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Founded 1906 128 BRYN MAWR AVENUE BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA 19004

Website: www.saintmatthias.org Phone: 610-664-0207

Email: matthias@saintmatthias.org Fax: 610-664-3559

Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 7:00 p.m.

Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. Saturday: 8:00 a.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions): Saturdays 4:15 to 4:45 PM, also by appointment ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Reverend Monsignor Gerard C. Mesure, J.D., J.C.D., M.A. … Pastor Reverend Sean P. Bransfield, J.C.L., M.A., M.Div. … Parochial Vicar Director of Parish Outreach … Peggy Haley Reverend John A. McGinnis … Retired Priest Director of Liturgical Music … Berthilla Wiscount Reverend Mr. Brandon M. Artman, M.Div. ... Parish Transitional Deacon Coordinator of Religious Education … Peggy Haley

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NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome to Saint Matthias Parish! Please see one of

the priests after any weekend Mass, or call the Rectory if you are interested in

registering at Saint Matthias Parish.

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS: Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

SICK CALLS: Emergencies – Please call the Rectory. Hospital Visitation –

The Parish Priests will be happy to visit any Parishioner who is hospital-

ized. Please contact the Rectory, since hospitals do not contact the Rectory.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: The Sacrament of Baptism is administered most

Sundays at 11:30 a.m. Arrangements are made in advance at the

Rectory. Sponsors must provide proof of eligibility by a letter from their

respective Pastors. First-time parents attend a Pre-Jordan Meeting prior to

Baptism, which is arranged at a mutually convenient time.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Arrangements must be made with the parish

at least six months before the date of the Wedding.

M A Y 6, 2018 – S I X T H SU N D A Y O F EA S T E R

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May 6, 2018 Sixth Sunday of Easter

Saturday, May 5 – Vigil, Sixth Sunday of Easter *5:00 Special Intention

Sunday, May 6 – Sixth Sunday of Easter 8:30 Robert McQuiston 10:30 For the First Communicants 7:00 For Our Parishioners

Monday, May 7 – Easter Weekday 7:30 Special Intention

Tuesday, May 8 – Easter Weekday 7:30 Sharon Whitby

Wednesday, May 9 – Easter Weekday/Ascn. Thurs. Vigil 7:30 AM Anthony and Philomena Scavella 6:00 PM In Memory of William Smith

Thursday, May 10 – Ascension Thursday 7:30 AM Nicholas Chovanes 12 NOON Patrick O’Gara 7:00 PM George Kletzel

Friday, May 11 – Easter Weekday 7:30 Intentions of the Venuti Family

Saturday, May 12 – Easter Weekday/Ss. Nereus, 8:00 Maureen Lyons Achilleus, and Pancras 5:00 Nina R. Baldi and Emily T. Borek

Sunday, May 13 – Seventh Sunday of Easter 8:30 Souls in Purgatory 10:30 Deacon Gerald Kelly 7:00 For Our Parishioners * Extraordinary support through the Saint Matthias Day Program

LIVING LIGHTS: On the side of the Sanctuary near the statue of the Sacred Heart is a place where three candles burn for special intentions. If you wish to have one of these candles burning for your intention, please bring your donation and intention to the sacristy or the rectory office. The donation for these candles is $10. This week’s candles are lit for: Our Youth, Marriage & Family, Special Intention from Claire Chovanes.

H.O.P.E. – Helping Other People Enthusiastically Our volunteers assist fellow Parishioners by providing transportation to doctors’ offices, banks, and super-markets. The H.O.P.E. Captain for May 7 – 13 is: Marge and Ed Kiefski: 215-913-4482.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH: Martha Eckert, Frank Diebold, Marie Damas, Eleanor Kuhl, Louise Owens, Michele Smith, Lorraine Beaulieu, Dr. Joan Hurlock, Rev. Thomas Wheeler, S.J., Rev. James Moore, S.J., Chadd Kraus, Louis Owens, Lynne Dotsey, Jack Yura, Nancy Lawler, Peggy Haley, Michelle Smith, Richard & Mary Jane Breen, Ann Ledgister, Olivia King, Terrie Gaspar, Louise Grato, Sister Margaret Donohue, R.S.M., Dolores Frank, Donald Brokens, Raymond Hinson, Richard Begg, and Kathy Sullivan. We also pray for those served by our Parish in Inglis House and Bala Nursing Home. Please help us keep this list current: if you wish to have someone’s name added to/removed from the Sick List, kindly contact the Rectory.

