surgery. Administered by the Parish priest. Call the rectory to arrange for this Sacrament. Reconciliation-(Sacrament of Penance) Every Saturday from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm or any time by calling the rectory. Remember in prayer: Saturday, September 8 2018 8:00 am St Jerome Memorial Society 5:00 pm John Lind Sunday, September 9, 2018 6:30 am Pawel Milkowski 8:00 am Hans & Annie Reichert 9:30 am Alice Morrone 11:00 am Brendan McArdle Monday, September 10, 2018 6:15 am James DiGiovanni 8:00 am Grace Rita Veruno Tuesday, September 11, 2018 6:15 am Michael Grob 8:00 am Hugh & Michael McMullen Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:15 am Thomas Gavin 8:00 am Bonnie Hagen Thursday, September 13, 2018 6:15 am Isabell Donaghy 8.

6 00 am Loretta & Jack Gsell Friday, September 14, 2018 6:15 am Pauline Chmielnick 8:00 am Richard J. Miller, 12th Anniversary Saturday, September 15, 2018 8:00 am Helena & William Costello 5:00pm Deceased members of the Scully Family Sunday, September 16, 2018 6:30 am Constantina D Angelo 8:00am William Elder 9:30 am Joseph Radeke 11:00 am Edward Bradley Pray for the deceased: Lucille DiGiovanni Bonnie Austin Jim Blaney Fr. Dennis Boyle Nicholas DuSantis Fr. Robert Feeney Anthony Galioto Nathan Gaskamp Rev. John Gilgallon Ken Kolaski Gus Loveys Sharon MacGregor Edward Mannal Cynthia Marzo Kelly McCloskey Rev.

7 Tom McGann Don McGrogan Helen McLaughlin Bernice Metzger Ed Mockapetris Joan Rocca David Ruck, Jr. Fran Ryan Patricia Schreiber Tom Schreiber Ruthann Schultz Debbie High Scott Month of SEPTEMBER Host and Wine in memory of The O'Reilly & Dearing Families requested by Dorothy Donhauser Blessed Mother Candle in memory of Bobby Senner requested by the Senner Family Saint Jerome Memorial Society Rose Mary Link Reis & Kaiser Families Beckershoff & Feldmann Families McWilliams and Rooney Families Widener & Fennell Families Anne Tonelli Enzo Tonelli Kolaski and Drzewicki Families Thomas J. Golden Harry Henwood Patrick Hanlon Thomas DiPietro Sr. Thomas DiPietro Jr. Stephanie Di Pietro Julia Lynch To add someone to the prayer list, please email (put Prayer Li st in the subject line) or call the rectory at 215-333-4461.

8 Regina Tedesco-Morales Ralph Wagner Robert Weinthrop Lorraine Wierzbicki Denise Williams Joseph Wolf Jr. PAGE 3 Saint Jerome CHURCH SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 0148 Dear Parishioners, A late-night comic does this routine every once and awhile where he and a guest will impersonate teenage girls saying Ew to a variety of things. Well, that could be our collective response to Jesus putting his finger into the man s ears and then spitting on the man s tongue. That s right, Ew. All joking aside Jesus outward actions today are symbolic, the miracle is not. Jesus placing his finger in the man s ears symbolically represents opening his ears to sound.

9 Spitting on the man s tongue symbolically represents loosening, if you will, the man s tongue. The miracle resides in the power of God, in the person of Jesus Christ, who releases the man from his infirmities, saying: Ephphatha! Be opened! Be opened. Right to the heart of the matter be opened! How is Jesus challenging us to be opened? To open our ears to the Gospel message rather than refusing to hear it; to open our lips to proclaiming the Gospel message rather than remaining silent. We might be inclined to say the man in today s Gospel had an excuse, but do we? There is no excuse for us when it comes to hearing Jesus speak to us and sharing what he has to say with others.

10 Coming here to church makes very little sense if we are coming with no intention of listening or repeating what we hear God say to us. Most likely, no one here would consciously or deliberately have this be our mindset unconsciously or self-consciously might be another matter. Unconsciously because we allow ourselves to become so busy about so much that our well-intentioned desire to hear and act upon the Word of God gets sidetracked way too easily. We are self-conscious, perhaps, because we are a bit timid when it comes to sharing our love of God at school, in the workplace or with neighbors. Is it possible we are being called today to clean out our ears and strengthen our voices when it comes to living our faith among others?