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The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for April 2nd 2017

Posted on Mar 31, 2017 in Newsletter |

The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for April 2nd 2017

Saint Miriam in Prose: From our Pastor

Click Here to visit our Pastor’s Blog

for this week!

Saint Miriam in Prose: in Devotion

Click Here to read Franciscan Moments,

our weekly Devotional!

Saint Miriam in Prayer: Remembering!

Michael, Marlene and Family, Romana, Pat, Marian, Ruth, Kelly and the Chima Family, Brenda, John, Wenger family, Kevin, Richard, Loretta, Rosalie, Rosalie, Robert, Pat, Nancy, Fran, Norene, Regina, Norene, Wayne, Kathleen, Dave and Midge, Freys’, Katie, Linda, Andy, Eileen, Mark, Deborah, Margaret, Nick, John, Dave, Mike, Jonette, Joy, Rick, Steve, Wendell, Judy, Richelle, Kathleen, Dana, Greg, Susan and Marty, Diane, Milligans’, Mary, Lisa, Bryan, Angela, Leo, Bobbi, Naomi, Phyllis, Lorraine, Guy, Pat, Angie, Trevor, Bob, Kim, Kate, Terri, Mary, Dan, Andrew, Ken, Freeds’, Chris, Janet, Pat, Sue, Paul, Ed, George, Marie, Suzanne, Rich, Cassie, Linda, Mike, Shannon, Richard, Victoria, Marianne, Donna, and BJ.

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To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)

Saint Miriam in Reflection: The Mass.

Our Mass Intentions…

All Mass Intentions May be Viewed by Clicking Here.

Memorial Masses:

“In Loving Memory of…”

Nick Bond by Patricia Wilcke

Louise Freed by Richard Freed

Fran DiMino by Donna Mitchell

Honor Masses:

Pat Wilcke by Lorraine Cuffey

Sanctuary Lamp:

In Loving Memory of Alton E. St. George by Ruth, Andrea, and Jim

Bread and Wine Sponsor for Month:

***None Received***

(✜ Mass Intentions Available: Please make your Mass Intentions today? See anyone on staff for Masses, Sanctuary Lamp, and Bread and Wine Sponsors every Sunday, or Click Here to make your intentions online! Thank you!)

Saint Miriam New News: a priori!

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To read our full list of current events for this week, visit Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)

Today we honor The Fifth Sunday of Lent!

🍞We Need Bread and Wine Sponsors.

Not one Bread and Wine Sponsorship came in for this month. Donations can be made for these in memory of loved ones both living and deceased for one month at a time and covers the cost of providing bread and wine for the Holy Eucharist in honor of your intentions. Please be sure to consider prayerfully your gift and Click Here to support our ministry. Thank you.

‍🎓 Scholarships for the Academy Grow!

We had two additional scholarships this week to help a child this coming school year. We also need two more just to allow two children to attend summer camp! Will you be the person who donates to help today by Clicking Here?

❣️PREP Kids for Palm Sunday!

Join us for Palm Sunday, April 9th, at the 10:30am Mass please! Any questions, please see Shaun Little! Thank you!

🐰Easter Egg Hunt is April 8th!

Join us Saturday, April 8th at 1:00pm for our annual Community Easter Egg Hunt! Children ages 2 to 12 years are invited to come out and participate. And, in the finest tradition of Saint Miriam, we also invite any visually impaired children to join in the fun as well! That’s right, our Easter Egg Hunt this year will include special eggs to make the vet inclusive for all children! Thanks to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in making special eggs that make noise for visually impaired children! This year, EVERY child can participate! In addition, there will be face painting, crafts and refreshments available. Mark your calendars now; you don’t want to miss this one!

✝️ We Are Preparing for The Lord in Big Ways!

Sam Constanzo Masonry Contractors has been on campus working on preservation stone work this week! (You can see some of the work on Facebook) Monsignor noticed the walls had cracks, literally! So, we continue our work as good stewards as we fix our entry and the historic wall at our entrance! Join us as we welcome in Easter with a beautiful new stone work entry!

💐Spring Flowers and Our School and YOU!

It’s that time of year…Spring has sprung and our own Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam has begun their annual spring plant sale. This year we will be offering a variety of hanging baskets, beautiful annuals, as well as vegetables and herbs. Flowers will be available for pickup here at the church on Wednesday, May 10th from 11:30 am – 3:00 pm. Order forms and money are due back by Friday, April 21st! Any questions, please contact Kelly in the office at ext 712, or kelly.chima@mysaintmiriam.org. Happy Planting!!

🚫Reminder: School & Parish Offices Closed for Easter.

Also a reminder that Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam will be closed on Monday, April 10th through Monday, April 17th. We will return to school on Tuesday, April 18th! Our Administration team will also have off on Friday the 14th and Monday 17th.

✝️ Welcome Outdoor Stations of the Cross!

Our own parishioner Chester Mack is working on getting ready our planned and promised outdoor Stations of the Cross! Monsignor Jim came up with a beautiful idea when he spend a day at the Abbey on retreat that is also cost effective and the work begins next week! Watch for the news and then take a walk with Jesus right on our own campus very soon!

📅 Ministry Team Schedules for April are Posted and Come with a Change:

We are pleased to have posted early our Ministry Team Schedules for April. From now on, Kate (our new administrative support member) will be assisting in these schedules. Please contact her directly ahead of every month for any date changes needed or conflicts like vacations, etc. Kate’s email is Kate.McClelland@mySaintMiriam.org!

Easter Ministry Schedules Also Posted and Rehearsal Planned.

We are pleased to have completed the Easter Triduum Schedules for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Great Vigil on Saturday and we posted them online, too! Any changes, please email us! A brief rehearsal is planned for those who need it this Sunday!

Join us on Good Friday for a Wonderfully Unique Way to Honor Christ!

We are pleased invite you to our Good Friday Service at 3:00pm this year on April 14th 2017 when our Pastor, Monsignor Jim, along with our Director of Music, Charlie Masters, and one of our Cantors, Ed Mortka, will come together in lieu of a homily and perform a moving hymn together! You do not want to miss this one! Join us for Good Friday this year!

🙏🏼 Praying Gets its Own Email…

We noted that some folks are confused when it comes to getting a prayer request to the right place, so we created an email to ensure it gets to the right place, as quickly a possible, and back out to the prayer team who will begin to pray in earnest for your needs! Please send all prayer requests to Prayers@mySaintMiriam.org from now and begin to receive the warmth of our love in prayer at Saint Miriam!

