YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!
Seeking 100+ more volunteers
FOR THE SAINT ELIZABETH
STEWARDSHIP DAY OF SERVICE
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2018
-Parishioners of all ages are welcome to participate.
(youth under 18 must be accompanied by their parent)
-Start the day with 8:30AM Mass and a light breakfast, then work from 10AM-1PM* at a local community site.
Get ready to roll up your sleeves and work at places like Lord’s Pantry, Home of the Sparrow,
Downingtown Senior Center, St. Mary’s Franciscan Shelter, and many more. Most work includes spring clean-up and prep activities (both inside and outside projects).
*Registration will include an option to request an extended service day, until 3pm at some sites.
ONLINE REGISTRATION will remain open until April 3
at www.stelizabethparish.org
Follow the SDOS links for information.
Or call in registration up until Friday, April 6,
at 610-646-6550.
Saint Elizabeth Roman Catholic Church
Upper Uwchlan Township, PA
PO Box 695 • Uwchlan, PA 19480-0695 • Tel: 610-321-1200
Easter, 2018
Dear Parishioners of Saint Elizabeth:
Greetings for Easter from all our parish staff! I am writing to you today to announce a change in the standard grade level for the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and how that change will be implemented here at Saint Elizabeth Church.
On the occasion of the publication of the revised English translation of the Order of Confirmation (2016), Archbishop Chaput introduced a proposal for a reconsideration of the standard grade level in the Archdiocese. After consultation with his administrative staff, the Council of Priests and with the staffs of the Office for Catholic Education and the Office for Catechetical Formation over the past eighteen months, the Archbishop has approved the recommendation that the standard grade level for the reception of Confirmation be changed from the current norm (grades 4-5-6) to grades 7-8. This change is effective across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia beginning in the fall of 2018.
While some parishes had already received permission to celebrate Confirmation in the seventh or eighth grade, most parishes in our area have been accustomed to celebrating Confirmation in the sixth grade, as we have been doing at Saint Elizabeth. After discussion with our parish staff and consideration of the viewpoints of the pastors and catechetical staffs of the parishes in our area, I have decided to establish grade seven as the ordinary grade level for the reception of Confirmation here at Saint Elizabeth. As a result, there will be no Confirmation ceremonies here next spring (2019) and the current fifth graders who complete the appropriate sacramental preparation will be eligible to receive Confirmation as seventh graders in the spring of 2020.
In the coming months, our parish staff will be reviewing a wide range of catechetical materials for the Sacrament of Confirmation. On that basis, we will be designing a new formation program for all our young parishioners in seventh grade during the 2019-2020 school year, including those enrolled in the parish school, in the elementary faith formation program and in local private Catholic schools. Information about the newly-designed program will be communicated to all parish families with children who may be eligible to receive Confirmation in the spring of 2020.
I invite you to share this information with other parish families whose children will be affected by the change in the grade level for Confirmation in the coming years. In the meantime, I pray with you and for you, that the Risen Lord may bring many blessings upon each of you and upon all your loved ones throughout the Easter Season!
Sincerely yours,
(Reverend) Thomas M. Mullin, Pastor