Our Lady of Grace Parish Live-Streamed Mass Schedule:

Daily Mass Monday-Saturday: 8:00 AM
Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM
Sunday Mass: 7:45 AM & 10:00 AM

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Click here for details and guidelines about attending Mass in person at Our Lady of Grace Parish!

Please Note: The dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday and Holy Day Masses is still in effect until further notice. Several weeks notice will be provided as to when the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation will be reinstated by the Archbishop.

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Our Lady of Grace Parish relies on the Sunday collection to pay our bills and payroll. We are most grateful for your support of the parish! If you are interested in contributing, you can do so in the following ways:

• OLG Parish e-Giving site, found by clicking here

  • Sign-up is quick and easy.
  • You have the option to make a one-time or continuous contribution.
  • You can choose the date and frequency of your contribution.

• The Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia’s Parish Support Initiative

  • Visit: www.SupportMyParish.org and select "Our Lady of Grace-Penndel" from the drop-down menu.
  • You have the option to make a one-time or monthly contribution.

• Drop off contributions in the Sunday collection or the mail

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The Our Lady of Grace Clergy & Staff thank you for your continued support! You are in our prayers!

In response to the Coronavirus situation and as directed by Archbishop Perez and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Our Lady of Grace has implemented the following alternative schedule until further notice:

LITURGIES, SACRAMENTS, & PRAYER

• Sunday Mass
  • Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM
  • Sunday: 7:45 AM & 10:00 AM
  • Additional Sunday Mass times may be added at a later date as the need develops.
• Daily Mass
  • Monday-Saturday: 8:00 AM in the church proper
  • Please Note: The 7:00 AM Daily Mass (Monday-Friday) will continue to be suspended until further notice. The decision to resume the 7:00 AM Mass will be considered when the Coronavirus restrictions are lifted and we have the opportunity to return to the chapel for Masses. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

• Confessions continue in the church proper:
  • Wednesday: 7:00-7:30 PM
  • Saturday: 2:45-3:45 PM
• Daily Rosary: Immediately following each Daily Mass
• Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will continue in the church proper:
  • Wednesday: 8:30 AM-6:30 PM
    • Benediction: 6:30 PM
• During LENT Only - Stations of the Cross
  • Friday: 7:00 PM-7:30 PM, in the church proper
• Private Prayer: Our Lady of Grace Church is open daily for private prayer and visits:
  • Monday-Saturday: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
  • Sunday: 11:00 AM-6:00 PM

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

• Pre Jordan: Pre Jordan class is being offered online:
  • Online Class: You may take an online Pre Jordan certification course called "Belonging" by using the link on our Baptism webpage. There is a small fee of $9.95 for the online course. Please be sure to print the certificate at the end and turn it in with your other paperwork.

OFFICE & OTHER HOURS

• IHM Center (Parish Offices):
  • CLOSED to the public until further notice.
  • Our Parish Staff continue to take calls and emails. Calls will be taken Monday-Thursday, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM.
    • Staff contact information can be found on the "Staff Directory" page of this website.
• Our Lady of Grace Cemetery:
  • Cemetery OFFICE:
    • OPEN to the public
    • PLEASE NOTE: We are only allowing TWO (2) people inside the office at a time per COVID-19 social-distancing restrictions. Mask-wearing is required inside the office.
    • Staff is available to help you with burial arrangements, plot sales, and inquiries during normal business hours:
      • Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
      • Saturday: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Cemetery GROUNDS:
    • OPEN for burials and visits during normal visiting hours
    • For the safety of yourself and others, we kindly ask that you practice social distancing and wear a mask while on the Cemetery grounds.
  • Further details, hours, and contact information for the Cemetery can be found on the "Cemetery" page of this website.

Week of February 21, 2021

Dear Friends,

“Repent and believe in the Gospel,” are Jesus’ words as He opens the public ministry. We just heard these words on Ash Wednesday as we began our observance of Lent. The words and ashes remind us that we are entering a period of penance. Penance is an action of sorrow or contrition for sin. The purpose of penance is to help us express our contrition and to have a keener awareness of God’s mercy as we journey toward Easter. The next six weeks afford us the opportunity to seek God’s mercy, which is always available, and to be renewed in His cleansing love. The period of forty days is taken primarily from Jesus’ own forty days in the desert mentioned in today’s gospel reading. In the desert, Jesus fasted. While His body was weakened, His spirit was strengthened. We are invited, once again, to be renewed in strength through the period of penance. Our penitence is expressed primarily in three ways: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Through prayer, we grow in our relationship with God and an even stronger inner awareness of His love. Through fasting, we learn to rely on Him alone. Through almsgiving, we love as we are loved, freely giving to others, especially those in most need. Lent provides us a time of renewal and growth so that when we arrive at Holy Week we can enter more fully into the celebration of the Paschal Mystery, the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord.

The plans for the roof replacement are moving along. We have contracted with Kangaroof to do the work. Due to the pandemic, there are supply constraints, which is delaying the work. Work will commence as soon as possible. We will give notice through Flocknote and our other means of communications once we have a start date for the project. It is expected to take two to three weeks, weather cooperating. Thanks for your patience and understanding as we move forward with the work. Prayers to all for a great Lent.

God bless,
Monsignor Prior