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Blessed Virgin Mary Church 1101 Main Street Darby, PA 19023
We remember how you loved us to your death!
We remember how you loved us to your death!
We remember how you loved us to your death!
The cross~~ the precursor to our salvation!
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
We remember how you loved us to your death!
We remember how you loved us to your death!
The Immaculate Heart of Mary.
To Our BVM School Students
We remember how you loved us to your death!
To Our BVM School Students
God bless all our BVM School Students...our current students, and those who have graduated and have brought honor and dignity to our world!
Pentecost Sunday
Christ is Risen!
May Alleluia always be our song!
On Sunday, March 26, 2023, the following children were baptized and became a member of the family of God here at the Blessed Virgin Mary Church: Jaden Krug, Antoinette Geneyan, Jorgbor Moiyallah, Oliver Flynn Wagner May God bless each of them and their families.
Congratulations to our newly confirmed youth. Teresa Bangura Isabella Cadet Evan Herb Sayyonah Holloway Chelsea Jallah Jazmine Jefferson Thomas McCluskey Uzoma Njoku Chiamaka Nwandiko Kingston Okoro Pewu Pa
We thank Bishop Timothy Senior for conferring the gift of the Holy Spirit upon these young people and his presence at Blessed Virgin Mary Parish. Thank you also to Mr. David Biche, Mr. Rodrigue Asseu, and Sister Rita Lenihan, who helped to prepare these students to receive the sacrament.
It is with great joy that we celebrate our children receiving the Eucharist for the first time today!
Thank you to Sister Rita Lenihan and the Prep Volunteers!
Please pray for our first communicants: Christopher Edomobi Joy Gaye Antoinette Geneyan Jayden Krug Arielle Ockimey Zachery Quattro Zoe Sharkey
Alleluia!
Our Baby Shower for the Mother's Home of BVM was a great success! We thank all the parishioners for their generosity. Let us continue building a culture where life is always defended, where unborn and newborn babies are protected and mothers receive our encouragement and support.
MASS INTENTIONS
MONDAY: May 29 +Robert Moorhead
TUESDAY: May 30 +Helen Abram
WEDNESDAY: May 31 +Roaette Ilboudo-Zagare
THURSDAY: June 01 +Margaret & Joseph Driscoll
FRIDAY: June 02 +Eugene Harris
SATURDAY: June 03 +Adeline Hall
We pray for all our deceased brother and sisters: Helen Abram
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Readings for the week of May 28, 2023
Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14/Ps 87/Jn 19:25-34
Tuesday: Sir 35:1-12/Ps 50:5-6, 7-8, 14 and 23/Mk 10:28-31
Wednesday: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Is 12:2-6/Lk 1:39-56
Thursday: Sir 42:15-25/Ps 33/Mk 10:46-52
Friday: Sir 44:1, 9-13/Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13/Mk 11:11-26
Saturday: Sir 51:12cd-20/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11/Mk 11:27-33
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E-Giving (Abundant):
April 2023………………....$2,280.00
BVM SUNDAY/ST. LOUIS:
May 21, 2023...…...……..…..$4,305.00
BVM SUNDAY/ST. LOUIS:
May 22, 2022….…….…..…$5,104.00
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Please join us in welcoming our new members:
Adults: Babies:
Anabella Marie Elijah
Patricia Agbaadem Xavier Juda
Kierra Elizabeth Marie Rebecca
Chanel Marie
Received in full communion with the Church:
Rhonda Joy Wade Walley
Prayer
Lord Jesus,
thank you for always being a light in the dark
places of the world and the dark places of our
lives. Our hope is in you, for you are the light of
the world and you call us to be lights for others.
May your light and love blaze in us
and in all the world.
Amen
The Food Pantry
needs volunteers to help out
on Thursdays from 9:00am to11:00am.
Please call Kathy @ 484-472-3338
if you want to volunteer .
Let us humbly deepen our faith!
**BVM School needs a worker for the summer
~~June 19th until August 10th ~~~
(EXCLUDING THE WEEK of July 3rd)
to scrub and wax classroom floors
with our cleaning person. Hourly stipend paid.
Please call Sister Virgina
610-586-0638 for appointment.