‍A Very Special Sunday School PREP Project!

Donna Mitchell and Megan Gabrielle will be teaming up for a special Easter Project for Megan’s class this year! They will be helping the children make the “Empty Tomb Rolls” and explain the story of Christ’s Resurrection. The end product will be ready to show case after Mass in the Cafe’! Donna is graciously supplying all needed materials and the Saint Miriam Cafe’ crew will help safely bake them! See what love and volunteering can do this year at Saint Miriam when you look at the world with the eyes of your heart!

✝️ Our Easter Schedule 2017!

Holy Thursday: (Maundy Thursday with Foot Washing): 7:00pm

Good Friday: (Of the Lord’s Passion): 3:00pm

Holy Saturday: (Great Vigil of Easter): 8:00pm

Easter Sunday: 7:30am (Early Mass), and 9:00am (Family Mass)

Newcomer Welcome and Orientation Scheduled for April 30th!

Join us, meet the team, hear our story from our own pastor and get your Saint Miriam legs on! Our next Newcomer Welcome is Sunday, April 30th at 12:00 noon! Join us new and old are welcome! See Donna Mitchell to learn more or email her!

‍ ☕️ A Little Cafe’ Support Needed…

Please consider signing up to help support the Saint Miriam Cafe’! Lorraine is a wonderful leader, but even she could use some help! Please take a moment and see her after Mass and let your hands – and your heart – do some work for God and make some good food happen!

New 2017 Focus Newsletter is Coming this Easter Sunday!

Our 2017 edition of the printed Focus @ Saint Miriam Newsletter is coming fast AND its better than ever!! Our ads are in and we are almost to print! watch for it this Easter Sunday!!!

✝️ A VERY Special #GoodFriday is Coming!

In order to deepen your experience of Good Friday, be sure to sign up to follow us on Twitter! Beginning on Good Friday morning, we will post hashtags for Our Lord’s Passion! Join us every hour and walk with Christ until he lays in a tomb waiting for the Easter light! Experience the Passion with us at 3:00pm on Good Friday, April 14th, at the Parish, and now by tweet, too! #CrucifyHim comes alive just for you!

🍽 Dine and Donate at MaGerks in April 26th!

Another great Dine & Donate opportunity to support the parish and school and this one is less than a block away! Join us on Wednesday, April 26th 2017 from 5pm – 9pm and 15% goes to support our mission and children! Raise your forks, raise your glass, and help raise our funds!

The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for March 26th 2017

Posted on Mar 24, 2017 in Newsletter |

The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for March 26th 2017

Saint Miriam in Prose: From our Pastor

Click Here to visit our Pastor’s Blog for this week!

Saint Miriam in Prose: in Devotion

Click Here to read Franciscan Moments, our weekly Devotional!

Saint Miriam in Prayer: Remembering!

Brenda, Loretta and the Wenger Family, Rosalie, Pat, Nancy, Fran, Norene, Wayne, Kathleen, Dave and Midge, Freys’, Katie, Linda, Andy, Eileen, Mark, Gabrieles’, Steve, Kelly, Deborah, Margaret, Nick, Maureen and Chris, John, Billy, Dave, Mike, Jonette, Joy, Rick, Steve, Wendell, Judy, Richelle, Kathleen, Dana, Greg, Susan and Marty, Diane, Milligans’, Mary, Lisa, Bryan, Angela, Ruth, Leo, Bobbi, Naomi, Phyllis, Lorraine, Guy, Pat, Angie, Trevor, Bob, Kim, Kate, Terri, Mary, Dan, Andrew, Ken, Freeds’, Chris, Janet, Pat, Sue, Paul, Ed, George, Marie, Suzanne, Rich, Cassie, Linda, Mike, Shannon, Richard, Victoria, Marianne, Donna, and BJ.

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To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)

Saint Miriam in Reflection: The Mass.

Our Mass Intentions…

All Mass Intentions May be Viewed by Clicking Here.

Memorial Masses:

“In Loving Memory of…”

Nicholas DiRienzo by The Wilcke Family

Michael McCarthy by Christine McCarthy and Maureen

Louise Freed by Richard Freed

Fran DiMino by Lorraine Cuffey

Honor Masses:

Jennifer and Ryan Clement by Wilcke Family

Sanctuary Lamp:

In Loving Memory of Fran DiMino by Monsignor Jim and Sean Hall

Bread and Wine Sponsor for Month:

In Memory of Betsy and Walter Diener by Jan and Gardo Agustin

Saint Miriam New News: a priori!

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To read our full list of current events for this week, visit Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)

Today we honor The Fourth Sunday of Lent!

❣️ A Major Announcement Coming!

Our Pastor will make a major announcement at all Masses on Sunday and at the Evangelism 101 Forum. Please join us!

💰 You Searched AND Donated!

Your searching and shopping on GoodSearch made a donation of almost $400 this year! Sign up today and use ‘passive’ giving! That is, every time you do your normal things like ‘search’ or make a purchase, a donation is made to the parish! Learn more here:

Please support Saint Miriam by downloading and using Go o dSearch and GoodShop! Every time you search or buy, we get a small percentage and you get great deals, and often free shipping! Also use Smile Amazon and make us your charity of choice! It all adds up!

🗣 Evangelism Comes to Saint Miriam this Lent: First of Two Gatherings is Today!

Since Pope John Paul II called the Church to a new “horizon of evangelization,” there has been increased interest in the mission of evangelization. Parishes and dioceses throughout the United States have active evangelization teams and offices of evangelization. Yet, as central as evangelization is to the mission and life of the Church, there is still reluctance on the part of many Catholics to become involved in it. Why? Simple: Catholics Don’t Do that! Well, we were actually once a mission parish and look at what we’ve become together? So, we would like to begin with a brief introduction to evangelism – spreading the word – about us and the Old Catholic Church and then set ourselves up for even greater success in the three main areas. We will begin on Sunday, March 26th, at 12:00pm with our opening topic, “How to Be One Hell of a Catholic Evangelist”!

🔘 Gluten-Free Hosts Available at Every Mass!

Did you know that Gluten-Free Communion Wafers are available at every Mass? We consecrate several gluten-free wafers and all you need to do is ask when you approach the priest for Holy Communion! Here is a good method:

Priest: The Body of Christ!
Communicant: Amen! Father, may I please have a gluten free host?

