Category: Announcements

Please join us for Eucharistic Devotion on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.  

6:30 a.m. Holy Mass

1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Exposition & Adoration

7:00 p.m. Solemn Closing including Evening Prayer, Homily, Benediction, & Reposition

Shrine Church

Solemn Closing will be live-streamed on our Together We Prayer page on our website or on Facebook 

To ensure adorers safety and maintain social distancing requirements in our Shrine Church,  we ask that you reserve your time by e-mailing  Karen or by phone at 717.545.2548.

Masks are required at all times while in the building. 

This weekend begins our annual Thanksgiving Dinner Food Drive to provide Thanksgiving Day dinner to those within our parish family and surrounding community. Once again, our goal is to distribute bags for 80 families.

Please review the list below, purchase the items you choose and return to the racks in the narthex the weekends of November 14/15 or November 21/22, or to the parish office during normal business hours.

Instant Potatoes
Boxed Stuffing
Canned Vegetables
Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
Canned Fruit
Turkey*
Giant Gift Cards**

*We have freezer storage this year, therefore we are accepting frozen turkeys throughout the food drive. Items (including frozen turkeys) may be delivered to the parish office during our normal business hours of Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

**Gift cards to Giant Food are always appreciated. We purchase pumpkin pies and rolls to round out the Thanksgiving meal. If you wish to donate a gift card it may be placed in an envelope marked Thanksgiving, and place in the collection basket or drop it off at the parish office during normal business hours.

Once again, your generosity is gratefully appreciated.

Blessings in abundance on you and your family.

Sunday, November 8, 2020
4:00 P.M. • SHRINE CHURCH 

Lives Stream available on Facebook and on our website.   Streaming will begin approximately 15 prior to the start of the service.  

Click here to view this special prayer service!   

A special prayer service will be held on Sunday, November 8 at 4:00 p.m. in the Shrine Church during which we will remember our parishioners who died this past year as well as all of our beloved dead. Join us for this very beautiful and moving ceremony.

Masks are required.  Seating is limited.

 

A nationwide day of prayer, November 3, 2020

1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. • Shrine Church

On election day Catholic churches across the country are opening their doors for Eucharistic Adoration.  We are joining this effort to bring healing, hope and prayer to our nation through our Lord, Jesus.  We are asking parishioners to sign up for one hour of adoration between the hours of 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3. 

For more information or to sign up for an hour, please contact Karen Leahy at 717.545.2548 or mkleahy50@icloud.com.

Masks and social distancing required.

 

Sunday, November 1, 2020  beginning at 1:30 p.m. from Saint Patrick Cathedral

Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer, Bishop of Harrisburg, will lead a Eucharistic procession and recitation of the Holy Rosary on Sunday, November 1, 2020.

The procession will begin at Saint Patrick Cathedral at 1:30 p.m. and travel up State Street and around the Capital complex before returning to the Cathedral. Sponsored by a group of lay faithful, the procession is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. All participants will be asked to maintain social distancing and to wear masks.

This event is part of the nationwide movement Unite Our Nation, which is prayerful, non-political and family-friendly. It is designed to help bring peace and prayer to the state of Pennsylvania and healing to our nation.

This event is non-political. Please do not bring political signs and do not wear clothing with political or campaign statements.  Learn more at https://www.hbgdiocese.org/…/eucharistic-procession-with-b…/

We will operate on our National/Federal holiday schedule on Monday October 12, 2020, with one community Mass celebrated at 9:00 a.m.  The parish office and school are closed.  The 6:30 a.m. Mass, Miraculous Medal Novena, Rosary and Confessions will not be held.

 

Catherine’s Cupboard Personal Care Item Collection
October 10 & 11, 2020 
Narthex

We will once again collect non-perishable food and personal care items for our emergency pantry shared with the Catholic Worker House on Market Street. Throughout the pandemic, the Catholic Worker House continued to provide for the basic needs of their neighbors—the poor and homeless—in the Allison Hill section of Harrisburg. Their volunteer staff remains committed to providing services in a dignified and judicious way.

Items most in need include:

• men’s boxer or brief underwear (large and x-large)
• men’s t-shirts (large and x-large, any color)
• men’s socks
• bath towels and washcloths
• knit hats
• hoodies (large and x-large)

Needed personal care items include:

• bars of soap
• men’s deodorant
• toothpaste
• toothbrushes
• toilet paper

A rack will be available in the narthex on which donated items may be placed. Due to lack of storage, please refrain from bringing items until  October 10/11.

Thank you for your continued generosity to our neighbors.

Join us for a Rosary Rally
October 10, 2020
12:00 p.m.
Plaza of Our Lady of the Globe

There will be a Rosary Rally on Saturday, October 10 at 12:00 p.m. at Saint Catherine Labouré on the Plaza of Our Lady of the Globe. Rain or shine. Come and pray that Our Mother Mary will intercede on our behalf to God for healing, peace and mercy in our world in these uncertain times and an end to abortion. Bring your whole family!

Masks and social distancing are required.

Mass with Anointing of the Sick
Saturday, October 10, 2020
11:00 a.m.
Shrine Church

On October 10, close to the feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist, who is believed to have been a physician by profession, there will be a special Mass with the Anointing of the Sick for our homebound parishioners and any others who are in need of the Sacrament.

The Mass begins at 11:00 a.m.  Confessions will begin at 10:15 a.m. for those who are interested.

Please contact the parish office at 717.564.1321 or email parish@sclhbg.org if you plan to attend this special Mass with Anointing.

 

Saturday, October 3, 2020
10:00 a.m.
Parish Pavilion

All are invited to bring your pets—large and small— for this special blessing. We set aside this day each year to commemorate the life of St. Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Animals. Masks and social distancing are required.