Thursday's Good News
Our Weekly Newsletter: November 12, 2020
Feast of Saint Josaphat
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Dear Saint Helena Parish Family & Friends,
Please be assured of our prayers for each and every one of you. You are very special to Father DiMaria and me. Let us continue to ask Jesus, the Divine Physician and Healer of Souls to bless us, comfort us, heal us, and give us peace.
Love & Prayers,
Monsignor Nicolo
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Parish Stewardship Restoration Appeal Letter
Msgr. Nicolo's Message for November 15
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Today, we want to give thanks to all those who have responded to our Parish Stewardship Restoration Appeal. If you have not already contributed and would like to, please reply using the response card that you have received with the appeal letter or visit our online Parish Giving Link.
I asked that you continue to pray for our Stewardship Restoration Appeal. Any contribution you make to our parish has a tremendous impact on the needs of our community.
Please place your response card in today’s collection basket or return it to the parish office at your convenience.
Once again I want to say thank you for your constant faithfulness and generosity to our parish. May God continue to keep each and every one of us safe and put an end to this pandemic.
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Looking Ahead
What's Coming at Saint Helena
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Simple Supper Mass
Monday, November 23
6:00 P.M., Church
Thanksgiving Day Mass
Thursday, November 26
9:00 A.M., Church
Advent/Christmas Confessions
Tuesday, December 1
1:15 & 6:45 P.M., Church
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Monday, December 7 (Vigil Mass)
7:00 P.M., Church
Tuesday, December 8*
9:00 A.M., Church
- *The Holy Day scheduled has changed for this year as the obligation to attend Mass in the Archdiocese has been lifted during the pandemic.
Christmas Eve Mass Schedule
Thursday, December 24
2:00 P.M., Church/Narthex (With Livestreaming in Empress Room, Social & Rec Center)
4:00 P.M., Church/Narthex (With Livestreaming in Empress Room, Social & Rec Center)
6:00 P.M., Church/Narthex (With Livestreaming in Empress Room)
8:00 P.M., Church/Narthex (With Livestreaming in Empress Room)
Christmas Day Mass Schedule
Friday, December 25
7:30 A.M., Church/Narthex (With Livestreaming in Empress Room)
9:00 A.M., Church/Narthex (With Livestreaming in Empress Room)
11:00 A.M., Church/Narthex (With Livestreaming in Empress Room)
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I am very grateful for seminarian David who is speaking at all of the Masses this weekend for the St. Charles Borromeo Appeal. As you realize, both Father DiMaria and I as well as our two permanent deacons, Deacon Ken and Deacon Frank, attended Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary. It is your generosity to the Seminary Appeal that makes our Seminary possible. I ask you in the name of all the seminarians as well as all of the priest alumni to please generously support this collection.
We will be hosting Gwynedd Mercy High School Academy’s Ring Mass this year. We are happy to be able to do this for all the young ladies who attend Gwynedd Mercy. Let us keep all these young ladies in our prayers. May they will be a shining example to the communities to which they belong of what it means to be a faithful follower of Christ by imitating our Merciful Lord.
Next weekend, November 21 and 22, we will be ending our Liturgical Year as we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King. We will be preparing for the Holy Season of Advent. On Monday November 23, we will have our Simple Supper Mass which will include a free will offering for one of our Pre-K students who is in treatment for cancer. Let us be generous to this collection as we continue to pray for Kellan. Let us hold his entire family in our prayers during this difficult time.
On Thursday November 26, we will be celebrating the Thanksgiving Mass in the Church at 9 AM. You are cordially invited to spend this time thanking God for the many gifts that He has bestowed upon us as individuals, as a parish, and as a country. The weekend of November 28 and 29, we will be starting the season of Advent.
Please make sure you have marked your calendars for the opportunity to receive God’s forgiveness in the Sacrament of Confession. Confessions will be heard on Tuesday, December 1 at 1:15 PM and again at 6:45 PM. We will be having extra priests to assist us. Please remember to keep our children who will be making their Confirmation on Wednesday, December 2, in your prayers.