✝️ Lenten Adoration Begins Wednesday!

We will also hold a beautiful Lenten Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 6:00pm on Wednesday, March 29th to Mass on Thursday evening, March 30th at 6:00pm. Join us as we wait with our Lord. Sign up in the Library!

🍍Here We Grow Again…Welcome Kate!

We are pleased to welcome to our team at Saint Miriam Kate McClelland! Kate began this week and serves in Client Relations and Administrative Support at Saint Miriam Parish as well as Saint Miriam Academy and Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam! Kate is the loving mother of two daughters and five grandchildren. Kate is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, and has been a public relations and marketing copywriter for more than 25 years. She enjoys embarking on long walks, daily reading, and enjoying a four-generational, family-centered life! Kate’s family and activities keep her busy in her spare time and she is a welcomed addition to our team at Saint Miriam, as she welcomes everyone to our campus!

⏰ Ministry Team Schedules for April are Posted and Come with a Change!

🌷Easter Ministry Schedules Also Posted!

We are pleased to have completed the Easter Triduum Schedules for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Great Vigil on Saturday and we posted them online, too! Any changes, please email us!

🙏🏼 Join us on Good Friday for a Wonderfully Unique Way to Honor Christ!

📿 Praying Gets its Own Email!

🌍 Our Intra-Net Website Gets Simpler Menu!

We are pleased simplify our intranet site at www.SaintMiriam.com with a simpler navigation menu! Now you can get to sermons, live-streaming, newsletters and more with a faster navigation with reduced duplication from our primary website at www.mySaintMiriam.org! Be sure to visit our internal parishioner site to keep up on the news, get ministry schedules, and stay current on events, too!

☀️Our Easter Schedule 2017!

Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday with Foot Washing): 7:00pm
Good Friday (Of the Lord’s Passion): 3:00pm
Holy Saturday (Great Vigil of Easter): 8:00pm
Easter Sunday: 7:30am (Early Mass), and 9:00am (Family Mass)

🍍Newcomer Welcome and Orientation Scheduled for April 30th!

Join us, meet the team, hear our story from our own pastor, and get your Saint Miriam legs on! Our next Newcomer Welcome is Sunday, April 30th at 12:00 noon! Join us if your new and our familiar friends are welcome, too, asa refresher on what makes our parish so wonderful! See Donna Mitchell to learn more or email her and join us in April!

⛑ Annual Background Checks Time!

Our Children are very important to us and as a “Safe Parish” we mandate criminal background checks on all ministry team, staff, educators and volunteers that work or support in volunteering within our parish and schools. Mrs. Pat Wilcke will be taking over the coordination of this effort. If you are in need a renewal or an update, or need to complete your file, please contact or see her soon. Thank you for making us safe!

🗞 New 2017 Focus Newsletter Deadline is April 3rd!

Our 2017 edition of the printed Focus @ Saint Miriam Newsletter is coming fast!! This year’s has been beautifully redesigned and we have many sponsors already on board, but can always use a few more! Care to take out an ad that runs all year long? See anyone on staff or just Click Here! Deadline for print is April 3rd by close of day!

✝️ A VERY Special #GoodFriday is Coming!

🍽 Dine and Donate at MaGerks in April!

Saint Miriam in Life: The News!

Incense Changes Coming!Our Pastor made a switch to Monastery Incense after his recent visit there! Since 1985, thousands of churches throughout the United States have discovered Monastery Incense is the solution to “the incense problem” in their parish! The highest quality church incense should burn smoothly and evenly, and this is exactly what you will discover in Monastery Incense. So what makes Monastery Incense unique? Join us and enjoy the aroma of incense again! And, watch for a special announcement coming up on Adoration, too!

Consistently pleasing and long-lasting fragrance
No choking or burnout
Doesn’t “gum up” and kill the charcoal
No more “incense allergies”

Pizza! Pizza! Real Good Pizza is Here! Thanks to a wonderful partnership between Monsignor Jim’s Coach at Manayunk Athletics and CrossFit and Saint Miriam, beginning next week in our school and this Sunday in our Saint Miriam Cafe’ we will begin to offer delicious, healthy choice pizza where you can feel good about eating pizza again! Each 5″ personal pan pizza has 25g protein and ONLY 4g carbs and is made with “clean” ingredients. They are also grain-free and Gluten Free, too! Eat up beginning next Sunday in your choice of Pepperoni, Three Cheese, or Supreme with more flavor choices coming soon all for just $4.75!! (Please allow an extra few minutes from the time you place your order as each is baked while you wait!)

It’s Time to Read a Good Book In Our Very Own Wonderful Library! Our books are now on Goodreads and broken down by category. Check out our Goodreads page today! Want to check out a book? Just write your name, email address, and date on the sign out card located in the back of each book and place it in the checkout card holder. Books can be checked out for 30 days. If you’d like to make a book donation to the library or have any questions, email our Librarian, Peggy Gabriele by Clicking Here.

We also inserted a special bookmark today in our Printed Focus as a reminder to read more at our library!

Saint Miriam is Live! On the go? You can now take us with you! We Livestream Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Our Mid-Week Mass on Thursdays at 6:00pm. Then, every Sunday tune in and stream our Morning Mass at 10:30am! (Oh, and ya! Please don’t worry! The congregation is not on camera!) You may view on our websites at our main Parish Site any Clicking Here, or our internal Parishioner website by Clicking Here, or on our Parish App, too, just download by Clicking Here!

A Limited Edition Saint Miriam T-Shirt is Available… A very limited edition T-shirt is in the new Store! It says, “I Belong to the BEST Catholic Parish on the Planet!” and has our logo on the front side, too! Stop by and pick one up! There are only a limited number and can be your’s for a low donation of only $25.00!

Write Down Your Prayer Intentions, too, at Saint Miriam! A Prayer Intentions Log Book has been added to our ways to honor your loved ones and offer prayer and support. The beautifully bound leather book will be located near the Saint Miriam Burning Bush Votive Stand and you may enter your own prayers and they will be offered in remembrance and pray by our priests at every Mass! The Prayer Intention Book expected to begin Sunday, February 26th! Join us as we offer the highest form of love: prayer for others!

This Lent, Pray for Each Other! Over the next 40 days, we ask you to pray without ceasing for our parish – it is a place of hope for so many. Pray for our parish leadership, especially our pastor who bears the biggest weight; pray for our ministry team, school, volunteers, and all who sacrifice to make Saint Miriam possible. We will also send out reminders through our pastoral care prayer team, too. Pray…it is what Christians do!

