212 Meredith Street • Kennett Square, PA 19348 www.stpatrickkennettsquare.org MASSES Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 AM and 12 Noon Weekday Mass: 7:30 AM Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM Saturday CONFESSIONS Saturday: 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM Holy Days of Obligation - See Sunday bulletin. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Mondays 8 AM to 7 PM Parish Office 205 Lafayette Street Telephone: 610-444-4364 Fax: 610-444-2129 Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday through Friday Buffington House 227 Lafayette Street Clergy Rev. Christopher B. Rogers, Pastor Rev. Victor F. Sharrett, Pastor Emeritus Rev. Andres Garcia, In Residence Oblates of St. Francis DeSales, Sunday Assistance Deacons James K. Madonna and James J. Elliott March 31, 2019 Fourth Sunday of Lent MISSION STATEMENT St. Patrick Church, in the process of strengthening its Catholic Community, seeks to make the gospel of Jesus Christ better known and loved through prayer, stewardship and good works. 236
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212 Meredith Street • Kennett Square, PA 19348 www.stpatrickkennettsquare.org
MASSES Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM
Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 AM and 12 Noon Weekday Mass: 7:30 AM Monday through
Friday, 8:00 AM Saturday
CONFESSIONS Saturday: 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM
Holy Days of Obligation - See Sunday bulletin.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Mondays 8 AM to 7 PM
Parish Office 205 Lafayette Street
Telephone: 610-444-4364 Fax: 610-444-2129
Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday through Friday
Buffington House 227 Lafayette Street
Clergy
Rev. Christopher B. Rogers, Pastor
Rev. Victor F. Sharrett, Pastor Emeritus
Rev. Andres Garcia, In Residence
Oblates of St. Francis DeSales, Sunday Assistance
Deacons James K. Madonna and James J. Elliott
March 31, 2019
Fourth Sunday of Lent
MISSION STATEMENT
St. Patrick Church, in the process of strengthening its Catholic Community, seeks
to make the gospel of Jesus Christ better known and loved through prayer,
stewardship and good works. 236
Monday, April 1, Lenten Weekday 7:30AM Maggie O’Sullivan
r/o Neil Erickson
Tuesday, April 2, Lenten Weekday, St. Francis of Paola 7:30AM Joseph Hughes
r/o Bobbie O’Sullivan
Wednesday, April 3, Lenten Weekday 7:30AM Joseph Hughes
r/o Morning Mass Group
Thursday, April 4, Lenten Weekday, St. Isidore 7:30AM Gwen Lowe
r/o Karen Dougherty
Friday, April 5, Lenten Weekday, St. Vincent Ferrer 7:30AM Maggie O’Sullivan
r/o Drew & Kathy Anderson
Saturday, April 6, Lenten Weekday 8:00AM Special Intention
Vigil, Fifth Sunday of Lent 5:00PM Mary Kuzo
r/o Family
Sunday, April 7, Fifth Sunday of Lent 7:30AM Mass for Parishioners
9:00AM Maggie O’Sullivan
r/o Mary Beth McCarthy
10:30AM Elwood Sinson
r/o Betty Holman
12:00PM Lucie McGlinn
r/o Joan Fortugno
ST. PATRICK CHURCH, KENNETT SQUARE, PA PRAYER INTENTIONS
Good and loving Fa-
ther, watch over and
protect all who serve in
the Armed Forces of
our nation. Surround
them with your love and care & bring them
safely home.
