233 West Gay Street, West Chester, PA 19380 (610) 692-2990 | www.saintagnesparish.org
English—Second and Fourth Sundays at 1:30 PM Spanish—First Saturdays at 11:30 AM and First Sundays at 1:00 PM Pre-Jordan Class (Located in TPH) English—First Sundays at 12:00 PM Spanish—Fourth Thursdays at 7:00 PM
To register for Pre-Cana: www.philamarriageprep.com To schedule a wedding at Saint Agnes: www.saintagnesparish.org/plan-a-wedding
Homebound members of the Parish or their family members can notify the Parish Office (610) 692-2990 to make arrangements to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation (Confession), Holy Communion, and/or Anointing of the Sick. We are happy to accommodate both short- and long-term needs.
Director of Sacred Music & Liturgy: Ms. Jill Lewis, [email protected] School Principal: Sr. Michele Smith, IHM, [email protected] Director of Religious Education: Mr. David Serrano-Gonzalez [email protected] Coordinator of Christian Initiation: Mrs. Mary Ann Corcoran, [email protected] Director of Social Outreach Services: Mrs. Barbara Kirby, [email protected] Director of Spanish Ministry: Sr. Mary Filan, IHM, [email protected] Cemetery Manager: Mr. Samuel Riccardo, Jr., [email protected] Superior of Convent: Sr. Dorothy Mayer, I.H.M. Facilities Manager: Mr. Lane Miller, [email protected] Business Manager: Mr. Charles Maruzzella, [email protected] Parish Accountant: Mrs. Tracey Maniscalco, [email protected] Communications and Pastoral Assistant: Ms. Cecilia Cicone, communicationscoordinator @saintagnesparish.org Parish Secretary: Mrs. Carmen Lytle, [email protected]
Rev. Anthony Costa, Pastor Rev. Daniel Arechabala, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Wilfred Emeh, Parochial Vicar Rev. William Chiriaco, Resident Priest
Deacon Thomas Shurer Deacon Dwight Johnson
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1050 Pottstown Pike, West Chester, PA. Sam Riccardo, Jr., Superintendent
610-692-4421
Deb Aelsch, Virginia Basilio; Joan Beck; Jack Bragger; Marilyn Buckley; Charles W. Cad-den, Jr., Barbara Carrozza; Christine Cava-liere; Marge Christanell; Jeannette Cichy; Christine Cole; Noel D; Bill Davenport; Carol De Marco; Charlie Deegan; Roseanne Doyle; Meg Gorbsky; Helen Hartman; James Jae-nisch; Maren Kaniewski; Elizabeth Kephart; Jean Kerrigan; Timothy Kollhoff; Kathi Lafferty; Chuck Loughin; Bill Lynch; Chase Masters; Sr. Dorothy Mayer, IHM; Brian L. McCorkle; Victoria Neidigh; Ann O’Connor; Scott Paris; Elizabeth Pinkerton; Kim Pizii; Michael Pizii; Charles Porter; Steve Roberts; Carmelo Scuncio; Tracie Shelton; Diana Stull; Dorothy Sweets; Elizabeth Tipton; Candace Tomes; Zachary Trexler; Breelyn Valentine; Rosalina Vito; Mary Ann Walsh; Lynneann Washlick; Baby Abby Whelan; Catherine Yankech; Marie Corso Zielinski
UUSMC: Pvt. 1st Class Santos Araujo, Sgt. Joshua Feliciano, Pvt. James D. Franciotti, LCPL Noah Michael Harris, Sgt. Isaac Pineda USAF: Capt. Timothy J. Baldwin, 2nd Lt. Jessica Clark, 1st Lt Andrew Johnson, Major Lt. Adam M. Sema, LCPL Anthony Serrato, 1st Lt. Kathleen Styron, Lt.Col Kathleen Loe-per-Sullivan, Lt. Col. Jared Yankech USN: Ensign Peter A. Herlihey, PO-3 Sean Leeder, Lt. Commander Gerard Mauer III, Ensign Paul Mauer, Lt. Ted Pease, Lt. Charles G. Schappert CTR2: Alexandra Haney CTR3: Reilly Haney USA: Capt. Thomas Berkman, Major Jessi-ca Bayer Chominski, SPC Matthew Conway, Specialist Ian Donoghue, 1st Class, David P. Estes, Private 2nd Class, Specialist Jason Hall, 1st Lt Eric Lugo, Sgt. James Mac Fadden, 1st Class, PFC Alexander Sarcione, Major John Paul Snook, Capt. Walter R. Snook
