OTHER ACTIVITIES OF INTEREST
Educator Career Fair: The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is holding an Educator Career Fair on Thursdays, June 27 and July 17, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM at Archbishop Carroll High School, 211 Matson Ford Road, Radnor, PA. Applicants for Business, English, Fine Arts, Health P/E, Mathematics; Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Theology, World Language and Elementary positions are invited. Please visit www.AOPcatholicschools.org to review information about our schools and Office of Catholic Education and Teacher Application with Academic Criteria for Competencies. Applicants are expected to bring a completed application, updated resume and transcripts. For questions or concerns, please contact Barbara Guiliano (
Do you need a Babysitter or Pet Sitter?: High school grad and parishioner is available for babysitting and pet sitting during the summer months. For more information, call or text 484-345-1495.
Help Wanted: Camilla Hall Nursing Home has the following positions available: Nursing Assistants FT/PT-All shifts (current Nursing Students are welcome to apply for summer positions); Food Service Workers FT/PT-hours vary (great opportunity for high school and college students). Complete online application at www.camillahall.org or call 484-321-5630.
Honor Flight Philadelphia: Welcome Home our Vietnam Veterans! Join us on Sunday, June 2, 6:15 PM at The Porch at The Lamb Tavern, 865 W. Springfield Road, Springfield, PA, as we welcome home over 250 Vietnam Veterans from their “Tour of Honor” in Washington, DC. For more information contact Jo Dean (610-627-1494 or
St. Basil the Great, Kimberton: Join us on Sunday, June 2, at Kimberton Fire House Covered Bridge Room, for Designer Bag Bingo. Lunch is served. Doors open at 11:30 AM and Games begin at 1:00 PM. Beautiful designer handbags! Door prizes, raffles, jackpot and specials! Seating is limited, call early for tickets! Contact Sharon Gubanich (610-724-4904). All entrants must have a ticket! No one under 16 years of age admitted!
Flame of Love Apostolate: Join us on Saturday, June 15, at Annunciation BVM, Havertown, 8:30 AM-2:00 PM, for “When the Saints Go Marching In”. These Twelve Short Talks will get you Marching! Program begins with Mass at 8:30 AM, followed by coffee and tea and 8 short talks. Lunch will be at 12:00 noon (bring your own please), followed by 4 more short talks and ending at 2:00 PM-Receiving the Flame. Program is free of charge. Register by calling 610-622-4257 or visit www.flameoflove.us for more information.
Marple Township Police Association: Join us on Saturday, June 15, at Cardinal O’Hara High School, for our Annual Horseshoe and Cornhole Tournament. Registration begins at 8:00 AM and tournament begins at 9:00 AM. There is a $60 registration fee per team. $500 prize to each winning team (finals-Best of three). All are welcome! Picnic atmosphere-bring your own food, drinks, games, etc. $5 donation and 2 cans canned goods per family (both go to the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry-Prospect Hill Baptist Church) is requested. For more information, contact Kevin McCaffrey (610-639-4199 or
Saints Philip & James, Exton: We will be having a Grief Sharing Program on Mondays June 17 and July 15 and Tuesday, August 20 from 7:00-8:30 PM in the Rectory Meeting Room. Come to talk, share fellowship or just listen in these summer evening sessions dedicated to helping to heal the wounds of grief through discussion. Come on one or as many as you like and feel free to bring anyone with you. Light refreshments will be served. For more information and/or to register contact Theresa Ferrari (
St. Eleanor Church, Collegeville: Join us for a Mass in support of those suffering from addiction, on Saturday, June 29 at 12:00 PM. All are invited! Addiction has touched far too many families and taken away far too many of our loved ones. Join us that we may draw strength from one another in the power of our faith. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13.
