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ST. COLUMBKILL PARISH 200 INDIAN SPRING RD., BOYERTOWN, PA 19512

PHONE: 610-367-2371 ~ FAX: 610-369-0242

WWW.STCOLUMBKILL.ORG ~ WWW.ALLENTOWNDIOCESE.ORG

238 ST. COLUMBKILL WWW.STCOLUMBKILL.ORG


Parish Religious Education Director of Religious Education

Constance J. Boyer [email protected]

Coordinators of Religious Education Patricia & Joseph Petrauskas

[email protected]

Blessed Sacrament

Adoration of the Blessed Sacra-ment is held daily in the chapel.

(See times on page 4)

Reconciliation (Confession) Confessions are heard every Sat-urday from 4:00 - 4:45pm or any time by contacting the Parish Office.

Anointing of the Sick Please contact the Parish Office to make arrangements for anoint-ing and Communion for the sick and dying.

Baptism of Children

The Sacrament of Baptism is ad-ministered on the first and third Sunday of each month at 12:15p.m. Baptism Prep Classes for parents and godparents are held the 2nd of the month at 12:15 pm in the EHST Room.

Sacrament of Marriage Arrangements for the Sacrament of Marriage must be made at least six months before the wedding date. All couples must partici-pate in the Marriage Prep Pro-gram. Visits to Sick and Homebound Please contact Sister Jean Wicken-heiser, OSF at the Parish office to arrange a visit.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) RCIA prepares adolescents and adults for Baptism and full com-munion in the Catholic Church. For more information, please con-tact Margaret Chovanes at 610-248-2171.

Religious Education (PREP) Religious instruction for elemen-tary school students takes place on Weds & Thu -Sept through May. Please contact Connie Boyer for more information.

New Parishioners : New parish-ioners are most welcome, and are encouraged to register online at www.stcolumbkill.org or call the Parish Office.

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Saint Columbkill Office 200 Indian Spring Rd. * Boyertown, PA 19512

Telephone: 610-367-2371 * Fax: 610-367-0242 Open daily 8:30a.m. — 5:30p.m. Pastor: Reverend Martin F. Kern

Weekend Assistant: Reverend Kevin Bobbin Deacons:

James Kochu, [email protected] Joseph L. Paschall, [email protected]

Joseph Petrauskas: [email protected] Emeritus: Michael V. Woodall

Parish Staff Pastoral Associate: Sister Jean Wickenheiser, OSF [email protected] Director of Music: Deborah Maskrey R.C.I.A. Coordinator: Margaret Chovanes [email protected] 610-248-2171 Director of Youth Ministry: Heather Shainline, [email protected] Volunteer Coordinator: Mary Snyder, [email protected] Chief Financial Officer/Campaign Coordinator: Gayle B. Fontaine ~ [email protected] Administrative Assistants: Lisa De Simone - [email protected] Mariane Fragment - [email protected] Mary Lou Heisler, [email protected] Joann Rivera, [email protected] Director of Pre-School: Adriana Segaline, [email protected]

Parish School: Saint Francis Academy Principal - Administrator: Mr. Philip E. Repko

[email protected] 668 Pine Street, Bally, PA 19503

Telephone: 610-845-7364 * Fax: 610-845-2223

Sunday Mass Saturday evening: 5:00p.m. Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 11:00a.m.

Daily Mass Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m.

Holydays Vigil Mass the day before the Holyday. 7:00 p.m.

Masses on the Holyday of Obligation: 6:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator Wendy S. Krisak, MA, NCC, LPC

Direct Line: 800-791-9209 Safe Environment Coordinator Sister Meg Cole, SSJ, MS.LMFT

610-332-0442, ext 2019



P L A Y TO W I N ! ! !

DAILY LOTTERY ~ FEBRUARY 2019 ~ Why give

one gift when you can give 28? St. Columbkill

Daily Lottery tickets are on sale NOW! With 28

chances to win cash prizes ranging from $100 to

$500, you'll want to purchase your lucky numbers

as soon as possible. Tickets are just $20 and

make the perfect gift! Purchase your tickets in

the Parish Office as well as in the Narthex after

all Masses. GOOD LUCK!

