The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.
Matthew 5:1-12a
Parish News & Events
SOME OF THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK ACTIVITIES HAPPENING:
Souper Bowl - canned soup drive
Faculty & Staff Luncheon
Classroom Door Decorating
8th Grade vs. Teachers Volleyball Game
Drop Everything and Read day in classroom
Dress Down Day
Student Treat
School Wide Puzzle Activity
Fr. Lang Visits the students
Make Cards for the Priests
Flag Raising ceremony
Thank You Letters to Veterans
School Mass
Career Day clothes
FLAME OF LOVE
OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
You are invited to attend Holy Mass on the Flame of Love Feast Day, Thursday, February 2, 2023 at St. Mary Magdalen Church, Media (Rosary and Sacrament of Reconciliation at 6pm, talk by Father Mike Davis at 7pm, Holy Mass at 8pm. This event will be live-streamed for the entire country.
Please join us at St. Max on February 4th for the next First Saturday Devotion.
Our Lady (of Fatima) asks each one of us to repent and confess our sins, receive Holy Communion, pray the Rosary, pray for our Pope while keeping her company with a spirit of reparation for five first Saturdays. Come pray with us and bring your prayer petitions.
Mass at 8:00am
followed by the Flame of Love Rosary
Confession is available
Would you like to gain the knowledge, the confidence, the skills and the blessings to lead someone to Christ? Join the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for an amazing Evangelization opportunity!
2023 Catholic Charities Appeal
On Monday, January 23, 2023, Archbishop Pérez will officially launch the 2023 Catholic Charities Appeal – Giving Hope to All! Tune in to Archbishop Pérez’s Facebook page on Monday at 10:00 am to watch the live-stream footage of Archbishop Pérez, CCA Board President Ernie Russom, and beneficiaries officially kick off the largest annual fundraiser of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
January Update:
UPDATE:
Father Papa and the Envisioning Team have identified three parish priorities and have submitted their goals and strategies for implementing these goals to our CLI consultant for review. The group will continue to meet with our CLI Consultant refining the process until proposed strategies are both do-able and measurable. We look forward to sharing these with the Parish.
Happy New Year!
The Parish Envisioning Team has been busy meeting with our Catholic Leadership Institute (CLI) Consultant and will continue to do so regularly and on their own. The Team is working to fulfill the request of the Archdiocese to identify three priorities for Saint Max Parish with corresponding goals to advance outcomes where we have areas of opportunity (challenges).
Attention All New Volunteers who have Regular contact with Children (Coaches, Catechists, etc.)
Protecting God’s Children
Safe Environment Training
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Protecting God's Children for Adults Where:St. Elizabeth Parish (Upper Uwchlan)When:Thursday, March 16, 2023
6:30 PMEstimated length of session:3 hrsSpaces remaining:8 of 50Language:This session will be conducted in EnglishNotes:Please arrive 15 minutes early to sign in and receive the training materials. If you need to change your session registration, please visit www.virtusonline.org and login using the user id and password you selected during your initial registration and select another session. The parish office is located behind the church. Follow the signs to the meeting. Due to the sensitive nature of the material being discussed, no one under the age of 18 will be permitted to attend the session.Contact:Ann Polese (610-321-1200)
6:30 PMEstimated length of session:3 hrsSpaces remaining:8 of 50Language:This session will be conducted in EnglishNotes:Please arrive 15 minutes early to sign in and receive the training materials. If you need to change your session registration, please visit www.virtusonline.org and login using the user id and password you selected during your initial registration and select another session. The parish office is located behind the church. Follow the signs to the meeting. Due to the sensitive nature of the material being discussed, no one under the age of 18 will be permitted to attend the session.Contact:Ann Polese (610-321-1200)
Protecting God's Children for Adults Where:Live Online SessionWhen:Monday, February 13, 2023
9:30 AMEstimated length of session:3 hrsSpaces remaining:38 of 65Language:This session will be conducted in EnglishNotes:This training will be conducted via a ZOOM webinar. Please make sure you download the ZOOM software or application to your device before the session. This is a video conference session
9:30 AMEstimated length of session:3 hrsSpaces remaining:38 of 65Language:This session will be conducted in EnglishNotes:This training will be conducted via a ZOOM webinar. Please make sure you download the ZOOM software or application to your device before the session. This is a video conference session
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Protecting God's Children for Adults Where:Live Online SessionWhen:Monday, February 27, 2023
9:30 AMEstimated length of session:3 hrsSpaces remaining:51 of 65Language:This session will be conducted in EnglishNotes:This training will be conducted via a ZOOM webinar. Please make sure you download the ZOOM software or application to your device before the session. This is a video conference session
9:30 AMEstimated length of session:3 hrsSpaces remaining:51 of 65Language:This session will be conducted in EnglishNotes:This training will be conducted via a ZOOM webinar. Please make sure you download the ZOOM software or application to your device before the session. This is a video conference session
Welcome to your New Baby!
