Holy Week at St. Valentine’s
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Events
Ash Wednesday
The Ash Wednesday Holy Mass at St. Valentine’s Church at 7:00 PM.
(Our Saviour Church, Lawrenceville, NJ at 4:00 PM)
The season of Pre-Lent begins
The celebration of this season is a preparation for Holy Lent. The three Sundays of Pre-Lent come seventy, sixty and fifty days before Easter. The liturgical color of this season which prepares us to anticipate the spiritual rigors of the Lenten Season is rose. Lent then takes on the somber hue of purple signifying the seven-week period of penitence and introspection and our conversion of heart.
During Pre-Lent the Alleluia heard before the proclamation of the Gospel is eliminated from the Mass and will continue to be so through Lent until Easter morning. In place of the Alleluias, we will hear only a mournful chant called the Tract. Also begun in Pre-Lent is the elimination of the singing of the Gloria which will remain silenced through the Lenten season until the Resurrection of Jesus is proclaimed on Easter.
Floral adornments of the high altar are still appropriate through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, though such adornment may be abandoned if so desired.
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The Annual Parish Meeting
The Annual Parish Meeting will be held this year at St. Valentine’s Parish on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at 3:30 PM.
There will be two Masses on that day: morning Mass at 9:30 AM and an extra Mass at 2:30 PM.
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MOST REV. JOHN F. SWANTEK, RETIRED PRIME BISHOP OF THE PNCC, PASSED AWAY
It is with great sadness that we announce that the śp. Most Rev. John F. Swantek, the fifth Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church, entered into the eternal rest of the Lord on Friday, January 7, 2022.
We give thanks to Almighty God for his years of ministry as a Priest within the Eastern Diocese, Bishop of the Buffalo-Pittsburgh Diocese and Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church from 1986 to 2002. In these roles he has touched the lives of countless members of the Church.
Details of the celebration of the Requiem Vespers and the Funeral Mass:
Vespers will be celebrated in Scranton Cathedral where the Primate Emeritus will lie in repose and will begin at 7:00 pm on Friday, January 14, 2022;
The funeral Mass is scheduled for Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 10:00 am in the Cathedral.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.
Wieczny odpoczynek racz mu dać, Panie. A światłość wiekuista niechaj mu świeci. Niech odpoczywa w pokoju wiecznym. Amen.
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2021 CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE
2021 CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE
Friday, December 24, 2021, Christmas Eve
10:00 PM Shepherds’ Mass – Pasterka – with the candle illumination
Saturday, December 25, 2021, Christmas Day – Nativity of the Lord
9:30 AM Christmas Mass
Sunday, December 26, 2021, Solemnity – Humble Shepherds
9:30 AM Holy Mass
Friday, December 31, 2021, New Year’s Eve; Solemnity – Holy Family
9:30 AM Holy Mass with the blessing of families (in person only)
Saturday, January 1, 2022, Solemnity – Circumcision of our Lord
9:30 AM Holy Mass
Sunday, January 2, 2022, Solemnity – Holy Name of Jesus
9:30 AM Holy Mass
Thursday, January 6, 2022, Solemnity – Epiphany of the Lord
9:30 AM Holy Mass with the blessing of incense, charcoal & chalk
Sunday, January 9, 2022, Solemnity – Baptism of the Lord
9:30 AM Holy Mass with the Renewal of the Baptismal Promises
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2021 Easter Schedule at St. Valentine’s PNCC
- March 28 – Palm Sunday / Niedziela Palmowa
9:30 AM – Holy Mass with blessing of palms
- April 1 – Maundy Thursday/ Wielki Czwartek
7:00 PM – The Lord’s Supper Mass, The Institution of the Eucharist and Priesthood
- April 2 – Good Friday / Wielki Piątek
7:00 PM – Liturgy of our Lord’s Passion, Veneration of the Cross, Holy Communion, the symbolic Entombment
- April 3 – Holy Saturday / Wielka Sobota
12:00 Noon – Blessing of Easter Baskets
6:30 PM – Blessing of Easter Baskets
7:00 PM – Easter Vigil Liturgy, Mass with Blessing of Fire, Paschal Candle and Baptismal Water
- April 4 – Easter Sunday / Wielkanoc
9:30 AM – Resurrection Mass
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2020 CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE AT ST. VALENTINE’S AND OUR SAVIOUR’S
Thursday, December 24, 2020 * Christmas Eve
- St. Valentine’s 9:00 PM Shepherds’ Mass – Pasterka (available on YouTube and Facebook)
- Our Saviour’s 12:00 Midnight Shepherds’ Mass – Pasterka
Friday, December 25, 2020 * Christmas Day – Nativity of the Lord
- St. Valentine’s 9:30 AM Christmas Mass (available on YouTube and Facebook)
- Our Saviour’s 12:00 Noon Christmas Mass
Saturday, December 26, 2020 Feast – St. Stephen
- St. Valentine’s 11:00 AM Holy Mass (available on YouTube and Facebook)
Sunday, December 27, 2020 * Solemnity – Humble Shepherds
- St. Valentine’s 9:30 AM Holy Mass (available on YouTube and Facebook)
- Our Saviour’s 12:00 Noon Holy Mass
Monday, December 28, 2020 Feast – Holy Innocents
- St. Valentine’s 7:00 PM Holy Mass (available on YouTube and Facebook)
