NO MORE EXCUSES


Starting September 28th, we will begin Sunday evening Mass at 7:00pm.

So often I hear people say, I'm so busy, I can't make it to Mass, I wish there was a place that had Mass on Sunday evenings.

Beginning September 28th, we will experiment with the Sunday evening Mass. If the attendance warrants, and we are able to obtain enough Lectors, Ministers of Hospitality, Eucharist Ministers and Music Ministers, we will celebrate the Mass on a permanent basis. As the weeks get closer to the start date, we will do more advertising about our new Mass schedule. It is my hope and prayer that this new Mass on Sunday evenings will help those who have found it difficult to attend Mass earlier on the weekend. Pass the WORD. . . .

If you wish to help as a Lector, Eucharist Minster, Minister of Hospitality, etc., please call the Parish Life Center at 610-459-2502.

Sunday Mass Schedule:
Saturday Vigil 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.


Daily Mass Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m.

Friday, August 15, 2008

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Holy Day of Obligation
Mass Times: 7:00am, 9:00am & 7:00pm

Parish Offices will be CLOSED for the day

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE
AUGUST 15, 2008
The Knights of Columbus and Columbian Squires are sponsoring a blood drive on August 15th at the Parish Life Center from 2:00 to 7:30pm. If you are healthy and at least 16 years old (minors require parental permission), please consider donating. We will be taking reservations after all Masses this weekend. If you prefer, email Joe Price at jtprph@comcast.net with your preferred time of donation.
REMEMBER. . . THE NEED FOR BLOOD DOES NOT TAKE A VACATION!!!!

PARISH PILGRIMAGE WITH PAUL


The city of Antioch was founded by Seleucus, a general of Alexander the Great, in 300 BC. It was a prosperous and secure port city (on the Mediterranean) and was made a Roman province of Syria in 64 BC. Antioch ranked just below Rome and Alexandria and its pride was its magnificent city avenue complete with theatre, baths, and hippodrome (a stadium for chariot races). The first Christian community numbered fifty members and house-churches offered Christian coverts a choice of where to worship. Christian love was soon demonstrated in table fellowship. Jewish Christians held to its strict dietary laws. Common discriminatory assumptions were made that Gentiles would pollute Jewish food; therefore, most Jewish Christians refused to eat at a Gentile Christian's table. In Antioch, an establishment of trust began between these two groups. Jewish Christians joined the Gentile Christians who purchased food at kosher shops to enable a unified table fellowship.

We have adoration every Monday and Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

Our Holy Father has recently recommended that children (especially in preparation for First Holy Communion) "be taught the meaning and beauty of spending time with Jesus."

And as the family is every child's "first school of faith," we invite everyone to Eucharistic adoration. We currently have some gaps where we need your help with our Monday and Friday time periods. We are currently looking for additional adorers for Monday from 10-11 am 12-1 pm and for Friday from 2-3 pm. Remember our parish is very blessed to have Eucharistic Adoration every Monday and Friday from 8 am to 6 pm.

"Jesus wants to tell you again and again how much is the love he has for each one of you. I worry that some of you still have not really met Jesus one to one, you and Jesus alone, not from books but from being with him in her heart. Until you can hear Jesus in the silence of your own heart, you will not be able to hear him saying "I thirst in the heart of the poor.'"

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

*Attention adorers: BJ Miller has graciously agreed to be the adoration coordinator.

She requests that she be e-mailed at bjmiller0420@yahoo.com.

Calls made to the Parish Life Center will also be directed to BJ's e-mail address.

The Committee would like to invite any member of our parish to join the Welcoming Committee.

Please contact Helene Price at 610-459-9396 if you are interested or would like to find out more.

Are you new to St. Cornelius Parish? The Welcoming Committee would like to invite ALL of our parishioners to attend a Reception on Sunday, September 14th, after the 11:00am Mass. Come enjoy some light refreshments and meet members of the St. Cornelius Community both old and new. If you are interested in becoming a member of any of the groups here at St. Cornelius, this is a great place to learn about the various ministries.

Please RSVP to Helene Price at
610-459-9396 by Tuesday, September 9th, if you plan to attend!!