Congratulations!
We would love to help walk you through the Baptism process. Please call the Rectory at 610-399-6936, and we will get you started with the information you need.
2023 PARISH
SACRAMENT DATES:
CONFIRMATION - Saturday, February 18th 10:00 am
FIRST PENANCE - Saturday, January 21 10:00 am
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION - Saturday, May 6th 10:00 am
St. Max School News & Events
St. Max PREP News & Events
St. Max KOLBE CLUB
The Kolbe Club presents
The Greenbrier America's Resort
White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia
4 Days * Mon-Thurs., May 15-18, 2023
See details in the Parish Bulletin, the Flyer above and the Parish Website www.stmax.org
Travel with the Kolbe Club to celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph. This is a fun day of food and entertainment at
DOOLAN'S SHORE CLUB
in Spring Lake, NJ
Wednesday, March 29, '23
Depart St. Max at 9:30 am
Return at 5:30 pm approximately
$135.00 per person
Outreach Opportunities
CARING FOR FRIENDS IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS - CAN YOU HELP?
Please click on the flyer below
Archdiocesan News & Events
Early Bird Registration is Now Open!
Bring a Friend
We are less than 40 days away from the 15th annual Man Up Philly Conference! Archbishop Pérez challenged us to bring 3 friends on March 4th. Who has God directed you to invite?
15th Anniversary of Man Up Philly!
Saturday March 4, 2023 will be the 15th Man Up Philly Conference and we are going back to our roots to the Campus of Cardinal O'Hara at the St John Vianney Hall Theater where it all started. Don't miss this opportunity to bring a friend and hear inspiring speakers for a day of reflection and growth!
Thursday, February 16, 2023 – 7:00pm
Event: Walking with Purpose LIVE with
Lisa Brenninkmeyer
Join us for Walking with Purpose LIVE with Founder and Chief Purpose Officer, Lisa Brennkmeyer as she shares her talk Strong Yet Tender: Building Resilience in an Age of Trauma. Are you tired of feeling untethered and overwhelmed? Most of our families are experiencing anxiety, woundedness, and stress. But that does not need to be your story. Come and see how, through God’s help, you can build resilience in an age of trauma. Every woman is welcome!
Presenter: Lisa Brenninkmeyer, Founder and Chief Purpose Officer, Walking with Purpose
Location: St. Joseph Parish, 340 Manor Ave, Downingtown, PA 19335
More info: Registration is now open at: https://walkingwithpurpose.com/event/wwp-live-with-lisa-brenninkmeyer-2/
Various dates in 2023
Event: Training Workshops for Extraordinary Ministers, Lectors and Altar Servers
The Eucharistic Revival is a grace-filled time for all of us to rediscover the beauty and reverence that we are called to demonstrate in our liturgical ministries. Our Archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship offers training workshop for liturgical ministers, including extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, Lectors, Altar Servers and more. Please consider attending a workshop!
Location: Various locations in the Archdiocese
More info: https://www.odwphiladelphia.org/workshops/
Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 7:00 pm
The Plague of Pornography - A Conversation Starter for Families
Join us as we explore the plague that pornography has caused in our homes, our families, our Church and our world as Jim exposes the truth of what pornography truly is, does and causes. Learn how to start those difficult conversations with those you love, including your spouse, children, co-workers and anyone who has been affected by this plague. Appropriate for children ages 12 and up.
Speaker: Jim O'Day, Integrity Restored, certified life coach, mentor and sex & pornography addiction recovery coach, committed Catholic, husband, father and grandfather.
Location: St. Andrew the Apostle Church, Msgr. McGettigan Hall, 3500 School Lane, Drexel Hill, PA
More Information: No registration required; Questions? Nicky Verna, Director of the New Evangelization, nverna@standrewdh.org
Six Thursday mornings starting on March 2, 2023
Schools of Missionary Discipleship: Part I, School of Discipleship
Join us for a powerful and practical training in the habits and skills of missionary discipleship. Part 1, the School of Discipleship, will help you grow deeper in personal friendship with Jesus through prayer and personal conversion. Part 2, the School of Mission, will equip you with the skills you need to go forth as “fishers of men,” seeking to win souls with and for Jesus.