A Saint Miriam Novena: Sign Up Today to Pray! A Novena is a form of worship within the greater Catholic Church consisting of special prayers, or services, on nine successive days. We have received the gift of our own Novena this week and we will use it this coming Lent! A Novena to St. Miriam was written by Mr. Eric Healy, Holy Infant Parish, on the occasion of the Baptism of his daughter, Abigail Miriam Healy. Please visit the Novena by Clicking Here and see Deacon Pat to be included this Lent as we pray it for the first time!

Grant Writer Needed!Our school is thriving and also provides us with the opportunity to seek and receive grant funding to help our programming! If you are experienced in writing grants and have some time to help us, please let us know? A good grant writer can actually save children and provide wonderful opportunities! Won’t you consider helping us?

‍A Little PREP Help Needed!Do you enjoy working with children? Please consider joining our PREP team! Our class sizes have increased and we are looking for assistant teachers in our PREPlay room and our second grade room. Your responsibility would be to assist the head teacher with her tasks. No planning involved! Please see Shaun Little, or anyone on staff if you are interested, or Click Here!

Easter Egg Hunt Is a’Comin!! Join us Saturday, April 8th at 1:00pm for our annual Community Easter Egg Hunt! Children ages 2 to 12 years are invited to come out and participate. And, in the finest tradition of Saint Miriam, we also invite any visually impaired children to join in the fun as well! That’s right, our Easter Egg Hunt this year will include special eggs to make the vet inclusive for all children! Thanks to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in making “special” eggs that make noise for visually impaired children! This year, EVERY child can participate! In addition, there will be face painting, crafts and refreshments available. Mark your calendars now…you don’t want to miss this one!

Come on! Grab A Yard Sign And Help Us Grow! We often try and find new and innovative ways to spread the word about this wonderful parish we call home. Now, you can help! Please pick up a yard sign today from anyone on our team after Mass and take it home and display it in your front yard. At the end of the month, return it to us so we can hand it out to another family to do the same! Through your efforts, we will continue to spread the word about Saint Miriam and save marketing costs, too!

Visit the Store at the Parish and Online, too! We not only have an onsite Store located adjacent to our sanctuary, but our website designer made a few enhancements to our online store, too! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Click Here!

Get A Church in Your Pocket! Our Saint Miriam Parish App was recently updated and features faster download times, and a ‘refresh’ button for the newest content and a bible and more! One more exciting change is on its way this month! So please download our Parish App by Clicking Here!

Saint Miriam in Support: Grow our Mission!

How Much do You Love Saint Miriam? There are many ways to support the mission of our parish and a flyer has been prepared to show you how easy it is! Please learn about GoodSearch, GoodShop, eBay, and Amazon Smile! Please support us and pick up a flyer or Support Flyer one today!

Matching Gifts Make Giving Easy! Did you ever inquire to see if your employer, or club, or social network offers assistance to parishes or schools? Your gift could double and help us grow without anything more from your own pocket! Please remember to ask…it never does hurt!

Log on and Help the School? Have Fun and Help Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam! We discovered something you should check out! Vacations, golf rounds, cruises and much more that you can enjoy to help Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam. Get a great deal and help a great cause.It’s easy to get involved and make a difference! Visit: http://zionpreschool.travelpledge.com or Click Here! or Visit our Store!

Visit the Online Store for the Parish! We recently asked our website designer to make a few enhancements to our online store! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Just Click Here!

Go Greener at Saint Miriam (and Saint Miriam Academy, too)! Our exclusive customized 24 oz. sport water bottles that combines our love of water with our parish’s “Green Policy” reduces our carbon footprint and will save thousands of plastic bottles from entering the ecosystem! And, the best part is your $10 donation goes directly to help our children’s educational programming! Get your own bottle today by visiting our online store and help go even stay greener!

Help Our Children in 2016: Sponsor a Child Today! We now have 8 Sponsors so far! There are many ways to help our children become better adults and Christians, as well as better practicing Catholics, and this year we offer two wonderful means to bring a smile – and a little support – right to our school! First, why not think about purchasing a brick that will help in the building of a new pathway to our Saint Miriam Summer Playground area and forever create a legacy on our campus! For every donation of $100.00 to The Saint Miriam Fund receive a 4 x 8 Personalized Brick! (Special Size of 8 x 8 is Available for a Donation Amount of $250.00). Learn more about our needed bricks by Clicking Here! Or, you may also sponsor a child directly now! When you sponsor a child, you create a special relationship between you, a child in need, the community of Saint Miriam, and our team of caring professionals! Together, we are helping to change the future for children through a quality and affordable private education! For just $29 a month, or a one-time donation of only $350, you can provide essential aid and education to improve the well-being of every child that comes to our doors! And, because we actually feed our children during the school day, your donation not only helps give them a good education, you fill their bellies with wholesome food, too! It gives you the opportunity to witness young lives transformed for the future right here in Montgomery County! Learn more here.

TEXT Your Gifts to Saint Miriam TODAY! Text Giving allows you to give to your organization by simply sending a text message to our specially reserved phone number! You just “Text any dollar amount to (215) 515-6511.” Once you text an amount (like “$50” or “120.50”) you would either be sent an acknowledgment for the gift (meaning it processed) or given a short link to click in order to provide their payment information (one time only). You are also prompted by text message with instructions. The whole process is designed to be very simple and self explanatory. Another way to give and support…making it easy so try it today!

Mass Donations: A Beautiful Tribute As Catholics the most important thing we do is pray and offer the sacrifice of the Mass. Please…don’t forget to make your Mass intentions today by Clicking Here. Together, we honor God together.

Get Your Mass Intentions In Person! Join the Women of Saint Miriam after any Mass and make your Mass Intentions live and in person after any Mass on Sunday! Now you can honor a loved one in person or online, too!

Why Not GoodShop, Search, and Go Amazon, too? Please support Saint Miriam by downloading and using Go o dSearch and GoodShop! Every time you search or buy, we get a small percentage and you get great deals, and often free shipping! Also use Smile Amazon and make us your charity of choice! It all adds up!

The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for March 19th 2017

Posted on Mar 17, 2017 in Newsletter |

The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for March 19th 2017

Saint Miriam in Prose: From our Pastor

📰 Click Here to visit our Pastor’s Blog for this week!

