Hello and Happy April!
Just a brief note to accompany the enclosures from the Office for Life and Family: though further detail will be forthcoming, I’m delighted to share that my office has partnered with the John Paul II Foundation to bring their full Together in Holiness marriage enrichment initiative (conference + formation series) to Philadelphia in the next year.
Be on the lookout for more information in the coming months – in the meantime, I encourage you to visit https://forlifeandfamily.org/together-in-holiness/ to read a bit more about the initiative.
Just a brief note to accompany the enclosures from the Office for Life and Family: though further detail will be forthcoming, I’m delighted to share that my office has partnered with the John Paul II Foundation to bring their full Together in Holiness marriage enrichment initiative (conference + formation series) to Philadelphia in the next year.
Be on the lookout for more information in the coming months – in the meantime, I encourage you to visit https://forlifeandfamily.org/together-in-holiness/ to read a bit more about the initiative.
Be assured of my prayers for a fruitful remainder of Lent.
In Christ,
Dr. Daniel A. Drain
Director, Office for Life and Family
Saturday, April 12, 2025 – 10 AM – 2 PM
Event: Healing by Encountering Jesus
Join Bishop Esmilla, Father Rafal Walczyk OSPPE, the Director of the Campus for Encounter School Ministry, and other great priests who will pray with us for healing, healing from separation, from loss of a loved one, from addiction, from isolation, from the loss of a child through abortion, from a divorce, from anger, or any other wound. Hosted by: Archdiocesan Project Rachel Ministry
Location: Archdiocesan Pastoral Center Auditorium, 222 N 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
More info: No cost to attend and lunch is included. To register or for more information, please contact: Estela Bugg at 215-854-7058 or ebugg@CHS-adphila.org
Location: Archdiocesan Pastoral Center Auditorium, 222 N 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
More info: No cost to attend and lunch is included. To register or for more information, please contact: Estela Bugg at 215-854-7058 or ebugg@CHS-adphila.org
Saturday, May 3 -Annual Wedding Anniversary Mass
The annual wedding anniversary Mass is celebrated with couples in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who have been married 1-5 years, 10, 25, and 50 years.
Event Timing: Saturday, May 3, 2025 - 5:15pm
Event Address: Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul (1723 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Contact us at 215-587-5661 or famlife@archphila.org
Event Address: Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul (1723 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Contact us at 215-587-5661 or famlife@archphila.org
Register here: https://forms.gle/Up5FvdFVVwANovhg7
Event: Cana Date Night
Meets monthly April 12, May 10, and June 14, 6:15 – 8:15 pm
Presented by the Cana Date Night ministry of Saint Ann Parish in Phoenixville
Cana Date Night is a ministry dedicated to enriching marriages and thereby strengthening families, parishes and communities. We gather monthly to share a meal while enjoying time with our spouse, fellowship with other couples, and a prayerful focus on sacramental marriage.
Location: Saint Ann Parish Hall, 3rd Ave & Main St, Phoenixville PA 19460
- April 12: Click here to learn more and to RSVP
- May 10: Click here to learn more and to RSVP
- June 14: Click here to learn more and to RSVP
Questions: Contact Monica & Dave Ryan - monica.paddock@gmail.com / 845-649-8640
Marriages of Grace Cana Night in Chester Springs - April 25
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - A BABY'S BREATH
A Baby’s Breath is a pregnancy resource center dedicated to helping soon-to-be moms or mothers in crisis develop skills to provide a stable and loving environment for their children. We have centers located in Jeffersonville, Collegeville, Wayne, Phoenixville, and Warminster. We are looking to re-start/re-establish our “parenting class” service at our Collegeville center. I am looking to recruit some folks to offer their time and knowledge by sharing or teaching a topic relative to parenting/motherhood. Topics I am looking for people to teach are:
- Budgeting/personal finance
- Infant/pediatric/adult CPR
- Fire Safety and car seat checks
- Boundaries with children and technology
- Reading to children/utilizing library services
- Meal prep/food safety
- Breastfeeding
- What to expect at the hospital if you give birth/birth plan creation
Besides offering practical advice and resources to new moms, parenting classes offer a sense of community amongst women and that is truly what I am looking forward to fostering the most!
Location: 78 2nd Avenue
Collegeville, PA 19426
(610) 489-0083
Time Commitment: Third Wednesday of the month from 6:30-7:30p
Info about the organization: https://ababysbreath.org/
A commentary Dr. Drain authored was published in Public Discourse titled “IVF and the Language of Gift: A Theological Commentary on a Recent Executive Order.” Its aim was brevity and concision, and so certainly more can be said. Please consider distributing or having handy for any inquiries or concerns that are raised in pastoral consultation regarding IVF. (https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/03/97357/). See also the attached 2025 edition of the USCCB's IVF Parish Primer.
Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life - "Life is Always a Good": Initiating Processes for Pastoral Care of Human Life"
Thursday, May 8, 2025 7:30-9:00 PM St. Katherine Parish Center 9700 Frankford Avenue
Northeast Philadelphia, PA 19114
"A patient is a person, no matter how small." William Lile, M.D.
Dr. Bill Lile (rhymes with smile ☺) is a neonatologist from Pensacola, Florida, with a website at www.ProLifeDoc.org. In videos, diagrams and words, which are medically accurate and layman-understandable, Dr. Lile tells the amazing story of the extensive life-saving and life-enhancing surgeries and other treatments on children in the womb that he and other medical professionals routinely accomplish, with current updates on these now born children. Almost all who see and hear Dr. Lile believe that his presentation of the pro-life message is the best that they have ever seen or heard. By clearly demonstrating that children in the womb are medical patients, Dr. Lile presents a powerful argument that all these children deserve to be welcomed in life and protected by law.
There is no charge for the event and a free will offering will
be requested. Registration and donations are encouraged
by visiting www.GenerationLife.org. Please make any donations by check payable to "Generation Life" and
send to 300 Greenwood Road, Lansdale, PA 19446
This event is being sponsored by St. Katherine Parish's Respect Life Committee,
Generation Life, the Pro-Life Educational Foundation, the Northeast Philadelphia
Pro-Life Coalition, the Bucks County Pro-Life Coalition, and other Philadelphia-area
religious and/or pro-life organizations.
For additional information, contact Mike McMonagle at
215-393-3610; prolifeeducationalfoundation@gmail.com.
