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Father Scott posted a greeting to parishioners on Facebook this past Sunday. We wanted to share the posting with the parish as a whole. Stay close, parishioners of ABVM, as we travel this hard journey. We will be together again in our church.

Confessions will be heard in the Adoration Chapel on Saturdays from 11am to 12:15pm. Enter chapel by the door into the main church. Father will be sitting in front of altar behind a veil. No face to face confessions. After confessing, please leave by the door into the narthex. One penitent at a time in the chapel while the others wait in the main church. Please keep social distance. The Lord is kind and merciful!

The Red Cross had a Blood drive scheduled at Penn London Elementary on Monday and since the school is closed asked us to support this drive. It is to help Annette, who is a teacher at Penn London and has been battling a diagnosis of lymphoma since last January, she had had multiple treatments but keeps getting reoccurrences, she has received blood while on treatment and we are supporting her and those who need blood. See below for ways to sign up to donate.

Homily by Father Brockson and powerful reflection at the end of the Mass by Archbishop Nelson Pérez on what it means to be a priest.

Our parish will remain open for prayer Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday the church will be open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Parish office is closed until further notice.There will be no public Masses, confessions or other organized devotions or activities in the church or school until permission is granted by the Archbishop. Father Scott can be reached at 610-869-2722 ext. 4 for any pastoral emergency or request for a funeral. Please pray for an end to the pandemic.

Our school and Catholic Youth Faith Formation (CYFF) classes will be closed through Tuesday April 14.

The following events have been CANCELLED: Lenten Seafood Dinner, March 13 and March 27 Knights of Columbus Meeting, March 19 Joseph’s People for Unemployed & Underemployed –March 26 Ladies Night Out, March 26 Dinner & Bingo- April 2 Easter Egg Hunt – April 4 Coffee & Donut Social – April 5 Night at the Races, March 21 – To be Rescheduled :

Please read below the notes from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia concerning the precautions recommended for the safety of the parishioners.

Thirty-four men and young men from ABVM Parish attended the Twelfth Annual Men’s Spirituality Conference at Neumann University on Saturday, March 7, 2020. This year’s conference was blessed to have our new Archbishop Nelson Perez as the presider at Mass. We had an excellent line-up of speakers including Immaculee Ilibagiza, Steve Bollman and Brent Celek, former Philadelphia Eagle tight-end. Following the conference, many of our men enjoyed dinner together. Save the Date: Next Year’s Spirituality Conference will be Saturday, March 6, 2021."

Please join us for our delicious meals Friday March 6, 13 & 27 from 5 to 7:30 pm in the Parish Center. Click on this note for more information.

Taking precautions against the spread of virus

We are actively recruiting new talent to assist with the Spaghetti Dinner in the planning stages. This is a great event with many wonderful people. Consider joining “The Crew”!! Our next meeting will be Tuesday, March 10 at 6:30 pm in the Parish Life Center of the Main Church. We will go over the items we reviewed at the last meeting and go over any new ideas that may be out there for this year. If you are able to make the meeting or have something to contribute, please contact John Brennan at JJBrennan@AssumptionBVMWestGrove.org 610-869-4100 Remember, “Many hands make light work”!!

You Can Lower Your Property Taxes! United Way of Chester County, in partnership with the United Way of Southern Chester County and Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania, is offering assistance to mobile home owners in Chester County to file for property tax reassessment appeals. Your mobile home depreciates over time, but the tax authority won’t lower your assessment unless you appeal. In our pilot year, we helped 177 of your neighbors in the Honey Brook and Downingtown area. On average, these residents each lowered their assessment by 70% and their taxes in 2020 will amount to 30% of what they owed in previous years. For more information about the Mobile Home Tax Reassessment Program, please click on this notice for the application.

You can purchase your dinner tickets right here by clicking on this note.

Please invite your friends or family who no longer attend Mass. Laity Local meetings, run by parishioner Ed Charlton, are on the first Thursday of the month, 6:30 to 7:30pm, in the Community Room, Avon Grove Library. It is organized through meetup.com. Sign up in advance, if possible, at www.meetup.com/Laity-Local Next meeting Thursday, March 5, 2020. Please invite our missing parishioners. Contact Ed at: LaityLocal@gmx.com

Wednesday, February 26th Masses and Ashes: 6:30 am, 10:00 am, 7:00 pm Prayer Service & Ashes: 5:00 pm

On December 20th, ABVM's Children enjoyed our first Children's Ministry Nativity Program, centered on learning about the Birth of Jesus. Prayer, song, crafts, and cookie-decorating were part of a fun evening where children rotated through five stations, each with a different Christ-centered lesson and activity. Thank you to all our adult volunteers and to our parish youth group members who gave their time and talent to this event. Everybody had fun!

Text the amount you would like to give to the number above in honor of the Christ Child. Thank you for helping us to celebrate and bring the love and mercy of God to others on this feast of our salvation, and throughout the whole year. Merry and Blessed Christmas to all!

Follow this link to download our parish app https://mypari.sh/gac or text "App" to 88202, download myParish App and put in our zip code (19390) to find ABVM's Parish App.

See below for the Mass schedule for this Christmas