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SUNDAY: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 AM: + Concetta P. Blankemeyer 9:00 AM:+Our faithful departed parishioners 10:30 AM:+Our faithful departed parishion-ers 12:00 PM: +Nuestros fideles difuntos 5:15 PM: +Our faithful departed parishioners MONDAY: Weekday 6:30 AM: + Concetta P. Blankemeyer 8:00 AM: + William Latoff TUESDAY: St. John Vianney, Priest 6:30 AM: + Brian Cashman 8:00 AM: + Mary O’Hare WEDNESDAY: Weekday 6:30 AM: + Concetta P. Blankemeyer 8:00 AM:+Our faithful departed parishioners THURSDAY: Transfiguration of Our Lord 6:30 AM: + Concetta P. Blankemeyer 8:00 AM: Archbishop Nelson Perez FRIDAY: Weekday 6:30 AM: + Concetta P. Blankemeyer 8:00 AM: + Rosemary Shea SATURDAY: St. Dominic, Priest 8:00 AM: + Luis Ortiz
"Present on our altars as on a throne of love and mercy, to dispense graces and there to show us the love which He bears for us by be-ing pleased to dwell night and day hidden in our midst." St. Alphonsus Liguori Eucharistic Adoration takes place on Wednes-days in the lower chapel following the 8am Mass in the main church and concluding with Benediction at 8pm [email protected].
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SSunday Contributions for Weekend of: July 26, 2020 Weekend Contributions: $18,414.74 Includes online giving of: $7,802.00
Deep gratitude to our many benefactors who have been so generous in providing for the needs of those who are struggling during the pandemic! Your goodness to our neighbors in need is a beautiful witness to Christ pre-sent among us today! Thank you to all those who cook and provide nourishing meals for the hungry, thank you to all who have held food drives to stock our pantry for families in need, gratitude to those who provide cases of water to distribute to the thirsty and fans for the elderly and fami-lies with small children, thank you to those who provide diapers and formula for our Healthy Baby Program, thank you for the generous response to providing backpacks and school supplies, and gratitude to those who assist us financially. Deep gratitude to those who pray for us and for those we serve! When bringing donations of any type, please come during the hours of Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. It is im-portant that items not be le outside but giv-en to us directly. Please do not leave any-thing behind the rectory garage doors at any time. We value your partnership. We are the Body of Christ, working together, to care for the most vulnerable in our community! May God continue to bless you with His love and His grace!
On Sunday July 19th, Cul-de-sac Concerts, an initiative that grew out of a desire to do something good during our time of social distancing, held a concert with proceeds go-ing toward our very own Saint Agnes Day Room. They raised $3,121.00 for our Day Room. Thank you to everyone who coordinated and donated to the concert!
This this the time of year that the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary begin new missions, including four of our Sisters from Saint Agnes Convent. We are grateful to Sister Dorothy Mayer, Sister Jane Michael, Sister Regina Havens and Sister Kathleen Egan for their vocation and inspiring presence in our parish community. Please keep them in prayer during this time of transition. On August 9th Sister Christina Roberts, I.H.M., will make Perpetual Profession of Vows at Villa Maris House of Studies. Sister lives at our convent and teaches at Bishop Shanahan High School. Please remember Sister Christina in your prayers as she prepares for this extraordinary day. Our parish has been blessed to have Mr. Shane Flanagan with us for his Summer Pastoral Internship. Shane has been involved in various aspects of ministry even with the limitations of COVID-19. He will be leaving today and then returning on Thursdays during the school year to continue his pastoral ministry with us. We are grateful for his dedicated service. Please keep him and all the seminarians in prayer as they continue their discernment of a priestly vocation. In Christ’s love, Fr. Costa
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TThe Home Social Club is OPEN!
