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Inviting all parishioners (current and former), St. William School alumni and teachers, friends and families of our parish to come together and celebrate the

100th anniversary of St. William Parish. Tickets: $50 (open bar and buffet)

Checks made payable to Church of St. William

Call the rectory at 215-745-1389 for tickets Tables of 8 available

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St. William Centennial Dinner Sunday, October 6, 2019

Philadelphia Ballroom (2:00-7:00pm) 2014 Hornig Rd., Phila. 19116

(located in Northeast Philadelphia ~ travel North on Roosevelt Blvd.)

Looking for PREP Catechists There are many good reasons to be a Catechist. Here is just one—It’s fun! Spending time with energetic, enthusiastic young people gives you a renewed energy and vitality. Kids remind adults to live and laugh in the moment and get enthused about things like holy days and stories of saints. Not to mention there’s nothing like it when a kid ‘gets’ one of the tenets of the faith, like the Real Presence. To join this ministry, please contact Fr. Al at 215-745-1389 or email pastor@churchofstwilliam.com.

CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS BAPTISM (Lower Church) Spanish: 3rd Sunday of the month at 1:00PM English: 2nd or 4th Sunday of the month at 1:00PM

Pre-Baptismal Instructions (Rectory Basement) Spanish: 2nd Wednesday 7:00PM English: 1st Sunday at 1:00PM

For information or scheduling a Baptism, please email Deacon Bill Moser (English) or Sister Rose (Spanish) at the following: deaconmoser@churchofstwilliam.com s.rose@churchofstwilliam.com CONFIRMATION Bishops are Ordinary ministers of Confirmation. RECONCILIATION IN CHURCH Saturday: 4:00—4:45PM Eve of Holy Days: 4:00—4:45PM Eve of First Fridays: After 12:00 Noon Mass only For personal request, contact the Rectory. MATRIMONY Weddings are scheduled on Saturdays at 11:00AM, 1:00PM, or 3:00PM in the Upper Church; 2:00PM in the Lower Church. Cou-ples intending marriage must contact our Pastor at least six months prior to the intended date of marriage. Contact: pas-tor@churchofstwilliam.com

For required marriage preparation contact the rectory or PhillyCatholicMarriagePrep.com

For wedding music contact Ken Houser, Music Director at music@churchofstwilliam.com. ANOINTING OF THE SICK Sacrament of healing and God’s blessings for those who are sick or in serious condition. Parishioners in serious illness, please contact our parish priests. Anyone unable to attend Mass due to illness may call the Rectory to make arrangements to receive Communion in their home.

Church of St. William 6200 Rising Sun Avenue

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111

Website: www.churchofstwilliam.com Email: office@churchofstwilliam.com

RECTORY STAFF Secretaries: Caroline Guy & Judi Schein

Business Manager: Tim Babbage Music Director: Ken Houser

Facilities Manager: John Meehan

Office Hours: 8:45am—3:30pm Closed 11:45am—12:30pm

PHONE NUMBERS

Rectory: 215-745-1389 Fax: 215-745-8432 Convent: 215-745-3513 PREP: 267-831-8046

PARISH STAFF Pastor

Rev. Alfonso J. Concha (Fr. Al) Parochial Vicar (Part-time)

Rev. Tariq Isaac Retired (In Residence)

Rev. Augusto Concha (Fr. Gus) Haitian Community

Rev. Eugene Almonor, O.M.I.

Deacon William Moser Deacon Felipe Cruz

Deacon Angel Alicea, Retired

Superior & Hispanic Ministry Sr. Rose Patrice, IHM

CRE / PREP Mrs. Gemma Baldon

PREP Registration DATE: August 24—25 WHO: ALL children must register (new & old) Catholic School Confirmation students WHERE: Church after Masses TUITION: $55 one child $65 two or more children Checks payable to Church of St. William CLASS: Begins Tuesday, Sept. 10 (6:15-7:45pm) New students must bring Baptismal Certificate For information please contact Gemma Baldon at prep@churchofstwilliam.com

