• June 30, 2022 Thursday of the XIII Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church

   

  That Man Is You Summer Revival – New !   We will be hosting a TMIY "Summer Revival" gathering on the morning of Saturday, July 30th. All are welcome. Please invite others!   7:30 am Mass at St. Cornelius 8:00 am Breakfast and Fellowship at the Parish Life Center (PLC) - aka. "the gym" 8:30 am Presentation/Talk/Video 9:00 am Discussion 9:45 am Sharing Info / Feedback re: our upcoming 5th year of TMIY (Sept 2022 - April 2023) 10:00 am Closing

   

  Loaves & Fishes   PLEASE NOTE WE CANCELLED THE JULY 8TH DROP OFF/PICKUP. Remaining Summer dates are July 22nd, August 5th, and August 19th. In addition to lunches or casseroles, St. John’s accepts bags of apples, or oranges, cases of water or a box of granola bars. St. John’s Hospice is also looking for men’s belts and underwear. You can drop these off on any of the above dates. If you prefer to donate baby supplies we will deliver to YoungMoms in Kennett Square. YoungMoms is currently in need of size 6 diapers.       If you have a high school student who is helping and need their volunteer hours validated, simply email joburns66@gmail.com for assistance. For more information contact JoEllen Muntz (joburns66@gmail.com).

   

  St. Cornelius Literary Society – New            The next selection for the bookish among us is A Furnace Full of God by Rebekah Scott. Rebekah and Patrick, burned-out newspaper journalists from the USA and England, were captured by the generous spirit they found on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail. They sold up their American lives and moved to Spain in 2006, to a town of twenty farmers in the middle of the 500-mile, thousand-year-old pilgrim road. They did their best to catch the ancient rhythms of seedtime, harvest, pig-stickings and saints’ days. The year 2010 was a Holy Year, when more than 300,000 pilgrims walked to the shrine city of Santiago de Compostela. Some stayed at Peaceable Kingdom, the farmhouse where the couple offered a night’s food and lodging in exchange for whatever the pilgrim wanted to give. They were nuns, bums, Oxford dons, mystics, fugitives, hippies, and lunatics, as well as greyhounds, barn cats, roosters, and donkeys. Most moved on after a day or two, but some came to stay. A Furnace Full of God is their story.

   

  Food insecurity is real and it is here! – New! I received this from a friend in St. Agnes parish. From Saint Agnes Outreach Services: We ask your help to feed the hungry who come to the Church in need. With the price of food rising weekly, and the children home from school, we are seeing an increased number of families seeking assistance. Visits to our food bank have markedly increased and more families are requesting meals and formula. In addition, many of the families who help provide meals throughout the year are away on vacation and we need others to fill in for them by providing part of a meal. If you are available over the summer and can prepare part of a meal to help those who are struggling to make ends meet, please email Luray and Alison at stagnesdayroomcooks@gmail.com or call Alison at 610-324-7251. Please help us feed our hungry brothers and sisters in our community.

   

  Ministry of Caring            Ministry of Caring receives food gift cards at Christmas time for low-income families at St. Cornelius Parish. Some of the cards are kept to distribute throughout the year. The supply is gone and there are several families who have called asking for help with food gift cards. During these times of high food costs, please consider making a GIANT or ACME gift card and mail or drop off at the Parish Office identifying the card for the Ministry of Caring. A Faith Community Nurse will make a home visit and distribute.

   

  The Pig is Back but won’t last long! – New ! On Tuesday, July 26th we will hold our annual Pig Roast in the PLC. This event has always been delightful and I look forward to it again. So, mark your calendars and plan on joining us on Tuesday, the 26th!            You can make your reservation after Mass next week.            If you are able to help with the sale of tickets, that is take reservations we do not actually issue tickets, sign on with this link. It is a signup genius connection in which you can enter your name and select which Sunday and Mass time you are able to help. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0D48AAAC28A5FF2-stcornelius1 Pig Roast Flyer

   

  Religious Freedom Week              Click the link below to get information about the connections for Religious Freedom Week.  It began last week on the Feast Day of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher.    https://www.usccb.org/committees/religious-liberty/religious-freedom-week

   

  Gone Fishin’            I actually do go fishing. My dad and I would go out on the Delaware Bay and fish for weakies and flounder. Without him now, I cast from the surf in the same bay. Early in the season I find it difficult NOT to snag a Horseshoe crab. These pre-historic creatures are following a migration pattern that I’ve read is millions of years old. They lay their eggs in the sand on the shore of the bay which in turn serve as food for the thousands of birds called Red Knots making their way up to Southampton Island in the Arctic from Tierra del Fuego in South America.            As for fish, I regularly come home empty handed. For a while I began to doubt if there were any fish in that bay. As unsuccessful as I am on an embarrassingly regular basis, I am overcome by an uncharacteristic sense of optimism and will once again put some squid on a hook and toss out my line hoping against all reason that I will land a fish.            After that, I will go to Bud’s Bait and Tackle Shop and buy a couple of soft-shell crabs for dinner, taking revenge on the Horseshoes by sautéing a couple of their cousins.            My next email will be sent out on Thursday, July 14.

   

  Faithfully, Msgr. Diamond St. Cornelius Website      Ministry Calendar