My dear Friends,

The second reading this weekend is a very popular portion of Saint Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. We

hear this reading at most weddings. You are familiar with it. A priest friend just shared that it takes on a

very fine reflection if we replace the word love with our name. Here is what it would look like for me.

Marty is patient. Marty is kind. Marty is not jealous. Marty is not pompous. Marty is not inflated. Marty is

not rude. Marty does not seek his own interests. Marty is not quick-tempered. Marty does not brood over

injuries. Marty does not rejoice in wrongdoing but he rejoices in the truth. Marty bears all things, believes

all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Marty does not fail.

Well this is a reflection that I am going to sit with and pray. I invite you to place your name where my name

is and in the quiet of this cold, dreary winter use it for prayer and reflection.

With love and prayers,

Fr. Marty

Preschool Director Position Open:

Our Preschool program is now look-

ing for a Director/teacher for the

four year old program at the start of

the 2019-2020 school year. Educa-

tional requirements include: Associ-

ates Degree from an accredited col-

lege or university in Child Develop-

ment, Early Childhood Education or

Elementary Education; Bachelor’s

Degree preferred. Please forward your

resume to Adriana Segaline at

[email protected] or call

the church office at (610)367-2371 to

inquire.

A L e t t e r f r o m o u r P a s t o r

Cakes and Pies!

Pellman Cakes Fundraiser!

If you enjoyed the samples at the Chili Cook-off,

your guests will really enjoy Pellman Cakes at your

Easter dinner! Delicious cheese cakes, peanut

butter pies, banana cakes…there’s just so many

to choose from…and no baking needed! You can

place your order NOW in the Parish Office! Order

forms are available…just pick them up in the Par-

ish Office, fill them out and return them to the

office. Don’t miss out on this delicious opportu-

nity.

mailto:[email protected]



Monday

February 4

Tuesday

February 5

Wednesday

February 6

Thursday

February 7

Friday

February 8

Saturday

February 9

Sunday

February 10

12pm OA Meeting

5:30pm AA Meeting

1pm Canasta

4pm PREP 6pm PREP 7pm Human Concerns

9:30am Bible Study 1pm Senior Group 4pm PREP 6PM PREP

9am Rosary (Patriotic)

7:30am Mass 9:00am Mass (Hearing Impaired) 11am Mass

7 pm Rosary

7pm Men’s Prayer Meeting

7:15pm Charismatic Prayer Meeting

5pm Ignite Adoration Hour

4pm Confessions 5pm Vigil Mass-

6pm PREP 7th grade

W e e k l y P a r i s h C a l e n d a r

MON. FEB. 4: FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

9:00 AM Mary Manley by Ronald & Marie Duclas 6:30 PM St. Bridgid Mass TUES. FEB. 5: ST. AGATHA

9:00 AM Catherine Braun by St. Vincent DePaul Society WEDS. FEB. 6: ST. PAUL MIKKI & COMPANIONS

9:00 AM Janet Fritz by Bob & Judy Fontana THURS. FEB. 7: FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

9:00 AM Mariaetta Zappacosta by Paludi Family FRI. FEB. 8: ST. JEROME

9:00AM Mary Ceil Landry by Estate

SAT. FEB. 9: VIGIL, THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

5:00 PM Thomas M. LeBeau, Jr. by Fr. Martin Kern

SUN. FEB. 10: THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

7:30 AM Judith Inhof by Gene & Nikki Rinehimer 9:00 AM Makenna Massi by the Wysocki Family 11:00 AM Gaetano Buttaro by Jennifer & Jeffrey Scott

Hours of Adoration in our Holy Family Chapel

Mondays 10 :00 a.m. to Midnight Tuesdays Midnight to Midnight Wednesdays Midnight to Midnight Thursdays Midnight to Midnight Fridays Midnight to 6:00 p.m.