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Upcoming Events
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**Mass & Healing Service - Friday, June, 02, 2023
Our Lady of Fatima Church, Secane, PA
Begins at 7 PM - Praise & Worship, Holy Mass, followed by
Healing Prayer
All are welcome
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The Food Pantry
needs volunteers to help out
on Thursdays from 9:00am to11:00am.
Please call Kathy @ 484-472-3338
if you want to volunteer
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PLEASE PRAY FOR:
PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE,
Vocations to the priesthood; Respect for Life; an end to Prejudice; the Unemployed; those who are suffering from COVID-19, AIDS or Addictions;
for all victims of Abuse; Pray for Peace.
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WE PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS, ESPECIALLY:
Tim Anderlonis, USMC; Joseph Barbine, PFC; George Barbine; Aracelis Mari Caceres; PVT. Jason Cavalieri, Jr., US Army; Michael Dixon; USMC; Billy Farmer; Ian Forbes; Terrance Fosster; Christopher Fry, USN; Charles M. Gallagher; John Goodman, USMC; Nicholas Juozda; Staff Sergeant Chris Kinne, USAF; Matthew J. Loheide; James Montgomery; Tim Sechrist; Lieut. Colonel Michael Rasback, USAF; Anthony Sloan, USN; Michael Sweeney, USMC;
Franci Ugorji, National Guard; Robert Wilson
We pray that God will give spiritual and physical comfort to all our sick relatives, friends and parishioners, especially:
A.A.; Frances Afilani; MaryAnn Augustine; Alma Bailey; Anthony Baroni; Rita Beardi; Brian Blong; Mike Brogan; Andrea Brennan; Sandra Brown-Galli, Beckett Campbell; Charlene Campbell; Joe Capra; Michelle Cardillo, Marge Carney; John Travis Cardillo; Barbara Carr; Samantha Casey; Lawrence Cavalieri, Sr.; Lori Cerreto; Jim Deeks; Lawrence Doran (Larry); William Doran, Brian Duda; David Edonick; Donald J. Edonick; William Farmer, Selma Far-rell; Lou Golato; Donna Graci; Helen Graci; Steven Graci; Darryl Hall; Ronnie Hasty; Mike Hasty; Steven Jackson; Pat Kelly, Kasey Klineburger; Patricia Lumberg; Stephanie Lumberg; Steve & JoAnn Macowski; Tim Masterson; T. Mc.;T. McKernan, Evelyn Miller; Kathryn Miller; Paul & Ruth Meuser; Anne Mullin; Anne Quinn; Bob Quinn; Gene & Michelle Reis: Larry Richards; Alfred Ruggieri (aka Sonny), Stephen Rozniakowski; Cliff Spratt Jr. SteveTowey; Jaclyn Verda; Steven Wagner;
Brandon Walker; Jay Watsh; Lily and Rita Weldon;
Prayers for all the recently deceased family,
friends, and members of the parish
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An Opportunity
to
Help BVM School
PA EITC TAX PROGRAM
Since 2001, Pennsylvania’s EITC (Educational Improvement Tax
Credit) program has Donors receive tax credits for those who give to scholarship organizations, which provide financial aid to children attending K-12 private schools.
Please consider
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY SCHOOL.
Forms are available at the back of church.
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Blessed Virgin Mary Students
Excel at
Msgr. Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast High School
for the third quarter of the 2022-23 school year.
We are particularly proud of those students who have demonstrated academic excellence.
The following students received First Honors:
Class of 2023:, Elwin Serrao
Class of 2026: Uchechi Newgbo
The following students received Second Honors:
Class of 2023: Genevieve Marvil-Arakelian.
James Ugorju
Welcome to Blessed Virgin Mary Parish
Mass Schedule
BVM ~ a Parish ~~~~~Alive!~~~~~
BVM ~ a Parish ~~~~~Alive!~~~~~
MONDAY: May 15 + Dorothy Crowley
TUESDAY: May 16 + Rita Castaldo
WEDNESDAY: May 17 + Msgr Joseph Corley
THURSDAY: May 18 Ascension of Our Lord
FRIDAY: May 19 +Joan Mango
SATURDAY: May 20 + Angetina Frances Moretto
We pray for all our deceased brother and sisters:
Helen Abram
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MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday: 4:30 PM - BVM
Sunday: - 8:00 AM - BVM
9:30 AM - St. Louis, Yeadon 11:00 AM - BVM
4:00 PM - BVM
Holy Days: 8:15 AM,
12:00 Noon, and 7:30 PM
All in BVM
Daily Mass: 8:15 AM - BVM
Monday through Saturday
Rite of Reconciliation
Saturday 3:15 to 4:00 PM
or call the Rectory to make
an appointment during the week.
