Our Mother of
Good Counsel

Any parishioners interested in attending the Phillies Game on Wednesday, August 28 at 6:10 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, please contact Karen Carey at 610-525-0147, ext. 258. There are only a few places left with our parish. The cost of the tickets is $29 apiece and we are in section 104. This is a great opportunity to spend some time at a ball game with other parish families! 

Registration is now open for our Parish Religious Education Program. All children in grades 1 through 6, who attend a non-catholic school, should be enrolled in our Religious Education Program to receive the education, training and sacraments needed to be fully initiated into the church.
Registration forms can be found at www.omgcparish.org. Click on Youth and then on PREP. The forms are found at the end of the 2019- 2020 PREP Handbook. Please print and return all completed forms.

Join us in the “Backyard” on Friday evening, September 6, 2019 at 7:30 pm. We will enjoy some s’mores, (all you need to bring are sticks to roast marshmallows), and a movie on the big screen! Bring your lawn chairs or blankets to hang out on!
RSVP to Karen at kcarey@omgcparish.net! 

Twice a month on the first and third Tuesdays of the month parishioners gather together in the social center to pray, read and discuss the writings of St. Augustine. Augustine continues to help people on their spiritual journey. All are welcomed to come. Our next meeting is Tuesday, August 20 at 7 PM.

The Spiritual Reading Group is resuming its monthly gatherings on Friday, September 6 at 10:00 a.m. in the Church Office/Parish Center building. The books we have been reading recently are published by Liturgical Press in Collegeville, Minnesota. The book the group has chosen to begin reading this month is titled: Martin Sheen, Pilgrim on the Way by Sr. Rose Pacatte, Daughter of St. Paul. Martin Sheen, best known for his role as a Catholic president in the prestigious television series The West Wing, returned to the practice of his Catholic faith at the age of forty after decades away. Through the sacraments, Mass, the rosary, the support of family and numerous friends and peace and justice activists, Martin Sheen today sees himself as a man in the pew. He has been arrested more than sixty times for non-violent civil disobedience, speaking out for human rights. The Spiritual Reading Group usually meets on the first Friday of each month from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. If you think you would like to join us at our September 6 gathering, please call S. Anne Woodeshick at 610-525-0147, ext. 234 or email her at awoodeshick@omgcparish.net. Several books are available for newcomers, so register soon. 

There is a new demand for these electronic devices as students get ready to go back to school. Please consider donating your old devices, or any old computer parts, by taking them to the parish office. There Joe Betz (joseph.betz@villanova.edu) will pick them up. The refugees warmly thank their benefactors, sometimes with a message on the donated device if you give your email address. 

Please click on the photo for the latest information about the Roof Campaign. 

The focus of the third film of the OMGC Summer Film Series is the Catholic social teaching Life and Dignity of the Human Person. As Catholics, we believe that all life is sacred and the dignity of the human person is the foundation of all the principles of our social teaching. “The Mayor of Graterford” is a documentary film about the criminal justice system made by Villanova undergraduates, and it includes Villanova professors. SCI Graterord (now Phoenix) is a Pennsylvania maximum security prison located in Montgomery County. This film tells the story of one “lifer” who during his time at Graterford earned a Villanova degree and whose sentence was commuted after many decades of incarceration. Many “lifers” were sentenced as young men; and as older men, they are no longer deemed a threat to society. The purpose of the film is to educate the public about the commutation process for those inmates eligible for “aging out.” Please join us in the Social Center of the school building on Thursday, August 29 from 7:00- 8:30 P.M. Time for a short reflection and discussion will follow.

The August Gathering for the Senior Community Members will be held on Friday, August 30 at 12 noon. Please bring your usual lunch nourishment with you. Desserts and beverages will be provided. We meet in the Social Center of the school building. Looking forward to seeing you as we celebrate our 3 summer holidays in a patriotic fashion. Colors suggested for the occasion are red, white and blue! 

Our Mother of Good Counsel will have a booth (under a tent) sharing our identity and participation in the Bryn Mawr Community over the past 134 years. This event is held in the Parking Lot across from the Ludington Library as most of you know from attending previous years. We are in need of parishioners to help monitor the booth for half hour, hour or longer segments if possible beginning on the hour or half-hour as your time permits. Volunteers will welcome visitors warmly, answer their questions about our parish community, or simply be a presence distributing material related to our parish or to Roman Catholicism in general. If you can offer some amount of time, hopefully an hour on Saturday, September 7, please call Michelle at the Parish Office at 610-525-0147 or
Fr. Liam. Thank you. 

Father Liam or another staff person endeavors to send out a newsletter by email once a week. Usually Thursday evenings, but sometimes a day or so before or after. If you’re not getting it, please sign up on our parish website: www.omgcparish.org. Scroll down to the bottom and click on the eNEWSLETTER sign-up.

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

The Mass Intentions Book is now open for 2020! As in the past, each parishioner may request intentions for up to four (4) Sunday Masses per year. Likewise, in order to ensure fairness for persons at the back of the line, each parishioner may request intentions for up to twelve (12) weekday Masses at a time. Then on Wednesday, August 21 after everyone has had a chance to make their requests, all parishioners who have already secured 12 weekday Mass intentions will be free to request as many as they need. Thank you very much for your understanding. 

Throughout the months of July and August, the Parish Office will be closed on Friday of each week, beginning on Friday, July 5th.
The Parish Office will resume to be open on Fridays, beginning the week of Tuesday, September 3.

Because Parish Council does not meet during July and August, we will not continue the item usually in this space or in the Bulletin during the summer months.
The Parish Staff will be available through the summer. 

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 2019 – 2020 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.

The Catholic Charities Appeal is the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s single most important annual fundraising initiative, and they are counting on your support. Poverty, hunger and homelessness remain serious challenges to our community. Please look deeply within your heart to help reach the goal of $12.5 million, as we strive to bring the gift of hope to our brothers and sisters in need.