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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

Seminarian Ryan Nguyen

June 7, 2020

The Most Holy Trinity

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

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MASSES Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM

Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:00 Weekday Mass: 7:30 AM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,

Friday 7PM Monday, Wednesday

8AM Saturday

CONFESSIONS Saturday: 3:30PM to 4:30PM in School

PARISH OFFICE 205 Lafayette Street

Phone: 610-444-4364 / Fax: 610-444-2129 Hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM

Monday through Friday

BUFFINGTON HOUSE 227 Lafayette Street

Receiving and Giving the Love of God

Monday, June 15, Weekday 7:30AM Leon & Pat Yacyshyn r/o Maryann Schaftlein 7:00PM Special Intention Tuesday, June 16, Weekday 7:30AM Robert Baldwin r/o Lorraine DesJardien Wednesday, June 17, Weekday 7:00PM James Harne r/o Lorraine DesJardien Thursday, June 18, Weekday 7:30AM Joseph Basilio r/o Tony Basilio Friday, June 19, The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 7:30AM Charles Scully r/o Cavanaugh Family Saturday, June 20, The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00AM Special Intention Vigil, Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00PM Gabriel DeVitto r/o Pat & Family Sunday, June 21, Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30AM, 9:00AM, 10:30AM, 12:00PM

FATHER’S DAY

ALL MASSES FOR THE FATHERS OF ST. PATRICK PARISH

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 and bring them safely home.

SGT Richard Baffa

SSG Raymond Burke III LT Michael Crawford

Capt. Dominic Paul DellaPelle, USMC LCPL Ben Farrell, USMC

Chief Petty Ofcr 1st Cl Shauna McNeely SFC Tyler Nellens

E1 Airman 1st Cl Andrew Szonntag Major Ian C. Whiteman

1st Lt. USAF Scott Seidenberger 1st Lt. USAF Natalie King

Army Major Robert C. McDonough 236

All praise and glory is yours, Lord our God, for You have called us to serve You in love. Bless our sick: Ro Teel, Bill Ewell, Ronald Hall, Frank Reck, Mario Lorenzut, Rosemary F. Madrigale, Tim Ewell, Rosa Maria Santos, Thomas Layug, Steven Mangini, John Pellegrino, Thomas Kelleher, Diane Jones, Giovanna Sankus, Frankie Knowles, Richard Reynolds, Marc Palfy, Karen Dinius, Joshua Brown, Maria Rowe, Margaret DiNorscia, Walter Oram, William Morey, Eufemia Ortega Milagros Ada Mal-donado, Tiffany Volovich, Bryan Pudelka, Miles Kennedy, Ron O’Brien, Diane Stansberry, Diane & Jeff Jones, Ana Teresa Encarnacion, Robert “Mack” Marc-Aurele, Pamela Maldonado, Mary Anne Proch, Aaron Pogue, Benjamin Pin, Susan Walker, Jessica Moorhead, Aline Frank, Beth Stingel, Kathi Lafferty, David Brice, Andy Wolf, Brian Donia that they bear this illness in union with Your Son’s obedient suffer-ing, restore them to health, and lead them to glory.

Our Faithful Departed: John Halloran, Michael Gallo, Ted McGovern, Victoria Bagnato, Mary Frances Carlino, Tony McGinley

Bishop Shanahan High School is seeking a JV boys soccer coach and an assistant Varsity boys soccer coach. Interested applicants should email a resume to: rreidinger@shanahan.org by July 10, 2020.

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY JUNE 7, 2020

My Dear Parishioners,

Praised Be Jesus Christ! After months of not writing in this column, it’s good to be back to the routine, but it’s also challenging. Where to begin?

Given all that has transpired and all that is still happening in our country, where to begin? Rather than typing poetically about such huge realities, I thought I would begin with the obvious…which is not so obvious these days. Namely, the experience.

In the midst of the pandemic, I kept hearing that “we are all in this together”. Fair enough, but that expression doesn’t really say much, does it? Then I came across a writing that said, “We are in the same storm but each in a different boat”. That made more sense to me, recognizing the universal reality but leaving room for the individual experience. For one, the pandemic may be devastating. For another, not so much.

