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Old St. Joseph’s 321 Willings Alley
Church Philadelphia PA
19106
Est. 1733 | Philadelphia’s Jesuit Parish 215-923-1733
www.oldstjoseph.org
March 13, 2022 | Second Sunday in Lent (C)
Transfiguration of Christ (1487) Giovanni Bellini
Today’s Gospel: Luke: 9:28b-36
Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. While he was praying his face changed in
appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,
who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. Peter and his companions
had been overcome by sleep, but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. As they
were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for
you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” But he did not know what he was saying. While he was still speaking, a cloud
came and cast a shadow over them, and they became frightened when they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud
came a voice that said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They
fell silent and did not at that time tell anyone what they had seen.
Old St. Joseph’s is equipped with an audio hearing loop. Switch on the T-coil function of your device to use the
loop. Readings can be followed in the Daily Readings app, available in the App Store or Google Play.
This Week at Old St. Joseph’s
Date Mass Intention and Presider Calendar Events
Mon 12:05 PM Willie O’Leary (D)
14 Presider: Fr. Hannafey SJ
Tues 12:05 PM Jane Kaleta (D) 10:00 AM FF&F Lunch (Barbelin)
15 Presider: Fr. Roche SJ
Wed 12:05 PM Old St. Joseph’s Memorial Society 5:00 PM Wedding reh: Kelly & Metz
16 Presider: Fr Holland SJ
Thurs 12:05 PM Thomas Convery (D) 10:00 AM FF&F Lunch (Barbelin)
17 Presider: Fr. Roche SJ 4:00 PM Wedding: Kelly & Metz
7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal (Barbelin)
Fri 12:05 PM Giancarlo Mazzoleni (D) 5:00 PM Wedding reh: Wallace & Dieckman
18 Presider: Fr. Holland SJ 7:00 PM St. Joseph’s Day Mass & Reception
7:00 PM Presider: Fr. Hannafey SJ
Sat 5:30 PM Presider: Fr. Roche SJ 10:00 AM FF&F Lunch (Barbelin)
19 1:00 PM Marriage Blessing: Furia
3:00 PM Wedding: Wallace & Dieckman
Sun 7:30 AM Presider: Fr. Donaldson SJ 10:00 AM RCIA Zoom Mtg
20 9:30 AM Presider: Fr. Donaldson SJ 1:30 PM Group Baptisms (Church)
11:30 AM Presider: Fr. Hannafey SJ 5:00 PM Vespers (Zoom)
Daily Reflections for Lent
The OSJ Ignatian Spirituality Committee invites all
parishioners to set aside a few minutes a day
during Lent to pray at home with Daily Reflections On March 2, 2022, Philadelphia ended its indoor mask
for Lent – Not by Bread Alone 2022. This year's mandate days after federal health authorities recommended
book of reflections, based on the daily Scripture people in the Philadelphia region no longer needed to wear
readings, is written by Amy Ekeh and Thomas D. masks.
Stegman, SJ. Books will be distributed after all At this time, mask-wearing inside Old St. Joseph’s Church,
Masses this weekend. Rectory, Barbelin Hall or Courtyards is optional. We wish to
encourage those who are more comfortable masking to
continue to do so.
OSJ PRAYER LIST
In your prayers, please remember our sick and homebound brothers and sisters and our ministry at
Pennsylvania Hospital.
Beckett Quinn, Susan Friend, Fr. Tom Wheeler SJ, Roberta Parker, Paul Clement, Frances Banchi, John Scott,
Barbara Paul, Anna Krachman, Margaret Incerto, Maggie G., Barbara Epting, Sharon Winge, Stefania Crum,
Eleanor Bravo, Allen May, Anthony Pelle Jr, Betty Farris Pfeiffer, Tom Vaughn, Ava Iezzi, Cory Smith,
Bill and Theresa Sherwin, Ann Crowther, Jane Crowther, Mary Kay Crowther, Fr. Jerry McAndrews SJ.
Updating our Prayer List: Once a quarter, OSJ updates our parish prayer list. If you would like someone’s name to remain
on the prayer list, or to add a name, please call 215-923-1733.
