Saint Michael Parish March 27, 2016 Rev. Arturo Chagala, Parochial Administrator Ms. Grace Galaschewski, Office Manager Sr. Jennie Catanese, M.S.B.T., Receptionist Saint Michael Church Founded 1831
1445 North Second Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-739-2358 Fax: 215-739-5766 http://stmichaelsphilly.org E-mail st.michaelrcchurch1831@aol.com
Immaculate Conception Church Front & Allen Streets Office hours at Saint Michael Monday-Thursday 9 -4:00 p.m. Friday 9 - 1:00 p.m.
MASS /MISA Sunday Vigil (Saturday) 5:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. (IC) 11:30 a.m. (español) Daily Mass Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. Holy Days Noon at Immaculate Conception (IC) 7:00 p.m. at Saint Michael (bilingual) CONFESSIONS Saturday 4:15 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. & by request
¡Resucitó! ¡Aleluya!
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Saint Michael Parish has been a viable part of Fishtown/Northern Liberties for 185 years. We continue creating a community where all God’s children are treated with dignity & respect and where faith, hope and love/charity are abound. We welcome all new immigrants and visitors to our parish. La parroquia de Santo Michael ha sido una parte viable de Fishtown/Northern Liberties por 182 años. Continuamos creando una comunidad donde tratamos con dignidad y respeto los niños y donde la fe, la esperanza y el amor/la caridad es abundante. Damos la bienvenida a todos los nuevos inmigrantes y visitantes a nuestra parroquia. 1
March 27, 2016
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
On this day of days we offer a joyful sacrifice of praise to the Father who raised his Son from the dead! Let us be intent upon the life Christ offers us. Christ our Passover who has been sacrificed. 3/27
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
8:30 AM 10:00 AM 11:30 AM
All Masses are offered for the Deceased & Living Members of the Parish
3/28 Monday Within the Octave of Easter Len 8:00 AM
George & Kathleen Chorlton r/o Rita Lederer
3/29 Tuesday Within the Octave of Easter 8:00 AM
3/30
Dennis Turner r/o Bill Radlbeck
Thursday Within the Octave of Easter
8:00 AM
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Friday Within the Octave of Easter
8:00 AM
4/3
SUNDAY COLLECTIONS: March 13, 2016 1st Collection $ 1,109.00 Care for Aging Priests (to date) 388.00 Easter Flowers (to date) 300.00 Central & Eastern Europe (to date) 168.00 Church in Latin America 106.00 This information for Sunday the 20th and Sunday the 27th will appear in a later bulletin.
Wednesday Within the Octave of Easter
8:00 AM The Spiritual Contribution to the Arrival of God’s Kingdom on Earth r/o Ralph Berarducci
3/31
SANCTUARY LIGHTS will burn in the Churches this week for The People of the Parish
Sunday of Divine Mercy
5:00 PM vigil The People of the Parish 8:30 AM Barbara Schindle r/o Geri McTear 10:00 AM William Malinowski r/o Rita Malinowski 11:30 AM The People of the Parish
******************** A Little Bit of Wisdom People who are wrapped up in themselves make a small package.
LITURGICAL MINISTERS April 3, 2016 5:00 PM L ector & Euch. M in.: As Available 8:30 AM L ector: Ber nadette Zotter Euch. Min.: Maria Maldonado 10:00 AM L ector: Abr aham Amit Euch. Min.: Maria Tanczak 11:30 AM L ectors: Letitia Gar cia Euch. Min.: As Available ====================================================================================
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Henry Lucier, Frances Blaise, , Sis Clemens, Ralph Berarducci, Maria Rivera, Osealdo Rodriguez, , Isabella Lederer, Bianca Mercado, Joanne Sherman, Mary Zarowski, Dorothy Schill, Olga Espada, Hilda Rodriguez, Freddie Nagle, our benefactors, those who have asked for our prayers & those who have no one to pray for them. And also please remember our recent dead: Barbara Schindle, Al Donofrio, Joseph Galdo & Aldo DiDomenico Sr.