MEMBERS OF THE PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL: Patricia Black, Andrea Constantino, Mike DeMonte, Maggie Duffy, Peggy Haley (ex-officio), Ross Holgado, Ed Kiefski, Claudia Martinez, Ray Nepomuceno, Kathy O’Connor-Eicke, Gina Sullivan, H. Nelson Keyser (finance rep.), Berthilla Wiscount (ex-officio).

Priest Celebrant Schedule: May 11/12, 2018 5:00 Father Bransfield 8:30 Father McGinnis 10:30 Father Finn 7:00 Monsignor Mesure

Second Collection Envelopes This Weekend: Home Mission Appeal – This collection supports dioceses in the United States and its territories that lack the resources to provide basic pastoral ministry to their populations. Catholic Home Missions funds catechesis, seminarian education, lay ministry training, Hispanic ministry and other pastoral programs and impacts the lives of nearly 9 million Catholics. Help strengthen the Church at home. Second Collection Envelopes Next Weekend: Feast of Saint Matthias. Thank you for your generosity in supporting our parish on its Feast Day! (All second collection envelopes, clearly marked as such, should be placed in the main collection at the offertory.)

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Our prayers are with our First

Communicants who will receive

Jesus for the first time in the

Most Blessed Sacrament today

at the 10:30 Mass.

Ascension Thursday,

a Holy Day of Obligation,

is THIS Thursday, May 10.

Masses will be celebrated at the following times:

Wednesday, May 9: 6:00 PM Vigil

Thursday, May 10: 7:30 AM | 12 Noon | 7:00 PM

May Procession Invitation

The children of the parish, grades K through 12

are invited to process from the Parish Center

to Church on Mother’s Day: Next Sunday, May 13

in honor of Our Blessed Mother

Crowning of Mary will take place at 10:30 Mass.

Please be in the Parish Center by 10:15 AM. We will

sit as a group in church. Hope you will join us!

Questions? Please call the Rectory.

Prayerful Congratulations to our students who were Confirmed by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput at Saint Matthias on April 21, 2018. Isabel Kateri Alemayehu Siobhán Vitus Minerva Lucy Cecilia Allen Leonardo John Moreno Quinn Catherine Baker Gianna Noel Noble Amit Francis Banerjee Ifunaya Rose Obidike Elias Luigi Betancourt Chukweumeka Samuel Obidike

Cyrus Matthew Boldt Daniel Christopher Powell Benjamin Sebastian Booker Tristan Nicholas Prosper

Gavin Sebastian Briggs Cormac Andrew Rooney Mia Anne Falco Gianna Emile Rossa Natalie Theresa Ferdinand Logan Sebastian Rothberg

Brayden Joseph Fiorellini Sophia Hope Schreiner Marcello Daniel Giordano Bennett Christopher Schweickert

Ashley Katharine Gomes Nolan Francis Shanley Lanny Anne Harris Thayne Dunstan Sharp Sierra Adele Masalta Daniel Nicholas Stencil Ava Frances McCormick Jessica Katherine Stencil Shane Henry McGinty Nathan Joseph Tran Alex Patrick Mendel

Mother’s Day Carnations will be

available after Masses next weekend. All

donations will benefit Mother’s House in

Upper Darby.

Merion Mercy Academy, an independent, all girls

Catholic High School sponsored by the Sisters of

Mercy, has an opening for a full time teaching

position for a combined roster of Spanish and French

including AP French for the 2018-2019 school year.

Qualified applicants with a dual degree in Spanish and

French and secondary certification are asked to submit

a cover letter and resume by Monday, May 14th.

Experienced preferred. Send to: Mary Ann Danovich,

Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs,

at madanovich@merion-mercy.com.

Welcome to our new

parishioners!

Ross Michael Lane and

Colleen Agnes Chiu

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Mass of Thanksgiving Archbishop Charles J. Chaput

will ordain Brandon M. Artman and

his five classmates from the

Archdiocese at the Cathedral Basilica

of Ss. Peter and Paul on May 19.

Until entering Saint Charles

Borromeo Seminary in 2012, Brandon had been the

Director of Music/Organist and Director of Parish

Services here at Saint Matthias, beginning in 1999.

