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1 The Parish of St. Jerome 8100 Colfax St. Phone: 215-333-4461 Website address: Philadelphia, PA 19136 Fax: 215-333-6791 Email address: September 9, 2018 23rd sunday in Ordinary Time 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. Jerome Convent 2930 Holme Ave.

2 215-333-0306. 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) Ephphatha! .. Be opened! . Masses and Devotions Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 PM Archdiocesan Prayer Vigil of Repara on and Confessions: Saturday 4 - 4:45 PM or by appointment Pe on this Friday, September 14th at the sunday Mass- 6:30, 8:00, 9:30 & 11 AM Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul from 5:00. Weekday Masses: Monday Friday 6:15 & 8:00 AM. 1st Friday Mass (School Year) 10:00 AM un l midnight.

3 Clergy, consecrated men and Holy Days - As announced women and lay faithful are invited to come together and Rosary r ecited befor e the 8:00 AM daily Mass pray for the vic ms of abuse and in repara on for the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament untold damage of sin, and with con dence, pe on the Thursdays: Exposition at end of 8:00AM Mass. Lord to provide for the cleansing and faithfulness of the Holy Hour 9 -10 AM; members of his Church. Parking will be available in the 10 AM Chaplet of Divine Mercy then Benediction Miraculous Medal Novena Tues. after the 8AM Mass parking lot of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center.

4 SAINT Jerome CHURCH SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 PAGE 2. Remember in prayer: Bonnie Austin Regina Tedesco-Morales Saturday, September 8 2018 Ralph Wagner 8:00 am St Jerome Memorial Society Jim Blaney Fr. Dennis Boyle Robert Weinthrop 5:00 pm John Lind Lorraine Wierzbicki sunday , September 9, 2018 Nicholas DuSantis Fr. Robert Feeney Denise Williams 6:30 am Pawel Milkowski Joseph Wolf Jr. 8:00 am Hans & Annie Reichert Anthony Galioto 9:30 am Alice Morrone Nathan Gaskamp 11:00 am Brendan McArdle Rev. John Gilgallon Monday, September 10, 2018 Ken Kolaski 6:15 am James DiGiovanni Gus Loveys 8:00 am Grace Rita Veruno Sharon MacGregor Edward Mannal Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Cynthia Marzo 6:15 am Michael Grob Kelly McCloskey 8:00 am Hugh & Michael McMullen Rev.

5 Tom McGann Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Don McGrogan 6:15 am Thomas Gavin Helen McLaughlin 8:00 am Bonnie Hagen Bernice Metzger Thursday, September 13, 2018 Ed Mockapetris 6:15 am Isabell Donaghy Joan Rocca 8:00 am Loretta & Jack Gsell David Ruck, Jr. Friday, September 14, 2018 Fran Ryan 6:15 am Pauline Chmielnick Patricia Schreiber 8:00 am Richard J. Miller, 12th Anniversary Tom Schreiber Saturday, September 15, 2018 Ruthann Schultz 8:00 am Helena & William Costello Debbie High Scott 5:00pm Deceased members of the Scully To add someone to the prayer list, please email Family sunday , September 16, 2018 (put Prayer List in the subject line) or call the 6:30 am Constantina D'Angelo rectory at 215-333-4461.

6 8:00am William Elder 9:30 am Joseph Radeke Saint Jerome 11:00 am Edward Bradley Sacrament of Baptism- Memorial Celebrated on the first and third sunday of every month Society immediately following the 11:00 am Mass and other Rose Mary Link times by appointment Please Pray for the deceased: Reis & Kaiser Families contact the rectory and speak to Lucille DiGiovanni a Parish priest to make Beckershoff & Feldmann arrangements. Families Rectory phone: 215-333-4461. McWilliams and Rooney Pre-Jordan Class- Baptism preparation class for Families expectant parents (and Godparents if they wish to attend).

7 Held on the second Monday of each month at Widener & Fennell Families 7:00 pm in a classroom by the school library. Please Month of SEPTEMBER Anne Tonelli call the rectory to reserve space for parents (and Enzo Tonelli Godparents/sponsors). Host and Wine in memory of Kolaski and Drzewicki Marriage Arrangements must be made at least six The O'Reilly & Dearing Families months prior to a wedding date. To make Families requested by Dorothy Donhauser arrangements please call the rectory to speak to a Thomas J. Golden priest. Harry Henwood Blessed Mother Candle Sacrament of the Sick- given to the seriously ill Patrick Hanlon Catholic or those about to undergo surgery.

8 In memory of Thomas DiPietro Sr. Administered by the Parish priest. Call the rectory to arrange for this Sacrament. Bobby Senner Thomas DiPietro Jr. requested by the Stephanie Di Pietro Reconciliation-(Sacrament of Penance) Every Julia Lynch Saturday from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm or any time by Senner Family calling the rectory. 0148. SAINT Jerome CHURCH SEPTEMBER 9, 2018. PAGE 3. Saint Jerome Feast Day Dear Parishioners, On the weekend of September 29 & 30 we will A late-night comic does this routine every once be celebrating the Feast of St. Jerome at all the masses.

9 And awhile where he and a guest will impersonate According to the General Norms for the Liturgical teenage girls saying Ew to a variety of things. Well, Year and the Calendar, the Parish feast day can be that could be our collective response to Jesus putting his moved to a sunday in Ordinary Time. For the pastoral finger into the man's ears and then spitting on the man's advantage of the people, it is permissible to observe on tongue. That's right, Ew. the Sundays in Ordinary Time those celebrations that All joking aside Jesus' outward actions today fall during the week and have special appeal to the are symbolic, the miracle is not.

10 Jesus placing his finger devotion of the faithful, provided the celebrations take in the man's ears symbolically represents opening his precedence over these Sundays in the Table of ears to sound. Spitting on the man's tongue symbolically Liturgical Days. The Mass for such celebrations may be represents loosening, if you will, the man's tongue. The used at all the Masses at which a congregation is miracle resides in the power of God, in the person of present ( Calendar, par. 58). Jesus Christ, who releases the man from his infirmities, In other words, since our Parish is named after saying: Ephphatha!