SGT Richard Baffa
SSG Raymond Burke III LT Michael Crawford
Capt. Dominic Paul DellaPelle, USMC LCPL Ben Farrell, USMC
E1 Airman 1st Cl Andrew Szonntag Major Ian C. Whiteman
1st Lt. USAF Scott Seidenberger 1st Lt. USAF Natalie King
Major Robert C. McDonough
All praise and glory is yours, Lord our God, for You have called us to serve You in love. Bless our sick: Ro Teel, Gweneth Malchione, Bill Ewell,
Ronald Hall, Frank Reck, Mario Lorenzut, Ginny
Basilio, Pastor Dan Nicewonger, Ana Teresa Encar-
nacion, Robert “Mack” Marc-Aurele, Clara Dunlap,
Phil Morehead, Rosemary F. Madrigale, Tim Ewell,
Rosa Maria Santos, Ilidi Brown, Phyllis Palos,
Thomas Layug, Steven Mangini, John Pellegrino,
Thomas Kelleher, Diane Jones, Giovanna Sankus,
Frankie Knowles, Jackie VanGrofski, Richard Reyn-
olds, Marc Palfy, Karen Dinius, Joshua Brown, Ma-
ria Rowe, Margaret DiNorscia, Walter Oram, Wil-
liam Morey, Eufemia Ortega Milagros Ada Maldona-
do, Tiffany Volovich, Christopher Iacono so that
they bear this illness in union with Your Son’s obedi-
ent suffering, restore them to health, and lead them to
glory. Amen.
OUR FAITHFUL DEPARTED: For those who
have been faithful, O Lord, life is not ended. An
eternal dwelling place awaits them in heaven.
Edward Huber
Subsidy Le�ers-If you are a registered parishioner of St. Patrick Parish and have a child a�ending one of the following schools: Assump�on BVM, St. Agnes, St. Cornelius, St. Maximilian Kolbe or St.
Thomas for the 2019-2020 school year, please submit your re-quest for a subsidy. Mail your request to the parish office at 205 Lafaye�e Street, Kenne� Square, PA 19348 by April 30, 2019. 236
St. Patrick Church Cemetery-A Columbarium has been built in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. The Columbarium is a place for cremated remains. The sale of the niches will begin in April. An infor-ma�on session will be held at St. Patrick Church on Saturday, April 6 a�er the 8:00AM Mass in the church basement. The sale of the niches will begin in April.
Come and learn more about Chris�an Burials, proper protocol/norms and how the Columbarium will be managed. 236
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 31, 2019
My Dear Parishioners, Praised be Jesus Christ! This weekend, my siblings and I celebrate our mom’s 75th birthday. As a twin, my mom shares her birthday with her brother, my uncle, who is a priest. And both of them share a birth year with our Archbishop. 75 is a big year for priests and Bishops because it means RETIREMENT. While it does not spell the same
for my mom, it‘s a big year nonetheless. May God make it a good year for her.
Recently, in speaking of his 75th Birthday, Archbishop Chaput referred to himself as being old. Then he said this, “Time is precious. Time ma�ers. It ma�ers because we really have so li�le of it in any life, and if we misuse it, we never get it back.” How true. And that truth is worth thinking about as we enter this mid-way point of Lent. Examining and asking “How our Lent is going, how/if we are using our �me well…can give us reason/ encourage us to use it well
This 4th Sunday of Lent is some�mes referred to as Laetare Sunday, because we are called to rejoice. Lent began with the call of repentance and if heeded, repentance always leads to rejoicing. Because repentance and true sorrow for sin, always leads us to Jesus. It leads us to rejoice in the Lord‘s Mercy, His power of Death, His ability and desire to absolve us of our sins. And isn‘t that the greatest reason to rejoice? It’s one thing to rejoice over a birthday or a sports win or an accomplishment at work. But the joy of having one’s sins forgiven well that’s quite different. The gi� of having and hearing a priest pray the words of absolu�on over you, “I absolve you of your sins”. Well, that is quite powerful and that is the joy that only Christ can give. We know He gives that joy for that’s what He’s all about, Saving us from sin. But to experience that mercy of God, well that’s for each of us to encounter, to welcome and to allow.
As we move deeper into Lent, I invite, challenge and ask each of you to allow the Mercy, Presence and Light of Jesus to move deeper into you. The events that we celebrate in the coming weeks are not mere remembrances. They are not events to be watched, but rather to be shared. God sharing His life, His pain, His suffering with us and for us. And we are invited to share our lives, especially our sinfulness with Him.
This Friday, we welcome a wonderful medita�on on the Love of God as the Franciscan Mystery Players, a young group from New Jersey, come to our Parish to share with us a Living Way of the Cross. Please join us this Friday at 7:30PM. Then on Saturday Morning, we will have a special gathering to talk about our new Columbarium at our cemetery. Landscaping work begins out there this week and we hope to open the Columbarium in May. Come and learn more about our cemetery, standards and norms of Chris�an Burial and make ready the Way of the Lord.