Thursday, December 31, 2020 New Year’s Eve
- St. Valentine’s 4:00 PM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction
(available on YouTube and Facebook)
Friday, January 1, 2021 * Solemnity – Circumcision of our Lord
- St. Valentine’s 9:30 AM Holy Mass (available on YouTube and Facebook)
- Our Saviour’s 12:00 Noon Holy Mass
Saturday, January 2, 2021 Solemnity – Holy Name of Jesus
- St. Valentine’s 5:00 PM Holy Mass (available on YouTube and Facebook)
Sunday, January 3, 2021 * Solemnity – Holy Family
- St. Valentine’s 9:30 AM Holy Mass with the blessing of families
(available on YouTube and Facebook)
- Our Saviour’s 12:00 Noon Holy Mass with the blessing of families
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 * Solemnity – Epiphany of the Lord
- Our Saviour’s 12:00 Noon Holy Mass with the blessing of incense, charcoal & chalk
- St. Valentine’s 7:00 PM Holy Mass with the blessing of incense, charcoal & chalk
(available on YouTube and Facebook)
Sunday, January 10, 2021 * Solemnity – Baptism of the Lord
- St. Valentine’s 9:30 AM Holy Mass with the Renewal of the Baptismal Promises
(available on YouTube and Facebook)
- Our Saviour’s 12:00 Noon Holy Mass with the Renewal of the Baptismal Promises
* – holy day of obligation
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POLSKA FLAGA ZBEZCZESZCZONA PRZY POLSKIM KOÅšCIELE KATOLICKIM ÅšW. WALENTEGO
Z przykrością informuję, że 4 listopada 2020 roku, po zmroku, flaga Polski od wielu lat zawsze dumnie powiewająca wraz z flagą amerykańską przed plebanią, została zbezczeszczona, a maszt został złamany. Nie jesteśmy pewni, czy był to akt wandalizmu czy dyskryminacji.
Parafia św. Walentego od ponad 100 lat służy Polakom i ogromnej międzynarodowej społeczności w naszym sąsiedztwie, w dzielnicy Bridesburg w Filadelfii i nie tylko. Ten akt wandalizmu bardzo nas niepokoi, zwłaszcza teraz, podczas pandemii, kiedy współpracując z Philadelphia Share Food Program, każdego tygodnia rozdajemy paczki żywnościowe dla ponad 200 polskich, latynoskich i amerykańskich rodzin. Nasza sala parafialna służy w naszej dzielnicy jako lokal wyborczy, a nasz kościół służy wszystkim wierzącym, poszukującym wiary, nadziei i miłości.
Jesteśmy bardzo zaniepokojeni i zmartwieni tym incydentem. Wcześniej, w lipcu, nieznani sprawcy odpalili fajerwerki w kościele przez otwarte okno. Nikt nie został ranny, ale istniało duże ryzyko pożaru.
Czy szukamy sprawiedliwości? Nie ma potrzeby angażowania organów ścigania, ale chcielibyśmy zaapelować do naszych władz lokalnych i społeczności lokalnej o pokój. Parafia św. Walentego będzie wierna naszej misji i jako Kościół będziemy niestrudzenie służyć ludziom bez względu na ich przekonania, rasę czy różnice polityczne. „Nie jesteśmy wrogami, ale przyjaciółmi.†(Abraham Lincoln, 1861).
Zwracamy się z prośbą do polsko-amerykańskich organizacji, instytucji i firm, a także ludzi dobrej woli o pomoc w sfinansowaniu i zainstalowaniu systemu monitoringu wokół naszego kościoła w celu zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa, zwłaszcza obywatelom polskim szukających pomocy w naszym kościele oraz o wsparcie, abyśmy mogli kontynuować programy charytatywne, które prowadzimy w naszej parafii.Niech Bóg błogosławi Amerykę! Niech Bóg błogosławi Polskę! Niech Bóg nas wszystkich błogosławi!
Ks. Mariusz Mularczyk i Rada Parafialna Parafii św. Walentego
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2020 All Saints Day and All Souls Day at St. Valentine’s
In your hands, O Lord,
we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters.
In this life you embraced them with your tender love;
deliver them now from every evil
and give them eternal rest.
The old order has passed away:
welcome them into paradise,
where there will be no sorrow, no weeping or pain,
but fullness of peace and joy
with your Son and the Holy Spirit
forever and ever. Amen.
Sunday, November 1, 2020 All Saints Day
- 9:30 AM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Holy Mass for our beloved Departed (available online on YouTube and Facebook)
- 2:00 PM         Holy Mass, Procession and Prayers for the Departed at St. Valentine’s PNCC Cemetery (Bensalem, PA)
Monday, November 2, 2020 All Souls Day
- 7:00 PM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Holy Mass for our beloved Departed (available online on YouTube and Facebook)
Dear Parishioners and Friends,
On Monday, November 2nd, we celebrate the feast of All Souls. On the day after All Saints, the Church reminds us of those who have passed on. This feast is an opportunity for us to pray in unity for our relatives and friends and also for those who have no one to pray for them.
As Catholics, we are obliged to attend Mass on All Saints Day, November 1.
Day after, November 2nd, All Souls Day is not a holy day in obligation, however, we are obliged to say a prayer for our departed relatives, and if possible, to visit their graveside.
Our departed family, friends and acquaintances will be remembered in the All Saints Day and the All Souls Day Masses.
I hope that you will let us include your deceased loved ones in these Masses at St. Valentine’s Church. Please download and use this form to list the loved ones you wish to be included in these Masses.
May God Bless You
Fr. Mariusz Mularczyk
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