SUN 03/16 Mass for the People (9:00)

Special Intentions (11:30)

MON 03/17 NO MASS

TUES 03/18 Miraculous Medal (12:05)

WED 03/19 Joseph Brown (12:05)

THU 03/20 Special Intentions (12:05)

Mass of the Lord's Supper (7:00)

FRI 03/21 Morning Prayer (9:00)

Noon Day Prayer (12:00)

Good Friday Service (3:00)

SAT 03/22 Morning Prayer (9:00)

Noon Prayer (12:00)

THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR

SUN 03/16 Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion

WED 03/19 Sacrament of Reconciliation (7-8:30)

SAT 03/22 Sacrament of Penance (4-4:30)

FOR THIS WE PRAY ........

Our Sick:

Muriel Ancrum, Patricia Banmiller, Bernadette Barry,

Thomas Baumann, John Beccatelli, Ada Tirea Beck,

Patricia Beck, Maryanne Bianco, Marie Blasiak,

Irene Biggs-West, Karreen Breedan, Esther Brown,

Herbert Callimer Jr., Mary Campellone, Michael Connell,

Helen Conrad, Marion DiFerdinando, Patricia Doherty,

William Drinker, Katherine Edward, Mrs. Egan, Sandra Ellis, Anthony Esposito, Sue Fagnani, John Grelis, Beverly Hanson, Grevious, Almeta Grant, Malwell Grant, David Geilfuss,

Allen Gundy, Elizabeth Hameman, Elizabeth Hartman,

Luke Hoban, Cindy Hogan, Frank Howarth , Cecelia Johnson, Connie Lodise, Bob Lynch, Dennis McDowell, Eureka Okafor, Pierce Family, Jane Queen, Margaret Quigley, Maria Rios, Donna Roblin, Danielle Satchel, Helen Schaefer,

Joe Shiplett, James Strainor Jr., Katherine Strawbridge, Antoinette Topienac, Peggy Tucker, Gertrude Williams,

Hilda Wuenschel, Esther Blair, Katherine Elliott, Sara Ann Kronot, Frances Shiplett, Margaret Tilley, Darlene Tilley, Anthony Tilley, Gloria Lewis, Arlene Freeman, Janice Moore, Regina Davis, Carolyn Sarisio, Eileen Puta, Darnella Walls, Adeline Roderiguez, C'Aron Hamilton, Marilyn Robinson,

Barb Shiplett, Delores Wethington, Claude Harper,

Patricia Judge, Phillip Clay, Camellia Bekker, Eileen Smith, Monica Armstrong, David Weber, Doris Kelley, Patti Burton Picarella, Tom Paoletti, Shawn Powell, Helen Ludt, Brittany Curtis, Dorothy Stone, Maureen Mahoney, Willie Fleming,

Edith Baker, Lil Needham, Barbara Wallace, Mary Weber, Eleanor Mezzacappa.Anne Weir, Charles Monteiro,

Sue North, Myles McDonald, Cathy Goodwin,

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Reid, Paul Wojtaszek, Andy Demebrovitz

Helene Caffarello, Matthias Tribble

Our Sister Parish: of Las Anonas de Santa Cruz in El Salvador

The Men and Women Serving Abroad...and all those who seek peace: Pvt. Will Dutton, Nicholas Anderson, Jonathan Clark

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEK

Sunday Collection $5,342.00

Electronic 2,461.25

Total $7,803.25

Tithe $390.16

Diocesan High School $546.00

Tithe - is 5% of weekly collection which is tithed out to the community upon request.

Electronic Contribution forms can be found on the back table of church. If you are interested, please complete and drop in the collection basket or mail to the rectory.

HOLY THURSDAY - March 20

7:00 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Supper

(Please bring a bag of food for the food cupboard)

10:00 p.m. Night Prayer

Vigiling continues until 11:00 p.m. - resumes at 7:00 a.m. Friday and continues until Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY - March 21

9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer

12:00 noon Noon Day Prayer

12:30 p.m. "Way of the Cross"

(Urban Stations of the Cross; meet in front of the Church)

3:00 p.m. Good Friday...The Passion of Our Lord

9:00 p.m. Night Prayer

Vigiling ends at 10:00 p.m.