P r a y f o r O u r P r i e s t s

S p i r i t u a l A d o p t io n o f t h e U nb o r n Ch i ld

E x t e n d e d A d o r a t i o n

Church Memorials-Week of February 3, 2019

The Sanctuary Candle will burn In Loving Memory of Richard Fronheiser

by Keith & Brenda Fronheiser

The Flowers are offered In Loving Memory of The Deceased Members of the

Burrell & Conte Families by Jean & Family

Be Not Afraid to say “yes” to Jesus. Answer his call. Consider the priesthood.

M a s s I n t e n t i o n s

Monday February 4– Bishop Emeritus Edward Cullen Tuesday February 5—Monsignor John Martin Wednesday February 6 - Father Keith Mathur Thursday February 7 - Monsignor John McCann Friday February 8 - Father Robert McConaghy Saturday February 9 - Father Thomas McDonnell, S.J. Sunday February 10 - Father Brian Miller

Jer 1:4-5, 17-19; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17; 1 Cor 12:31

— 13:13 or Cor 13:4-13; Lk 4:21-30 R e a d i n g s f o r S u n d a y , F e b r u a r y 3 r d

Hello there, I was just conceived and I need your prayers. My

mom does not know about me yet but I want to be born to see

the world later this year. Please pray that my mother and others

with unplanned pregnancies will seek the advice of Pro-Life

counselors and friends. Please continue to pray: “Jesus, Mary

and Joseph. I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life

of the unborn child that I have spiritually adopted who is in

danger of abortion.”



Facilities Faith Lift Prayer

Thank you Father,

for every blessing comes from you.

You gifted us with time, talent and treasure.

Teach us to give time first to You.

Teach us how to pray.

You bestowed on us unique talents.

By unifying our gifts,

You connect us as one body.

Teach us how to serve. Time and talent together

create our treasures.

Teach us how to glorify You

with every breath of our lives. AMEN!

S t e w a r d s h i p

Facilities Faith Lift II

Capital Campaign

News

We wish to thank all of our parishioners for their

generous pledges thus far to the Facilities Faith Lift II campaign. We are

sincerely grateful for each and every

one.

If you have not received a campaign packet or commitment card, please

contact us at the Parish Office at 610-367-2371 and we will be glad to mail

one to your family. We will continue to accept commitment cards at any time

during the three years of our new

campaign.

If you wish to use Parish Giving and need help setting up your pledge, please

contact them directly at 1-866-307-7140 or call the office and Lisa or Gayle

will be happy to assist you!

**Please note: If you are making a FFL II Pledge payment and still have a balance on your FFL I, we will first credit your payment to your FFL I

balance. Thank you.

Our Pennies to Bricks campaign is well underway!

Our new Lego structure is “under

construction” in the Narthex! We will enjoy watching our “brick foundation”

grow as these three years go by! Please remember to bring in your coins to the

next monthly Children’s Mass February 10th at 11am to receive your

brick and add to our structure.

Please remember to pray for your spiritually adopted families. In this way

we may join together, pray for one

another and ask for God’s blessing on each other.

We’d like to invite those who have fulfilled their Facilities Faith Lift I and/or II to be part of our Tree of Life in the Narthex. Depend-

ing on the level of pledge ful-filled, there are leaves, acorns, doves and stones. Please call Gayle Fontaine, chairperson at 610-367-2371 to memorialize your deceased loved ones or to honor your loved ones who are living.

2018 DONATION REPORT FOR TAX STATEMENTS If you would like to receive your family’s 2018 contribution statement, please write “Send tax

Statement” on your contribution envelope and place it in the collection basket as usual. You only need to do this one time on ONE contribution envelope. After receiving your request via envelope, we will send your statement.

If you made a pledge to Facilities Faith Lift II Capital Campaign, your statement will be sent with your regular

contribution statement.