Saint Miriam in Prose: in Devotion

📑 Click Here to read Franciscan Moments, our weekly devotional!

Saint Miriam in Prayer: Remembering!

Gina, Norene, Wayne, Kathleen, Dave and Midge, Trey Family, Katie, Linda, Andy, Eileen, Mark, Gabriele Family, Steve, Kelly, Deborah, Margaret, Nick, The Morgan’s, Maureen and Chris, John, Billy, Dave, Mike, Jonette, Joy, Rick, Steve, Wendell, Judy, Richelle, Kathleen, Dana, Greg, Susan and Marty, Diane, Ckrisen, Donte, Micah, Mary, Lisa, Bryan, Eleanore, Angela, Ruth, Leo, Bobbi, Naomi, Phyllis, Lorraine, Guy, Pat, Angie, Craig, Trevor, Bob, Kim, Kate, Terri, Mary, Dan, Andrew, Ken, Freed Family, Chris, Janet, Pat, Sue, Paul, Ed, George, Marie, Suzanne, Rich, Cassie, Linda, Mike, Shannon, Richard, Victoria, Marianne, Donna, Joe, Maureen, and BJ.

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To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)

Saint Miriam in Reflection: The Mass.

Our Mass Intentions…

All Mass Intentions May be Viewed by Clicking Here.

Memorial Masses:

“In Loving Memory of…”

Norene Salvaggio by Regina Dugan

Norene Salvaggio by Monsignor Jim

Louise Freed by Richard Freed

Mary Muller by Father Bryan

Martha Arendash by Eric Arendash

Honor Masses:

Jennifer and Ryan Clement by Wilcke Family

Shaun Little by Kathleen Duncan

Sanctuary Lamp:

In Honor of St. Padre Pio Parish by Monsignor Jim

Bread and Wine Sponsor for Month:

In Memory of Betsy and Walter Diener by Jan and Gardo Agustin

Saint Miriam New News: a priori!

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To read our full list of current events for this week, visit Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)

Today we honor The Third Sunday of Lent!

💒 Welcome Sr. Eleanor Francis!

This weekend we welcome Sr. Eleanor Francis to our parish! Sr. Eleanor leads the Community of St. John the Baptist, a religious order for women located in New Jersey and is both a Sister and an Episcopal Priest, which is very rare! She is scheduled to lead the Lenten Retreat on Saturday, and Monsignor has invited her to concelebrate at the 10:30am Morning Mass where she will deliver the homily, too! Afterwards, join Sr. Eleanor in the Undercroft space while you enjoy the Saint Miriam Cafe’ where she will do an adult forum on the Community she serves! Join us this Sunday for a very special welcome! There are two spots still open in the retreat, too, Click Here now so you don’t miss out!

䷠ Last Call! A Lenten Retreat Like No Other!

Join Saint Miriam for an All-Day Lenten Retreat on “The Prodigal Son” with (The Reverend) Sister Eleanor Francis of the Community of St John the Baptist, Mother Superior and an active priest in the Episcopal Church. Mark your calendars now for Saturday, March 18th – 9:00am – 8:00pm! The 2017 Lenten Retreat will Include Morning Prayer, Meditations, Invitation to you to come inside the story, Forgiveness: What it is and what it’s not, and The Good Samaritan: A Meditation and Discussion! Meals are provided! Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snacks throughout the Retreat! Register Here today!

🗣 A Major Announcement Coming!

Our Pastor will make a major announcement at all Masses on March 26th and at the Evangelism 101 Forum. Please join us!

✒️ Did You Sign-up to Adore Our Lord?

We are going to hold a beautiful Lenten Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 6:00pm on Wednesday, March 29th to Mass on Thursday evening, March 30th at 6:00pm. Join us as we wait with our Lord. Sign up sheet is located in the Betsy and Walter Diener Room!

♨️ Incense Changes Coming!

Our Pastor made a switch to Monastery Incense after his recent visit there! Since 1985, thousands of churches throughout the United States have discovered Monastery Incense is the solution to “the incense problem” in their parish! The highest quality church incense should burn smoothly and evenly, and this is exactly what you will discover in Monastery Incense. So what makes Monastery Incense unique?

Consistently pleasing and long-lasting fragrance
No choking or burnout
Doesn’t “gum up” and kill the charcoal
No more “incense allergies”

Join us and enjoy the aroma of incense again! And, watch for a special announcement coming up on Adoration, too!

👓 Use The “Read More” Tab!

Our newsletter is getting larger so we added a ‘Read More” tab every week after the “The News” Section! Please be sure to click to read on or you will miss the ‘rest of the story’!

⛑ Annual Background Checks Time!

Our Children are very important to us and as a “Safe Parish” our Pastor mandates criminal background checks on all ministry team, staff, educators and volunteers that work or support in volunteering within our parish and schools every year. Mrs. Pat Wilcke will be taking over the coordination of this effort. If you are in need a renewal or an update, or need to complete your file, please contact or see her soon. Thank you for making us safe!

📰 New 2017 Focus Newsletter Coming!

Our 2017 edition of the printed Focus @ Saint Miriam Newsletter is coming fast!! This year’s has been beautifully redesigned and we have many sponsors already on Baird, but can always use a few more! Care to take out an ad that runs all year long? See anyone on staff or just Click Here!

🍕Pizza! Pizza! Real Good Pizza Begins Sunday!

Thanks to a wonderful partnership between Monsignor Jim’s Coach at Manayunk Athletics and CrossFit and Saint Miriam, beginning next week in our school and this Sunday in our Saint Miriam Cafe’ we will begin to offer delicious, healthy choice pizza where you can feel good about eating pizza again! Each 5″ personal pan pizza has 25g protein and ONLY 4g carbs and is made with “clean” ingredients. They are also grain-free and Gluten Free, too! Eat up beginning next Sunday in your choice of Pepperoni, Three Cheese, or Supreme with more flavor choices coming soon all for just $4.75!! (Please allow an extra few minutes from the time you place your order as each is baked while you wait!)

✝️ A VERY Special #GoodFriday is Coming!

🍽Dine and Donate at MaGerks in April!

Another great Dine & Donate opportunity to support the parish and school and this one is less than a block away! Join us on Wednesday, April 26th 2017 from 5:00pm – 9:00pm and 15% goes to support our mission and children! Raise your forks, raise your glass, and help raise our funds!