HOLY SATURDAY - March 22

9:00 p.m. Morning Prayer

12:00 noon Noon Day Prayer

12:30 p.m. Vigiling Ends

(Decorate Church for Easter)

7:30 p.m. Easter Vigil

EASTER SUNDAY - March 23

9:00 a.m. Mass with Baptisms

11:30 p.m. Mass with Baptisms

Every Wednesday of Lent: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.in the Chapel: Please knock on rectory door for admittance.

ADULT FAITH FORMATION EVENT

The approaching season of Easter gives all Christians an opportunity to reconnect with their baptism. But what, exactly, is the significance of this sacrament? Come join us on alternate Tuesday evenings in Lent for a series of classes and discussions about baptism. We will be reading Paul Philibert, The Priesthood of the Faithful: Key to a Living Church (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2005), ISBN 0-8146-3023-5 (available at Amazon.com).

Dates: Mar. 25 (chapters 6 and 7)

Apr. 8 (chapter 8)

Time: 7 pm - 9 pm

Location: St. Vincent's Chapel

Facilitator: Tim Brunk (St. Vincent's Parishioner and Assistant Professor of Theology at Villanova University)

CALL TO COMMUNITY GATHERING II

Save the date: Saturday, April 12 from 8:30am - 2pm. This continuation of the lively discussions and fellowship we experienced on February 2 will be an opportunity for g roups to share their "small win" accomplishments and for all of us to discuss and prioritize the goals that we discussed at our first gathering. Please plan to attend. More details will be provided in the coming weekends.

WRITERS OF PETITIONS NEEDED

We are in need of more writers. If you feel called or would like to look into this ministry, please contact

Peg McFadden at 215-745-3828 or pegmcfadden@hotmail.com.

PARISH MINISTRIES: TELL US WHAT YOU NEED!

One of the "Social Gospel" discussion groups at the Feb. 2 Parish Call to Community wants to take an inventory of our many parish ministry groups to find out WHO NEEDS HELP. That way we can help you connect eager parishioner-volunteers with the groups that need them. A parishioner will be contacting a leader of each ministry soon with a short questionnaire. If you are a ministry leader and want to be sure we reach you about this, we would love to hear from you! Please contact Michelle

Williams (Shelly_2929@msn.com 267-342-4006) or Mary Laver (mlaver14@comcast.net 610-668-9845.

ST. MARTIN DE PORRES SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE

You are invited to see students and teachers in a safe, creative, gospel centered environment on April 9 from 9am-11am or 3-5pm. Our parish interparochial school is located at 44 West Logan Street in Germantown.

FACE TO FACE

June 17, 2008 -Save that date! Please plan to join us on June 17 for Dining Out Face to Face. Participating restaurants in Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, Flourtown, and Germantown will be donating 10% of the evening's profits to Face to Face. For more information, visit our website: www.facetofacegermantown.org.

LEARNING LAB

Believe it or not, 27 million Americans are functionally illiterate (about one adult in five) and the rate is climbing.

The solution to this problem is YOU!! Join the fight against illiteracy. Become a tutor at St. Vincent's Learning Lab. Will you give time (about 2 hours) either morning or evening to help someone read or achieve their G.E.D.? The only degree you need is a degree of caring. Contact Sr. Rosella at 215-849-9416.

SOME COMMUNITY THANK YOUS

From Covenant House: Thank you for the gift of $262.63 (from a recent Lenten Cluster Event collection)...Because of your kindness, we will be able to continue to provide shelter and support services to all the homeless, runaway and at-risk youth who come to our door.

From Joy Wuenschel: At long last you can remove me from your prayer list. After 6+ years of using a cane, I am finally walking without it and am ever so grateful to be able to walk this well. Sister Ruth was right: THE POWER OF PRAYER works! Thank you for your unfailing prayers and support.