******************** New Parishioners/Nuevos Feligreses Welcome. Please call the rectory and make an appointment to register as soon as possible. Bienvenidos. Favor de llamar la rectoría y haga una cita para inscribirse lo mas antes posible. Change of Address/Cambio de Direccion Please notify the parish secretary if you plan to move. Favor de notificar la secretaria de la parroquia si planificas mudarse. Collection Envelopes/Sobres para la colecta Every working person should support the parish by regularly using their envelopes - they can be obtained by calling the rectory or filling out one of the “welcome” envelopes at the entrance of the church. Cada persona de trabajo debe habitualmente apoyar la parroquia usando los sobres—puedes obtenerlos llamando la rectoría o llenando unos de los sobres maracados “bienvenidos” en entrada de la iglesia. 214-2
March 27, 2016
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
From Pope Francis…. “God’s justice is his mercy given to everyone as a grace that flows from the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.” Reflection Prayer Lord, your death and resurrection brought joy, peace, mercy and new life for all humanity. I feel new life when I am loved and accepted as I am. I experience deep joy and peace when I am forgiven for a wrong I have done. I am filled with gratitude when someone does a good deed for me. Lord, let me sense your presence in creation and in every person I encounter. Strengthen me with the power of your resurrection so that I may bring the light of joy, peace, mercy and a new life filled with hope and justice to all people. Amen.
We are an Easter People! Alleluia is our song! After six weeks, we bring back the ALLELUIA! We have journeyed with Jesus through Lent and the Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil) and have reached the pinnacle of the Christian Faith. Jesus fulfilled his promise to rise from the dead and the Christian Faith began. We hear in the Gospel that when the women went to the tomb it was empty but they saw a man close by that said to them “Do not be afraid.” The women did not realize that they were speaking to the Risen Christ. Along with the Alleluia!, we bring back the Gloria because we want to shout from the roof our happiness in the Risen Christ and give praise and honor to the Gospel message to love God with our whole heart and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Be an Alleluia people and live your faith!
This Easter Day …… On this Easter day, we rejoice in our baptisms, Alle Estamos una gente de Pascua! when we died with Christ, when we died to sin, when we Aleluya es nuestro canto! died to the sort of fundamentalism that would claim God is this and not that, God is here and not there, God is in us and Después de seis semanas, nos traen de vuelta not in them. el ¡aleluya! Hemos caminado con Jesús a través de la On this Easter day, we rejoice in our baptisms, Cuaresma, el Triduo (Jueves Santo, Viernes Santo y when we rose with Christ, when we rose to the glory of Vigilia Pascual) y se ha llegado a la cima de la Fe God to share in God’s life, when we rose with the Christ Cristiana. Jesús cumplió su promesa de resucitar de who is sovereign over all, planting his cross in Chaos and entre los muertos y de la Fe Cristiana. Creation, Bondage and Freedom, Night and Light.
Escuchamos en el Evangelio que cuando las Easter joy refuses to erase the difficult terms of mujeres fueron a la tumba, estaba vacío pero que vieour human lives. It does not deny the reality of our ron a un hombre por que les dijo que “no tenga miebondage, our violence, our isolation, our dyings, but do.” Las mujeres no se dieron cuenta que estaban stares them squarely in the face. hablando de Cristo resucitado. And in our staring we are surprised to find Junto con el Aleluya!, traer de regreso la Gloria porGod’s presence. “Even the darkness is radiant in que queremos gritar desde el tejado de nuestra feliciGod’s sight.” dad en el Cristo resucitado, y dar alabanza y honor en We are not imprisoned by warring opposites. el mensaje evangélico de amar a Dios con todo nuesRather, we live in the presence of a God who abides tro corazón y amar a nuestro prójimo como a with us within whatever opposites might attract, nosotros mismos. in all times and in all places. Ser un ¡Aleluya! Personas y vivir su fe! (This reflection was written by Michael Zampelli, SJ) 214-3
March 27 , 2016
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
Sunday Scripture Reflections Reading 1 Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Alleluia! This is Easter, the day of Jesus' rising from the dead, the most meaningful day of the year for all who believe in him. Things are different today. Bells are ringing and we are singing Alleluia.
In the first reading, which comes not from the Old Testament but from the Acts of the Apostles, Peter gives us a mini-version of the entire Gospel Reflection. He reviews the key events in Jesus' life, proclaims his resurrection, and describes the ministry of the apostles. Peter assure his listeners that Jesus has the power to forgive their sins.
