Jesus Is Risen - He Is Alive!
Alleluia
Jesus is risen - He is alive!
Saint Anselm Church
12670 Dunks Ferry Road
Philadelphia, PA 19154
ParishCenter School
Phone 215-637-3525215-632-1133
Fax215-637-4915215-632-3264
Parish Website:
School Website:
MASS SCHEDULE
Weekend
Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM
Sunday 8:00; 10:00 AM; 12:00 Noon
Weekday
Monday - Friday
8:30 AM (Church)
8:00 AM (Saturday)
Easter Sunday
20 April 2014
PARISH CENTER HOURS
Monday thru Thursday8:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Friday8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Saturday9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Sunday9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
PASTORAL & ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Reverend Thomas J. Dunleavy.……………..Pastor.…………….....ext. #11…………
Reverend David M. Friel.…………………....Parochial Vicar……..ext. #14…………
Reverend John E. Fitzgerald ……………….Resident……………...ext. #23…………
Deacon Gerald J. Whartenby ………………Pastoral Associate...... ext. #12…………
Deacon Dennis P. Warner.…………………..Pastoral Associate…..ext. #17…………..deacon.warner@ stanselmparish.com
Mrs. Geraldine Murphy……………………..Principal…………………………………
Mrs. Diane Leonetti..………………………..Director of Music…...ext. #29…………...dleonetti@ stanselmparish.com
Mr. Dennis Mueller..………………………...Religious Education...ext. #15…………..dmueller@ stanselmparish.com
Mrs. Theresa Grillo..………………………...Business Manager..…ext. #13…………..tgrillo@ stanselmparish.com
Mrs. Kathleen Zaremski..…………………...Parish Secretary…….ext. #16…………
Mrs. Joanne Jackson………………………...Receptionist………….ext. #10.………....jjackson@ stanselmparish.com
Mrs. Ronnie Harkins ………………………..Receptionist…...... ext. #10….……...rharkins@ stanselmparish.com
BAPTISMS
Baptisms are every Sunday at 1:00 PM. Parents are asked to call the ParishCenter and speak with the Priest or Deacon who is on call and who will assist them in registering their child for Baptism. The Church assists the parents by offering instruction on the meaning, importance, and responsibilities of the sacrament of Baptism. A Pre-Jordan Baptismal Program for helping parents prepare for the spiritual birth of their child is held on the fourth Sunday of the month in the Spirituality Center following the Noon Mass.
WEDDINGS
Couples planning to marry are asked to contact a Parish priest to make arrangements for a wedding.
CONFESSION SCHEDULE
Saturdays3:30-4:30 PM
DEVOTIONS
Rosary 8:00 AM Daily
6:30 PM Monday
Divine Mercy 3:00 PM Monday (Chapel)
Eucharistic Exposition 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Monday - Chapel
Legion of Mary 7:00 PM Tuesday
Charismatic Prayer Mtg. 7:00 PM Tuesday
Miraculous Medal Novena 8:00 AM Mass Saturday
Breaking Open the Word 8:30 AM Saturday
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Alleluia!
Dear Parishioners,
Happy Easter!
The resurrection of Jesus demonstrated the greatest power ever seen on earth – the power to raise the dead to life!
Note the effects that the resurrection also had on the disciples. The disciples went from experiencing fear to courage; despair to hope; anxiety to calm; turmoil to peace; sadness to joy.
As you look back on the season of Lent during this Year of Faith, I pray that your experience of the merciful love of Jesus has enriched your faith.
I pray that your encounters with Jesus, during the season of Lent, were an opportunity for Jesus to grace you with healing, recovery, resurrection and new life. How blessed we are to be given a share in the greatest power which continues to raise us up.
May our troubled and turbulent world, may sad and sorrowful hearts, may addicted and anxious spirits, may broken and battered lives become open to Jesus whose compassionate mercy will pick them up and carry them to the green pastures and refreshing waters of God’s love where they will experience healing, recovery and new life.
