Pastor's Weekly Email
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September 22, 2022
Thursday of the XXV Week in Ordinary TimeResults of Called for More and the Synod on Synodality.
Over the next few weeks we will be unfolding the findings from both of those efforts. I will be sending out information using this email contact. We have formed a team to process the data and there is a lot of it. After a while looking at all the numerical results can fell like you’re reading the Manhattan Telephone Directory. We will distill the data and try to make it accessible so as to gain an insight into the results.
Nominations for Parish Pastoral Council
This weekend and next we will take nominations for candidates for the Parish Pastoral Council. The election will be held in November. Information on the Parish Pastoral Council can be found on our parish website: Pastoral Advisory Council - Saint Cornelius - Chadds Ford, PA
Please consider taking an active part in the life of our parish and place your name or another parishioner’s name for nomination.
September Calendar – New !
- Forty Hours Devotions begin on Sunday after the 4:00 Mass.
- Meal packing sign up can be found on our website at www.saintcornelius.org
October Calendar – New !
- The Blessing of the Animals – Sunday, October 2nd @ 1:00 PM.
- Our Lady of Fatima Procession with the recitation of the Rosary – Sunday, October 16th immediately after the 11:00 AM Mass.
- St. John’s Clothing Drive – October 15th and 16th.
RCIA
Meet and Greet
Thursday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Please help us pray for and extend an invitation to all of those whom God is calling into the Catholic Church.- Are you married to a Catholic?
- Are you a Catholic who has not received the Sacraments?Are you someone seeking a spiritual home?
We will be hosting a meeting for all of those who are interested in looking into the Catholic faith or Catholics who have not received the Sacraments of Holy Eucharist and/or Confirmation.
This year I invite any and all members of the parish to consider joining the group as a means of Adult Education and ongoing Faith Formation. The sessions follow the United States Catholic Catechism. We usually meet on a Thursday evening in the Fr. Simon Room. They Last for about an hour. There are no tests. The only books you will need are the Catechism and a Bible. Even if you do not believe you can commit to each week, please consider joining when you can.
We will have a Meet & Greet on Thursday, September 29 at 7:00 PM in the Fr. Simon room in the PLC. Please consider joining us that evening.
Please contact the office at (610) 459-2502 to express your interest and be added to the distribution list.
40 Hours Devotion
The Forty Hours Devotion is a special forty-hour period of con-tenuous prayer made before the Blessed Sacrament in solemn exposition. Of course, the focus of this devotion is on the Holy Eucharist.
“I myself am the living bread come down from Heaven. If anyone eats this bread, He shall live forever; the bread I will give is my flesh for the life of the world”
(John 6:51).
The number forty has always signified a sacred period of time: the rains during the time of Noah lasted 40 days and nights; the Jews wandered through the desert for 40 years, our Lord fasted and prayed for 40 days before beginning His public ministry. The 40 Hours Devotion remembers that traditional “forty-hour period” from our Lord’s burial until the resurrection. Actually in the Middle Ages, the Blessed Sacrament was transferred to the repository, “the Easter Sepulcher,” for this period of time to signify our Lord’s time in the tomb.
The 40 Hours devotion schedule has changed. We will begin after the 4:00 PM Mass on Sunday.
The Forty Hours Devotion can be seen almost like a parish mini-retreat or mission. This year Fr. Chris Rodgers, Pastor of St. Patrick Church in Kennett Square, will lead us in three evenings of prayer and reflection.
Sunday, September 25
4:00 PM Mass Exposition at the close of Mass
7:00 PM Evening Prayer / Homily / Benediction
Repose Blessed Sacrament
Monday, September 26
7:30 AM Mass Exposition at the close of Mass
8:00 AM Rosary
7:00 PM Evening Prayer / Homily / Benediction
Repose Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday, September 27
7:30 AM Mass Exposition at the close of Mass
8:00 AM Rosary
7:00 PM Evening Prayer / Homily / Benediction
Conclusion
Repose Blessed SacramentWalking With Purpose
Discover something more
Walking with Purpose is a women’s Catholic Bible study. Through Scripture and the teachings of the Catholic Church we help women develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Beginning October 4th through March, St. Cornelius is excited to offer both Tuesday morning and evening sessions in the Parish Life Center. Choose from the following:
1) “Touching the Divine” – Receive a fresh anointing of faith as you come to know Jesus more fully through the Gospel of John.
Tuesday mornings from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
or
Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
2) “Opening Your Heart” – For women that are new to Walking with Purpose, or those who missed this introductory study, we encourage you to begin here. When your heart is open, change happens, and you receive graces God wants to lavish upon you.
Tuesday mornings from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
(If you are interested but cannot attend a morning session we will arrange an evening session for “Opening Your Heart”. We will need at least 5 women to conduct the evening session. Contact Agnes Arkus if interested in an evening session.)
All women are welcome regardless of faith background, age, or marital status. For more information about Walking with Purpose, or to view videos for each of the above Bible studies, visit walkingwithpurpose.com
The cost of the accompanying study guide is $40 plus shipping and tax.
Registration is now open!
Please contact one of our coordinators as follows:
Tuesday Mornings:
Agnes Arkus, agnesa324@verizon.net (302) 290-3486
or
Tuesday Evenings:
Beth Baldo, baldobetha@gmail.com (845) 558-7089Looking for more inspiration?
Please watch our Walking With Purpose
Promotional video at
https://vimeo.com/743282956
or scan the QR code to the right.World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
“Listen to the voice of creation” is the theme and invitation of this year’s Season of Creation. The ecumenical phase begins on September 1st with the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and concludes on October 4th with the feast of Saint Francis. It is a special time for all Christians to pray and work together to care for our common home. Originally inspired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, this Season is an opportunity to cultivate our “ecological conversion”, a conversion encouraged by St. John Paul II in response to the “ecological catastrophe predicted by St. Paul VI in 1970. Over half a century ago, the need to care for our common home began to emerge in papal teaching. Throughout the month of September, I invite you to join in prayer, learning and discussion on this vital topic.
Week 4, Saturday/Sunday Sept. 24/25 after Masses: Ethiopia Sustainable Water Project education and fundraising.