MARY MOTHER OF CAPTIVES SUPPORT GROUP

"I was in prison and you visited me..."Matthew 25:36

Mary Mother of Captives, a support group for those with a loved one in prison, will meet on Monday, March 17 at 7pm at Catholic Social Services 7320 Jackson St., 2^nd floor, NE Philadelphia.

Become a Pen Pal! One of our Pen Pals said, "I can save a soul with a pen." Please help. Call Jack/Sophie at 215-698-2585 or email mmocsprtgp@aol.com. Total anonymity guaranteed.

5^th Anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq

A van load of St. Vincent's members will be going to Washington D.C. on Wednesday, March 19, the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We have room for two more riders; one rider can come at no cost due to a generous offer of support from someone who cannot travel. The van will be leaving 30^th Street Station at 7:30am and returning there at 7:30pm. Call Blaise Tobia at 215-387-9706 if you might be interested. This trip is partly in remembrance of the action in Philadelphia on March 20, 2003 - the day of the invasion - when 107 people were arrested at the Federal Building, including members of St. Vincent's.

Besides the Good Friday Way of the Cross at St. Vincent's (the 15^th annual), those more specifically oriented towards antiwar protest might want to participate in the Brandywine Peace Community's noontime "Trail of Mourning & Truth - Nonviolent Resistance at the Iraq War's Chief Weapons Profiteer, Lockheed Martin" at Mall & Goddard Boulevards behind the King of Prussia Mall.

Sharon Browning, a member of our community, has been on a ten-day trip to Israel and Palestine with a group of mediators from the Greater Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of Conflict Resolution. The trip, called "Just Listening to Israel," was made to listen to the stories of people on many sides of the conflict there and to bring their stories back to Philadelphia. Sharon was invited to facilitate the process for the group. Our prayers are sought for the people of this troubled part of our world.

PRAYERS FOR AN END TO VIOLENCE

If you are concerned about the violence in our neighborhood, our city, our country, and our world and want to do something simple, effective, and concrete, join us in front of Germantown High School (on Germantown Avenue) on Thursday evenings at 6:45pm for ½ hour of prayer. You are welcome to participate for 30 minutes or 5 minutes. For more information, call Joe or Carroll Clay at 215-248-3563.

SCULPTURE EXHIBIT

You are invited to view Virginia Maksymowicz's sculptural reliefs of The Stations on the Cross on display in New York City throughout March at the National Museum of Catholic Art and History, 443 East 115^th Street (at Pleasant Avenue) in Spanish Harlem. The Museum is open Monday - Friday 11:00am - 5:00pm (but you might have to ring the bell or call the office if no one is staffing the front door: 212-828-5209).

CLUSTER 18

CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES OF THE NORTHWEST

St. Athanasius St. Benedict

St. Raymond Holy Cross

St. Madeleine Sophie St. Therese

St. Francis St. Vincent de Paul

Immaculate Conception

SHRINE SPEAKERS

March 10, 2008 - Rev. Joseph Cummins, C.M.

"Mary and the Passion"

Psalm -- With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption (Psalm 130).

Second Reading -- If Christ is in you, the spirit is alive even if the body is dead because of sin (Romans 8:8-11).

Gospel -- Lazarus, dead four days, comes out of his tomb when Jesus calls his name.

(John 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]).

READINGS FOR NEXT WEEK

First Reading -- Peter is an eyewitness: The Lord is

risen (Acts 10:34a, 37-43).

Psalm -- This is the day the Lord has made; let us

rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118).

(1) Second Reading -- All who are baptized, set your

hearts in heaven (Colossians 3:1-4) or

(2) Second Reading -- Christ our Passover is sacrificed; therefore let us celebrate (1 Corinthians 5:6b-8).

Gospel -- Three witnesses, Mary, Peter, and John; each

responds to the empty tomb (John 20:1-9) or

Matthew 28:1-10 (or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Luke 24:13-35).

RACIAL HEALING STATEMENT

To foster a community in which people of all races and cultures are treated as equals and fully participate in the life of the church.

We hope to achieve this by......

Deepening Cross-Racial/Cross-Cultural relationships;

Developing each person's gifts for Leadership & Ministry;

(Including each group's Art & Culture) and by.......

Supporting action for justice.