The KofC Council #1333 Home Association Social Club is now OPEN for business! Our hours have now changed. We expect this to be the new norm through the Summer. Monday through Thursday: 5:00 - 9:00 pm Friday: 3:00 - 10:00 pm Saturday and Sunday: 12:00 Noon - 8:00 pm Please adhere and follow the strict guidelines established by the Chester County Health Department that are followed by the Home Association, for your safety and that of your other fellow members.. Ever consider becoming a member of the Knights of Columbus, #1333? If you are male, 18 yrs. old or old-er, and a practicing Catho-lic, please contact our New Financial Secretary Jim O’Melia at [email protected] or 267-205-9749.
Flame of Love of the Immacu-late Heart of Mary Cenacle meets on Wednesday, 11 – 12 AM in St. Agnes’ Chapel during Eucharistic Adoration. For other Cenacles in the area, visit www.flameoflove.us. We pray for priests, families, the unborn, the dying, souls in Pur-gatory, and special intentions. Come pray the rosary with us in response to Our Lady’s ur-gent request.
On Saturday July 25th, Archbishop Perez celebrated a Pro-Life Mass at the Cathedral, followed by a prayerful procession to Planned Parenthood. The Mass was standing room only as a diverse group of Catholics from the Archdiocese, including several Saint Agnes parishioners, gathered to witness to the dignity of life at all stages.
Are you considering becoming Catholic? Explore and grow in the Catholic faith through our RCIA program to discern if God is calling you to become a full member of the Catholic Church. For more information, email Mary Ann Corcoran at [email protected].
Would you enjoy some quiet time with the Lord while doing important work behind the scenes? The Altar Society is in need of volun-teers to help with washing and ironing the small linens we use at daily and Sunday Masses. You would be trained and then called upon about once per month to take care of small linens. If you're interested in learning more, please contact Regina Maxwell at 610.696.5584 or [email protected].
We are looking for adult volunteers to stand at the entrance to the church parking lot on Saturday evenings before Mass and on Sun-day mornings before and during all Masses. The role of these volunteers would simply be to stand by a sign that says "Church Parking Only" and to wave and welcome anyone pull-ing into the parking lot. IIf you are able and willing to help with this important service, please contact Mrs. Car-men Lytle, our parish secretary, at [email protected].
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The mayor announced this week that Gay Street will be closed from Matlack to Darlington Streets in order to allow restaurants and businesses to set up in the street beginning Monday August 3rd.
You may need to take a different route to get to church. Traffic from Gay Street will be re-routed onto Chestnut Street. From High Street, take West Chestnut Street to N. New Street. Turn le on New Street and then le into the Saint Agnes Parking lot. There will likely be more traffic in the area. As with any road closure, we anticipate that there will be more traffic around Saint Agnes Church. We pray that this measure helps local businesses and our community, and so your patience is greatly appreciated. Parking may be difficult. Street parking around the church will likely be extremely limited. Cars that are parked in the church parking lot for non-church related reasons will be towed. We anticipate that with less street parking available, there will be an increase in people trying to use our parking lot for non-church related reasons. We want to preserve our parking lot for reasons associated with our ministry, es-pecially for Mass, school, PREP, the Day Room, wed-dings, and funerals. For this reason, we will begin enforc-ing our policy that all cars in our parking lot must belong to someone currently attending a church or school func-tion. Otherwise, they will be towed.
We do not want to have to tow anyone, but we will need to begin doing so out of service to you, to support our ministry.
Please only park in the church parking lot while you are attend-ing a church or school function. If there is no church or school func-tion currently in progress, there is a possibility that you will be towed. Please do not park in the church parking lot and go some-where else, even if you go to church first.
