St. Anselm Parish Directory
Welcome to St. Anselm’s Directory of Activities and Organizations. Listed below are the various activities and organizations that comprise the life of St. Anselm Parish community. Hopefully you will find something of interest to you! If so, we encourage you to phone or email the contact person listed for more information about the organization or activity. In cases where details about the activity or organization are listed elsewhere on our parish website, we have hyperlinked the name of the activity to the webpage on our site. Just click on the name for more information and details!
Activities & Organizations
Adoration and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
All are welcome to visit the Blessed Sacrament in Church for adoration every Monday in the Chapel in the Spirituality Center after the 6:30 AM Mass until 7:00PM ending with the Rosary and Benediction.
For More information contact: Betty Clifton@ 215-632-7886
Adult Faith Formation
For More information contact: Fr. Friel @ 215-637-3525
Aid for Friends
This program provides homebound people with food, friendship and emergency aid and advocacy. The volunteers who assist in the food program prepare nutritious home-cooked dinners that include a diverse menu. Frozen meals are sent to the parish and distributed to the homebound who reheat them as needed. Anyone may participate in this program by preparing dinners or by delivering them to those in need.
For More information contact: Bill Fitzgerald @ 215-637-9571
Altar Society and Altar Servers
Volunteers for the Altar Society meet on Saturday mornings follwoing the 8:00 AM Mass to care for the Sanctuary and Church lines, to dust and vacuum.
For more information contact: Heidi Baraynos @ 215-632-6350
Altar Servers are Boys and Girls from 5th to 8th grades who assist the priest at Mass and various devotions in the Church
Boy Scouts
The scouting program at Saint Anselm Parish offers boys adventure. This is what scouting is all about. Step into the world of scouting and you will find yourself hiking along trails, canoeing across misty lakes, and camping under the open sky. It will be a great opportunity to make new friends and to learn new skills that you can use for a lifetime. You will come to know the scout oath and law that will help you learn the value of helping others. Are you looking for a great program to join- an exciting and active program? Join the Boy Scouts at Saint Anselm!
For more information contact: Deacon Whartenby @ 215-637-3525
Breaking Open God’s Word
(Bible Study)
You often hear the expressions: “The more you put into something, the more you get out of it”. Apply that to the weekend Mass. How much preparation do we put into the Mass so we can make it a more enriching experience? Often we go into Sunday Mass cold and wonder why we get so little out of the Mass. To help in the preparation for Sunday Mass, Father Fitzgerald will lead an informal discussion and sharing on the Sunday Scriptures. No registration is necessary. Just come when you can or feel the urge. Learn to enjoy the experience of how the Word of God speaks to you in an atmosphere of prayer, silence and reflection with your fellow parishioners and guests to help you in your everyday living. So when you come to Mass on the weekend, you are warmed up to participate more fully in the Lord’s sacrificial meal of love for us. Breaking Open the Word will meet Saturday, June 11th & 18th, then resume September 10, 2011 thru June, 2012.
Also, to get you in the mood, enjoy coffee, donuts and danish to loosen the mind and tongue!
Charismatic Prayer Group
This group is committed to the deepening of one’s prayer life through scripture reading and bearing witness to the power of the Holy Spirit with praise and thanksgiving. Meetings are held weekly on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 PM in the Church.
Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine (C.C.D.)
For More information contact: Dennis Mueller @ 215-637-3525, extension 15
Choir
Sunday and Holy Day Liturgies throughout the year are enhanced by the music of the choir. Composed of men and women, this group rehearses September through May on Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00 PM. A love of music and desire to offer the song of God in praise is the only requirement.
CYO Athletics
Various inter-parochial athletic programs are organized throughout the year through the CYO Sports organization. Coaches are accredited through the archdiocesan Office for Youth and Young Adults, which oversees games and meets within Regions. Costs for participating vary with the equipment and procedures involved for each sport. Registrations are announced in the parish bulletin and through school communiques; children must meet certain eligibility requirements to participate. Volunteer coaches are always welcome.
Grade School and High School members actively participate in all five aspects of CYO: spiritual, social, athletic, cultural and service. Grade School CYO members are from grades five through eight.
For More information contact:
CYO: Jackie Ritts-267-636-9808
Home and School Association
Our Association serves the school community. All families are needed and expected to be members of our Home and School Association. Formal meetings are held three times a year.
For More information contact: Rose Tucci @ 215-612-1455
Ladies of Saint Anselm
This group of women meets the second Sunday of each month in the Parish Hall (September-May). They are an active fundraising organization supporting the Church with such functions as the Christmas Bazaar, candy sales, etc. They also provide hospitality functions and receptions throughout the year.For more information contact: Tish Altomare @ 215-288-0982
Legion of Mary
Devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, this group meets every Monday evening at 7:00 PM in the Spirituality Center. Members visit new parishioners, families with new babies, the homebound and families who have had a death in the family. They also visit three different nursing homes. They administer a Pilgrim Virgin Program, in which they bring a two foot statue of the Blessed Mother to a parishioner’s home and leave the statue in the home for one week. They distribute Church Sacrametals: rosaries, brown scapulars, various devotional material, church bulletin, etc. They also encourage recitation of the Rosary and pray for all in need.
For More information on Legion membership or to request a visit by the Pilgrim Virgin Statue, contact Joe Elitz (President) @ 215-637-7364
Pre-Cana
For more information contact: Fr. Friel
Pre-Jordan
For more information contact: Deacon Whartenby @ 215-637-3525
Pro-Life Group
Dedicated tp promoting a respect and reverence for life, this group works closely with Blessed Margaret Castello Home for Crisis Pregnancies.
For more information contact: Deacon Whartenby @ 215-637-3525
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
Our Church has done much self-evaluation in the last thirty years and has done much re-vision. To revise is to take a better approach to improve the quality of the experience.
On revision deals with the Process through which “converts”, fallen away or lapsed Catholics go through. The R.C.I.A. is a process and method which provides a richer and fuller faith and God experience for the participants.
Any non-Catholic who wishes to become a member of the Catholic Church or who simply may want to learn about our faith, any Catholic who has been away from the Church is asked to contact the Parish Center.
Participants will reflect on the life of Christ and as the Holy Spirit opens their hearts they will freely and knowingly seek the living God and enter the path of faith and conversion. By God’s help, the participants are strengthened spiritually so that, at the proper time, they will receive the sacraments fruitfully.
For More information contact: Deacon Whartenby @ 215-637-3525
Senior Citizens Club
Our Seniors meet each Thursday at 12:00 Noon in Our Lady of Victory Hall for social, recreational, and informational sessions. To join, one must be at least 55 years of age.
For More information contact: Carolyn Destralo @ 215-676-0323
St. Vincent de Paul Society
This society of men and women disburse the financial, physical, and informational resources to the needy. The society sponsors a “Poor Man Supper”, a canned good drive, a gift-giving tree at Christmas and clothing drives.
For More information contact: Dominick Bucciarelli @ 215-632-0597