WEEKLY COLLECTION

Fiscal Year July 2018 to June 2019

Weekend of January 26-27 2019

Weekly Offering Necessary to meet Budget $12,900.00

Actual Weekly Offering* $11,868.00

Net Weekly Shortage -$1,032.00

YTD Budgeted Offering $399,900.00

YTD Actual Offering Income $411,356.00

YTD Overage $11,456.00

* Includes Online Sunday Collections of $2,531.00



Y O U T H G R O U P ( 7 T H - 1 2 T H G R A D E S ) - H E A T H E R S H A I N L I N E

P R E - S C H O O L - A D R I A N A S E G A L I N E p r e s c h o o l @ s t c o l u m b k i l l . o r g

Pre-School Registration is now open for the

2018-2019 school year. This school year marks the 35th year that St. Columbkill Preschool has offered quality education to children in Boyer-town, PA and surrounding area. Our program provides learning experiences that are age and developmentally appropri-ate. There are approximately 50 children enrolled in the 3 and 4-year-old classes, which run from Labor Day week until

the end of May.

The preschool curriculum en-compasses the social, emo-tional, physical and spiritual development of each child, while following the Pennsyl-vania Early Learning Stan-dards. Our program also in-cludes monthly physical educa-tion classes led by YMCA in-structors. Visit our Preschool web page for more Information at: http://stcolumbkill.org/preschool.

You can also register your child (children) online and pay your $35 per child, non-refundable registration fee. For more information contact our Director, Adriana Segaline at: [email protected] or call the parish office and leave her a message.

Sunday, February 24th: Ignite Mass • 6:30 pm

February 3rd- 8-10am AND 10am-1pm: We will need

ALL hands on deck to help MAKE our hoagie orders

from 8-10am and then SELL them from 10-1pm. We will

be in the downstairs halls. Tie your hair back, wash

your hands and get ready to make an assembly line of hoagie

making glory!

Monday, February 4th: Monthly Adoration • 6:00 - 7:30pm

The Chapel - Adoration, small groups & snacks.

February 9th - February 10th: Valentine’s Day Bake Sale •

After all Masses The Narthex - Sign-up to bake and/or sell

after any mass. Sign-up genius to come.

Sunday, February 10th: Monthly Meeting • 12:15 - 2:15pm

Downstairs Hall - Lunch will be provided.

Friday, February 15th: Bear Creek Trip

Ski/snowboard rental, helmet & lift cost is $67/person. Lift

tickets only are $27/person. Tubing is from 7-9pm tickets are

$24/person. There are only 25 tickets available for tubing &

the deadline is non-negotiable. Sign-ups close on January 31st

- this is non-negotiable. If you need a ride, it is a first come

first serve basis so let Heather know if you need a ride right

away! https://www.signupgenius.com/

go/4090B45AAAA2DA0F85-bear

Sunday, February 24th: Ignite Mass • 6:30 pm

Mission Trip 2019: Our Mission Trip to Virginia

Beach, VA from June 16th-June 22nd, 2019 IS FULL! If

you wish to be placed on our waiting list, please con-

tact Heather. Want to sponsor a student? Please let

Heather know. We have a few teens who could use

your help!

Steubenville 2019: Signups are NOW OPEN! Please send your

$50.00 deposits in or pay online.This trip is open to students

going into 9th grade and 2019 graduates. The dates for this

year’s trip are July 12th-July 14th, 2019 (sorry for the mistake

in dates before!). Mark it down in your calendars! Any ques-

tions, please let Heather know.

Sponsors: If you would like to sponsor a student on one of

our summer trips, please contact Heather and she can help

you out! There are many teens looking for assistance going

on these trips.

Clearances: If you are a chaperone or a teen that will be 18

on or before the summer trips, you must have your clear-

ances. Please start them NOW. If they are not completed, you

will not be able to attend the trips. Contact Heather or Lisa in

the office to get your paperwork started.

Youth Group is looking for Service

If you or someone you know needs helps with ANYTHING

(babysitting, small projects around the house, cleaning up,

grocery shopping, etc.), please contact Heather Shainline.

There are many teens looking to assist others and looking for

service hours.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B45AAAA2DA0F85-bear

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B45AAAA2DA0F85-bear



S a i n t F r a n c i s A c a d e m y

Dear Parishioners, Thank you for supporting our parish school, both spiri-tually and financially. Through your support, you play a vital role in Catholic education. It was good to see so many of you at our Open House to celebrate Catholic Schools Week. Sincerely, The Students, Faculty and Staff of SFA Designer Bag Bingo Sunday, March 3 in the school cafeteria. Cost $25. Doors open at 11:30 and bingo starts at 1pm. Tickets can be purchase through school.