MASS SCHEDULE Sunday

Vigil 5:00pm (Saturday LC) 7:30am (LC), 9:00am (LC),

12pm (LC), 8pm (LC) 10:30am - Spanish (LC) 4:00pm - Urdu (LC) 5:30pm - Creole (UC)

Monday through Friday (LC) 6:30am and 12:00 Noon

Saturday 8:00am

LC = lower church UC = upper church

Please keep the sick of our parish in your prayers. Loretta LaBarge Livia Ginobile Baby River Fisher Ritter Diana Lucas Eric Grey Olivia Lutz Carmella Dick Linda Richardson Mary O’Donnell Ed Burgoon Mike Montgomery Christopher Browne Clifford Browne Joe Fenuto Shawn Downey Irene Coyle Stephanie Morgan Jeffrey Jubelirer Sheranne Shea-Jubelirer Michael Griffin Richard Jubelirer Conor F. Donnelly

Please pray for the souls of all the faithful departed, especially those in our parish. Elizabeth Ann Falcome Thomas W. Falcone, Sr.

Masses for the week of July 28, 2019 Sunday, July 28 5:00pm (Vigil) William Mattia (25th anniversary) and Regina Mattia (4th anniversary) 7:30am Meghan Schexnayder 9:00am John Bellack 10:30am Jose & Rosalia Fernandez 12:00pm Sr. Geraldine Marie Kane, IHM 8:00pm Abandoned Souls & Babies Souls Monday, July 29 6:30am Holly Weller 12:00pm Priests, Sisters & Staff of St. William Tuesday, July 30 6:30am Katelyn Nicole Davis 12:00pm Joseph Tolstoy Wednesday, July 31 6:30am Robert Inemer (living) 12:00pm Thomas Ford Thursday, August 1 6:30am Living & Dec’d members Sacco Family 12:00pm Special Intention Friday, August 2 6:30am Jennie Mauk 12:00pm Special Intentioin Saturday, August 3 8:00am Msgr. James E. Mortimer 5:00pm Jennie Karbinyk (4th anniversary)

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 28, 2019

FOCUS: God is merciful to the faithful. Faithfulness to God is blessed with grace and mercy. Jesus interceded for us, as Abraham did for Sodom, and salvation is ours through his cross. Righteous living, which is adhering to God’s commands and car-ing for one another, is how we embrace our salvation. Let us pray for one another and for those who may not yet know the Lord—that salvation may be theirs as well. For God is merciful to the faithful.

LITURGY OF THE WORD: In the first reading, God assures Abraham that he would be merciful to the righteous. In his Letter to the Colossians, Paul writes that Christ took our sins to the cross, so by faith we are forgiven all our transgressions. In the Gospel, Je-sus teaches the disciples how to pray to the Father.

REFLECTION: Jesus promises God will give us the Spirit if we ask. So we ask, seek, and knock for that Spirit, believing that we are knocking at a door of a friend who is hospitable and has good bread waiting for us.

So we ask ourselves: • Where in my life do I need the Spirit’s life-giving

breath? • How will I share the gifts the Spirit has given me

with someone in my community?

Mission Appeal The weekend of August 3-4 we will welcome Fr. Pierre Claver Lunimbu, SVD to speak to us about the mis-sions. He is currently an Associate Pastor at St. Ann’s Church in Browns Mills, NJ. Father is from the Demo-cratic Republic of Congo and joined the Divine Word Missionary in 2003. The Divine Word Missionaries serve 80 countries helping to build chap-els, celebrate the sacraments, and spread the Word of God in remote mission communities. The second collection the weekend of August 3-4 will be taken up to help support their missionary work.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament In Celebration of Our Centennial

First Saturdays August 3

After 8:00am Mass to 4:45pm Benediction prior to 5:00pm Mass

Sign up sheets are in back of church and we invite you to sign up for at least 30 minutes. The Chapel will be closed while adoration is in church. All are welcome to come and spend some quiet time with the Lord.

