Parish School Open House: Sunday (1/27), 12:30 PM, education center
K of C Free Throw Competition: Sunday (1/27), 5:15 PM, gym
Ministerium Prayer Service for Christian Unity: Sunday (1/27), 7:00 PM, Exton UMC
RCIA & Inquiry: Mondays, 7:00 PM, St. John the Baptist
Catholics Coming Home: Mondays (through 2/11), 7:00 PM, Holy Family Room
Walking With Purpose I: Mondays, 7:00 PM, social hall
SEAM Board Meeting: Monday (1/28), 7:00 PM, St. Matthew
High School Youth Group: Tuesdays, 7:00 PM, CLC
Pastoral Council: Tuesday (1/29), 7:00 PM, St. Luke
Walking with Purpose II: Wednesdays, 9:30 AM, St. Matthew
Legion of Mary: Wednesdays, 6:00 PM, holy hour, chapel; 7:00 PM, Holy Family Room
Parish Technology Advisory Committee: Wednesday (1/30), 7:00 PM, St. Luke
Pastoral Plan Implementation Committee: Thursday(1/31), 7:00 PM, St. Luke
Women at the Well: Thursdays, 7:00 PM, & Fridays, 9:00 AM, St. Mark
Queen of Peace Marian Prayer Group: Fridays, 1:00 PM, chapel
Catholic Schools Week- Closing Mass: Friday (2/1), 11:15 AM, church
First Penance/Reconciliation: Saturday (2/2), 11:00 AM, church
EFF Adoration Services: Monday (2/4) & Tuesday (2/5), 4:45 & 6:30 PM; Wednesday (2/6), 4:45 PM, chapel
Called & Gifted: Mondays (2/4, 2/28, 3/4, 3/18), 7:00 PM, St. Matthew
Social Fellowship Committee: Monday (2/4), 7:00 PM, St. Mark
Joseph’s People: Monday (2/4), 7:00 PM, St. Luke
Adult Bible Study: Tuesdays, 9:30 AM and 7:00 PM, St. Mark
Finance Council: Tuesday (2/5), 7:00 PM, St. Luke
Knights of Columbus Council Meeting: Tuesday (2/5), 7:30 PM, St. Matthew
Middle School & 8th Grade Youth Groups: Wednesday (2/6), 5:30 PM, St. John the Baptist
Cub Scout Den Meetings: Wednesday (2/6), 6:30 PM, social hall
Elizabeth Ministry Play Date: Friday (2/8), 9:30 AM, St. Matthew
Pre-Jordan II: Saturday (2/9), 10:30 AM, St. Matthew
Family Life Ministry- Blessing of Married Couples: Sunday (2/10), 9:30 AM Mass, church
Liturgical Floral Arrangements Workshop: Tuesday (2/12), 7:00 PM, social hall
Pastoral Outreach Committee: Tuesday (2/12), 7:00 PM, St. Mark
OTHER ACTIVITIES OF INTEREST
Help Wanted: Bishop Shanahan High School has an opening for an Administrative Assistant in the Student Services Office. It is a 10-month position with benefits; hours Monday-Friday, 7:30 AM-3:30 PM. Computer knowledge helpful. For further information and salary expectations email Mrs. Marie Weyback (
Help Wanted: Camilla Hall Nursing Home has the following job opportunities: RN/LPN, full-time and part-time, 3:00 PM-11:30 PM and 11:00 PM-7:30 AM; Pharmacy Technician, full-time, Monday-Friday, 7:30 AM-4:00 PM, experience required; CNA/NA, full-time and part-time, 3:00 PM-11:30 PM; Food Service Workers, full-time and part-time, great opportunity for high school and college students. Complete online application www.camillahall.org or call 484-321-5630 for more information.
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary invites you to the sixth annual John Cardinal Foley Lecture on The Church and Social Communications. This year’s lecture is on Monday, January 28 at 7:00 PM, and will be given by Kim Daniels, Associate Director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University. The event is Free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.scs.edu/cardinal-foley-lecture.
Vigil for Life: Pray as a volunteer Helper of God’s Precious Infants in a Vigil for Life on Saturday, February 2, 2019, 8:00 AM Mass at St Agnes Church, followed by a Rosary Pilgrimage to Planned Parenthood in West Chester.
St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Media: Join us on Saturday, February 2, 8:30 AM-2:30 PM for Flame of Love Feast Day/Retreat. Holy Mass at 8:30 AM followed by First Saturday Devotions and teachings. Bring your own lunch and bring a friend, too. For more information visit www.flameoflove.us or call 610-622-4257.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter: Give the gift of love! Refresh your marriage relationship on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. Getting ready for the new year means lots of time spent on everything but your relationship. For early 2019, why not give yourselves some time together? The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are at Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, on February 8-10 and April 12-14, 2019. For more information visit our website at https://www.
wwme-philly.org/ or contact Al & Mary Liz at
Retrouvaille: Is your marriage hurting? Do you feel helpless? Hopeless? Retrouvaille (retro-VIE) can help and offers hope for a better relationship. Retrouvaille can help heal your marriage. The next weekend begins on the weekend of February 8-10 at the Family Life Center in Malvern. Additional weekends will be held in April and August. For more information, or to register for one of our weekends, visit www.HelpOurMarriage.org or call 1-800-470-2230. All inquiries are kept strictly confidential.