Kindergarten – Why St. Francis Academy? Enroll now. Your child’s first years of school are crucial to forming a posi-tive attitude towards learning. At St. Francis, the full day pro-gram takes place in a loving and nurturing environment. There is no greater gift to give your child than a strong foundation of daily prayer and morals. Our teacher, Mrs. Jackie Youse, is degreed and certified. Mrs. Kathleen DiPietro is the full time classroom aide. Did you know your parish school has the highest standardized test scores in the Diocese? What about tuition? There are numerous grants available to offset the cost. Visiting our website (www.sfabally.org) is fine to gather information but there is nothing better than visiting our school for a personal tour. You can see for yourself the care and “family” atmosphere of each classroom and activity. Open House is January 27 11:00-1:30 or call 610-845-7364 for a tour. Plastic Cash Sales through school are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Giant A+ program Every time you use your Giant card, a percent of your purchase can be going to benefit our parish school. To register your card go to giantfoodstores.com Create an account here and register your card number under the savings and rewards tab. Search for St. Francis Academy, Bally. Amazon Shoppers Your purchase can benefit our parish school. Your first visit to smile.amazon.com will prompt you to choose a charitable organization. Search the dropdown for St. Francis Academy, Bally. 5% of your purchases will be do-nated to St. Francis Academy. Keep saving those Box Tops and Redner’s tapes. When sending in the Redners cash register tapes, please send in the entire tape. Redners will not accept tapes with any portion cut off. Thank you. The proceeds help with Home & School projects.

H u m a n C o n c e r n s M i n i s t r y

“Souper Bowl Sunday”: Our parish will be celebrat-ing the Super Bowl by sponsoring a collection of non-perishable high-need items for the Boyertown Area Multi-Service pantry the weekends of January 26 & 27 and February 2 & 3. You can vote for your favorite team by depositing your items in the bin that represents your choice for Super Bowl Champs! For those undecided – there will also be a “neutral” bin. Current high-need items include: pancake mix and syrup, 64 oz. apple juice, laundry detergent, paper towels, toilet paper, jello and pud-ding mix (not sugar free). Please keep in mind that we are unable to accept expired items or home canned items. Thank you in ad-vance for your support of this impor-tant drive.

Reaching out to our parishioners through

“A Special Connection”.

Members of the Human Concerns Commit-

tee are waiting to make “A Special Connec-

tion” with parishioners who are homebound

or would just welcome a friendly phone call

or a written card or note on a regular basis.

If you would like to take advantage of this

ministry please call the parish office and

leave your name and phone number and

someone will contact you. Please feel free

to share this information with anyone you

know who could benefit from the ministry. If

you would like to become part of this minis-

try, please contact Ginny Sherry at 484-802-

3916. Thank you.

St. Francis Academy 275th Anniver-

sary book is available. The cost is

$28, postage paid. Contact Mike

Kraynyak at 610-505-1014

or [email protected] to order.




M i n i s t r i e s & N e i g h b o r h o o d

LAY MINISTERS: We are still in need of volunteers to

greet parishioners on several weekend Masses. Please contact

Li sa DeSimo ne a t 610 -367-2371 or emai l :

[email protected] to assist in this ministry of welcome.

P a r i s h N e w s a n d I n f o r m a t i o n

OUR SENIOR GROUP

NEXT SENIOR GROUP MONTHLY MEET-

ING : February 14, 2019 ~ 1PM

For more information about trips or to sign

up contact Peg Bryan at 610 754-7516 or email at

[email protected]

Call Don Gilbert for info on joining! 610-369-5950

THE KNIGHT’S CORNER

St. Valentine’s Dance Ready to get down and boogie? Satur-day, February 16th we will be having a Valentine’s Day dance at 6:00 PM after the 5:00 Mass. Great food and bever-ages, DJ, Fellowship. Tickets on sale after Mass. Also, there will be a Marriage Vow renewal at the 5:00 Mass.