Domingo Escritura Reflexions Primera lectura Hechos de los Apóstoles 10:34, 37-43 ¡Aleluya! Es Pascua de Resurrección, el día en que Jesús resucitó de la muerte, el día más importante del año para todos lo que creen en El. Las cosas son diferentes hoy. Las campanas están tañendo y cantamos Aleluya.
Jesus gives everyone the freedom to live a new life!
En la primera lectura, que no es tomada del Antiguo Testamento sino de Hechos de los Apóstoles, Pedro nos ofrece una versión de toda la reflexión del evangelio. Repasa los eventos claves en la vida de Jesús, proclamando su resurrección y describiendo el ministerio de los apóstoles. Pedro asegura a quienes les escuchan que Jesús tiene el poder de perdonar sus pecados.
Reading 2 Colassians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8
Jesús da a todo el mundo la libertad de vivir una nueva vida.
Alleluia! In this reading we are urged to Segunda lectura Colosenses 3:1-4 ó 1 Corintios live in union with the risen Christ. Set your hearts on 5:6b-8 higher things, we are told. Be intent on the values of God's reign rather than those of the world. We have died ¡Aleluya! En esta lectura se nos urge a vivir to the old life of sin and hopelessness. en unión con el Cristo resucitado. Se nos pide poner Christ is risen and he will come again! And we nuestros corazones en cosas altas. Valorar el reino will be taken up with him into his glory. de Dios en vez de las cosas del mundo. Hemos dado muerte a la vieja vida de pecado y desesperanza. Gospel John 20:1-9 or Luke 24:1-12 Alleluia! Imagine how you would have felt if you had been Mary Magdalene or Peter or John on that first Easter morning. What thoughts and emotions would the sight of that empty tomb have aroused in you?
Cristo ha resucitado y vendrá de nuevo. Y seremos llevados a su gloria. Evangelio Juan 20:1-9 ó Lucas 24:1-12
¡Aleluya! Imagina como te hubieras sentido si hubieras conocido a María Magdalena, a Pedro, o a Juan en la mañana de Resurrección. ¿Qué ideas y At first, Mary Magdalene thought that Jesus' enemies had stolen his body. Heartbroken, she ran to tell emociones despertarían en ti la tumba vacía? Peter and John. They raced to the tomb and found that Primero María Magdalena pensó que los the burial wrappings, which had encased Jesus' body, enemigos de Jesús habían robado su cuerpo. Apenawere cast aside. Seeing this, they believed. da corre hacia Pedro y Juan. Ellos corren a la tumba y encuentran la ropa en que estaba envuelto el cuerpo de Jesús en el suelo. Al ver eso creyeron.
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March 27, 2016
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
PLEASE NOTE—INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING BAPTISMS: Those wishing to have their children baptized— Classes will be held on the 3rd Saturday of every month, at 10:30 a.m. in the Rectory. The Sacrament of Baptism will take place on the 4th Saturday of every month at 11:00 a.m. in St. Michael’s Church. ==================================== Marriage/Matrimonio Arrangements must be made six months in advance in order to fulfill Diocesan requirements. Debe hacer arreglos seis meses de antemano para cumplir los requisitos diocesanos. Care for the Sick/Cuido para los enfermos In the occasion of an emergency call the rectory immediately. Call the rectory for visits at home to the elderly and infirm or when someone enters the hospital and wishes a visit from the parish priest. En caso de una emergencia llame la rectoría inmediatamente. Para visitas en casa de las personas mayores y enfermas o cuando alguien este en el hospital y desee una visita del sacerdote llame la rectoría.
Please support the Catholic Charities Appeal and help children, women and men throughout the Archdiocese. Por favor, apoye las Caridades Católicas y ayudar a los niños, las mujeres y los hombres en toda la arquidiócesis.
============================= Interested in going on a pilgrimage during this Year of Mercy? The N.E. Philly: Fire of Faith Young Adult Group Mother Boniface Spirituality Center 3501 Solly Avenue, Philadelphia Is going on a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Czestochowa on Saturday, April 30th at 11 a.m. (Carpooling will be available at the Mother Boniface Center) For more information & details : Please call: 267-350-1835
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