Bishop Burbidge Reviews the USCCB General Assembly

This week's Walk Humbly Podcast focuses on the Meeting of U.S. Bishops

• The U.S. Bishops gathered for their annual Fall General Assembly and focused their attention almost exclusively on the sexual abuse crisis and stronger accountability for bishops. Bishop Burbidge discusses his reaction to a surprising Monday announcement from the Holy See, what the bishops discussed, and why he is hopeful that needed reforms are forthcoming.
• The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved the publication of a document on racism, titled "Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love, a Pastoral Letter Against Racism." Bishop Burbidge discusses this document and what it communicates.

Listen to the episode

Bishop Burbidge also answers these questions from the faithful:

• How does Bishop Burbidge manage the sexual abuse crisis of the Church on a daily basis?
• What are some of Bishop Burbidge’s responsibilities as the new Communications Chair for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops?

VISIONS Series Begins Dec. 13

Monthly Presentations Look at Insporing Art, Architecture and History

Saint Philip Parish is proud to announce the start of a new educational program titled VISIONS. Produced by parishioner Andrew Zwerneman and the team at Cana Academy, VISIONS is a series of monthly presentations on inspiring art, architecture and history.

The inaugural presentation, Ivan Meštrovic: Song & Prayer Sculpted in Stone, will be offered December 13. Sessions will be held after the 9am Mass in room 2.

Some of the topics include the paintings of Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Chagall; the architecture of the cathedrals in Chartres and Florence; the transformation of a World War II POW camp by Christians, the rise of the Solidarity movement in Poland, and the day that Rostropovich performed Bach’s Cello Suites at the Berlin Wall.

See stphilipsparish.com/VISIONS for details and the full schedule.

40 Hours Devotion Offered Nov. 29 - Dec. 1

Start your Advent season by spending time with the Lord

Online sign-up available soon. More details here.

Thursday, November 29 

• 7:00 PM—Opening Mass ~ Featuring Fr. Kevin Dansereau ~
• 9:30 PM—Matins (Office of Readings)
• 9:45 PM—Compline (Night Prayer)

Friday, November 30

• 6:00 AM—Lauds (Morning Prayer)
• 8:30 AM—Lauds (Morning Prayer) - Same as at 6:00 AM
• 9:00 AM—Mass for Saint Andrew
• 10:00 AM—Eucharistic Procession at Saint Philip School
• 12:00 PM—Daytime Prayer
• 6:30 PM—Vespers (Evening Prayer)
• 7:00 PM—Mass in honor of Saint Andrew
• 9:30 PM—Matins (Office of Readings)
• 9:45 PM—Compline (Night Prayer)
• 10:30 PM—Holy Hour (Hosted by the Hispanic Community)

Saturday, December 1

• 6:00 AM—Lauds (Morning Prayer)
• 8:30 AM—Lauds (Morning Prayer) - Same as at 6:00
• AM 9:00 AM—Mass (Volunteers will change out the Bilingual Missalettes before Adoration continues)
• 12:00 PM—Daytime Prayer
• 4:45 PM—Vespers (Evening Prayer)
• 5:30 PM—Closing Mass
• 6:30 PM—Party in the Cafeteria!

“As two pieces of wax fused together make one, so he who receives Holy Communion is so united with Christ that Christ is in him and he is in Christ.”
                                                                                        - St. Cyril of Alexandria

Help Us Stock Our Food Pantry For the Holidays

Please help us feed hungry families

The St. Philip Food Pantry distributes food to needy families the first and third Saturday of each month from 10-11:30am. We are always in need of staples, including jelly and canned tuna.

When you do your holiday shopping, please consider adding extra rice, canned vegetables, mac n cheese, cereal -- particularly sweet cereal for kids (Honey Nut Cheerios, Frosted Flakes), peanut butter, jelly, condensed soups and chunky soups to your basket and then bringing these and other items to the drop off box inside the vestibule.

Volunteers are also needed to stock shelves, distribute food and other tasks. Please see our web page for more details.