✝️ A Beautiful Lent at Saint Miriam Continues…

Get ready for a different kind of Lent this year! Lent is here and it brings to some wonderful ways at Saint Miriam to deepen your Lenten Experience. Learn more and sign up for all of these events, by Clicking Here! Here is a quick overview!

Join us on Thursday, March 2nd, and every Thursday in Lent at 6:30pm for our Stations of the Cross devotional.
The First Sunday of Lent, March 5th, we will have an “Instructed Eucharist” at the 10:30am Morning Mass where Monsignor Jim will explain the meaning behind the actions of the Mass.
We will also hold a beautiful Lenten Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 6:00pm on Wednesday, March 29th to Mass on Thursday evening, March 30th at 6:00pm. Join us as we wait with our Lord.
Finally, be sure to join us for a wonderful Lenten Retreat on Saturday, March 18th with Sr. Eleanor Francis who will then join Monsignor and concelebrate the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, March 19th! A beautifully moving Lent is coming! Get ready and prepare a way for the Lord in your life!
Evangelism and You! We will begin on Sunday, March 26th, at 12:00pm with our opening topic, “How to Be One Hell of a Catholic Evangelist”!

🗣Evangelism Comes to Saint Miriam this Lent: First Gathering is Sunday, March 19th!

Monsignor make a mistake! (Hard to believe, huh?) But since Sr. Eleanor will be doing an adult forum this weekend, he moved his first and second classes into one next week! So, Join us! Parishes and dioceses throughout the United States have active evangelization teams and offices of evangelization. Yet, as central as evangelization is to the mission and life of the Church, there is still reluctance on the part of many Catholics to become involved in it. Why? Simple: Catholics Don’t Do that! Well, we were actually once a mission parish and look at what we’ve become together? So, we would like to begin with a brief introduction to evangelism ‘spreading the word’ about us and the Old Catholic Church and then set ourselves up for even greater success in the three main areas. We will begin on Sunday, March 26th, at 12:00pm with our opening topic, “How to Be One Hell of a Catholic Evangelist!”

Saint Miriam in Life: The News!

📚 It’s Time to Read a Good Book In Our Very Own Wonderful Library! Our books are now on Goodreads and broken down by category. Check out our Goodreads page today! Want to check out a book? Just write your name, email address, and date on the sign out card located in the back of each book and place it in the checkout card holder. Books can be checked out for 30 days. If you’d like to make a book donation to the library or have any questions, email our Librarian, Peggy Gabriele by Clicking Here. We also inserted a special bookmark today in our Printed Focus as a reminder to read more at our library!

🎬 Saint Miriam is Live! On the go? You can now take us with you! We Livestream Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Our Mid-Week Mass on Thursdays at 6:00pm. Then, every Sunday tune in and stream our Morning Mass at 10:30am! (Oh, and ya! Please don’t worry! The congregation is not on camera!) You may view on our websites at our main Parish Site any Clicking Here, or our internal Parishioner website by Clicking Here, or on our Parish App, too, just download by Clicking Here!

👕 A Limited Edition Saint Miriam T-Shirt is Available… A very limited edition T-shirt is in the new Store! It says, “I Belong to the BEST Catholic Parish on the Planet!” and has our logo on the front side, too! Stop by and pick one up! There are only a limited number and can be your’s for a low donation of only $25.00!

✍ Write Down Your Prayer Intentions, too, at Saint Miriam! A Prayer Intentions Log Book has been added to our ways to honor your loved ones and offer prayer and support. The beautifully bound leather book will be located near the Saint Miriam Burning Bush Votive Stand and you may enter your own prayers and they will be offered in remembrance and pray by our priests at every Mass! The Prayer Intention Book expected to begin Sunday, February 26th! Join us as we offer the highest form of love: prayer for others!

📰Print-Edition of ‘The Saint Miriam Focus’, 2017 Edition Now Open! Our beautiful print-edition of the weekly newsletter, The Focus at Saint Miriam, comes alive once each year for renewals and new ads and you can help! Why not ask your businesses, employers, or friends with home businesses to consider advertising in our weekly bulletin? Unlike other parishes, our is a once-per-year print at the same cost as many charge for only three months AND we also rotate their ads live at our website, changing them once every week! These are live linked to their own website for direct referrals! A true win-win! The 2017 edition will be ready for Easter 2017 so act fast! Please consider helping us and to lace an ad, learn more, or send a link, just Click Here!

🙏🏼This Lent, Pray for Each Other! Over the next 40 days, we ask you to pray without ceasing for our parish – it is a place of hope for so many. Pray for our parish leadership, especially our pastor who bears the biggest weight; pray for our ministry team, school, volunteers, and all who sacrifice to make Saint Miriam possible. We will also send out reminders through our pastoral care prayer team, too. Pray…it is what Christians do!

📿A Saint Miriam Novena: Sign Up Today to Pray! A Novena is a form of worship within the greater Catholic Church consisting of special prayers, or services, on nine successive days. We have received the gift of our own Novena this week and we will use it this coming Lent! A Novena to St. Miriam was written by Mr. Eric Healy, Holy Infant Parish, on the occasion of the Baptism of his daughter, Abigail Miriam Healy. Please visit the Novena by Clicking Here and see Deacon Pat to be included this Lent as we pray it for the first time!

✍🏼 Grant Writer Needed!Our school is thriving and also provides us with the opportunity to seek and receive grant funding to help our programming! If you are experienced in writing grants and have some time to help us, please let us know? A good grant writer can actually save children and provide wonderful opportunities! Won’t you consider helping us?

👩🏼‍🏫 A Little PREP Help Needed!Do you enjoy working with children? Please consider joining our PREP team! Our class sizes have increased and we are looking for assistant teachers in our PREPlay room and our second grade room. Your responsibility would be to assist the head teacher with her tasks. No planning involved! Please see Shaun Little, or anyone on staff if you are interested, or Click Here!

🐰Easter Egg Hunt Is a’Comin!! Join us Saturday, April 8th at 1:00pm for our annual Community Easter Egg Hunt! Children ages 2 to 12 years are invited to come out and participate. And, in the finest tradition of Saint Miriam, we also invite any visually impaired children to join in the fun as well! That’s right, our Easter Egg Hunt this year will include special eggs to make the vet inclusive for all children! Thanks to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in making “special” eggs that make noise for visually impaired children! This year, EVERY child can participate! In addition, there will be face painting, crafts and refreshments available. Mark your calendars now…you don’t want to miss this one!