SAINT JOSEPH’S DAY
Vigil Mass & Reception
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 7:00 PM
Please help us celebrate St. Joseph’s Day by attending a Vigil
Mass followed by a light reception in Barbelin Hall. The
reception will include zeppole (St. Joseph’s cakes) donated by
Termini Bros Bakery in South Philly! Mass begins at 7:00 PM.
Please contact Joe Casey at joetcasey@aol.com or 215-843-
3573 to volunteer to help or for further info. Relaxed Parking!
Half Day Lenten Retreat:
Finding God in All Things
Fr. Matt Roche, SJ will lead a half
day Lenten retreat that explores
“Finding God in All Things”. The
retreat will allow for private
reflection, group discussion, and
Fr. Roche’s thoughts on this
important theme as a central part
of our Lenten journey. Date:
Saturday, March 26th Time:
10:00am – 2:00pm, Location: Old
St. Joseph’s Church. Cost: Free
Will offering of $20 is
appreciated, includes lunch and
retreat materials Please RSVP for Tuesday, MARCH 22, 2022
7:00 PM
the Retreat by Monday, 3/21/22
to: osjspirituality@oldstjoseph.org
Retreat Sponsored by OSJ’s Help us prepare for Easter by participating in a communal
Ignatian Spirituality Committee. celebration of God’s forgiveness on Tuesday, March 22 at 7:00 PM
We have relaxed parking! in the church. Make your Lenten celebration of this Sacrament
demonstrate your Lenten effort to convert more faithfully to the
baptismal life in Christ. We have relaxed parking for this service.
FINANCIAL INFO
We can assure you, it’s probably Offertory for the week ending March 6, 2022
not God calling you on your Daily Mass: $24.00
iPhone. Please remember to In-Pew Sunday Collection: $2,832.00
silence your smart phone upon Mail-In Sunday Collection: $656.00
entering the church. Thanks! Online Giving Sunday Collection: $4,992.00
Total Collection: $8,504.00
Offertory for the week ending March 7, 2021
In-Pew Sunday Collection: $983.00
Mail-In Sunday Collection: $3,894.00
Online Giving Sunday Collection: $4,174.00
Total Collection: $9,051.00
Altar Servers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy
Communion, Lectors, and Ushers: The March ministry
Thank You!
schedule grid has been posted at
https://www.rotundasoftware.com/ministry/osj. Please
log in and volunteer now for upcoming assignments in Now active on our online giving and text-to-give sites:
your ministry. Your participation is a vital part of our Care of the Aging & Infirm Priests
sacred liturgies and we're looking forward to seeing you in Operation Rice Bowl, and Ash Wednesday
church! +AMDG!
For Text-to-Give (215-929-7151) the keywords are
Faith, Food & Friends Relies on You! AgingPriests, RiceBowl, AshWednesday
It has been almost two years since COVID-
19 concerns caused Old St. Joseph’s Faith,
Food & Friends outreach program to stop
offering a sit-down meal to hungry and
housing insecure guests and to switch to YAC Book Discussion
distributing take-away meals outside on the patio. Group: All young
Nonetheless, FF&F’s sense of community remains strong, adults are invited to
thanks in no small part to the generous support of OSJ’s join OSJ YAC for our
parishioners and volunteers. Personal care items and small monthly book
winter gear are now delivered from FF&F’s Amazon Wishlist discussion. The group
and distributed to our guests regularly. As we face several meets over Zoom the
more weeks of winter, the basics are the things most needed: last Monday of every
bar soap, razors, deodorant, shampoo, socks and masks.
month from 7:30-8:30 PM. Please reach out to
Please click here and see our Amazon wish list, where you
osjyac@gmail.com for book title and Zoom meeting
can find these essentials and other items that would be most
appreciated by our guests. Thank you for your ongoing info.
support!
Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl
are available in the church DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
entryways. Please consider taking TIME BEGINS THIS
home a cardboard rice bowl and WEEKEND on SUNDAY,
its enclosed calendar and guide to Lent. You may also wish
to make a donation through Online Giving or Text-to-Give.