Part 1, School of Discipleship: Six Thursdays starting on March 2, 2023, 9:15 AM-12:15 PM at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Drexel Hill (Delaware County)
- View the flyer
- The course in English is especially intended for parish, school and Archdiocesan staff and is therefore offered during the daytime.
- This course is also available in Spanish: Volante promocional
- Part 2, The School of Mission, will be offered on 6 Thursdays in Fall 2023.
More details: Cost is $50.00 for Part 1, The School of Discipleship
To register and learn more about course topics, visit: https://www.phillyevang.org/schools/
Use this Zoom link to join each Monday: https://zoom.us/s/494480541
More Info: Sponsored by the Pontifical Missions Societies (phillymissions.org)
Monday Evenings, 8PM
Virtual World Mission Rosary
Join hundreds of people throughout the Archdiocese who have regularly been praying the ROSARY LIVE! United in this most powerful prayer, we ask for the miraculous intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary to hear our intentions and renew our Catholic faith as we pray in unity for our brothers and sisters in mission lands world-wide. On Mission Mondays, we pray the World Mission Rosary, created by Venerable Fulton Sheen, in which we offer each decade for one of five Mission areas, including the US.
St. Charles Seminary Annual Appeal and
Come & See Weekends
Held throughout the year...Come and See Weekends offer men who are discerning a call to the priesthood a chance to get away, and to find a place of quiet to listen to God speak. These weekends include Mass, praying the Litany of the Hours, talks on discernment, and vocations and the opportunity to spend time with the seminarians in formation. There is no cost to attend these weekends. For more information: Heedthecall.org/ComeandSee or contact Fr. Friel at fr.dfriel@archphila.org.
HIGH SCHOOL MEN
October 29-30, 2022
January 28-29, 2023
February 25-26, 2023
POST-HIGH SCHOOL MEN
October 14-16, 2022
December 2-4, 2022
February 10-12, 2023
March 10-12, 2023
Retreat Opportunities
Event:Restore: A Women’s Healing Retreat at St. Mary of Providence Center in Elverson, PA
God longs for us to believe that we indeed are who He says we are: His beloved daughters, carefully created, infinitely loved and valued beyond measure. Through unique, facilitated healing encounters, we listen deeply for the Holy Spirit’s promptings as He reveals the memories, the moments, the circumstances that caused dis-integration within us. With Him, we will untwist distortions, renounce lies, expose the habitual ways we get stuck in anxiety, fear or overwhelm and, most importantly, open to Jesus’ Love, which is the true balm for our wounded hearts. Come…and let Him Restore you!
Retreat Leaders: Father Stephen DeLacy and De Yarrison of You Are Made New Ministry
More info:https://youaremadenew.com/restore-womens-retreator email De atde@youaremadenew.com.
Discernment Retreat
“Discernment refers to the process of sifting out what is of God, discriminating between that which expresses God’s call
and anything that runs counter to it.”
Daylesford Abbey is offering a weekend retreat opportunity for people seeking to both learn and deepen their knowledge and practice of discernment. Following an Ignatian model for discernment, Daylesford Abbey’s team of spiritual directors and Abbot Domenic Rossi, O. Praem. will lead the group in prayer and conferences. There will be opportunities for fellowship, silence, spiritual direction, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
January 27-29, 2023Offering: $220 overnight, $110 commuter
Or call 610-601-8702
or email adr@daylesford.org
Rachel's Vineyard
A Place to Heal from Abortion
Dates: March 3-5, 2023
210 IHM Drive, Malvern, PA 19355
Rachel's Vineyards retreats bring healing and God's forgiveness to the trauma and darkness of abortion for those who think they committed the unforgivable sin.
If you or someone you love has been suffering from the emotional and spiritual pains of an abortion - no matter how much time has past - please know that this will Retreat will help your soul transform that pain into a hope for the future.
God's mercy is greater than sin and is waiting for us to reach out for it.
Join us for a safe, loving and confidential weekend to experience the healing power of God's infinite mercy
Contact: Susan 610-716-4795 or
Georgeann 484-955-4278
Click on the Save the Date Above for More Information
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