St. Cornelius' Parish
Pilgrimage to
the Holy Shrines of Italy

Rome, Assisi, Florence, Siena,
Bologna, Padua, and Venice-Mestre

October 13th to 24th, 2008

As we celebrate our 45th Anniversary this year at St. Cornelius, Msgr. Parlante invites you to join him on a Parish Pilgrimage. Pilgrimages to sacred places for religious motives are an old tradition in our Church. On our pilgrimage we will celebrate Mass at the Catacombs where St. Cornelius is buried, St. Peter's Basilica, the Basilica of St. Francis, St. Anthony of Padua, and the other beautiful Shrines. In Rome, we will tour the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and the Colosseum. Then, we shall visit the Church of Santa Croce and Duomo in Florence. One afternoon we will ride through the beautiful Tuscany countryside to have lunch at a winery in San Gimignano.

On a pilgrimage, we not only deepen our spiritual life, but we also make new friends on our journey. Pope Benedict XVI is always inviting the faithful to pray with him in Rome - let us accept his invitation this year. If you are interested and would like an information booklet with the details of our parish pilgrimage, please call the Parish Life Center at 610-459-2502.

If you are traveling in the United States and cannot locate a nearby church to attend Mass -Call
1-410-676-6000 or
Visit the website: www.masstimes.org

If you have not yet registered at St. Cornelius, please be sure to stop over to the Parish Life Center after Mass or during the week.



Mr. Jess Torpey

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Nasarenke & Family

Ms. Marion Gallagher

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Laurelli & Family

Baptized in Christ,

Cecilia Xin Sanders



have become children of God.

Let us pray for our new Christians.


CLICK ON SACRAMENTS......BAPTISM

FOR INFORMATION

As you travel and visit other parishes to fulfill your Sunday obligation to attend Mass, pick up a bulletin and bring it back with you. Drop it off in the Sacristy after you return. We'd like to publish a list of the many churches visited by our parishioners for vacations or business travel.


Holy Redeemer by the Sea,
Kitty Hawk, NC
St. Margaret Mary, Swannanoa, NC
St. Luke, Ocean City, MD
St. Ann, Bethany Beach, DE
Holy Redeemer, Bar Harbor, ME
St. Margaret Mary, Moon Township, PA
St. Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA
St. Anne, Greensburg, PA
Our Lady Queen of Peace, New Port Richey, FL
St. William, Janesville, WI
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
University of Notre Dame, IN
St. Francis of Assisi, Eagles Mere, PA
St. Brigid, Johns Creek, GA
Holy Family, Duxbury, MA
St. Margaret of Antioch, Pearl River, NY

Mondays at Parish Life Center:
1:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.


Parish Life Center - From 1:30pm to 3:30pm

August 11th, 25th

September 8th, 22nd

October 6th, 20th

November 3rd, 17th

December 1st, 15th, 29th

Barnes & Noble Bookstore

September 3rd

October 1st

November 5th

December 3rd


Changes to the schedule will be announced in the Bulletin. If there are any questions, please contact Joan Broge at 610-358-2086 (jpbroge@comcast.net) or Grace Houseman at 610-348-0660 (gmh0212@comcast.net).

Monsignor Parlante has blessed all these handmade items. Any parishioner can request a shawl, robe, or baby blanket. These items are ideal for celebrating a wedding or a new baby, and can comfort those who are ill, have lost a loved one, have been through try

The Prayer Shawl ministry continues its mission of making shawls and lap robes for anyone in need of prayers, comfort, and healing. These are available for family and friends of the St. Cornelius Parish at no cost. Please contact Mary Jo Shell (610-361-8198) ,Joan Broge (610-358-2086) or Grace Houseman (610-358-0660) to obtain a shawl or lap robe for someone in need. We will make arrangements for pick-up or delivery of your request. Request forms are available at the Parish Life Center should you wish to fill one out.

The Ministry members meet every other Monday, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Concord Mall, Wilmington, DE.
For more information on this ministry or to join this grou

It is a tremendous undertaking to keep up to date records of our parish membership. There is a constant ebb and flow of people moving in and moving out of the parish. If you do not receive monthly mail from the parish, it is a good indication that we do not have you in our registered rolls. One important reason for knowing the number of families, is that the diocese assigns it's priest personnel according to registered numbers. If you are not registered, please come to the Parish Life Center after Mass on Sunday from 8:30am to 12:30pm or Monday thru Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm.

