A mailing containing a letter and a Block Collection envelope has been sent to your homes. Thanks to all of you who have begun to respond to this year’s Block Collection. As in previous years, our parish goal is $130,000.00. Please place your Block Collection offering in the regular Sunday collection basket. You may also mail your offering to the Parish Office as soon as your means allow.

St. Christopher Parish will celebrate a Memorial Liturgy for all the faithful departed of our parish. In a particular way we will pray for the members of our community who have died in the past year. Everyone is invited to participate in this Mass and to lift up in prayer their beloved family and friends called by God to share in eternal life.

Saturday, October 26, 2019 11:00 AM in Church. Please contact the Parish office to let us know that you are coming.

Sunday, October 6th after the 12 Noon Mass, we will have the Blessing of Animals for all types of pets. The Blessing will take place near the statue of the Blessed Mother on the side of the Parish Office. The Feast of St. Francis is October 4th All are welcome to attend!

Join us on Sunday, September 29, 2019 for St. Christopher Parish's Third Annual Oktoberfest From 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM Admission: $20 for 21 and up. Free for those under 21. Food, Refreshments, Music, Dancing, Crafts and Children’s Activities!

Gifts to the Catholic Charities Appeal provide support to tens of thousands of people through countless organizations, programs and ministries throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME! Do you love to sing? HERE IS YOUR CHANCE!!!

Just a reminder to our returning members that our first meeting for the new year will be held in Holy Family Hall on Monday, September 9th at 11:00AM: doors open at 10AM. Anyone interested in becoming a member, can register their name on our waiting list by calling Rachel O’Mara at 267-9884641.

Join our Seminarian as we take a look at the readings that will be proclaimed at the weekend Masses. Sessions are every Thursday at 1:30PM, Parish Office Meeting Room (please park in the Trainer Hall parking lot)

The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Join us EVERY Tuesday in October at 6:30PM in our Chapel to pray the Rosary. “The Rosary is the Weapon for these times.” Padre Pio

The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults is designed to assist teens and adults who: have never been baptized, and wish to be baptized in the Catholic Church; or have been baptized in another Christian faith (Lutheran, Episcopalian, etc.) and wish to become Catholic; or were baptized Catholic, but have not received First Eucharist and/or Confirmation.

THAT MAN IS YOU! is an interactive men’s program combining the best research from science with the teachings of the Catholic faith and the wisdom of the saints to develop the vision of man fully alive. By honestly addressing the pressures and temptations that men face in our modern culture. That Man is You! seeks to form men who will be capable of transforming homes and society. That Man is You! meets on Thursday evenings, beginning September 19th, in the St. Christopher Parish Office Meeting Room from 7PM to approximately 8:30PM. For more information or to register, please contact Deacon Gene at deacongene@stchrisparish.org

Volunteers help make our Oktoberfest a tremendous success, so we rely on your generosity. Please click on the title above to be directed to a signup list. Review the available slots and click on the button to sign up. Please include either an email address or a phone number where you can be reached. Thank you and may God Bless your generosity!

Join Fr. Paolino & a team of presenters on Mondays during July and August as we discover more about the Sacrament of Confession. “Forgiven” breaks open God’s invitation to each of us to experience His indescribable love in this great Sacrament of God’s mercy. Whether you haven’t been to Confession in a long while or you go regularly, you don’t want to miss this series. Father Steve will lead a team of presenters to help bring this series alive to our St. Christopher Parish community. The series will run for 5 consecutive Mondays in July & August at both 9:30 AM and 7:00 PM. Participants can choose either time each week: July 15, 22, & 29 and August 5 & 12. We will meet in the air conditioned 1st floor Parish Office meeting room. Registration flyers are available around the Church. You can call Fr. Steve at the Parish Office at 215-673-5177 Ext. 25 or email him at FatherSteve@stchrisparish.org for more information

Father Steve comes to us from St. Anthony Parish in Ambler. Father Steve was the very first seminarian to come here on the field education program of St. Charles Seminary. He taught religion to the kids in our school and visited homebound parishioners. Father Steve hails from St. Pius X Parish in Broomall, Delaware County. He graduated from St. Aloysius Academy in Bryn Mawr and Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield. He is the oldest of three boys, and he was ordained to the priesthood twelve years ago.

We could use a few more volunteers, especially high school students, to help with our young ones during the Liturgy of the Word at the 10:30 Sunday Mass. This is not a weekly commitment and you schedule yourself for when you are available. If you want to talk about it, please give Deacon Jim a call in the Parish Office (215) 673-5177 ext. 28.

There is a need for interested adults and even High School students to be classroom helpers or catechists for the PREP Program. PREP is how the parish helps parents of children in public and charter schools educate their children in the Faith. The time commitment is minimal; but very impactful. Please let Deacon Jim know if you are interested by calling the Parish Office or by email (Deaconjim@StChrisParish.org)

This week we welcome Rev. Mr. August Taglianetti, a transitional deacon who has been assigned to our parish for the summer. You will see him at Mass this summer and you will also see him on Sundays during the year. God willing, he will be ordained to the priesthood next May 16th. Please pray for him and for all young men studying for the priesthood.

Today we are saying Goodbye to our much loved Father Sean English. Father Sean has made a dramatic pastoral contribution to our parish. The parish reception for him will take place after the 10:30 Mass which he will celebrate. He doesn’t leave until Monday, June 17th, but we didn’t want to run into any Father’s Day conflicts. On Father’s Day weekend, Father Sean has the 5 pm vigil Mass on Saturday and the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday for those of you unable to say goodbye to him this weekend. It is a big loss for our parish. At the same time, I expect him to be pastor of a parish in the very near future. He is one great priest.

St. Christopher’s ANNUAL PARISH OUTING DORNEY PARK & WILDWATER KINGDOM FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019 It’s time for our Annual Parish Get-Together! Come out and enjoy a fun filled day of rides, entertainment and water fun with your family, friends, teachers and classmates.