Visit the Online Store for the Parish, too! We not only have an onsite Store located adjacent to our sanctuary, but our website designer made a few enhancements to our online store, too! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Click Here!

The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for March 12th 2017

Posted on Mar 10, 2017 in Newsletter |

The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for March 12th 2017

Saint Miriam in Prose: From our Pastor

📰 Click Here to visit our Pastor’s Blog for this week!

Saint Miriam in Prayer: Remembering!

Maia, Jackie, Joe, Wayne, Kevin, Ken and Jan, Richard, Fr. Ken, Kathleen, Frey Family, Katie, Linda, Andy, Eileen, Mark, Gabriele Family, Steve, Kelly, Gina, Noreen, Deborah, Margaret, Nick, The Morgan’s, Maureen and Chris, John, Billy, Dave, Mike, Jonette, Joy, Rick, Steve, Wendell, Judy, Richelle, Kathleen, Dana, Greg, Susan and Marty, Diane, Ckrisen, Donte, Micah, Mary, Lisa, Bryan, Eleanore, Angela, Ruth, Leo, Bobbi, Naomi, Phyllis, Lorraine, Guy, Pat, Angie, Craig, Trevor, Bob, Kim, Kate, Terri, Mary, Dan, Andrew, Ken, Freed Family, Chris, Janet, Pat, Sue, Paul, Ed, George, Marie, Suzanne, Rich, Cassie, Linda, Mike, Shannon, Richard, Victoria, Marianne, Donna, Joe, Maureen, and BJ.

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To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)

Saint Miriam in Reflection: The Mass.

Our Mass Intentions…

All Mass Intentions May be Viewed by Clicking Here.

Memorial Masses:

“In Loving Memory of…”

Joseph DePeri by Pat Wilcke

Louise Freed by Richard Freed

Winifred Wolf by Father Bryan

John Kuhn by Father Bryan

Martha Arendash by Eric Arendash

Patricia Forte by Caryl and David Vieira

Honor Masses:

Norene Salvaggio by Regina Dugan

Kathleen Duncan by Father Bryan

Sanctuary Lamp:

In Loving Memory of Nick Bond by Monsignor Jim

Bread and Wine Sponsor for Month:

In Memory of Betsy and Walter Diener by Jan and Gardo Agustin

(✜ Mass Intentions Available: Please make your Mass Intentions today? See anyone on staff for Masses, Sanctuary Lamp, and Bread and Wine Sponsors or Click Here to make your intentions online! Thank you!)

Saint Miriam New News: a priori!

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To read our full list of current events for this week, visit Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)

Today we honor The Second Sunday of Lent!

🍝 Boy Scouts Pasta Dinner!

Our Troop #320 will hold its annual Boy Scout Spaghetti Dinner in the Undercroft this Saturday, March 11th from 4:30pm – 7:00pm. Please stop by and eat dinner, or take some great pasta home, and support our troop!

🍞Sacred Meal Dinner Group “Lent Edition” Next Wednesday!

Our Sacred Meal Dinner Group will meet next Wednesday, March 15th at 6:30pm for a simple Lenten Style Meal and prayer service. Join us and honor our Christ with a meal we are told to follow! All are welcome so bring a friend!

👕 A Limited Edition Saint Miriam T-Shirt is Available…

A very limited edition T-shirt is in the new Store! It says, “I Belong to the BEST Catholic Parish on the Planet!” and has our logo on the front side, too! Stop by and pick one up! There are only a limited number and can be your’s for a low donation of only $25.00!

🍕Pizza! Pizza! Real Good Pizza Begins Next Sunday!

Thanks to a wonderful partnership between Monsignor Jim’s Coach at Manayunk Athletics and CrossFit and Saint Miriam, beginning next week in our school and next Sunday in our Saint Miriam Cafe’ we will begin to offer delicious, healthy choice pizza where you can feel good about eating pizza again! Each 5″ personal pan pizza has 25g protein and ONLY 4g carbs and is made with “clean” ingredients. They are also grain-free and Gluten Free, too! Eat up beginning next Sunday in your choice of Pepperoni, Three Cheese, or Supreme with more flavor choices coming soon. (Please allow an extra few minutes from the time you place your order as each is baked while you wait!)

📚 It’s Time to Read a Good Book In Our Very Own Wonderful Library!

Our books are now on Goodreads and broken down by category. Check out our Goodreads page today! Want to check out a book? Just write your name, email address, and date on the sign out card located in the back of each book and place it in the checkout card holder. Books can be checked out for 30 days. If you’d like to make a book donation to the library or have any questions, email our Librarian, Peggy Gabriele by Clicking Here. We also inserted a special bookmark today in our Printed Focus as a reminder to read more at our library!

🎬 Saint Miriam is Live!

On the go? You can now take us with you! We Livestream Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Our Mid-Week Mass on Thursdays at 6:00pm. Then, every Sunday tune in and stream our Morning Mass at 10:30am! (Oh, and ya! Please don’t worry! The congregation is not on camera!) You may view on our websites at our main Parish Site any Clicking Here, or our internal Parishioner website by Clicking Here, or on our Parish App, too, just download by Clicking Here!

🖍Our Children Coloring Stations of the Cross

Our Children in our PREP Programs hand colored their own version of the Stations of the Cross this year to supplement our own set that already adorns our Sanctuary walls! Their colored stations are now hung next to the entry to our Sanctuary to allow us all the opportunity to bring their work to life in prayer, as we gather every Thursday in Lent to pray together at 6:30pm! Aimed at the child in all of us, these stations will be so beautiful and moving! Join us every Thursday and see their work and pray the Stations of the Cross at Saint Miriam! Also, as a reminder, the Children of our PREP Classes will be coming together for Stations on Thursday, March 16th! Join them and show your care and support!

✝️ A VERY Special #GoodFriday is Coming!

🍍Welcome Donna Mitchell to Our Parish Board!

Every Board member, except for the Executive Board, has imposed term limits for 2-4 years. Many of them automatically renew, but this year a couple members wish to finally step down after several such renewals; who could blame them? They have served well and helped us to be where we are today! So, we are excited to welcome Ms. Donna Mitchell who fill one such position, and we are hoping that someone new will help us by volunteering to serve for a two-year term? We need new wine to continue to strengthen, and to challenge, the status quo! Please see me, or email me, if you are so inspired. We would be grateful and certainly can use your talent and voice! Welcome Donna!

✈️ Monsignor Away to the South!