Looking for a gift to give each other?


Why not a Marriage Retorno weekend?

MR is a Scripture based couple prayer retreat for married couples wanting to deepen their relationship with one another in the Lord. It is the second step of Marriage Encounter. The cost is $250/couple. Space is limited. For info, contact Joe and Mary Ward at 215-362-8699 or visit the MR web site at www.marriageretorno.org.

In our charity, let us pray for the repose of the souls of

Doris Delaney, Mother of Tom Delaney
and
Dolores Panico, Mother of Angela Alcaraz





Eternal rest grant to them O Lord, may they rest in peace.

The children's rosary will continue every Friday at 4pm in the Chapel. All ages are welcome and families are encouraged to pray together. For more information, please contact Lisa Daughen at 484-840-0180.

A calendar of social and spiritual events for Catholics in their 20's and 30's within the Philadelphia Archdiocese is now available at this web site: www.stillcatholic.com/PHILLY.htm

We are looking for volunteers to help with wedding rehearsals and/or weddings. Rehearsals are held on Thursday evenings at 6:00pm (and last 1 hour) and weddings are sometimes on Friday evenings and on Saturdays. As a growing parish, we are celebrating more and more weddings and are in need of some help.
Training will be provided and a schedule set up for coverage of rehearsals and weddings. Please contact Veronica Egner via email at pave345@comcast.net for more information.

Funeral Ministry is a parish organization that provides volunteers to assist with the celebration of the funeral liturgy. Have you ever wanted to be an altar server? This could be your opportunity. Funerals are generally celebrated at 10:00am; so if you have the occasional morning available, we could use your help.
Training will be provided. Please contact Veronica Egner via email at pave345@comcast.net for more information.

"I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me. Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me" (Mt. 25: 35, 40)

St. Agnes Parish has pastoral care of Chester County prison. Lay people from parishes across Chester County assist the priests of St. Agnes to minister to our brothers and sisters in prison who hunger for God's word and Christian fellowship. All volunteers go in pairs. No experience necessary. Training with an experienced volunteer provided.

Opportunities include ministry to: Men, Mondays, 1:00 ` 3:00 p.m., Fridays, 6:30 ~ 9:00 p.m.; Women, Fridays, 10:00 ~ 11:00 a.m.; and Hispanics, Wednesdays, 6:45 ~ 7:45 p.m. (in Spanish).

For more information and a volunteer application, please contact Fr. Forlano at 610-692-2990 or at pforlano@saintagnesparish.org.

If any parishioner has a sick or elderly person in their family who lives in this Parish or knows a neighbor who would like to receive Communion at home because of sickness, please call the Parish Life Center at 610-459-2502 any time Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. Please leave the name, address, phone # and area where the person lives.

Sister Regina Cordis would be happy to visit the sick or elderly person weekly or bi-weekly with the Blessed Sacrament.

Growing in Love for God

Do you want to deepen your relationship with God?

Do you desire and need a practical way to respond to God?

Do you want to deepen your commitment to Prayer?


If you want to live the contemplative dimension of the Gospel in every day life, you may want to consider the practice of Centering Prayer. St. Cornelius will be forming a Centering Prayer Group in the upcoming months. Stay
tuned for more information.

Any questions concerning this site please call St. Cornelius Parish Life Center - 610-459-2502

VERY IMPORTANT - DO NOT USE MAPQUEST -
YOU WILL GET LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From the intersection of Routes 1 and 202, proceed south on 202 for 1 mile.
There is a traffic light at Ridge Road (you will see IWB on your right and also Old Ridge Village Shopping Center).
Turn right at this light and proceed approximately 1 mile.
Saint Cornelius will be on your right.
After entering the campus, the Parish Life Center will be on the right. The Church is the building in the middle of the campus. Parking is available on either side of the Church.

If you do need to use Mapquest, type in as your destination "Old Ridge Village, Chadds Ford PA 19317".