So how about you? What impact has this time had on you? And specifically the absence of public Masses? That might sound like a small question, but it’s not. It’s actually very important that we answer that honestly. And guess what? There is no right or wrong answer. For the rest of this column, I share words from Jeff Mirus from CatholicCulture.org:

Each of us is different, and each of us responds differently—emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually—to the deprivations we have experienced. It is important to recognize two critical truths about such deprivations. The first is that, through the very mystery of being joined to Christ through the Church, God supplies our spiritual needs if we seek His help even when we cannot nourish ourselves through the Church’s vital sacramental system. We need have no doubt about that. And the second is that our feelings do not matter in and of themselves; it is how we respond to those feelings that counts.

What is important is to assess these feelings—these affective responses to our current situation—to see how they may be working either to draw us closer to God or to cause us to drift away. When we assess them prayerfully in the light of faith, we then begin to see what we must will ourselves to do. One person might need to avoid succumbing to anger or bitterness because of the unavailability of the sacraments, thereby being pulled away from God in the very act of decrying spiritual deprivation. Another might need to overcome a growing indifference to the whole situation, cooling into that lukewarmness which Christ Himself condemned (Rev 3:16). Still another might need to develop special prayers and disciplines to combat particular temptations or sins. And so on.

But there is no right answer as to how we feel. Feelings are never good or evil in themselves; they become so only through our unfaithful resistance or indulgence. It is their assessment in the light of faith, along with the corresponding exercise of our will conformed to God, that turns feelings to good account, no matter what they are. As we begin to merge back into an ordinary Catholic life that should never again be considered ordinary, we must all be guided not by our feelings, no matter what they may be, but by our Faith.

May that guiding continue for all of us in stormy times.

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Father’s Day Cards

Father’s Day cards are available in the back of Church beginning the weekend of June 6-7. All fathers will be remembered throughout the month of June. Envelopes with their names will be placed and will remain on the altar throughout the month.

ST. PATRICK CHURCH, KENNETT SQUARE, PA PARISH MUSIC

Music for The Most Holy Trinity June 7, 2020

Entrance Hymn: All Hail, Adored Trinity Communion Song: Eye Has Not Seen

All hail, adored Trinity! When pain and sorrow weigh us down, be near to us, All hail, eternal Unity! O Lord, forgive the weakness of our faith, and bear us O God the Father, God the Son, up within your peaceful word. And God the Spirit, ever One. Three persons praise we evermore, Refrain One only God our hearts adore: Eye has not seen, ear has not heard what God has ready In thy sure mercy, ever kind, for those who love him; Spirit of love, come, give us May we your strong protection find. The mind of Jesus, teach us the wisdom of God. O Trinity! O Unity! Our lives are but a single breath, we flower and we Be present as we worship thee; fade, yet all our days are in your hands, so we return And with the songs that angels sing in love what love has made. Unite the hymns of praise we bring. Refrain

Offertory Song: How Great Thou Art Recessional-O God, Almighty Father

O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder O God, almighty Father, Creator of all things, The Consider all the worlds thy hands have made, Heavens stand in wonder, While earth your glory I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, sings. Thy power throughout the universe displayed:

Refrain Refrain Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee: O most holy Trinity, Undivided unity, Holy God, How great thou art! How great thou art! Mighty God, God immortal be adored! Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee: How great thou art! How great thou art! O Jesus, Word incarnate, Redeemer most adored, All glory, praise, and honor Be yours, O sov’reign When through the woods and forest glades I wander Lord. And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees, When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur, Refrain And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze: O God, the Holy Spirit, Who lives within our soul, Refrain Send forth your light and lead us to our eternal goal. Refrain

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FAITH FORMATION THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

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QUO VADIS DAYS-A VIRTUAL EVENT

High school men are invited to gather for an ONLINE 3-day camp with the Philadelphia Seminarians. The camp includes dynamic talks, small group discussions, great games, meaningful prayer experiences and Eucharis c Adora on. Register by June 12-download the registra on packet at HeedTheCall.org/QuoVadis or call the Voca on Office at 610-667-5778.

