What's happening at St. David Parish

Our Lady of Confidence Day School Registration
Our Lady of Confidence Day School, one of the schools of special education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is now accepting registrations for the 2013-2014 school year. The school program is designed for students with an intellectual disability and/or developmental delay. For further information, please call 215-657-9311.

If you are looking for a strong Catholic Education where the values you teach at home are reinforced in school, please come and see all your parish school has to offer your children. You may learn more about our school at http://www.qoaschool.org, on Facebook at Queen of Angels, Willow Grove, or on Twitter @qoa_school. Our school principal, Sister Margaret Rose Adams, enjoys sharing the good news about our school. Email, smadams@qoaschool.org or call 215-659-6393 to make an appointment today.

Pray for the Church in China
Archbishop Chaput encourages prayer for the Church in China. This is a world-wide effort initiated by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2007 to pray especially on May 24th, the optional Memorial of Our Lady, Help for Christians, for the clergy and the faithful in China.

St David CYO Banquet
St David CYO will be holding its annual banquet to honor our athletes in Grades 5 through High School on Sunday morning, June 2nd at the VE Club on Davisville Road. Reservations need to be made by Wednesday,
May 29th - no tickets will be available at the door. Ticket prices will be $15/adult, $12/child with a family maximum of $52. Please contact Mike McHugh at mmchugh619@yahoo.com or 215-470-7104 with any
questions or to make reservations.

Saint David CYO Night at the Phillies
Tuesday July 30, 2013, 7:05 p.m. vs San Francisco
Section 432 (Rows 11-15), Tix $20 each
Only 27 remain (73 already sold).
Contact David Dombrowski, 215-500-6840

Walking Pilgrimage of Faith
The Year of Faith is the perfect time to give public witness to your faith in Jesus Christ and His Church! Auxiliary Bishop John McIntyre invites you and your parishioners to participate in a day of fun, prayer and pilgrimage for the Year of Faith on Sunday, October 13.
Who's invited? Families, youth groups, PREP classes, Catholic schools, young adults, RCIA groups, prayer groups...everyone!
How do we get there? Walk, Drive, Take the Train, or any combo of these three to arrive at the Cathedral in time for prayer and praise and 6:30pm Mass with Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
When? October 13 - aim to arrive around 5pm for Adoration and Praise and Worship and then Mass with the Archbishop at 6:30pm.
Why? The Year of Faith is about giving witness to the joy of our faith in Christ in the public square. This event brings the Church out into the streets to show others how the Faith is alive!
For more info on how to participate and online RSVP see the website. http://archphila.org/pilgrimagefaith/pilgrimagefaith.php or click here for a flyer for the event.

We welcome all Catholics moving into the Willow Grove, PA area to our Parish community.

Please call the Rectory at 215-657-0252 to make an appointement to register. You can click this link to download the Parish Registration form in advance of your appointment.

Learn more about St. David of Wales.

Ministerial Staff:

Rev. Msgr. Richard T. Bolger, Pastor
Deacon William Eliason, Retired
Sister Margaret Rose Adams, I.H.M., Princial Queen of Angels Regional School
Sr. Maryanne Winterberg, I.H.M., Convent Superior
Sr. Mary St. Mark, I.H.M., Director of Religious Education
Sr. Mary Catherine Chamberlain, I.H.M, RCIA Coordinator
Sr. Kathleen McGuire, I.H.M., Pastoral Visitor
Mrs. Maureen Mahon, Parish Secretary
Mr. John Holz, Parish Business Manager
Mr. Stephen P. Kowalchik, Choir Director

Jesus said "Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me."

Corpus Christi Novena Prayer
May 24 through June 1
O God, by your Son's Gospel, you have brought together one Church from every people, tongue and nation. By the power of your Spirit, you never cease to gather us into one. You love the human race and always walk with us on the journey of life. Blessed indeed is your Son, who by his love gathers us when he opens the Scriptures and breaks the Bread. Lord, renew your Church by the light of the Gospel. In a world torn by strife, may your people shine forth as a prophetic sign of unity and peace. Amen

Mark Your Calendar!
Sunday, June 2nd - CYO Banquet
Tuesday, Jul 30 - CYO Night at the Phillies
Tuesday, Sept. 10th – Bible Study begins
Saturday, Oct. 5th – Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to the National Shrine
Fri., Oct. 25th – 27th – St. David Parish Family Retreat

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Word of Life
Jesus didn't come to bring death, but rather, the death of hatred, the death of fighting, the death of calumny, that is, killing with the tongue. Jesus did not come to bring death, the death that He suffered for defending life. Jesus came to bring life and to bring abundant life, and he sends us out, carrying that life, but he tells us: "Care for it!" Because there are people who … aren't involved in the Gospel: (who are part of) the culture of death… life interests them insofar as it is useful, insofar
as it has some kind of utility and if not, it doesn't interest them. And throughout the world, this weed has been planted, of the culture of death.
Most Rev. Jorge Bergoglio, former Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, now Pope Francis, homily at Mass on August 31, 2005

The Year of Faith 2012-2013

"…They called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith..."(Acts 14:27).

This year has been proclaimed as The Year of Faith. In this special year, believers around the world are called to renew their commitment to the faith that is "always the same, yet the source of ever new light."

Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed a Year of Faith which began October 11, 2012 and concluding on November 24, 2013, the feast of Christ the King. This Year of faith coincides with the anniversaries of two great events that have marked the life of the Church the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This is the beginning of a series of information about the Year of Faith and what it calls Catholics to ponder.

Year of Faith Resources:

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Click over here to find ideas to inspire you in this year when we are invited to "an authentic and renewed conversion to the Lord, the one Savior of the world".

Catholic Digest

Diving into the Catechism during the Upcoming Year of Faith

The Family Catechism

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