What's happening at St. David Parish

Our Lady of Confidence Day School Registration
Our Lady of Confidence Day School, one of the schools of special education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is now accepting registrations for the 2013-2014 school year. The school program is designed for students with an intellectual disability and/or developmental delay. For further information, please call 215-657-9311.

Pray for the Church in China
Archbishop Chaput encourages prayer for the Church in China. This is a world-wide effort initiated by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2007 to pray especially on May 24th, the optional Memorial of Our Lady, Help for Christians, for the clergy and the faithful in China.

Saint David Parish Comedy Night
May 11th from 7-11pm in the Upper School Gym Featuring Chris Dolan, Dennis Horan, Vince Valentine and Andy Nolan. Open to all adults in the community. $20 admission includes appetizers and beer. Pay at door or pre-pay. Contact Tom Nolan freightnolan31@aol.com 215-784-0340 or 215-470-1750.

Sacrament of Anointing
Saint David Parish will celebrate the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick on Saturday, May 18th at 11:00am.
This sacrament "is administered to bring spiritual and even physical strength during an illness . . . it is a rite that is performed to convey God's grace to the recipient, through the power of the Holy Spirit."
All parishioners who are homebound, seriously ill, or chronically ill are
invited and encouraged to attend this Mass. Seating in the front of the church will be provided for those who will be anointed. There will be refreshments after Mass in Father Curran Hall.

Saint David CYO Community Service
CYO will be helping out this year's Montgomery County Special Olympics for their Annual Special Athlete Invitational Track and Field Meet on Saturday, May 18th from 8:30 am - 1:30 pm at Plymouth Whitemarsh High
School. We will need commitments ahead of time. Please consider donating a Saturday morning to a great cause that will bring you and the athletes joy all year long. For additional information, contact Jenn Falsone
215-582-9072 or jfalsone@comcast.net

St David CYO Banquet
St David CYO will be holding its annual banquet to honor our athletes in Grades 5 through High School on Sunday morning, June 2nd at the VE Club on Davisville Road. Reservations need to be made by Wednesday,
May 29th - no tickets will be available at the door. Ticket prices will be $15/adult, $12/child with a family maximum of $52. Please contact Mike McHugh at mmchugh619@yahoo.com or 215-470-7104 with any
questions or to make reservations.

Saint David CYO Night at the Phillies
Tuesday July 30, 2013, 7:05 p.m. vs San Francisco
Section 432 (Rows 11-15), Tix $20 each
Only 27 remain (73 already sold).
Contact David Dombrowski, 215-500-6840

We welcome all Catholics moving into the Willow Grove, PA area to our Parish community.

Please call the Rectory at 215-657-0252 to make an appointement to register. You can click this link to download the Parish Registration form in advance of your appointment.

Learn more about St. David of Wales.

Ministerial Staff:

Rev. Msgr. Richard T. Bolger, Pastor
Deacon William Eliason, Retired
Sister Margaret Rose Adams, I.H.M., Princial Queen of Angels Regional School
Sr. Maryanne Winterberg, I.H.M., Convent Superior
Sr. Mary St. Mark, I.H.M., Director of Religious Education
Sr. Mary Catherine Chamberlain, I.H.M, RCIA Coordinator
Sr. Kathleen McGuire, I.H.M., Pastoral Visitor
Mrs. Maureen Mahon, Parish Secretary
Mr. John Holz, Parish Business Manager
Mr. Stephen P. Kowalchik, Choir Director

Easter is the most important feast in the Christian calendar—even more important than Christmas—the Easter season continues on for 50 days, through the Ascension of Our Lord to Pentecost Sunday. (Indeed, for the purpose of fulfilling our Easter Duty, the Easter season extends until Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost!)

On Sunday May 19th the Catholic Church throughout the world celebrates the Feast of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church, since on this day the Apostles received the Holy Spirit and courageously began to proclaim the message of Jesus Christ. The gift of the Holy Spirit has guided the Church throughout the centuries and continues to our day through the visible head of the Church on earth Our Holy Father, Pope Francis.

Mark Your Calendar!
Saturday, May 18th – Mass of Annointing
Saturday, May 18th - Mass of Ordination to the Priesthood
Sunday, June 2nd - CYO Banquet
Tuesday, Jul 30 - CYO Night at the Phillies
Tuesday, Sept. 10th – Bible Study begins
Saturday, Oct. 5th – Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to the National Shrine
Fri., Oct. 25th – 27th – St. David Parish Family Retreat

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Mass of Ordination to the Priesthood
Come to the Ordination to the Priesthood. All are Welcome to Pray for our New Priests Solemn Mass with the Rite of Ordination of Three Priests Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul at 18th Street and the
Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103 on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 10:00 A.M.

Memorial Mass
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., will celebrate a Memorial Mass for Bishop Joseph P. McFadden at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., on what would have been Bishop McFadden's 66th birthday. All are invited.

Word of Life
Jesus didn't come to bring death, but rather, the death of hatred, the death of fighting, the death of calumny, that is, killing with the tongue. Jesus did not come to bring death, the death that He suffered for defending life. Jesus came to bring life and to bring abundant life, and he sends us out, carrying that life, but he tells us: "Care for it!" Because there are people who … aren't involved in the Gospel: (who are part of) the culture of death… life interests them insofar as it is useful, insofar
as it has some kind of utility and if not, it doesn't interest them. And throughout the world, this weed has been planted, of the culture of death.
Most Rev. Jorge Bergoglio, former Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, now Pope Francis, homily at Mass on August 31, 2005

The Year of Faith 2012-2013

"…They called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith..."(Acts 14:27).

This year has been proclaimed as The Year of Faith. In this special year, believers around the world are called to renew their commitment to the faith that is "always the same, yet the source of ever new light."

Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed a Year of Faith which began October 11, 2012 and concluding on November 24, 2013, the feast of Christ the King. This Year of faith coincides with the anniversaries of two great events that have marked the life of the Church the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This is the beginning of a series of information about the Year of Faith and what it calls Catholics to ponder.

Year of Faith Resources:

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Click over here to find ideas to inspire you in this year when we are invited to "an authentic and renewed conversion to the Lord, the one Savior of the world".

Catholic Digest

Diving into the Catechism during the Upcoming Year of Faith

The Family Catechism

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