Our Mother of
Good Counsel

Public Mass is cancelled for the time being

During this period, we are live-streaming Mass here on this page. 

• Sundays at 9:30 AM
• Weekdays at 7:30 AM

Join Meghan Cokeley and many others online, by phone, or in spirit as we pray the Rosary every evening at 8 PM for as logn as it takes. We will ask the miraculous intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary to put an end to the coronavirus.

When:
8:00-8:30 PM Every evening

Hosted by:
Meghan Cokeley, Office for the New Evangelization, Archdiocese of Philadelphia with special guests

For more details, click here.

Operation Rice Bowl (ORB) is the Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the international humanitarian aid agency of the Catholic Community in the United States. 75% of your gifts to Operation Rice Bowl come to CRS to fund development projects overseas and Lenten education efforts in the U.S. 25% remains in dioceses in the U.S. to support local hunger and poverty alleviation efforts. Rice Bowl boxes are available in a basket on the table at the entrance of Church for you and your family to participate in this worthwhile effort to relieve poverty at home and abroad. All donations can be made to the parish during Holy Week either in the boxes provided or in envelopes marked “Rice Bowl donation.”

The Augustinian Volunteers are recent college graduates between the ages of 21-29 who feel called to spend a year in service to others while living in an intentional community. Volunteers serve with local community partners in social service, campus ministry and education placements. By engaging in a way of life inspired by the Augustinian Friars, volunteers experience personal and spiritual development as they build relationships with fellow volunteers and those they serve. Applications are currently being accepted for the 2020-2021 volunteer year for our sites in Lawrence, MA; Philadelphia, PA; San Diego, CA; Ventura, CA; and Chulucanas, Peru. If interested, please visit www.augustinianvolunteers.org or contact us at info@augustinianvolunteers.org 

I invite all to join Fr. John and Fr. Tom and me at the 9:30 AM Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, April 5.  We will live-stream here on this page on the space above.  It's best to join in a few minutes ahead of time.  

We encourage you to pray along with us. We pray with our hearts, minds and also our bodies.  Even though we are not together in the church, it can be helpful at home to stand, sit and kneel at the appropriate times.  Give it a try!  

Perhaps the most difficult thing for Catholics at this time is to be deprived of the opportunity to receive Holy Communion.  I will lead us in St. Alphonsus Ligouri's "Act of Spiritual Communion" at the appropriate time during Mass.  Here is a link to the prayer you can use at any time, even outside of Mass.  

The Mass will also be streamed on the OMGC Facebook page.  

During these 40 days of preparation for the celebration of Easter, the Church encourages us to tend to these important aspects of this season: 

Prayer: We are encouraged, when possible to participate at Mass, to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation, to undertake spiritual reading, especially the study of Scripture and to participate in the parish’s Lenten Series on Fridays during Lent.

Fasting: All persons, 18 years of age and older, up to and including their 59th birthday, are required to fast by limiting themselves to a single full meal on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, while the other two meals on these days are to be light.

Abstinence: All persons, who are 14 years of age and older, are required to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all the Fridays of Lent.

Almsgiving: The Collections taken up at our daily liturgies will be for those who are in need within our own parish as well as our surrounding community as we participate in this Lenten call of responding to the needs of others.

SATURDAY: 11:30 AM to 12:00 noon
or by appointment. 

Observing social distancing in these days of Coronavirus, we will hear confessions in the DAILY CHAPEL on the opposite side of the altar from the usual confessional. 

Because of the Coronavirus, more people are requesting assistance at OMGC's food cupboard. Please help us keep this cupboard filled by bringing non-perishable goods to church any time you come for prayer.

There is a basket near the entrance to the church where you can drop off your donations.  Thank you for your generosity.  

Especially in this challenging season when it's so important for us to stay connected, Father Liam endeavors to send out a newsletter by email at least once a week. If you’re not receiving it, please click here to get on the list. 

When you support the Appeal, it means that a special needs student has access to a quality Catholic education designed to meet his or her individual needs. It means that through Nutritional Development Services, the hungry are nourished through one of the many food pantries across the region. It means that families across the Archdiocese are provided with core social services, including much needed baby items like diapers and formula, pregnancy and parenting classes, family strengthening programs, emergency rent, and utility assistance. When you support the Catholic Charities Appeal, you shine a light of hope. You feed the hungry, aid the poor and bring joy to those most in need. To learn more about the 2020 Catholic Charities Appeal, please visit www.catholiccharitiesappeal.org.

If you need a ride to the doctor, shopping, etc., call Sr. Anne at 610-525-0147 ext. 234.