May God, through the intercession of Saint Helena, bless us!
Love & prayers,
Monsignor Nicolo
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Bulletin for November 15, 2020 |
Click below to scroll thru each page of this Sunday's bulletin. |
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Job Opportunities at Saint Helena
Share with your Family & Friends
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We are currently looking to hire two jobs:
1) Full-Time Janitor: Monday - Friday, 10:00 A.M. - 6:30 P.M.; also would entail landscaping, gardening and maintenance work.
2) Part-Time Cleaner: Monday - Friday, 4:00 - 7:00 P.M.; start ASAP!
If you are interested, please contact our Maintenance Director, Robert Malony, via e-mail.
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Community Rosary on Wednesdays
Every Wednesday at 11:30 A.M.
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The recitation of the Holy Rosary continues on Wednesdays at 11:30 A.M. Join us in the Lourdes Grotto behind the Church (entrance to the right side of the Chapel) or in the Saint Therese Chapel on days of inclement/very cold weather. You may want to bring your own chair - the cement benches are a little cold! |
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Thanksgiving Food Drive
Saturday, Nov. 21; 9 A.M. - Noon; before the 4 P.M. Mass
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Sunday, Nov. 22; 7-10:30 A.M.
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Our High School Youth Group will be sponsoring our Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive the weekend of November 21/22. Your donated food will be delivered to Catholic Social Services (Martha's Choice Marketplace) in Norristown. This year, they expect to feed over 300 local, needy families.
We will be accepting frozen turkeys and non-perishable food items.
Donations may be dropped off at the U-Haul truck in our parking lot.
***If you'd like to donate, but would like your donations picked up during the weekend of Nov. 21/22, please contact Joe Dempsey via e-mail.
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Saint Helena Knights of Columbus
In Service to One. In Service to All.
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Join the Knights online at KofC.org
Sunday, Sept. 15: Curbside Pick-up of Capt’n Chucky’s Orders
- Sincere thanks to the many parishioners who generously supported the Knights fundraiser.
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Don’t forget to pick up your order on Sunday, November 15 from 8 am - 1 pm at Capt’n Chucky’s store located at 1530 Dekalb Pike in Blue Bell.
Knights Donate New Winter Coats for Kids
- For some struggling families, a basic need is for a warm winter coat for their children. The Knights recently purchased and donated 25 new winter coats to St. Patrick Church in Norristown, who will distribute the coats to those in need in their local community.
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Pray More Novenas
Great Digital Resource
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Get Novena prayers in your e-mail inbox to help you pray each of the 9 days with the Catholic Church via Pray More Novenas (the original Novena reminder).
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A Few Important Reminders as you Return for Worship |
+Only the front three sets of doors of the church will be unlocked to enter. All other doors will be locked. One can always exit from the inside from any door in case of an emergency. Please exit through the front set of doors.
+It is necessary that everyone two years old and above a wear a mask. The mask should be worn from when you leave the car until the time you return to your car. As you realize it is a mandate that a mask be worn in public places and that includes the Church. This is being done for the safety of others as well as your safety. People should not congregate inside or outside of the Church before or after Masses.
+ Churches in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are permitted to have 75% of their total capacity with reasonable social distancing.
+ The ushers will not be taking up the Sunday Collection. Please use the baskets marked Sunday Collection.
+ At Communion Time, please leave your pew and make sure you keep social distance between yourself and the person before you and process single file. You are also being asked to receive Holy Communion in your hands. Remember to extend your hands all the way out as far as possible making sure they are flat and once the Priest / Deacon / Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion places the Sacred Host in your hand only then bring your hands closer to yourself to receive Holy Communion. Please continue to wear your mask until after the Priest/Deacon/Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion gives you Communion before you remove the mask once you have stepped to the side, receive Communion.
+When it is time to leave Church, we will be exiting from the front of the church to the back, so that, we can immediately start disinfecting and sanitizing the Church.
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