Baby Bottles for Life Bottles still available. We will collect filled bottles before/after any weekend Mass through February 17th. Thanks to all that have been supporting Life by participating in our drive. Great job to all in our Parish that participated in the March for Life! January Service Day On January 19th we had two different groups of Knights (and their wives) from our Council support-ing service projects. One group participated in a Habitat for Humanity project while the other sup-ported a soup kitchen in Allentown. Charity is the first principle of our order. It is a great feeling to do good things with your brother Knights and family.

If you'd like to learn more about the Knights of Co-

lumbus please visit our website at: http://kofc16544.org

(Poor box located in the Narthex ~ helping those

in need in our local community)

Find out more about us:

http://www.svdpusa.org/Assistance-Services

Notary Public Lisa De Simone of our office staff is a certi-

fied notary public. She is authorized to perform the legal

formalities of a notary, especially to draw up or

certify contracts, deeds, and other documents for

use in other jurisdictions. To contact Lisa you can

call her at the Parish Office: 610-367-2371 N O T A R Y

We are excited to share that we have started a Chil-

dren’s Rosary prayer group at our par-

ish. This prayer group allows participation

of children of all ages, although the target

ages are from 4-14. Younger children and

siblings are encouraged to come as well.

This is a unique opportunity for the chil-

dren of our parish to come together to pray. Adults are

welcome and encouraged to come to the Children’s Ro-

sary. They are the special “guardian angels” of this

movement. Meetings will be held the first Saturday of

each month in the Chapel at 10:00 AM. No prior

knowledge of the Rosary is needed and rosaries and

prayer books will be provided. Hope you can join us. If

you have questions please contact Megan at (610) 310-

5661 or

[email protected].

The Pregnancy Loss Support Group: is open to all women

who have lost a child during pregnancy. For information on

meetings, please contact Melissa Haines at 267-481-5332

or [email protected] ~ Saint Theresa of Calcutta

CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING

Come strengthen your faith on Wed. evenings 7:15 PM. We are

open to the gifts of the Holy Spirit, scripture, music, joyfully

praising the Lord. Scripture based teachings are given each

week to help us live our Catholic faith. Let us intercede for your

needs. For more info call Sue T. 610-367-4711 or email Don @

[email protected].


http://kofc16544.org/

http://kofc16544.org/





Seaman Recruit Steve Hoffa SPC Jeremy Larson Jonathan Taylor Staff Sgt. Robert Preston 1st Lieutenant Dana DeMartino USN Petty Officer Joseph Scarberry, Jr. Lance Corporal David Vogler Sergeant Brian Weber Sergeant Jason Emerich Sergeant David O’Brien CDR Brian Blair Sergeant Steve Lafond USN Petty Officer Jennifer McBride Lt. Steve Rohe Sergeant Jesse Miele USN Petty Officer Stephanie McBride SPC Kyle Laskoskie 1st Lieutenant Eric Antonucci Lt. Andrew Moyer, USN Airman Josh Bartman Airman Morghan Poitras Staff Sergeant Joshua Taylor

USMC USN MA Second Class Petty Officer (SW) Matthew R. Goldschmidt Senior Airman Corey Kelch Captain Zachary Bregovi Lance Corporal Andrew J. Carpenter PV2 Somer Leanne Guhl - 1st Calvary Division PV2 Ray Fazio SFC Ommannan Gonzalez LTJG Daniel Patti, USN CPT Joseph Patti, USA PV2 Cole Keenan SPC Ryan Peck Staff Sgt Anthony DeVito

D o n o t n e g l e c t h o s p i t a l i t y , f o r t h r o u g h i t s o m e h a v e u n k n o w i n g l y e n t e r t a i n e d

a n g e l s . Heb 13:2

Please Pray for the following Intentions: For Our Family Members in the Military

Lord, hold our troops in Your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their fami-lies for the selfless acts that they perform for us in

our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord & Savior. Amen.

St. Francis Academy

7th & Pine Street, Bally, PA 19503 THIRD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH

NEW PROGRAM

Come support SFA & MBS by playing bingo! PROGRESSIVE MONEY BALL

(Guarantee of $50.00 per month increase)

**Money ball jackpot is $275.00** Doors open at 11:00am

Bonanza starts promptly at 12:30pm

Complete your Holiday Shopping with a SFA Bingo Gift Certificate!