MARCH 13! Don’t forget
They can be part of your family’s prayer and almsgiving to turn your clocks
during this season. Catholic Relief Services is the official relief AHEAD one hour before
and development agency of the United States Conference of you go to bed on
Catholic Bishops. Lenten alms donated through the Rice Bowl Saturday night!
are sent to the over 100 countries where CRS works. A 25%
share of the collection remains locally in the Archdiocese and
is directed to its Nutritional Development Services’ network
of food cupboards and soup kitchens.
STAFF
Pastor
Fr. Francis Hannafey SJ (pastor@oldstjoseph.org)
Parochial Vicar
Fr. Paul Holland SJ (pholland@oldstjoseph.org)
Senior Priest
Fr. Matthew Roche SJ (mroche@oldstjoseph.org)
In Residence
Br. Robert Carson SJ
Business Manager
Eric German (germane@oldstjoseph.org)
Director of Music
Mark Bani (music@oldstjoseph.org)
INFORMATION Pastoral Associate for Weddings
Donna Soultoukis (dsoultoukis@oldstjoseph.org)
Rectory Office Hours Parish Offices (office@oldstjoseph.org)
Monday through Friday: 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM PREP & Baptism Coordinator
Mass Times Christine Szczepanowski (prep@oldstjoseph.org)
Monday through Friday: 12:05 PM Faith, Food & Friends Director
Saturday: 5:30 PM Vigil; Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30 AM Deborah Hluchan (faithandfriends@oldstjoseph.org)
Holy Days: 12:05 and 7:00 PM Parish Pastoral Council
Medical Emergency Pastor, Fr. Francis Hannafey
(osjpc@oldstjoseph.org)
In a medical emergency when the need for a priest is urgent,
Parish Finance Council
please call 267-438-7266
Paul Shay, chair
Registration
Historic Preservation Corporation Board
Persons who want to register as parishioners should Fr. Francis Hannafey SJ, president
complete a parish registration form and return it to the rectory Barry Eiswerth, chair
office by mail or in person. Registration forms are available in Adult Education
the rectory office during normal office hours and online at Rita O’Brien and Jeanmarie Zippo
www.oldstjoseph.org. (adulted@oldstjoseph.org)
Hearing Enhancements Eldership
Old St. Joseph’s is equipped with an audio hearing loop. Ted Robb (eldership@oldstjoseph.org)
Switch on the T-coil function of your device to use the loop. Parish Life
Sacrament of Reconciliation Joe Casey (parishlife@oldstjoseph.org)
Monday through Friday: Please approach the presiding priest Ignatian Spirituality and Formation
directly after the 12:05 Mass to request reconciliation. John Bitterman (osjspirituality@oldstjoseph.org)
Sacrament of Baptism Women, Faith and Fellowship
Persons wanting to arrange a baptism should call Christine Rana McNamara (wff@oldstjoseph.org)
Szczepanowski at the parish office at least two months before Young Adult Community
the desired date to arrange catechesis and the baptism Danielle Critelli and Mark Dushel (osjyac@gmail.com)
celebration. Altar Servers
Maria Ramirez (altarserver@oldstjoseph.org)
Anointing of the Sick
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
The anointing of the sick takes place during the 5:30 pm Vigil
Bill Stewart (EM@oldstjoseph.org)
Mass on the first Saturday of each month.
Homebound Ministry
Sacrament of Matrimony Neal Hébert (homeEM@oldstjoseph.org)
Persons wanting to be married in the parish should call our Lectors
wedding line (215-923-1766) at least nine months before the Lou Anne Bulik (lectors@oldstjoseph.org)
desired date. Ushers and Scheduling
Rite of Christian Initiation Nikola Sizgorich (ushers@oldstjoseph.org)
Unbaptized adults who are considering baptism into the Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Catholic Church, baptized Catholics who have received no Peggy Connolly (clow@oldstjoseph.org)
other sacraments and who want to be confirmed and to Faith, Food and Friends:
receive First Eucharist, and baptized non-Catholics who are Deborah Hluchan and Mary Freedman
considering full communion in the Catholic Church should call (faithandfriends@oldstjoseph.org)
Christine Szczepanowski at the parish office. Care for Creation Committee
Mass of Christian Burial Bill Stigliani (careforcreation@oldstjoseph.org)
The funeral director should call the parish office.
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