Father Connolly Presenta�on-Sunday, April 7 at 1:00PM in Church. Explore how our 21st century Catholic Church-with all the challenges we face in our world and in our church-is connect-ed to the infant Chris�an community of disciples that Jesus le� behind in 30AD and how it remains the Body of Christ to this day.
Area Penance Services
Tuesday, April 9 at St. Cornelius
Monday, April 15 at St. Maximilian Kolbe
Tuesday, April 16 at St. Patrick
Wednesday, April 17 at St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother
Franciscan Mystery Players-Please join us for a powerful medita-�on on the WAY OF THE CROSS presented by the Franciscan Mystery Players of New Jersey. This reflec�ve and prayerful evening is sure to move hearts. All are welcome on Friday, April 5 at St. Patrick’s at 7:30PM.
ST. PATRICK CHURCH, KENNETT SQUARE, PA PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS
You are cordially invited to the St. Patrick Parish Jubilee Year Golf Ou�ng! Mark your calendar for Monday, May 6, 2019 and plan to join us at the fabulous Kenne� Square Golf & Country Club. Consider becoming an event sponsor, hole sponsor, or adver�sing in the program, in addi-�on to golfing with us! Dinner guests are also
welcome. Visit: stpatrickkenne�square.org to register and to learn more!
Come out to Anson B. Nixon Park on May 19, 2019 for an amazing Jubilee Year event: “A Homecoming, St. Pat-rick’s Parish Picnic and School Reunion:
Welcoming All Parishioners and St. Pat’s Alumni (1920-2012)).” You will enjoy Noon Mass at the park, delicious picnic foods, live musical performances, children’s ac�vi�es for all ages, a photo backdrop for selfies, and so much more! Tickets go on sale April 6/7 and will be available both before and a�er all masses, at the Parish Office and online.
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Bishop Shanahan High School Spring Open House-Thursday, April 4 from 7-9:00PM. Featuring tours; academic presenta�on; class-room demonstra�ons; Q&A with department chairs, teachers and coaches; and refreshments!***7th Grade Prac�ce Scholar-ship Test, Saturday, April 6 from 8AM-12:00PM. 236
Holy Week Food Drive-A�er each Mass on April 6 and 7, we will be distribu�ng 300 reusable bags with the St. Patrick Jubilee logo. Along with the reusable bags, we will have Giant paper bags and a list of staples for the Food Cupboard. On April 13/14, the KACS truck will be parked outside of
church. Please bring your food in the Giant paper bag in-serted into the reusable bag. When you drop off the food, you will be able to keep the reusable bag.
The Knights of Columbus is an interna�onal Order of Catholic men who are called to lead with faith, protect our families, serve others
and defend values in a busy changing world. Our local chapter St. Patrick Kenne� Square Council 15346 will be holding a membership drive at all Masses on April 6 & 7. When you become a member of our council or a member at large, you will find that Knights of Columbus member-ship brings Catholic men together in a powerful way. If you would like to join today simply go to KofC.org/joinus and enter our council #15346 for local informa�on. Or, sign up a�er each mass on April 6-7. Visit the Knights table a�er mass for more informa�on.
FAITH FORMATION FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
FAITH: THE NEXT GENERATION
PASS IT ON!
Boldly go where many have gone be-fore and help us to pass on the Good
News of Jesus Christ! We are currently making plans for next years PREP program and we invite you to consider joining us in becoming a catechist for our future genera�on of Catholics-the young people of our parish. The 2019-2020 year will need cate-chists for the following levels: kindergarten, 4th, 5th and 6th. Our classes meet on Sunday mornings and Monday late a�er-noon star�ng in September. Training, materials and support are given to all who take the step. For more details, contact Mari-anne Kane at 610-444-4364 or [email protected].