Living Bridges: We will be hosting our 27th Annual Camp Guadalupe at St. Francis of Assisi, Springfield, June 24-28 and at Malvern Retreat House, July 15-19. All children ages 4-12 are invited to join this week-long celebration of Catholic Faith, art music and rich cultural traditions. The theme for this year is “I Believe!” Please register on line at www.livingbridges.org and pay with Paypal. Early registration by June 1 to ensure your spot in camp. Questions: Contact Living Bridges (610-525-4770 or
Malvern Retreat House: Please check our website (malvernretreat.com) for many upcoming events including: a retreat for men and women, June 7-9, conducted by the “Dynamic Deacon”, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers. The theme is “Encountering the Joy of the Lord”; FLOURISH, a retreat for women, June 7-9, presented by Sarah Christmyer and Heather Makowicz on the theme “I Have Chosen You to go and Bear Fruit”; Dr. Mary Healy Healing Retreat for Men and Women, June 21-23. The theme of this powerful retreat is “Healing: Bringing the Gift of God’s Mercy to the World”; Fr. Larry Richards & Jesse Romero will be directing a retreat, June 28-30. The theme is “The Life Changing Power of Doing God’s Will” and “Letting Jesus Set You Free”. A dynamic, two for one retreat.
Reading Fightin Phils: Join us for one of our 2019 “Celebrate Your Faith Nights” at First Energy Stadium. After each game your group will have the unique opportunity to hear from Fightin Phils players as they discuss how their faith has impacted their life. “Celebrate Your Faith Nights” will be held on Thursday, June 13, Sunday, July 21 and Sunday, August 4. The ballpark has three distinctive buffet areas that provide a two-and-a-half hour all you can eat buffet and group seating. For more information and to book your outing please call 610-406-4573.
West Catholic H.S. Alumni Association: Join us for our 32nd Annual West Catholic Burrs at the Beach on Saturday, June 23, 1:00-7:00 PM, at The Inlet on Olde (formerly Westy’s Irish Pub). Featuring free buffet, reduced drink prices, 50/50 with cash prizes and a DJ for your listening and dancing pleasure (No Live Music). Tickets $20 in advance, $25 day of affair. For more information and/or tickets contact: Tom Dorian (484-431-0781,
Young Adult Emmaus Retreat: All young adults (18-35 single or married) are invited to this retreat from Friday, June 28, 6:30 PM (dinner) through Saturday, June 29 (lunch), 12:00 Noon, at Malvern Retreat House. Theme: Jesus Began to Walk with Them (Luke 24:15). Cost is $100 which includes everything. Register on line at malvernretreat.com/register or by phone at 610-644-0400. For more information call 610-622-4257.
Flame of Love Summer First Saturday's: Join us on Saturdays July 8 and August 3 with choice of two locations: St Mary Magdalen, Media, 8:30 AM Mass, Rosary/Devotions and confessions and will conclude by 10:00 AM; St. Charles Borromeo, Drexel Hill, begins with 8:30 AM Mass and will conclude at 12:00 noon. At St. Charles there will be a teaching and refreshments. Both are free of charge. Everyone is invited to join in this powerful devotion. For more information, contact Annie Myers (610-322-1940).
Worldwide Marriage Encounter: Married Couples-This summer take time out for you! Refresh your marriage relationship on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. Summer means lots of time spent on everything but your relationship. For 2019, why not give yourselves some time together? Make a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend! The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are: July 19-21 at the Doubletree, Plymouth Meeting and October 18-20 and November 22-24 at Our Lady of Czetochowa, Doylestown. For more information visit our website at: https://www.wwme-philly.org/ or contact Al & Mary Liz at
Pilgrimage with Fr. John Stokely: Please consider joining Fr. John from July 10-21, 2020 for a pilgrimage to Oberammergau, Germany for the Passion Play which takes place only once every ten years. The pilgrimage begins in Budapest with a Danube River Cruise, which will visit several historically significant religious sites in Bratislava, Vienna, Salzburg, Regensburg and Munich to name a few! For more information, please call Fr. John at the parish office at 610-321-1200 or email
Archdiocesan Vocation Office: Calling High School Men-Spend the summer with the Vocation Office! Consider one or all three of these unique and energizing camps full of prayer, friendship, recreation and so much more. Quo Vadis Days, June 24-27, Annual 4-day camp for 9th through 12th graders, held at Black Rock Retreat Center, Quarryville, PA; Philadelphia Catholic Scholars, July 8-18, a 10-day college accredited residential integrated intellectual and spiritual journey for juniors and seniors held at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary; Going Deeper, July 28-August 1, a 4-day camp for juniors and seniors to encounter Jesus through serving others, held at the Spiritual Year House, Conshohocken. For more information and/or to register for these programs call 610-667-5778 or visit heedthecall.org/summer.
