CONFESSIONS

Monday, December 21st
3:00–4:30 and 7:00-8:00PM

Tuesday, December 22nd
7:00–8:00PM
No Confessions on Saturday, December 26th

CHRISTMAS MASSES

Thursday, December 24th Christmas Vigil
4:30 PM Church (Children’s Liturgy)
4:45 PM School Hall (Gym)
8:00 PM Church
11:15 PM Carols (Choir & Congregation)
12:00 AM Midnight Mass

Friday, December 25th Christmas Day
7:00, 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 AM Church
(No 6:00PM Mass)

Thursday, December 31st
7:15AM
6:00 PM (Vigil)

Friday, January 1st
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
7:15 AM, and 12:05 PM

Our annual Forty Hours Devotion will be held on Sunday, November 15th to Tuesday, November 17th. Fr. James DeGrassa will be the preacher on Monday and Tuesday evening at 7:30PM.

The schedule is as follows:

Sunday, November 15th: Adoration after 11:30 Mass until 5:45PM followed by the 6PM Mass

Monday, November 16th: 7:15AM Mass; Adoration all day; 7:30PM Benediction, followed by Fr. James DeGrassa

Tuesday, November 17th: 7:15AM Mass; Adoration all day; 7:30PM Benediction, followed by Fr. James DeGrassa

Pope Francis proclaimed a Holy Year of Mercy beginning this December 8, 2015 and continuing to November 20, 2016. To mark the solemn occasion of this Jubilee Year, the Vatican, in conjunction with the Congregation of the Causes of Saints has announced the extraordinary pilgrimage of the bodily remains of Saint Maria Goretti.

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The glass and gold reliquary containing her body will leave her shrine in Nettuno, Italy and begin the Pilgrimage of Mercy Tour in the United States of America this September.

This is the first time that Saint Maria Goretti’s body will travel to the United States and only the second time that she has left Italy.

Saint Maria Goretti Church in Hatfield will be the second stop on the tour and will host the body of their parish patroness and our “Little Saint of Great Mercy” on Tuesday, September 22, 2015.

Public veneration will begin at 12:00 PM.
Solemn Mass in honor of Saint Maria Goretti will be celebrated at 7:00 PM.
When Mass concludes, public veneration will continue until 11:00 PM.

On Wednesday and Thursday of that week, Saint Maria’s relics will travel to the Saint Rita Shrine and Saint John the Evangelist Church in Philadelphia so that those attending the World Meeting of Families may venerate her, as well.

For more information on this event, see the official webpage at www.MariaGoretti.com

Everyone is welcome to join us in the Fr. Doyle Hall on Sunday September 13, 2015 for our next Community Breakfast hosted by The Knights of Columbus from 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM . Included are pancakes,  waffles, scrambled eggs , Made-to-Order Omelets, hash browns, sausage, toast, orange juice, coffee, fruit, and our famous “doughnut buffet”!

Cost:  ONLY $8 for Adults, and $4 for Children.