Holy Day of Obligation Thursday—August 15

Assumption of the BVM

Mass Schedule Wed. Aug. 14 (vigil) 5:00pm

Thurs. Aug. 15 6:30am 12:00pm (bi-lingual) 7:00pm

Confessions Wed. Aug. 14 (4:00-4:45pm)

CENTENNIAL O R N E R

Parish Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa

Saturday—August 24 (8:00am—5:00pm) Bus departs front of church after 8:00am Mass, return-ing approximately 5:00pm. Cost: $20 (adults) $15 (children ages 4-12) includes lunch and bus. To reserve you seat contact Vida (267-872-3152), Justin (justsharaf@aol.com), Nancy (267-294-6178).

Senior Citizen News PLEASE NOTE: We will NOT BE MEETING for the remainder of the summer at Wesley and there will be no Summer Bingo due to building problems. We will let you know when our meetings will resume and if they will be at Wesley. For information about the Seniors, please call: 267-210-1524 (Ro McElroy—St. William Seniors) 215-725-1240 (St. Cecilia Seniors) TRIPS—Call Betty Harding 215-745-7199 • Show ‘Magic & Wonder’ (Monday, Oct. 14) $87 • AMT ‘Christmas Show’ (Tuesday, Nov. 12) $94 • New Year’s Eve Day at Doolings (Tues. Dec. 31) $100

Job Opportunities Roman Catholic High School ♦ Maintenance Position—full time, 12 month, 2:00-

10:00pm shift. Candidates should be reliable, self-motivated and possess a familiarity with painting, electric, plumbing, etc. Full benefits package in-cluding tuition waiver for children enrolled in an Archdiocesan high school. Send resumes to jbongard@romancatholichs.com

♦ Choral Director—Lead men’s Choral Program meet-ing two days/week after school (3:00pm) with goal of performing in concerts, liturgies and school events. Director will be inaugurating this co-curricular program; duties include recruiting mem-bers from student body of over 850 young men. Send resumes to Mr. David Rad at drad@romancatholichs.com

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS for July 21 Church $6,413 E-Giving $320 Utilities $1,400

God bless you for your continued support of the Parish.

Fr. Al

Uniform Exchange Weekend For St. Cecilia Students Saturday, July 27 (4pm—7pm) Sunday, July 28 (7am—1pm) PLACE: St. Cecilia Auditorium “Take what you need and give when you can” If you cannot make it to this event, please feel free to contact us. Donna Kilpatrick 215-620-1836 (girls and gym uniforms) Nicole Whalen 215-307-9200 (boys and gym uniforms)

Thursday—October 17 (2:00-9:00pm) Friday—October 18 (2:00-9:00pm) Saturday—October 19 (10:00am—5:00pm) You can schedule your appointment online by going to www.churchofstwilliam.com and click on Lifetouch Photo Sessions or call the rectory at 215-745-1389 and we will schedule your appointment.

Lifetouch Photo Sessions This is your last chance to have your picture taken and be included in the Centennial Book. All photos will be taken in the Upper Church. We need 75 more families or indi-viduals to be eligible to receive a hard cover book for everyone.

Here & There Retrouvaille for Married Couples

August 9-11 at Family Life Ctr. Malvern, PA 1-800-470-2230 www.HelpOurMarriage.org

Jeanes Hospital Blood Drive

Wednesday, August 14 (9:00am—2:00pm) 7600 Central Ave. Friends Hall Physicians Office Bldg.

Register: 215-728-2131 redcrossblood.org

Pre-Cana Session at Maternity BVM Church Saturday, Sept. 28

9220 Old Bustleton Avenue Register: 215-673-8127

Pilgrimage to Washington, DC

National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Saturday, October 19 - $35

Leave 7:00am - Return 7:00pm (dinner on your own) Contact: Kathy 215-742-1812

Special Reunion Mass DATE: Sunday, October 6, 2019 TIME: 12:00pm PLACE: St. William Upper Church We invite and welcome all St. William alumni and teach-ers to a special Mass to celebrate YOU. Following Mass all are invited to celebrate the 100th anniversary of St. William Parish at the Philadelphia Ballroom in Northeast Philadelphia from 2:00 to 7:00pm. Tickets for the dinner are available by contacting the rectory at 215-745-1389.

