St. Valentine's PNCC

St. Valentine’s will hold its annual Holiday Bazaar at the St. Valentine’s Parish Hall, 2330 Margaret St., Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, November 7th (9 AM – 4 PM) and Sunday, November 8th (10:30 AM – 2 PM).

The Holiday Bazaar features crafts, Christmas gifts, a flea market, raffles, and games. We are serving home made Polish Food including: piergi, gołąbki, kiełabsy, kapusta and cake. We will also have hot dogs and hamburgers available. You may eat-in or order for take-out.

For more information please call us at 215-535-4978.

Everyone is welcome at St. Valentine’s!
Zapraszamy!

Our Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Anthony Mikovsky visited St. Valentine’s Parish on Sunday, September 27, 2009 to administer Confirmation, the completion of the Sacramental journey our confirmands began in Baptism. We also express our thanks to the Rev. Frederick Mechowski of Our Savior Parish in Lawrenceville, NJ who joined us on this special day.

St. Valentines is holding its annual Polish Picnic on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at Pulaski Park in Andalusia, 875 Mill Road, Bensalem, PA 19020.

Holy Mass will be held in the Parish Cemetery at Noon. The picnic begins at 1pm. Admission $5.00, Children 12 and under are free. We will have music for your dancing and listening pleasure. Food & beverages will be available as well. For more information please call 215-632-1816.

Enter through the driveway that leads to both Pulaski Park and the Cemetery.

Maryellen, Antonio and Mark RENTAS

Father’s Day Celebration, June 21, 2009 at 8:00 AM & 9:30 AM. Following 9:30 Mass Father’s Day Breakfast will be served in Church Hall. Everybody is invited. Zapraszamy!

The various martyrologies include at least ten holy men named Valentine. Interestingly, each of them died as a martyr for love of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

The Polish National Catholic Church commemorates the martyr Valentine who was killed in the persecution of Claudius II, the Goth, in 269. This martyr’s history appears in the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493 alongside the woodcut portrait of Valentine. The text indicates that he was a priest of the Roman diocese who was arrested and imprisoned when he was found to be ministering to Christians who were imprisoned. The text further indicates that he performed marriages for Christian couples facing death. The Emperor Claudius took a liking to Valentine until Valentine tried to convert the Emperor to Christianity.

Valentine was condemned to death. The Emperor ordered that he be beaten with clubs and stoned. Having failed to kill Valentine the Emperor ordered that he be beheaded. Valentine was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate on February 14, 269.