Marianist Family Retreat Center, Cape May Point, NJ: The Retreat Center will have Summer Week-long Catholic Family Retreats, which will start each Monday beginning June 29 through the end of August. There will be a Special Single-Parent Family Week on July 15-20. For more information contact Anthony Fucci, Center Director at 609-884-3829 or email
Martin Saints Classical H.S. Summer Enrichment Programs: Martin Saints Classical High School, located in Oreland, is pleased to offer the following enrichment opportunities this summer. All classes are open to rising freshman through rising seniors. Class sizes are limited; sign up early! Traditional Woodworking: July 15-19, 9:00 AM-3:30 PM. Each student will build their own bench. Cost: $350, tools and materials included. Contact Mr. Post ( 267-326-2846 or
Save the Date: Saint Agnes Church, West Chester, invites you to The 100th Year Celebration of the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on Sunday, August 11, 9:00 AM Mass, followed by a Communion Breakfast at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Market Street, West Chester. There will be a Procession at 2:30 PM. Please join us in this Centennial Tradition as we honor Mary, Family Unity and Past Memories. For more information and tickets, contact Barbara Mange at 610-389-0728 or email
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. 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. There will be an upcoming program in August.
Roman Catholic H.S. & Hallahan H.S. Day at the Bay: Please join us for our Annual Day at the Bay, on Saturday, August 3, 2:00-6:00 PM at Keenan’s Irish Pub, 113 Old New Jersey Avenue, North Wildwood. Ticket Prices: $30 in advance; $40 at the door. Roman Alumni call 215-627-1890, ext. 315 and Hallahan Alumnae call 215-563-8930, ext. 117 for more info and to purchase tickets.
St. Monica Parish, Atlantic City, NJ: Join us for our annual Wedding of the Sea, on Thursday, August 15. Opening remarks & Mass, 12:00 PM, at Boardwalk Hall, followed by Procession of the Blessed Mother & Benediction on the Boardwalk, Prayers and Wreath Toss at the Surf. Wedding of the Sea Festival, from 1:00-7:00 PM at St. Michael’s, Georgia Avenue, featuring 10+ area restaurants serving their signature dishes, a beer garden, raffle prizes, games and live music. For more information email
Bonner-Prendie Class of 1969: 50th Class Reunion, Friday, October 4, 2019. For details visit our Facebook Page, “BonnerPrendie1969", or send your email address and questions to:
Archbishop Prendergast Class of 1964: We will be having a 55th Class Reunion on Sunday, October 13, at Springfield County Club, Springfield, PA, 1:00-5:00 PM. Please email your contact info to
St. Jude Shop: The DiCocco Family St. Jude Shop of Havertown invites you to visit their location in Chester County! We are located on the south side of Our Lady’s Hall at the Malvern Retreat House in Malvern. The store offers a beautiful selection of religious gifts for First Communion, Confirmation and other events. Contact the store at 484-321-2537 for directions and store hours.
Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne: We invite women (ages 19-45) who are discerning a religious vocation to join us for a weekend of sharing in our life of prayer and apostolate. 2019 weekends will be held in Atlanta, GA, on May 24-26 and September 20-22 and in Hawthorne, NY on July 26-28 and November 15-17. Reservations are required. For information and/or reservations please contact Sr. Catherine Marie (
Daughters of Mary, Mediatrix of Mercy: We are in the process of forming a new congregation of teaching Sisters, who, by God’s grace, will serve within those Catholic primary and secondary schools that implement a classical curriculum. If you would like more information concerning a vocation of the Daughters of Mary, Mediatrix of Mercy, email