There is also a priest available to hear Confession before the Mass. Come visit & lighten your heart.
~~ ADORATION OF THE
BLESSED SACRAMENT ~~
Every Saturday before the 4:30pm Mass, beginning at @3:15pm
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PARISH GIVING ONLINE
is now available!
This makes giving easier on you, and we are grateful for your support throughout the year which helps sustain our church.
Text givetobvm to 73256
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Readings for the week of May 14, 2023
Monday: Acts 16:11-15/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b/Jn 15:26—16:4a
Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34/Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8/Jn 16:5-11
Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22—18:1/Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14/Jn 16:12-15
Thursday: Acts 18:1-8/Ps 98:1-3ab, 3cd-4/Jn 16:16-20
Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 (6)/Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20
Friday: Acts 18:9-18/Ps 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7/Jn 16:20-23
Saturday: Acts 18:23-28/Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10/Jn 16:23b-28
LET US PRAY TOGETHER FOR
PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE,
Vocations to the priesthood;
Respect for Life; an end to Prejudice; the Unemployed; those who are suffering from COVID-19, AIDS or Addictions; for all victims of Abuse
Pray for Peace.
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"Whoever believes will have
eternal life."
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PRAY FOR ALL THE
RECENTLY DECEASED
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MASS INTENTION BOOK FOR
~~2022~~
is now open
please send any requests to
the rectory or email:
bvmrectory2@rcn.com
BVM Food Pantry.
Please join us in our ministry to serve the people of our area. There are brothers and sisters in our community who need help feeding their families. Please pray about it, and if you have an hour to volunteer
please call Cathy 610-848-8080.
We are located in the old school building on Mac Dade Blvd.
BVM Food Pantry needs volunteers, on Mondays and Thursdays from 9 am to 11am. Please call Cathy at 484-472-3338 or Mary at 610-812-6097.
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Keep God in the Family; Gather your family together before bedtime and lead them in prayer.
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COME JOIN US
IN SERVING THE LORD
Thank you to all who volunteer to bring the best to our parish!
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To view the photographs and story of our parish and its journey from Lent to Easter, please go to MENU
AT TOP OF THIS PAGE.
SELECT "MORE"
AND "OUR LENTEN JOURNEY"
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BVM ~ a Parish ~~~~~Alive!~~~~~
BVM ~ a Parish ~~~~~Alive!~~~~~
BVM ~ a Parish ~~~~~Alive!~~~~~
Celebrating over 100 years of
Faith, Hope, Love,
and Community
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COME JOIN US SERVING THE LORD
Thank you to all who volunteer to
bring the best to our parish!
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A Note from the Desk of
Fr. Mariano.
What is the
Neo-Catechumenal Way?
My dear parishioners, I hope this brief explanation of the Neo-Catechumenal Way gives you some background to help you to come and to invite others to the series of talks we have just begun in the parish.I have been part of this experience since 1990 and it has been the most forming, rewarding and faith building experience of my life and the life of my family.
The Neo-Catechumenal Way is one of the fruits of the Second Vatican Council aiming to foster a spiritual and liturgical renewal within our Parish community. The word Catechumenate refers to an extended itinerary of formation to the adult faith.
In the primitive church, no one could be baptized without going through a Catechumenate. But beginning with the time of Christendom, in the Constantine Age (5th century and forward), since the Church opened the door to the masses, it was more difficult to instruct the people into the faith. Thus, the transmission of the faith was assumed and delegated to the family.
In modern times, we cannot presume anymore that the family faced with the challenges of modern culture, will be able to form our children to faith.
Thus, the need for a Baptismal Neo-Catechumenate, which will help us to rediscover the richness of our Baptism. As Pope Paul VI put it, “The ‘before’ or ‘after’ the Baptism [of the Catechumenate] is secondary, I would say the fact is that you aim at the authenticity, fullness, coherence, the sincerity of Christian life,” (Paul VI audience 8/5/74). And aren’t we all aware of the need for an adult faith formation in our life? When we stop to think of the reason of our believing, or when someone asks us why we practice our faith and why we believe what we believe, we find difficulties to give reason for our faith. Even more, when we are hit by events that are difficult to understand (tragic event, death, sickness, the abandonment of one who is dear to us, all that we call the crosses in our life). We become puzzled about our faith, and some even stray from their belief.