Church Cleaning Volunteers
On behalf of all I want to thank the people who helped with the spring cleaning of the Church. It was inspiring to see the care and devotion that so many have for their Church. Volunteers included:
Tom BreslinWalt Coughlin
Marge DomzalskiMary Elmer
Bill FitzgeraldPat Foley
Denise GlebockiJohn Masterson
Betty McSainKathleen Meehan
Eugene Mutt IV Eileen Robinson
Lori SchneiderHalina Woloszczuk
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Renewal of Baptismal Promises
Christians are called to implement the resurrection into their lives by constant moral effort.
There is in our world a power at work that envies, that starves people, that exploits others, that kills. There is a force at work in our world that tires,
isolates, and despairs. That force is evil. Evil is the culprit that robs and wounds the human soul.
In the face of evil, we remember that the Resurrection is not merely a past event confined to long ago. The power of the resurrection is at work:
whenever justice is triumphing over the instincts of domination;
whenever grace is winning out over the power of sin;
whenever love is getting the better of selfish interests;
whenever hope is resisting the lure of cynicism or despair.
And so, on Easter, we renew our baptismal promises. We say no to evil and Satan and refuse to be mastered by sin: we proclaim our best to rise with Christ and live more fully our Christian life.
THANK YOU! Holy Week Services
On behalf of all who participated in our Holy Week Services, I wish to thank all our liturgical ministers and all who worked behind the scenes to make our services as beautiful as they were.
Thank you, liturgy committee, for your planning, preparation, and for coordinating your individual ministries. Thank you Mrs. Leonetti, choirs (Adult and Children’s), cantors, and musicians for all your practicing and rehearsals and for the music that lifted our hearts and inspired our prayer. Thank you lectors, greeters, ushers, altar servers, decorators, cleaners, sacristans, maintenance staff, school faculty, CCD catechists and staff, Pastoral Staff and Presiders – the input of each and every one demonstrates that liturgy is indeed the work of the Church which enables the Assembly to worship, to lift their hearts and minds with praise and thanks to God.
Easter Flowers and Decorations
The beautiful spring flowers, plants, and lilies which grace our sanctuary and Church have been made possible through the generous donations of many. Please remember our benefactors in your prayers. Many have asked that we remember their deceased loved ones in prayers. May the deceased for
whom we have been asked to pray be graced with the fullness of resurrection and new life in heaven.
Meaning behind Easter Decorations
I wish to recognize and thank all who have so generously contributed to the decorations and flowers in the Church. Our Church has been decorated, not merely to have it look nice, but to express our faith and gratitude and also to inspire all who worship here.
By rising from the dead, Jesus has been victorious over the forces of sin, evil, and death. Jesus invites us to share in this new life. The new life which Jesus has and shares with us is symbolized in lilies and spring flowers, in bulbs and plants, in splashes of color.
The image of flowers, spring, Easter, and new life speaks to us about what Jesus does in our hearts and souls. By opening our minds and hearts to Jesus, by seeking his forgiveness for our sins we experience Jesus causing new love, new peace, and new faith to flower in us.
Easter celebrates the new life which thrives and flourishes because of the Resurrection. Our communion with Christ enables faith, hope, and love to flourish within us.
Wedding Anniversaries
Invitations have been sent to married couples who are celebrating 65, 60, 55, 50, 25, years of marriage in 2014 to attend our annual Wedding Anniversary Mass and Breakfast on Sunday, May 18th. If you are celebrating one of these significant wedding anniversaries in 2014 and you did not receive an invitation, please call the Parish Center so we can update our records and send you an invitation.
No 6:30 AM Mass This Week
The 6:30 AM Daily Mass (Monday thru Friday) will resume on Monday, April 28th.
Canonization
Pope Saint John XXIII
Pope John Paul II
Next Sunday, April 27th Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II will be canonized Saints. Canonization is the formal recognition by the Church of the heroic sanctity of a person. Commemorative Prayer Cards will be available. Hopefully, the news media will have special reports and coverage throughout this coming week.
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Race for Education
Saint Anselm School is having an exciting fundraising event called “Race for Education.” The goal is a minimum of $35,000. Hopefully, $50,000!!!
Race for Education is a Walk-A-Thon to raise funds for essential educational needs for Saint Anselm School. You should have received a flier in the mail asking you to participate.
The Race for Education will take place on Friday, April 25th.
Saint Anselm School
Saint Anselm Parish remains committed to having a school that offers quality Catholic Education from Pre K (4 year old), Kindergarten thru 8th Grade.