We are working to make sure that our park-ing enforcement is communicated clearly in multiple ways to everyone who may be affected by it. Please help us to spread to word among your neighbors and other pa-rishioners. We really, truly, do not want to have to tow anyone. If you anticipate that the Gay Street closure will affect you in ways not described in this bulletin or if you have questions, please con-tact the rectory so that we can continue to support you and our community.
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Seminarian Shane Flanagan, assigned to Saint Agnes this summer, has been leading us through a video series on the Eucharist enti-tled, “Come Home.” Shane reminds us that God is always calling us closer to Himself in the Mass. These videos are release weekly and can be found on the parish Facebook page, YouTube channel, and at saintagnesparish.org/come-home.
This year we will be unable to have our tra-ditional gathering for the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary due to restrictions with the pandemic. But we can still pray and cele-brate! The Assumption of Mary is celebrated on August 15th. We are inviting you to partici-pate in a vvirtual novena (not in-person) lead-ing up to the Feast, beginning on August 7th. Each day, we will e-mail prayers and post a Rosary on Facebook at 7pm. To sign up, please visit saintagnesparish.org/prayer
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells the disci-ples to give food to the crowd that has gath-ered to meet Jesus. There’s a problem, though. “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here,” the disciples tell Jesus. This is a moment that is deeply relatable for me. There have been many times when Jesus has asked me to do something in my life, o en times something difficult, something that involved suffering, and I have felt that I just didn’t have what was required. Essential-ly, it felt like he was asking me to feed thousands of people and all I had were a few pieces of stale bread and a couple fish sticks. Have you ever felt like that? Have you ever felt woefully unprepared for the events of life and what God is asking of you? You’re not alone. But in today’s Gospel, Jesus shows us that we don’t need to run away in fear, we don’t need to just “try harder.” No, all we have to do is bring ourselves to Him. We bring our five loaves and two fish to the altar at Mass and allow Him to feed us, to give us more than we could ever imagine. Cecilia Cicone, Comm. & Pastoral Assistant
More than the most beautiful hymn or the largest donation to the Church, Mass is our greatest act of worship. Through the sacrifice of the Mass, we offer ourselves along with the bread and wine. We worship with our entire being and are transformed into the Body of Christ, offered to God. There is literally nothing greater that we can give Him! Here are some suggestions for entering fully into the worship of the Mass:
Choose a particular intention that you would like to pray for before Mass begins.
While the priest is preparing the altar and the collection is taking place, find some-thing in your heart that you would like to spiritually offer to the Lord. It could be a concern, a talent, a decision, or anything.
When you receive Holy Communion or make an act of Spiritual Communion, pause to make a prayer of thanksgiving. You have offered all that you are to the Lord: in the moment of Communion, He gives all that He is to you, for the glory of God.
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Over the past few months we have learned just how important it is to be able to communicate quickly with our parishioners. Here are some ways for you to stay connected to St. Agnes: 1. Sign up for the St. Agnes e-mail list. You
can do this by visiting our website, saintagnesparish.org or by texting AGNES to 22828.
2. Like our Facebook page at facebook.com/saintagnesparish
3. Check our website regularly for updates.
Quizás habrás escuchado que la calle Gay estará cerrada desde la intersección con la calle Matlack hasta la calle Darlington, para permitir que negocios y restaurantes puedan utilizar las aceras y la calle para atender sus clientes. Esta medida comenzará 3 de agosto. LLos automóviles que estén estacionados en el estacionamiento de la iglesia por razones aje-nas a la iglesia, serán removidos. Anticipamos que con menos estaciona-miento disponible en la calle habrá un au-mento en el número de personas que inten-tarán usar nuestro estacionamiento por ra-zones no relacionadas con la iglesia. Queremos reservar el estacionamiento para uso de nuestros feligreses, especialmente pa-ra las misas, el Day Room, bodas y funerales. Por esta razón, comenzaremos a hacer cumplir nuestra política de que todos los au-tos en nuestro estacionamiento deben pertenecer a alguien que este participando en alguna actividad de la parroquia. De lo contrario, serán removidos.