The Neo-Catechumenal Way aims to build up in us such a deep relationship of faith with the Lord, which will allow us to be confident in his Fatherhood for us no matter what. It is an experience of eternal life already here on earth. It is important for each one to discover that God is our Father who provides for all our needs and always decides what is best for us. It is also important for us to discover that the Church is our mother, who always teaches and feeds us with the Word of God and the sacraments.
I invite everyone from my heart to participate in this experience which is already giving fruit in our parish and will give much hope to all the far away and suffering people who will meet th!e Lord through us.
God Bless,
Reverend Mariano
Dellagiovanna
PRAYER
Almighty and eternal God,
May your grace enkindle in all of us a love for the many unfortunate people whom poverty and misery reduce to a condition of life unworthy of human beings.
Arouse in the hearts of those who call you Father, a hunger and thirst for justice and peace, and for fraternal charity in deeds and in truth.
Grant, O Lord, peace in our days,
Peace to souls, peace to our families,
Peace to our country, and peace among nations.
– Pope Pius XII
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Knights of Columbus Testimonial
Ad Book
If you would like to participate in their ad program Business ad, please approach any knight in the back of Church. Please help out the Knights!
Give thanks to God His Mercy Endures Forever
BVM ~ a Parish ~~~~~Alive!~~~~~
Give thanks to God His Mercy Endures Forever
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Jesus, HIGH PRIEST AND REDEEMER FOREVER, we beg You to call young men and women to your service, as priests and religious. May they be inspired by the lives of dedicated priests, brothers and sisters.
Give to parents the grace of generosity and trust toward You and their child so that their sons and daughters may be helped to choose their vocation in life with wisdom and freedom.
O God, You have called us to salvation and have sent your Son to establish the Church for this purpose, and You have provided the sacred ministers.
The harvest is ever ready but the laborers are scarce. Inspire our youth to follow Jesus by serving Your People. Amen
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PRAYER Lord, I am anxious and worried about many things.
Help me to remember there is need of only one thing — You.
You who comes to me in the Mass, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.
Provide me the grace, to choose
the better part and not allow it
to be taken from me.
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PRAYER Glorious Saint Joseph, Model of all those devoted to labor, Obtain for me the grace to work in a spirit of penance For the expiation of my many sins, To work conscientiously, Putting the call of duty above my inclinations, To work with gratitude and joy, Considering it an honor to employ and develop, By means of labor, the gifts received from God, To work with order, peace, moderation, and patience, Without ever recoiling before weariness or difficulties, To work, above all, with purity of intention, And with detachment from self, Having always death before my eyes And the account which I must render of time lost, Of talents wasted, of good omitted Of vain complacency in success, So fatal to the work of God. All for Jesus, all for Mary, all after your example, O Patriarch Joseph. Such shall be my watchword in life and in death. Amen
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SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Saturday 3:15 to 4:00 PM
or call the Rectory to make
an appointment during the week.
There is also a priest available to hear Confession before Mass.
Come visit
and lighten your heart.
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PRAYER
By your grace, O Lord,
make us stick to our resolutions,
act with courage,
remain constant in devotion,
extend forgiveness wiout measure,
love without ceasing,
and live ever in your friendship.
Enable us, with your help,
to put on Christ,
and to manifest him to others
and bear witness to him in the world. Amen.
~~ (From The New St. Joseph’s
People’s Prayer Book
Catholic Book Publishing
Company, 1993)
COME JOIN US
IN SERVING THE LORD !
Thank you to all who volunteer to bring the best to our parish!
BVM Food Pantry needs volunteers, on Mondays and Thursdays from 9 am to 11am. Please call Cathy at 484-472-3338 or Mary at 610-812-6097.
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Have some time to spare? BVM needs volunteers to help out in the rectory. Please call Neva @
610-583-2129
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PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL
Holy St. Michael the archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the divine power thrust into hell Satan and all the other evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Click on the button below to see the publication with pictures about BVM’s Lenten devotions~
Do this in Memory of Me.
Give thanks to God His Mercy Endures Forever
Christ Be Our Light!