If you know of a family with a Pre K 4 year old, or a child eligible for Kindergarten or 1st grade, please tell them about our school. Anyone who would like a tour of the school is invited to call the school office and request a tour.
The tuition for our Pre K, full day 4 year old program is $3,000 which is about $75 a week, $15 for an 8 hour day where the children learn and develop. I do not know what the rates are for babysitting, but our Pre K is under $2 an hour.
Secretaries Day
Wednesday, April 23rd is Secretaries Day. Please join me in recognizing and showing appreciation for our secretaries. I can never thank them enough for the wonderful work they do and for their happy, pleasant dispositions that give life to our offices.
Our Parish Center Secretaries include: Mrs. Joanne Jackson, Mrs. Kathleen Zaremski, Mrs. Terry Grillo, and Mrs. Ronnie Harkins.
Our School Secretaries are: Mrs. Rita Fulginiti, Mrs. Dawn Bautista, and Mrs. Mary O’Hanlon.
We are blessed with the presence of each of our secretaries. Thank you, Ladies for all the good you do here!
Happy Easter,
Father Dunleavy
Annulments
Although separated and divorced Catholics who remain single can continue to go to confession and communion, they need to be aware of the care and support that the Church wishes to extend to them. Also, Catholics who were previously divorced and have been remarried by a Justice of the Peace or Protestant Minister should seek an annulment so that their present marriage can be blessed by the Church. The Archdiocesan Tribunal is available to help people seeking an annulment. Call 215-587-3750.
Retrouvailleis a program that helps couples in hurting marriages put the pieces back together and rebuild loving relationships. If your marriage is tearing the two of you apart, if there is little or no meaningful communication, Retrouvaille may be able to help you. For more information, call 1-800-470-2230.
Separated and Divorced Catholicssupport programs are held throughout the archdiocese. To receive a listing of locations, call the Family Life Office at 215-587-5639.
April 21st – Feast of Saint Anselm
Saint Anselm - the Man
The son of noble parents, Anselmo d'Aosta was born in northern Italy around the year AD 1033. His family’s wealth did not deter the young Anselm from desiring to enter a monastery when he was fifteen. His father’s wishes, however, delayed the fulfillment of that longing until Anselm entered the Benedictine Abbey of Bec in Normandy at age twenty-seven.
He was later elected abbot and eventually became the 34th Archbishop of Canterbury. In these roles, Anselm insisted upon the freedom of the Church to govern herself independent of the state.
After a life of service to the Church amidst great political turmoil and personal suffering, Anselm died in 1109. He was canonized at the request of Thomas Becket in 1163 and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Clement XI in 1720.
Saint Anselm - the Saint
Anselm did not become a saint on account of his royal birth, his advanced theology, or his gifted philosophic mind. Rather, his saintliness consisted primarily in small acts of charity, sincere penance, and fervent prayer. Perhaps more than anything else, it was his daily fidelity to the call of God that made Anselm holy.
In hagiography, Saint Anselm’s symbol is traditionally a ship, representing the spiritual independence of the Church, which he so zealously defended. He is sometimes also depicted with a hare, as in the statue outside the front doors of our church. This symbol recalls a story about Anselm’s tremendous gentleness as he saved a hare from the grip of hunters. Although he was a mild man and a lover of peace, he would not retreat from conflict and persecution when principles were at stake.
Saint Anselm Family Carnival
May 13-17, 2014
RIDES FOR ALL AGES!
Purchase ride tickets in advance and save!
$18.00 per strip of 24 tickets
Tickets will be on sale following the
5 PM Vigil Masses on April 26, May 3 & May 10
Following the 8, 10AM & 12 Noon Masses
April 27, May 4 & May 11
Tickets will also be available in the
Parish Center Tuesday thru Friday
FAMILY NIGHTS
Ride all rides, all night!
Wednesday, May 14
Thursday, May 15
Saturday, May 17
Bracelets are $20.00 and sold at the ticket booths
Please support our Chance Drive
Win $$$
You may bring your chances to the Parish Center or place them in the collection basket.
Thank you for your support!