This summer we are excited about the possibility of offering a Vaca�on Bible School Camp for children ages K thru 3rd grade on June 17 to the 21st from 9AM to Noon. In order to present this
5 day program, we would need your commitment to par�ci-pate as leaders and assistants. The en�re family both young and old are invited to spend �me with song, music, enjoyable outdoor ac�vi�es and dynamic faith filled lessons. This ambi-�ous project can only be realized if we have a minimum of 15 adults and older children who would assist them. We also welcome the young people in the area high school who need service to par�cipate in this camp. If interested, please con-tact Marianne Kane at 610-444-2214 by Friday, April 5, 2019.
St. Patrick Church Gala
The Knights of Columbus would like to thank everyone who a�ended our St. Patrick’s Day Gala. The ini�al feedback we received from
those a�ending has been very posi�ve. We’ve been told that the food was quite good, the entertainment was wonderful and the comradery was excep�onal. Everyone seemed to have a good �me.
We would really like to thank ALL those businesses, which pro-vided items for our silent auc�on. As we noted in the Gala’s program, �cket prices cover the cost for room rental and enter-tainment. The main source of profit from the Gala, the funds we use to support local charitable causes each year, come from the proceeds of the silent auc�on. If you’re a business owner who donated a gi�, please know that we are extremely appre-cia�ve and that your money will go to a great cause. If you were lucky enough to be the high bidder at the auc�on and walked away with a special gi�, especially if this gi� was a “gi� cer�fi-cate”, when you use the cer�ficate, please remember to thank the business for suppor�ng our Gala. The business owner didn’t have to support us, but did so because she/he believed we would put the money from auc�oning the gi� towards a good cause; which we will.
Finally, each year we enjoy pu�ng on this Gala for the Parish. If you a�ended this year, we hope you come back again next year. If you weren’t able or chose not to a�end, ask those who did a�end about it. We’re rather confident that they’ll tell you it is a “must a�end” Parish event.
Thank you for your support.
Peter Mellone
Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus
Sunday Celebrant Schedule-Subject to Change
April 6-7, 2019
5:00 Fr. Connolly
7:30 Fr. Rogers
9:00 Fr. Rogers
10:30 Fr. Rogers
12:00 Fr. McGee
236 Sunday Collec�on-March 23-24, 2019
Regular-$15,638.45 Last year-$14,888.53
SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION Bap�sm: celebrated on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each Month. Please call the parish office to schedule. Matrimony: celebrated throughout the year. Please contact Fr. Rogers.
PARISH REGISTRATION Registra�on is held on the First Sunday of Each Month or at the parish office. Roman Catholics who live within the boundaries of the parish should register in the parish. This will regularize one’s status and allow for the issuance of
cer�ficates and make possible the arrangements for Bap�sm, Weddings and Confirma�ons. 236
COMING UP THIS JUBILEE YEAR:
JUBILEE LEGACY APPEAL UPDATE:
Fr. Rogers’ homilies are available online: www.cbr.podbean.com
Like ST. PATRICK’S on FACEBOOK
Flock Note Sign Up: Sign up by visi�ng www.flocknote.com/StPats or text the message 31716 to the Number 84576 from your
cell phone.
April 22-May 2, 2019 Parish trip to Ireland Group Tour
May 6, 2019 All day Parish Golf Ou�ng Kenne� CC Tickets on sale prior to Event
May 19, 2019 12:00-1:00 Noon Mass to be celebrated at Anson B. Nixon Park
1:00-4:00 Church Picnic/St. Patrick School Reunion Anson B. Nixon Park Tickets on sale April 5
Thank you to all who have responded so far to our special
appeal. The response has been terrific. As of March 25,
2019, we have raised $435,349.00 for our Jubilee Legacy
Appeal. Visit our website, click on Jubilee Logo.
REMEMBER WHEN?
Women in mourning wore black for a year after the loss of their loved one.
DID YOU KNOW? The pastor who selected the site for our current church, Fr. John O’Donel also purchased the land on which our parish cemetery is located in 1904. Before the establishment of this cemetery Catholics were buried at a churchyard at Coffee Run and at St. Patrick’s Mission Churchyard on Ashland Clinton School Road in Delaware. That is s�ll marked as St. Patrick’s Ceme-tery.
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