Santa Misa en la Iglesia Principal Domingo: 7am, 9am, 10:30am (también en vi-vo por internet), 12 del mediodía (Español, también en vivo por internet), 5:15pm Lunes a Viernes: 6:30am, 8am Sábado: 8am, 5:15pm (Misa de Vigilia) Confesiones Sábado de 4 a 5pm en la capilla o por cita pre-cia con el sacerdote Adoración Eucarística Miércoles de 8:30am a 8pm en la capilla Bautizos: El primer Sábado de cada mes a las 11:30 am y el primer Domingo a la 1:00 pm en la Capilla de la Iglesia. Para más información, comunicarse con Sra. Carmen Lytle para re-gistrarse al (610)692-2900 (Oficina Parroquial)
Este 6 de Agosto la Santa Iglesia Católica celebra la Transfiguración de Nuestro Se-ñor Jesucristo; Narra el santo Evangelio (Lc. 9, Mc. 6, Mt. 10) que unas semanas antes de su Pasión y Muerte, subió Jesús a un monte a orar, llevando consigo a sus tres discípu-los predilectos, Pedro, Santiago y Juan. Y mientras oraba, su cuerpo se transfiguró. Sus vestidos se volvieron más blancos que la nieve, y su rostro más resplandeciente que el sol. Y se aparecieron Moisés y Elías y hablaban con El acerca de lo que le iba a suceder próximamente en Jerusalén.
El Señor llevó consigo a los tres apóstoles que más le demostraban su amor y su fide-lidad. Pedro que era el que más trabajaba por Jesús; Juan, el que tenía el alma más pura y más sin pecado; Santiago, el más atrevido y arriesgado en declararse amigo del Señor, y que sería el primer apóstol en derramar su sangre por nuestra religión. Jesús no invitó a todos los apóstoles, por no llevar a Judas, que no se merecía esta vi-sión. Los que viven en pecado no reciben muchos favores que Dios concede a los que le permanecen fieles. Se celebra un mo-mento muy especial de la vida de Jesús cuando mostró su gloria a tres de sus após-toles. Nos dejó un ejemplo sensible de la gloria que nos espera en el cielo.
¿Qué nos enseña este acontecimiento?
Nos enseña a seguir adelante aquí en la tie-rra aunque tengamos que sufrir, con la es-peranza de que Él nos espera con su gloria en el Cielo y que vale la pena cualquier sufrimiento por alcanzarlo.
Este 4 de Agosto la Iglesia Católica celebra la fiesta del Santo Cura de Ars
San Juan María Vianney, más conocido como el Cura de Ars, pequeño pueblito de Francia donde fue destinado como sacerdote, es el patrono de todos los presbíteros de la Iglesia Católica. De familia modesta, nacido en Fran-cia en 1786, tuvo que luchar contra la resis-tencia de su padre para seguir el camino sac-erdotal, ya que deseaba que su hijo siguiera el oficio de cuidar las ovejas del rebaño que tenía, aunque Dios lo tenía destinado para cuidar otro tipo de rebaño.
El Santo Cura de Ars se dedicó a la con-versión de su parroquia con todas sus fuerzas, insistiendo por encima de todo en la for-mación cristiana del pueblo que le había sido confiado.
En la fiesta de San Juan María Vianney, la Ig-lesia también celebra el Día del Párroco en memoria de aquel que se dedicó con empeño a la conversión de su parroquia. No en vano el Papa Benedicto XVI, y con ocasión del 150 aniversario del "dies natalis" del Santo Cura de Ars, como era conocido el sacerdote francés, dedicó un Año Sacerdotal (2009-2010) en su memoria. La figura del párroco tiene una gran relevancia para la Iglesia. Él tal como se expone en el mismo Código de Derecho Canónico, es el pastor propio a quien el Obispo diocesano confía pastorear a la comunidad que le ha sido encomendada, viviendo el día a día con y para ella, enseñán-dole, rigiéndola y guiándola hacia la santidad.
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