1st Prize: $2,500
2nd Prize: $500
3rd Prize: $100
We are gratefully accepting donations to our Grocery and Wine & Roses Booths at the Parish Center.
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Catholic Charities Appeal - Open Your Heart. Open a Door.
The greatest thing you will ever make… is a difference.
The Catholic Charities Appeal, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's single most important fundraising initiative, enhances the Archdiocese's ability to serve its parishes and people of all faiths throughout Greater Philadelphia.
Listed here are the many agencies, programs, and services that seek to enable individuals to function as truly human persons. There are many others but these are listed here because there are people from Saint Anselm who have been helped by these programs and agencies. While the generosity of people in the past built the buildings, your generosity is needed to provide the heat, electricity, and staff. . . so that the many people who have special needs may continue to be helped.
Family Service CentersSchools of Special Education
Located throughout the ArchdioceseOur Lady of Confidence Day School
Saint Anselm is served by the Northeast Philadelphia Family Center located at7360 Jackson Street, the former convent at
Saint Bernard Church.
Children Services
Foster Family & Adoption Service
Services for People with Special Needs
Divine Providence Village (Women)Cardinal Krol Center (Men)
St. Edmond’s Home
St. Lucy School for the Visually Impaired
Archbishop Ryan Academy for the Deaf
Youth & Young Adult Ministry
Respect Life Office
Family Life Office
Please make checks payable to: Catholic Charities Appeal and mail to Catholic Charities
Appeal – Archdiocese of Philadelphia – 222 North 17th Street – Philadelphia, PA 19103-1299
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Mass Schedule
Easter Sunday, April 20
6:30, 8:00, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM & 12:30 PM
All Masses today are celebrated for the
People of St. Anselm Parish andtheir Intentions
Monday, April 21
8:30 AMTony & Anne Marie Wengraitis,
Anniversary r/b Their Children
Tuesday, April 22
8:30 AMKerri McEachern r/b Grandparents
Wednesday, April 23
8:30 AMThomas & Marie Maguire r/b Family
Thursday, April 24
8:30 AMJohn Lowery, Sr. r/b His Wife, Harriet
Friday, April 25
8:30 AMWalter Molishus r/b His Family
Saturday, April 26
8:00 AMBarbara Dangovetsky r/b Jim Eckles
5:00 PMJoan Kubach r/b The Ladies of St. Anselm
Sunday, April 27
8:00 AMAnne Black r/b Bettina & Pete DiGiuseppe
10:00 AMThe People of Saint Anselm Parish
12:00 PMBud Magee, 5th Anniversary
r/b His Wife, Catherine & Family
Vincentian Message…
Today, as we celebrate the feast of Easter, we find the challenge of also seeing and believing the resurrection that comes through our own lives of self-sacrifice. It is then that we are truly Easter people!
As you place your gift in the Society of St. Vincent DePaul Poor Box, know that you are a sign of Gold’s love to those who are suffering and you give them Easter hope and joy.
LOAVES & FISHES SUNDAY
April 27, 2014
The St. Vincent DePaul Society extends its thanks to all our parishioners for their continued support and concern for those less fortunate. Suggested items needed for our parish pantry this month include: breakfast cereals, pancake mix & syrup, coffee and tea, canned fruit and juices, canned vegetables and meats, tuna fish, canned soups, peanut butter & jelly, rice, pasta and sauce, bath soap and dish detergents, soap for washing machines, flour, sugar, toilet paper, paper towels, and baby food. May God bless you always for your kindness and generosity.
PrayForOurSick…
Lorraine Apice, wife of Edward Apice
Tim Arnold, stepson of Kathy Strain
Dave Baldwin, son-in-law of Chris DiMezzo
Carol Beckett, sister of John & Mary Clark
Peggy Ann Brecker, daughter of Harry & Peg Brecker
John Bradley, husband of Doris Bradley
John Carr, brother of Robert Carr
Margaret & Mark Citrino
William & Catherine Clark, parents of Bill Clark
Lisa Costello, granddaughter of Peg Cohan
Michael DiMauro, brother of Carmella Morris
Jack Dockery, husband of Jackie Dockery
Bill Dolhansky
Joey Dougherty, brother of Debbie Peruso
Trudy Fisher, friend of Marie Stewart