Malvern Retreat House: Join us for our 8th Annual Art Show at the McShain-Horstmann Family Life Center on the Retreat House Campus. The show runs from Wednesday, January 30 through Sunday, February 3, daily 10:00 AM-7:00 PM. Join us and meet the Artists at our Complimentary Wine and Cheese Reception on Thursday, January 31, 5:00-8:00 PM. Free Admission all days. No PA sales tax and 35% of all artwork sales are tax deductible and benefit Malvern Retreat House programs. Visit malvernretreat.com or call 484-321-2562 for more information.
Daylesford Abbey: Abbott Domenic is offering a healing Mass every first Thursday at 11:00 AM with anointing of the sick from any kind of mental, physical, emotional need (not just from the Church abuses). Our next Mass for Health & Healing will be held on February 7. Please RSVP by Tuesday noon (
Malvern Retreat House: Please join us for the following events - Twilight Valentine Evening of Reflection on Sunday, February 10, 5:00-9:00 PM. Includes Mass celebrated by Fr. James McGuinn and Renewal of Wedding Vows, a five-star dinner and inspirational talk by international evangelist and author, Damon Owens and his wife, Melaine. This dynamic duo is sure to ignite your marriage! $100 per couple. Ash Wednesday Lenten Day of Reflection on Wednesday, March 6, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM, directed by Fr. James McGuinn. This is the perfect day for you to begin Lent with the distribution of ashes, a sit-down lunch with Mass and Confessions. $40 per person. For more information or to register for either event, visit www.malvernretreat.com or call 610-644-0400.
Shanahan High School: All middle school students are invited to an Ignite retreat! Experience faith, friends and fun! All are welcome. Ignite retreats will be held on February 9 and April 27, 2019. For more information and/or to register for one of these retreats visit shanahan.org/ignite or email
Saint Monica, Berwyn: Pilgrimage to Germany and Austria from September 8-19, 2019. Fr. Zlock will be presenting details of this trip twice on Saturday, February 9 - 12:00 noon and again at 6:15 PM (immediately after the 5:00 PM Mass). For questions, directions or to receive a brochure, call the rectory at 610-644-0110 or contact
St. Peter Parish Respect Life Committee: Sponsoring a retreat for high school girls entitled “Wonderfully Made: A Theology of the Body Retreat for High School Girls”, Saturday, February 9, 9:00 AM through Sunday, February 10, 11:30 AM, at St. Mary of Providence Center, Elverson. Cost is $50 per person with scholarships available. For more information, text Eileen Christian at 610-716-1849 or email her at
com/e/wonderfully-made-a-theology-of-the-body-retreat-for-high-school-girls-tickets-53964057950.
Saint Agnes, West Chester: Join us on Wednesday, February 13, 6:30 PM in the school cafeteria for “As I Have Loved You” - A Night of Marriage Enrichment. Open to all married and engaged couples. The evening consists of Marriage Enrichment featuring Deacon Mike Kubiak, Marriage Enrichment expert for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office of Life and Family; Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (chapel); and pizza party and fun, back in the cafeteria. For more information contact Matt Robinson (
marriage-enrichment.
St. James Alumni Association, Eddystone, PA: The Alumni Association is again sponsoring high school scholarships for 2019-2020 school year. The scholarship applications are now available by request by calling 610-876-2006 or emailing
The Saint Elizabeth Family Life Ministry invites
all married couples, young and old
to the 9:30 AM Mass on Sunday, February 10,
to receive a special blessing.
After Mass all are invited to the social hall
to celebrate married life.
Light refreshments will be served.
For information please call 610-646-6550
“May God the eternal Father keep you of one heart in love for one another, that the peace of Christ may dwell in you and abide always in your home”. (Order of Celebrating Matrimony, #77)
Elizabeth Ministry
Happy Valentine’s Day Playdate
Friday, February 8, 2019
9:30 – 11:00 AM
Saint Mark & Saint Luke Conference Rooms
Mullin Ministry Center
Join other parents (and grandparents) with infants and preschoolers for a fun morning! Meet at 9:30 AM for fellowship, snacks, crafts and a story.
Please RSVP to Aimee Cyran at
Walk-ins always welcome too!
**The Elizabeth Ministry supports the women of Saint Elizabeth Parish and their families during the joys, challenges and sorrows of their childbearing years and beyond. Elizabeth Ministry’s mission is to cherish children, encourage families and build community. We offer one to one support, prayer, playdates, encouragement and access to parish and community events.**