GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ

PRAY FOR PEACE

"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen."        

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1101 Main Street

Darby, PA 19023

Welcome to Blessed Virgin Mary Church and Parish!

Pastor:  Rev. Joseph M. Corley  610-583-2128  Fax: 610-583-9829 Letter From Your Pastor

Welcome to New Parishioners

Registration for new parishioners will take place on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM in the Rectory.  Please call the Rectory at 610-583-2128 to be scheduled. 

SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS:  Invite people to our Parish and spread the good news about our school.

EUCHARISTIC LITURGY  MASS SCHEDULE

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Sunday Vigil Mass Saturday   Evening at 5:30 PM

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Sundays 8:00 & 11:00 AM  &  4:00 PM

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Holy Days 7:30 PM Vigil 

8:15 AM & 12:00 NOON & 7:30 PM

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Daily 8:15 AM Monday through Saturday 

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“BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PARISH, DARBY, CELEBRATING

90 YEARS OF FAITH, HOPE, LOVE AND COMMUNITY” 

THIS SHOULD BE FUN!  As part of our 90^th Anniversary celebration, on Monday, September 22nd at 7:15 PM in the Hall, we will have a BVM Pictures & Memories Night.”  Bring your pictures of BVM from the past – Church, kids, nuns, priests, programs any kind of event connected with BVM.   Light refreshments. 

• Our Mass will be October 5, 2003, 11:00 AM, with Father Esposito as homilist. 

• Our “All Class and Parishioners Reunion” will be November 1, 2003, at the Ramada Inn (International Airport).  Dancing, Buffet, lots of fun and cash bar--Cost $50.00 per person, 7:30 PM to midnight.  Tickets will soon become available.  Please tell your friends and neighbors about these events.  

We are looking for BVM people to put on our Mailing List.  If you have names addresses, call Fr. Corley, Rita or Judy (610-583-2128).  

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SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR BVM CHURCH

  Our second collection is for the Building Fund Repair.  For more Information go to:

Emergency Building Fund

See article from the News of Delaware County

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DEVOTIONS

Holy Rosary-Before 8:15 AM Mass Daily
Miraculous Medal Novena-Saturday after 8:15 AM Mass

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UPCOMING DEVOTIONS & EVENTS

September 16             Cluster Meeting
September 18             SE Delco Pastors meet
September 21             Class Reunion (1953) at 11:00 AM
September 22             Picture & Memory Night 7:15 in the Hall.  Dig out those old pictures of your BVM                                     Family and get ready to share the memories that go with them.
September 29             Night of Inquiry
October 4                    Blessing of the Animals--9:00 AM in the School Yard
October 5              90th Anniversary Mass--11:00 AM 

October 5                    RESPECT FOR LIFE SUNDAY--"Life is a miracle" from conception to natural                                         death.  Pray for those who work to respect and defend the dignity of human life.
October 7                    Vigil for Life and Peace 7:15 PM                              

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BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 1983 CLASS REUNION
The class of 1983 will celebrate their 20th reunion.
WHEN:     November 15, 2003
                            WHERE:       Boulevard Bar & Grill in Havertown
For further information contact:
Karen Applegate-Carano (kcarano_98@yahoo.com)
Patti Kelly-Watson  (pattiw1969@yahoo.com)

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.
--Mahatma Gandhi

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“For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.”

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