Father Artman will celebrate his Mass of

Thanksgiving here at Saint Matthias on Sunday,

May 20, the Solemnity of Pentecost, at 3:00 PM.

Please arrive early to enjoy prelude music,

featuring musicians from the Cathedral, begin-

ning at 2:40 PM. All are invited to attend the Mass

and a reception immediately following in Msgr.

Noone Hall (the parish gym) to congratulate Father

Artman and enjoy light refreshments.

May, 2018: The Mission of Laity

That the lay faithful may fulfill their specific mission,

by responding with creativity to the challenges that

face the world today.

Baptismal Congratulations! Aidan Stephen Fox, son of Andrew Fox &

Caroline Pierce Fox, was baptized at Saint Matthias Church on April 15, 2018.

Justin James Gabriel Levine, son of Bruno Levine and Catherine Downey Levine, was baptized at Saint Matthias on April 22, 2018.

Porter Grant Davis, son of Michael Davis & Tara McCann Davis, was baptized at Saint Matthias Church on April 22, 2018.

Colin Thomas Wing, son of Thomas Wing and Sandra Hazeltine Wing, was baptized at Saint Matthias Church on April 29, 2018.

Congratulations to Our New Deacons!

Please keep in your prayers this week the following members of the Theology III Class at Saint Charles Seminary who are scheduled to be ordained Transitional Deacons for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia this coming Saturday, May 12, at the Seminary:

David Buffum (Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Morton)

Alessandro Giardini (Saint Joseph, Downingtown)

David O’Brien (Saint Peter, West Brandywine)

Alexander Pancoast (Saint Ephrem, Bensalem)

Anthony Raymundo (Saint Agnes, West Chester)

Francesco D’Amico (Neo-Catechumenal Way)

Jonathan Rice (Neo-Catechumenal Way)

They will spend the summer and weekends of the coming school year in parishes ministering as Deacons. Please God they will be ordained priests next year.

A deacon is an ordained minister of the Catholic Church. There are three groups, or "orders," of ordained ministers: bishops, presbyters (priests), and deacons. Deacons are ordained as a sacramental sign to the Church and to the world of Christ, who came "to serve, not to be served." The entire Church is called by Christ to serve, and the deacon, by virtue of his sacramental ordination and through his various ministries, is to be a servant in a servant-Church.

All ordained ministers in the Church are called to functions of Word, Sacrament, and Charity, but bishops, presbyters and deacons exercise these functions in various ways. As ministers of Word, deacons proclaim the Gospel, preach, and teach in the name of the Church. As ministers of Sacrament, deacons baptize, lead the faithful in prayer, witness marriages, and conduct wake and funeral services. As ministers of Charity, deacons are leaders in identifying the needs of others, making them known to Christ through the Prayer of the Faithful at Mass, then marshaling the Church's resources to meet those needs. Deacons are also dedicated to eliminating the injustices or inequities that cause such needs. But no matter what specific functions a deacon performs, they flow from his sacramental identity. In other words, it is not only what a deacon does, but who a deacon is, that is important.

Seminarians are ordained deacons prior to their ordination as priests. There are also men (many are married) who minister in this Order permanently. There is no difference in the sacramental sign or the functions of these so-called "transitional" and "permanent” deacons.

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Upcoming Events at the Miraculous Medal Shrine, 500 E. Chelten Ave., Philadelphia (Germantown), PA. www.MiraculousMedal.org.

May 7: Six days before Mother’s Day, we’ll gather at the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the Shrine parking lot at 11:15 AM and will process to the Shrine while praying the Rosary. Our regular 12:05 PM Novena and Mass will immediately follow.

June 1: 6:00 – 8:30 PM, Young Adult Praise and Worship evening. All young adults are invited to Eucharistic Adoration, followed by refreshments and fellowship. The Theme is “What is God Calling You to Do? Discovering Your Vocation: Married Life, Single Life, Priesthood or Religious Life.”

Upcoming Events at Saint Raphaela Center in

Haverford. Email info@straphaelacenter.org or phone

610-642-5715.

May 8: Day of Prayer, 7 AM to 5 PM. Come for a

day of spiritual renewal, and discover some peace

and quiet in this whirlwind of a life that we all live.

There is also the possibility of having a session with

one of our Spiritual Directors on staff. $15 (+$20

for spiritual direction.) Registration required.