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St. Patrick Religious Educa on Pro-gram is ge ng ready for next year and we hope to be back in our class-rooms this September. Registra on for the 2020-2021 school year is now open! Please visit our website at www.stpatrickkenne square.org

to submit your registra on online. You will also find a registra on form that you may download and mail to the Parish Office. To avoid a late fee, please submit your child(ren)’s registra on by Friday, July 10. Should you have any ques ons, please contact Marianne Kane, Director of Religious Educa on, at 610-444-4364.

PARISH COUNCIL-OUR PARISH NEEDS YOU

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MEN, WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE OF OUR GROW-ING PARISH!

That’s right! Our Pastoral Council is seeking new members to join us beginning this August. The purpose of the Pastoral Council is to foster full par cipa on of the en re parish in the life and mis-sion of Church. It is primarily a consulta ve body with the role of advising and assis ng Fr. Rogers in areas of pastoral concern. Members work together in a spirit of trust and openness, merg-ing their exper se, insights and experiences to further the mis-sion of proclaiming the Good News and growing in faith!

A term on Pastoral Council lasts three years and requires a com-mitment for a monthly mee ng from August thru June. Any bap-

zed Catholic in full communion with the Church is welcome to be a member.

If you are interested in learning more about Parish Council or would like to nominate yourself, we would love to hear from you! Please email Jen Keller at jenkellersp@gmail.com and provide your name, email address and phone number. Nomina ons may submi ed through Friday, June 12. All submi ed names will be contacted with further informa on. We look forward to welcom-ing new members!

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SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION Baptism: 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 Registration 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 certificates and make possible the arrangements

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Fr. Rogers’ homilies are available online: www.cbr.podbean.com

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Parish Engagement

PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS AS WE ENTER THE YELLOW PHASE OF PENNSYLVANIA’S RE-OPENING PROCESS. THIS PHASE ALLOWS THE RESUMPTION OF PUBLIC WORSHIP FOR GROUPS GREATER THAN 10 PERSONS. IN LIGHT OF THIS STATE DECI-

SION, ARCHBISHOP PEREZ HAS GRANTED PERMISSION FOR PUBLIC MASS TO BE CELEBRATED ONCE AGAIN IN CHURCHES THROUGHOUT THE ARCHDIOCESE ACCORDING TO THE NORMS SET FORTH BY THE CDC.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

1. The faithful are NOT required to a end Mass at this me. The Sunday Obliga on li ed by Archbishop Perez in March remains in place.

2. If you are sick, have a fever, are at higher risk of severe illness, live with or care for those who are at higher risk, you have a duty to remain home.

3. The 9AM Mass will be livestreamed each Sunday from our Church. ***Please note the me change***

4. ALL who choose to come to Mass in this YELLOW PHASE are required to follow the guidelines set forth and listed on our COMING TO MASS PAGE WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE HOME PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE.

5. Church will con nue to be open Monday thru Saturday for private visits ll 3PM.

6. Sunday Mass Schedule will be as follows: 5PM Saturday Vigil Mass and Sunday at 7:30AM, 9:00AM, 10:30AM and Noon. *** Regis-tra on to make a reserva on for the weekend of June 13-14 will open Sunday, June 7 at 12:00PM and will con nue thru Thursday, June 11 un l 5:00PM.*** Visit the website to make a reserva on for Sunday Mass.

7. Weekday Mass Schedule will be as follows: 7:30AM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

7:00PM Monday, Wednesday ***NO 7:30AM MASS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING***

8:00AM Saturday

NO RESERVATIONS ARE NEEDED FOR DAILY MASS

8. Confessions will be heard from 3:30PM to 4:30PM in the School Mee ng Room. Weddings, Funerals and Bap sms will con nue to be celebrated via the parish office.

9. A endance at Sunday Mass REQUIRES a reserva on. Sign up via our parish website or call Jen Keller at the Parish Office at 610-444-

4364.

10. At all Masses one must provide and wear a face mask or cloth covering. Excep ons are “children younger than 2 years old, anyone who has trouble breathing and anyone who is incapacitated or unable to remove the cloth face covering without assistance.” (CDC Guidelines).

11. On Sunday, arrive at Church 15 minutes prior to your scheduled Mass.

12. Hand sani zers will be available in the back of Church; it is recommended that you bring your own.

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