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Blessed Virgin Mary Church 1101 Main Street Darby, PA 19023
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Friday, June 24th, we celebrate the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Saturday, June 25th, we celebrate The Immaculate Heart of Mary.
To Our BVM School Graduates
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
To Our BVM School Graduates
God bless our 8th Grade, our Pre-K, and Kindergarten Graduates!
Welcome to Blessed Virgin Mary Parish
Mass Schedule
BVM ~ a Parish ~~~~~Alive!~~~~~
BVM ~ a Parish ~~~~~Alive!~~~~~
Regular Mass Schedule
Sunday (Saturday evening)
Vigil Mass : 4:30 PM - BVM
Sundays: 9:30 AM - St. Louis,
Yeadon
Sundays: - BVM 8:00 AM and
11:00 AM and 4:00 PM
BVM
Holy Days: 8:15 AM,
12:00 Noon, and 7:30 PM
Daily Mass:
8:15 AM 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 @3:15pm
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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
Elaine McDevitt
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MASS INTENTION BOOK FOR
~~2022~~
is now open
please send any requests to
the rectory or email:
bvmrectory2@rcn.com
St. Vincent dePaul Society at BVM.
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.
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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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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!
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"
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.
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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Do you have a 1 bedroom apartment to rent? We need one. Please call the rectory
610-583-2128 or see Fr. Mariano with information.
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June 29: Solemnity of Saints Peter & Paul, Apostles, Second- ary Patrons of The Arch- diocese of Philadelphia. Pray for us.
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COME JOIN US IN SERVING THE LORD Thank you to all who volunteer to bring the best to our parish!
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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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
E-Giving (Abundant):
E-Giving (Abundant):
May, 2022...............$2,450.00 BVM SUNDAY/ST. LOUIS:
June 26, 2022........ .$4,079.85
BVM SUNDAY/ST. LOUIS:
June 27, 2021..........$6,386.10
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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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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
In this month of July, the seminarians, Fr. Javier (rector) and I (vice rector) will participate in a vocational pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
We are looking forward to visit the very places where our Lord walked, preached, healed and announced the coming of the Kingdom to the world!
This will be a decisive moment for the seminarians as they continue discerning the will of God in their lives. There are many doubts, obstacles, conflictive desires and crisis on their journey to the priesthood. They need God’s grace.
Please, pray for them!
The seminary community thanks all of you who have so generous- ly contributed to this pilgrimage. We will pray for you and your intentions in all the holy places. Shalom!
Fr. Mariano.
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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DID YOU KNOW
~~Come join us as we deepen our FAITH, and build communion with the RISEN CHRIST and each other. You are invited to come begin the journey to experience Christ in a new and wonderful way. The series continues on Mondays and Thursdays, @ 7:30 pm in Msgr Corley Hall.
Come find out what it is all about. ~~~~~
~~The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ,
SUNDAY, JUNE 19,
begins a three-year Eucharistic Revival in the United States of America. The mission of the Revival is “to renew the Church by enkindling a LIVING RELATIONSHIP with the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.” The vision of this Eucharistic Revival overflows with hope for a life-changing experience of the Holy Eucharist—especially of the Mass—in the lives of all Catholics.
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
There is also a priest available to hear Confession before the Mass.
Come visit
and lighten your heart. ~~~~~~
~~St. Barnabas 1st Annual Flea Market Season is every weeekend through the weekend of Nov.26- 27, 6am to 6pm Vendors are welcome. For more information contact Allyson Gayle @ 267-453-6962
We congratulate our seminarian Royer Brito on his graduation from College studies. Ad multos annos!
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The next meeting of the BVM Women’s Group will be on third Sunday of July 17th after the 11:00 am Mass. Many thanks, again for all who helped with the Pentecost Celebration. A good time was had by all. Father’s Day was also a success. If you were unable to attend, there was a good turn out of fathers at all of the masses. We had some extra bookmarks and have placed them in the back of church. I included the prayer to Saint Michael and hope to make some more copies so they will always be available. Thanks again to Moira for handling the water ice give- away for our students on their last day of school.
PRAYER
O God, Trinity of love, From the profound communion of your divine life, Pour out upon us a torrent of fraternal love. Grant us the love reflected in the actions of Jesus, In his family of Nazareth, and in the early Christian community.
Grant that we Christians may live the Gospel, Discovering Christ in each human being, Recognizing him crucified in the sufferings of the abandoned and forgotten of our world, and risen in each brother or sister who makes a new start.
Come Holy Spirit, show us your beauty in all the peoples of the earth, So that we may discover anew that all are important and all are necessary, Different faces of the one humanity that God so loves. Amen.
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Click on the button below to see the publication with pictures about BVM’s Lenten devotions~
Do this in Memory of Me.
Christ Is Truly Risen!
Give thanks to God His Mercy Endures Forever
Christ Be Our Light!
Christ Is Truly Risen!
Christ Is Truly Risen!
Christ Is Truly Risen!
Christ Is Truly Risen!
Christ Is Truly Risen!
Monsignor David suggested that we celebrate the anniversary of our Baptism as our birthday into the church, so some parishioners joined in celebrating his Baptismal Day.