Venta de “T-shirts” del 100

Aniversario Costo: Adultos: $10 Ninos: $5

• Octubre 6, 2019: Cena/Baile ~ Philadelphia Ballroom

Costo: $50 Llama a la Rectoría para comprar tickets

• Noviembre 17, 2019: Festival de Danzas Celebración de los años 1970 - 2020

• Enero 19, 2020: Misa del 100 Aniversario

CONSULTAS sobre la INMIGRACIÓN:

HIAS 2100 Arch St. 3rd floor 215-832-0900 Servicios Sociales Católicos: 215-854-7019 227 North 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 Welcome Center 215-634-1696

Sábado, 24 de AGOSTO Peregrinación Parroquial al Santuario Nuestra Señora

de Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA

Más información: llama a la Rectoría: 215-745-1389

El Perú en su Día de Independencia: 28 de julio

CONFESIONES: Todos los Domingo: 10:00 - 10:20AM.

BAUTISMO: Coordina con Diácono Felipe o Hna. Rosa 2° Miércoles del mes a las 7:00 PM: Charla 3° Domingo del mes a las 12:00 PM: Bautismo Certificado de Bautismo: Llamar la Rectoría 215-745-1389

Visitas y Comunión a los ENFERMOS y ANCIANOS: Consulta con Padre Al. Asistente: Ida Jiménez

ROSARIO: domingo a las 10:00, antes de la Misa.

CÍRCULO de ORACIÓN: Los viernes a las 7:00 PM en el sótano de la Rectoría

SACRAMENTOS para ADULTOS: domingo a las 9:00 AM

CONFIRMACION de Jóvenes de Secundaria: Clases comenzarán el domingo, 31 de marzo a las 9:00 AM

JOVENES con CRISTO: Grupo de Jóvenes Adultos Domingos, después de la Misa 10:30, en el sótano la Rectoría.

PREP: CATEQUESIS para NIÑOS Registración nueva: 25 de agosto, después de la Misa

Llevar : Fe de Bautismo Costo: $55 por un niño / $65 por 2 niños o más

Tarjeta de identificación municipal de Filadelfia

La tarjeta es un documento válido y opcional emitido por el gobierno , que aceptan todos los servicios muni-cipales y programas financiados por la ciudad.

Todos los residentes de Filadelfia de 13 anos de edad o más pueden obtener una tarjeta de identificación municipal.

Visite el sitio web: Phila.gov/PHLcityID

DOMINGO, JULIO 28, 2019 DOMINGO DÉCIMO SÉPTIMO, TIEMPO ORDINARIO

" SEÑOR, ENSÉÑANOS A ORAR " El Evangelio de Lucas nos muestra a Jesús orando en muchos momentos de intimidad con su Padre. Jesús oraba por si mis-mo, por sus discípulos y por nosotros siempre en relación a su misión salvadora. Cuando los discípulos le dicen a Jesús: "enséñanos a orar" Jesús les enseña El Padrenuestro. Es la oración dominical por excelencia. Es la oración de cada día que decimos nosotros. Es la oración filial del cristiano. A Dios le llamamos: Padre! Que sea santificado su Nombre y que venga a nosotros su Reino. Y para vivir como seguidores de Jesús, debemos compartir el pan, aprender a perdonar y pedir el perdón y estar alerta a las tentaciones del enemigo. Dios Padre siempre escucha nuestra súplica y nos da siempre algo superior a lo que le pedimos. Nos da y nos asiste con el Espíritu Santo. No dejemos de orar con fe y gratitud la oración del Padrenues-tro.

Misa a la Virgen De Los Angeles Patrona de Costa Rica

Domingo—Agosto 4 Con la presencia de:

Monsenor Jose Francisco Ulloa Amenizada por el mariachi Tierra mia

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