Father Jim will not be with us this weekend, as he will be traveling to St. Padre Pio for a diocesan pastoral visit and to confirm five new Catholics! However, he leaves us in the very capable hands of Father Bryan! Pray for our pastor, the Confirmandi, and their ministry team, but always pray for one another, too!

🍞The Secular Franciscan Group to Serve at Lenten Retreat!

We are proud that our own Third Order, Secular Franciscans will be honoring their Lenten obligation by literally baking bread and taking on our upcoming Lenten Retreat! The group has decided to prepare all the food, beverages, and wonderful snacks for all participants! The all-day Lenten Retreat this year is sure to be absolutely wonderful and will include three meals and snacks, too! Join us in thanking our Secular Franciscans and then join Sr. Eleanor Francis next Saturday for our annual Lenten Retreat by Clicking Here!

🍽Dine and Donate at MaGerks in April!

䷠ Last Call! A Lenten Retreat Like No Other!

✝️ A Beautiful Lent at Saint Miriam Continues…

Join us on Thursday, March 2nd, and every Thursday in Lent at 6:30pm for our Stations of the Cross devotional.
The First Sunday of Lent, March 5th, we will have an “Instructed Eucharist” at the 10:30am Morning Mass where Monsignor Jim will explain the meaning behind the actions of the Mass.
We will also hold a beautiful Lenten Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 6:00pm on Wednesday, March 29th to Mass on Thursday evening, March 30th at 6:00pm. Join us as we wait with our Lord.
Finally, be sure to join us for a wonderful Lenten Retreat on Saturday, March 18th with Sr. Eleanor Francis who will then join Monsignor and concelebrate the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, March 19th! A beautifully moving Lent is coming! Get ready and prepare a way for the Lord in your life!
Evangelism and You! We will begin on Sunday, March 19th, at 12:00pm with our opening topic, “How to Be One Hell of a Catholic Evangelist”!

🗣Evangelism Comes to Saint Miriam this Lent: First Gathering is Sunday, March 19th!

Since Pope John Paul II called the Church to a new “horizon of evangelization,” there has been increased interest in the mission of evangelization. Parishes and dioceses throughout the United States have active evangelization teams and offices of evangelization. Yet, as central as evangelization is to the mission and life of the Church, there is still reluctance on the part of many Catholics to become involved in it. Why? Simple: Catholics Don’t Do that! Well, we were actually once a mission parish and look at what we’ve become together? So, we would like to begin with a brief introduction to evangelism – spreading the word – about us and the Old Catholic Church and then set ourselves up for even greater success in the three main areas. We will begin on Sunday, March 19th, at 12:00pm with our opening topic, “How to Be One Hell of a Catholic Evangelist”!

Saint Miriam in Life: The News!

🏁 It’s Hard to Believe, BUT We Are STILL Not There! Help Take Us Over The Finish Line? Please help us get over the finish line! We just went over $21,000, but need your help today! We are trying to give Monsigner a salary of $25,000 a year. Is he worth not more for all he does, and the countless hours he spends caring for us? Please read his letter included in this week’s Focus after all Masses and then donate by Clicking Here!

🎤‍ Love The Choir? Sing, Sing, and Rehearse! Our fledgling Saint Miriam Choir will begin their 2017 rehearsal schedule on Wednesday, March 15th at 7:30pm, immediately following the special Lenten-edition of our Sacred Meal Dinner Group! Please consider coming to the meal for some delicious food and fellowship at 6:30pm and then stay and sing your hearts our for the Lord! Thanks to all who will make this endeavor sing with life!

💒 New Adoration Brochure Comes Home! A beautiful new Adoration brochure is now available at Saint Miriam! Pick one up this week within your Print-Edition of our Weekly FocusNewsletter, or in the Information Center located in our Bell Tower! Learn all about Adoration and how it can change your life to spend an hour with Our Lord! You may also see it by Clicking Here and visiting our new Adoration Page at our website!

👷🏼Rectory Friary Building Plans to be Submitted to Township! Join us in the effort to build a new Rectory! Our architect and engineers have completed the drawings and building plans and they will be submitted to the township this week for approval and permits. Please keep the process in your prayers. Please also visit the plans online by Clicking Here and support this endeavor to give our priests a well-deserved new home by Clicking Here now!

View Our Full Rectory Plans Now OnLine & Help Us Build! View the full gallery at our website now to see how the new Friary Rectory will look! Click Here and help us begin to grow a place for our priests today! Our priests give their lives for us and sacrifice in many ways. Monsignor has been living in an RV since we moved to our beautiful campus. But, many do not know the reason is that he sold his home and donated 100% of the proceeds to secure our mortgage here and he also pays for his RV every month on his own! However, Whitemarsh Township sent a notice that he is not permitted to reside on the campus in an RV and he must move immediately. Therefore, with the generous help of David, Greg, and our team we have designed a new rectory! As you know, we offer many prayers for all of our benefactors, whether donations are large or small. But, we are now praying intently for those souls who have the means to give us a larger gift. The building of our Friary Rectory must start in the spring, and we are in urgent need of gifts in the range of $5,000-$50,000 to ensure that will happen, but any size gift is welcome and will add up quickly! How we will beg Our Lord to reward you a hundred-fold above and beyond the measure with which you give to us! May God reward you! Thank you for your considerations and prayers. If you can support this effort, please see Alan or Monsignor, or email by Clicking Here.

Union Cemetery Opens Section F: The St. Francis Green Memorial Section! Our brand new cemetery section, featuring St. Francis Joliet, is now open! The section is beautiful and will be even more stunning with the sporing plantings so take advantage of still-ongoing pre-construction prices of 30% off! Graves include single depth, double, family lots, cremation ground burial, and cremation niche entombment, and one stunning space within the base of the St. Francis Joliet Statute itself! Call today for your tour at 215-836-9800 x705!

♥️ “Scarfs with a Purpose” at Saint Miriam Bringing Warmth to Those In Need! So far we have distributed well over 100 scarves! Way to go!! As you know, we have teamed with with Evol Majers to distribute newly created homemade scarfs from our wonderful Prayer Shawl Ministry Group for homeless persons in our area! Our warm, made with love, scarfs will be going to those who need warmth the most! Please support this new ministry by donating materials or making a generous donation or joining the group and helping make wonderful strength-giving knitted items for those in need of some pastoral care! See Midge Olson today to join the group, or simply purchase a few scarfs and drop them off to our collection in the Betsy and Walter Diener Room this week!!