May 9 (2nd

Wednesday of each month): 7:30 PM

Taize Prayer with Adoration. Contemplative com-

munal prayer service (one hour) that consists of

meditative singing, Scripture reading, and periods of

silence in order to reach a contemplative state, inte-

grated with Eucharistic Adoration (until midnight).

July 13-20 or July 23-30: Summer directed retreat

week/weekend for an extended time of prayer and si-

lence. Fees/registration required.

Main Line Singles Dinner Club (Ages 52-66)

Catholic men and women are cordially invited to join

The Main Line Singles Dinner Club to share common

interests & dine together twice a month. Our next

scheduled events are: May 12 at 6 PM, a Pre-

Memorial Day House Party at a member's home in

Havertown. May 20 at 6 PM, a restaurant event at the

new restaurant The Choice, 845 W. Lancaster Ave.,

Bryn Mawr. More info.: 610-896-6542.

Men of Virtue Retreat

June 23-24 at Neumann University, Aston. A new Catholic men’s retreat for the Catholic man or any man who is striving for holiness and virtue. We will have fun doing so! Come to learn what your legacy can be and what it means to be a man of virtue. This will be like NO RETREAT you have ever experienced before! All men are welcome. This would be a good retreat for fathers and sons to attend together, but it’s also for single men, all men, ages 13 and up. Activities include prayer, softball, and meals. Cost is $99 per person. For more info or to register, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/men-of-virtue-retreat-tickets-43447975063.

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Phillies vs. NY Yankees

Monday, June 25 | 7:05 PM | Citizens Bank Park

Plan a night out with family and friends and head down to the ballpark for Catholic Charities Night with the Phillies! This is CCA’s largest annual fundraiser. CCA benefits from a portion of each ticket purchased below:

Outfield (101-107): $43/ticket

Pavilion (201-205): $34/ticket

Pavilion Deck (301-305): $23/ticket To purchase tickets, please visit:

www.phillies.com/catholiccharitiesnight If 500 tickets are sold, Our Lady of Calvary School Choir will sing the National Anthem, and a CCA beneficiary from Catholic Social Services will throw out the first pitch! Please support us!

Gifts made to the annual Catholic Charities Appeal will provide support needed to tens of thousands of people through countless organizations, programs, and ministries throughout the Archdiocese.

The over-all Archdiocesan goal this year is $ 12.5 million. Our parish goal remains the same as last year: $ 50,536; let’s exceed it again this year! So far, our parishioners have given 78 gifts, amounting to $ 20,638, or 41% of our goal. Please make YOUR gift today, or learn more about CCA, at: www.CatholicCharitiesAppeal.org.

Quo Vadis Days 2018: June 25-28, 2018

Quo Vadis: Where Are You Going?

High school men are invited to

gather for this 4-day, 3-night

camp with the Philadelphia

Seminarians. The camp, held at

the Black Rock Retreat Center in Lancaster

County, includes dynamic talks, small group

discussions, meaningful prayer experiences, and

a fun environment including a ropes course,

swimming pool, lake, basketball, soccer, frisbee,

and more. A sliding scale registration fee of $25-

$300 includes lodging, meals, t-shirt, and

activities. To register, or for more information,

please visit: heedthecall.org/event/quovadis.

Questions? Please contact the Vocation Office for

the Diocesan Priesthood at (610) 667-5778.

B.B.V.C. 2018 – July 13, 2018

Boys in Grades 6, 7, and 8 are

invited to a summer day of fun,

food, and faith at the B.B.V.C. – the

Brothers of Borromeo Vocations

Camp at St. Charles Borromeo

Seminary – with the Philadelphia Seminarians!

Registration fee of $25 includes supplies, lunch,

and dinner. To register, or for more information,

please contact the Vocation Office for the

Diocesan Priesthood at 610-667-5778, or visit:

heedthecall.org/event/BBVC.

May is the Month of Our Blessed Mother

The Saint Matthias Rosary Group

prays for the intentions of our

Parishioners after every daily

Mass. The Intention Book is

located on Saint Joseph’s Altar.

Please join the Rosary Group in

the pews in front of the Blessed Mother’s Altar for

the recitation of the Rosary after the 7:30 AM Mass

on weekdays and the 8:00 AM Mass on Saturdays.