Sunday after Ascension Announcements for Sunday, May 8, 2016

Priest: Rev. Fr. James Bartoloma
Mass Intention: Deceased Members of the Brennan Family req. by Mark Matthews

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March 2016 Finances:
March 6 Income $365 Attendance: 39
March 13 Income $648 Attendance: 35
March 20 Income $251 Attendance: 39
March 27 Income $603 Attendance: 52 (36 in the pews)
Expenses: Clergy $525; Musicians $1,600; Rent $400; Candles $136.59

NET LOSS $394.59

April 2016 Finances:
April 3 Income: $274 Attendance: 36
April 10 Income: $313 Attendance: 36
April 17 Income: $212 Attendance: 32 (22 in the pews)
April 24 Income: $801 (N.B. $500 came from a single donor) Attendance: 45
Expenses: Clergy $525; Musicians $1,500; Rent $400

NET LOSS $825

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A Seminarian’s Request: If anyone would like Ian’s full letter, email Fr. McKale at tlmcommunityofphila@gmail.com.

Laudetur Iesus Christus! In saecula! Amen.

My name is Ian McNally. You may recognize me as the fellow who serve at Saint Edmond’s and attends various celebrations of the traditional Mass in the greater Philadelphia area. I am excited to share a wonderful announcement with you.
Following a year and a half of visits to various oratories and conversations with numerous priests from around the world, I have been accepted into the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest as a candidate for priestly formation.

Since the age of fourteen I have discerned a vocation to the priesthood and now at last I have decided to begin my formation. Last autumn, after I was concluding my travels to different seminaries across the nation, I decided to apply to the Institute. In January I received a phone call from the provincial superior. He confirmed my letter of assignment would be mailed to me in June and that it was my responsibility to search for benefactors to provide financial support for my formation.

For American seminarians, the first year of formation occurs at the oratories located in Chicago, Saint Louis, and Wausau, with each oratory receiving three to four candidates. From the second year to the seventh year seminarians reside at the International Seminary of Saint Philip Neri in Gricigliano in Tuscany. Tuition is $10,000 per year, which does not include airfare, insurance, or pocket money.

To afford the tuition of high school and university my family sacrificed more than words can describe and now it is my duty to finance my seminary education.
What I desire is to become the epitome of the priest every Catholic needs, not wants. “I give myself to God. Here is my body. Take it. Here is my blood. Take it,” says the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. I seek for nothing other than to contribute, however miniscule, to the exultation of the true faith over all errors, ancient and modern, and to, in the words of Institute’s motto, veritatem facientes in caritate — live the truth in charity.

If you, anyone you are acquainted with, or any organization you are familiar with would be willing adopt me financially, I would be most grateful for the support. If two hundred people were to donate fifty dollars each, one whole year would be paid for. You can find more information under the “Vocations” tab on the Institute’s website or call for assistance.

If you wish to donate, please write a personal cheque payable to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, but do not insert my name in the memo field. Instead, on a separate piece of paper specify the cheque is for Ian McNally’s formation. Address the cheque with the accompanying note to the United States Provincial Headquarters in Chicago, the location of which can be found on the ICRSS’s website. Do not mail your check prior to mid-June. I will send out a notification should the location of my assignment alter the postal destination for personal cheques. You can call for assistance if necessary or e-mail me at McN1316@gmail.com.

Above all, please pray to Saints Benedict, Thomas Aquinas, and Francis de Sales for my soul that I might receive the graces to do the will of the heavenly Father and to die to self.

Sincerely yours in Jesus and Mary,

Ian McNally

Upcoming Masses:

A Solemn High Mass for Corpus Christi, Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA;
Celebrant: Rev. Msgr. Charles Sangermano, Pastor of Holy Savior Parish, Norristown, PA; Deacon: Rev. Fr. Gerald Carey, Parochial Vicar, our Lady of Perpetual Help, Morton, PA; Subdeacon: Rev. Fr. Harold B. McKale, Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Doylestown, PA & Chaplain, Traditional Latin Mass Community of Philadelphia.

Mass Intentions:

If anyone still has unfulfilled Mass intentions, Fr. McKale can pass them on to a priest that will satisfy the intention by offering a TLM or Divine Liturgy (Byzantine). Please specify if you have a preference. The donation is $10. If you would like a Mass card, please include an extra $5 for the card. No announced Masses are presently available.