Upcoming Meetings and Events
RCIA: Mondays, 7:00 PM, Holy Family
Walking With Purpose: Monday (12/19), 7:00 PM, Zoom & Wednesday (12/21), 9:30 AM, St. Matthew
Chosen Fathers: Tuesday (12/20), 7:00 PM, St. Mark
Exton/Lionville Ministerium: Wednesday (12/21), 9:00 AM, St. Mark
Teen RCIA: Wednesdays, 3:30 PM, Holy Family
Youth Group Faith Friends Event: Wednesday (12/21), 6:30 PM, location TBD
SDOS Planning Team: Wednesday (12/14), 7:00 PM, Zoom
Legion of Mary: Wednesdays, 7:00 PM, St. Mark
Women at the Well: Thursdays, 7:00 PM, St. Mark
SAM Game Day: Thursday (12/22), 10:30 AM, St. Matthew
Church Decorating: Thursday (12/22), 3:00 PM & 5:50 PM, church narthex & chapel
Walking With Purpose (Opening Your Heart): Fridays, 10:00 AM, Zoom
Nativity of Our Lord: Saturday (Christmas Eve, 12/24), Masses at 4:30 & 7:30 in church, Sunday (Christmas Day, 12/25), Masses at 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM & 11:30 AM. Parish office will be closed on Friday (12/23) and Sunday (12/25).
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Other Activities of Interest
Christmas Concert at St. Raymond of Penafort
Come celebrate the Christmas Holiday at St. Raymond of Penafort Church on E. Vernon Rd. in Philadelphia with the New Pastor, Fr. Charles Zlock. We will have a Christmas concert on December 18 at 3:00 PM featuring many talented musicians including the St. Raymond Mass Choir. A free will offering will take place to support our Home for Christmas event which serves local homeless shelters. For more information contact the parish office at 215-548-1919.
Floral Tribute Plan at All Souls Cemetery
If you have a loved one who was laid to rest at All Souls Cemetery, be sure to honor their memory with flowers by enrolling in the Floral Tribute Plan. We offer a full selection of handmade year-round silk flowers and decorations. Our plans provide four placements with predetermined months and types of arrangements placed. Our cemetery staff will place your selected arrangements at the gravesite of your loved ones and carefully replace them when the next seasonal arrangement is ready to be placed. For complete details call Renee Cirino (610-484-5145).
Repair Café comes to Downingtown
What do you do with a lamp that does not work, or with a bike when the wheel runs out of true, or with a garment that needs mending? Toss it? No way! Repair Café Downingtown is organizing the first Repair Café in the area to be held from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM at the Central Presbyterian Church, 100 West Uwchlan Ave., Downingtown, on Saturday, January 14.
At the Repair Café everything is about making repairs and reducing waste sent to landfills. Various volunteer experienced repairers will be available to help make all possible repairs free of charge. Visitors can either bring their own repair materials or reimburse the Repair Coaches for the purchase of new materials such as bike parts, lamp parts, plugs, switches and wire (sold at cost). People visiting the Repair Café will bring their broken but treasured items from home, toasters, lamps, hair dryers, clothes, bikes, toys, ... anything that is broken is welcome. Repair Café Downingtown will hold subsequent Repair Cafes on March 11, May 13, July 8, Sept. 9 and Nov. 11, in 2023. For more information contact Bob Berkowitz at
Discernment Retreat at Daylesford Abbey
Daylesford Abbey is offering a weekend retreat opportunity for people seeking to both learn and deepen their knowledge and practice of discernment. Following an Ignatian model for discernment, Daylesford Abbey’s team of spiritual directors and Abbot Domenic Rossi, O. Praem. will lead the group in prayer and conferences. There will be opportunities for fellowship, silence, spiritual direction and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The retreat begins Friday, January 27 at 6:30 PM and concludes with Mass at 10:30 AM on Sunday, January 29. To register, visit this link: Discernment Retreat with Daylesford Abbey's Spiritual Directors & Abbot Domenic Rossi, O. Praem. - Daylesford Abbey
For more information, please call 610-601-8702 or email
Young Adult Retreat at Marianist Family Retreat Center
Come join other young adults (ages 22-35) married or single, for a retreat on the weekend of February 10-12, 2023, at The Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point, NJ. This will be a time to examine your personal faith and your relationship with God, your family members and yourself. Our time will be filled with prayer experiences, peer group discussions, Eucharist and lots of fun! Cost is $145 per person. Some financial aid is available. For more information or to register, visit www.capemaymarianists.org or call 609-884-3829.
March for Life
Friday, January 20, 2023 will be the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. This year’s March for Life theme is Next Steps: Marching into a Post-Roe America. Click here to watch the theme reveal event: 2023 March for Life Theme Debut | LIVE - YouTube
Friday, January 20, 2023 Schedule:
Philadelphia Pilgrims Mass*: 10:00-11:00 AM
*Liturgical music will be provided by students from Bishop Shanahan
Pre-Rally Concert: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
March for Life Rally: 12:00-1:00 PM
March for Life: 1:00-4:00 PM