Good food and Great fun for all!

For info call: Janice Szilli 610-987-8851

Nettie Snyder 484-925-6315

3rd Annual Nite At The Races-- Saturday, May 4th from 6 to

10PM: Join us for a night of great food, fun and music! Enjoy

a delicious buffet dinner, beer and wine while watching the

Kentucky Derby from 6 to 7PM. Then take part in the excite-

ment of 10 thoroughbred horse races via video broadcast and

place your bets on your pick for the winner! You could even

purchase a horse...if your horse wins, you win! Food, adult and

soft beverages will be provided throughout the night along with

music. Come and enjoy the fun! This is a 21-years of age and

older event.

Attic Treasures--Thursday, May 17th to Sunday, May 19th,

Quinn Hall: Come and explore the many treasures for sale at

this event. Who knows…you may find that one-of-a-kind item

you have always been looking for! There will also be some

tasty foods for sale as well as a plant sale. If YOU have some-

thing you feel is gently used or even new and you want to do-

nate, a list of acceptable items will be available in a few weeks

before the event. Mark your calendars!

3rd Annual St. Columbkill Golf Outing--Saturday, June 8th,

Twin Ponds Golf Course: This exciting day starts off with a

kick-off lunch including beer and soft beverages followed by a

1PM tee-off, 4-man scramble format along with skills contests.

Your day of golf will culminate with an Awards Dinner that

will include a sizzling steak dinner and prizes. Grab three

friends and sign up your team. Don’t have a team? That’s

okay…we can pair you up. Information and sign-ups will be

coming SOON!

On behalf of the Parish of Saint Columbkill, the Fundraising

Committee THANKS YOU for supporting all our Parish events

and making them successful!

April 28 - MSC Fest: Oktoberfest in April – Reading Crowne

Plaza, 2:00-6:00 pm. Hosted by and for the Missionary Sisters

of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Live Music and Dancing with the Josef Kroboth Band! Enjoy

an authentic German meal and the announcements of our

$10,000 raffle prize winner and our Mission Partner Awardees,

The Swann Family. Reservations $65 pp

(under

18 $30) - To reserve your seats or support

our cause, visit www.mscreading.org ;

call 610-929-2802;

or email [email protected] .

U P C O M I N G F U N D R A I S E R S



SPIRITUAL DIRECTION ~ A JOURNEY: We are all on a journey and life is about going on the journey, not the get-ting there. It is in the seeking, questioning, and dreaming in our inner knowledge that we will find the Devine and find what is holy. This is how we will discover a way. a truth, and a light. A proven way to continue this jour-ney is through spiritual direction. If interested in exploring this process please call Kevin Martin, O.F.S, M.S. at: 610-310- 7077 or Peg Choinski at 610-850-1869 or email Peg at [email protected]. All inquiries are confi-dential.

BISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL: Many thanks to those who have made a pledge to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal. Mak-

ing a six-month pledge to the Appeal allows you to maximize the amount that you may give by making monthly payments. For example, a $120 gift to the Appeal may be setup with six $20 installments. Remember, every gift counts, no matter how small. Your generosity funds the annual budget for 6 important Diocesan ministries in our area. You can make your gift online at FaithHopeCharityGives.org.

FLOCKNOTE: If you would like to be notified by TEXT or EMAIL of important parish news, holy day reminders, im-portant messages from our pastor, and special events being held at St. Columbkill this is for you. Join as many groups as you are involved with! Go to our website on the Home Page to register: www.stcolumbkill.org. You may also stop receiving news at any time by signing in to your profile notifications and choosing ‘leave group’.

RCIA or the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults It is not too late to join RCIA - the Rite of Chris-

tian Initiation of Adults and get your questions answered about the Catholic faith. We will con-

tinue to meet on Thursday evenings at 7PM in the parish office .For more information, contact

Margaret Chovanes at [email protected] or 610-248-2171.

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We are a Catholic community drawing people to follow Jesus and

His message of love.


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