Volunteers are needed to help set up for the Christmas Bazaar! We are looking for volunteers to help set up Friday Evening starting at 4:00 pm. Help is also needed throughout the day on Saturday and clean up Saturday at 3:00 pm. Any amount of time is greatly appreciated. Please email Mary Frances Kelly at [email protected]!

Congratulations to all our 77 students who were confirmed this Tuesday! A special thank you to Michele Gordon, our Director of Religious Education, and all those who helped guide their faith! Click the title above to view pictures!

"What Can I Do in Adoration?" at Ascension Press Fr. Josh Johnson addresses some questions and challenges people have when participating in Eucharistic Adoration in the five-minute video. Click the title above to watch!

Join us in the Narthex for pizza and socializing at 6:00 PM on Thursday evening, November 4th. At 6:30, we will go into the church, and Monsignor will discuss devotion to the saints and the many ways they help us to live and grow in our faith. Pizza and Prayer will continue on the first Thursday of every month through May. No registration is required.

On Tuesday, November 2nd, Saint Alphonsus Parish will celebrate our annual Mass of Remembrance at 6:30 PM for all the souls of the faithful departed, especially for family members who have died this past year. All parishioners are invited to attend the Mass and are welcome to bring a framed picture of their loved ones who have died to be placed in the church. Please contact the parish office at (215) 646-4600 or [email protected] if you plan to attend.

Deacon JT's Fall Book Club continues! To view his thoughts on week 2 click the title above! Check back every weekend from October 16-17 through November 13-14 with a final discussion on Wednesday evening, November 17, at 6:30 in the Narthex!

Please click the title above for more information on the Secret Santa Shoppe during our Christmas Bazaar and how you can contribute! Please leave Donations at the Secret Santa display in the Narthex on the weekends of October 23rd, October 30th, and November 6th. For information contact: Ellen Lee (215) 837-0706 or Anne Stieber (215) 815-4482

This Sunday, October 24th, is World Mission Sunday! With the prayers and support of you, the faithful in Philadelphia, the Pontifical Mission Societies have helped provide for the needs of Missionaries worldwide for 110 Years. Continue this great heritage with a donation to missionaries worldwide! For those who give contributions through mailing envelopes, you will be able to give through the specifically marked envelope provided. For others, a special giving envelope will be inside each bulletin this weekend! Throughout the week, stay tuned to our website and social media for examples of the amazing work of the Pontifical Mission Societies!

Click here to watch Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez celebrate Solemn Mass for the opening of the diocesan phase of The Synod Of Bishops!

Join us in the Narthex for pizza and socializing at 6:00 on Thursday evening, November 4th. At 6:30, we will go into the church, and Monsignor will discuss devotion to the saints and the many ways they help us to live and grow in our faith. Pizza and Prayer will continue on the first Thursday of every month through May. No registration is required.

"The VIrtues of Saint John XXIII" on wordonfire.org Pope Francis canonized Pope John XXIII on April 27, 2014. The Church celebrates his feast day on October 11 because this is the day he opened the historic Second Vatican Council in 1962. Read Bishop Robert Barron's description of this saintly pope by clicking the title above!

Click the title above to view a letter from Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez regarding World Mission Sunday. This year, World Mission Sunday on October 24 celebrates the Pontifical Mission Societies 110th Anniversary of service to the Missions. With the prayers and support of you, the faithful in Philadelphia, the Societies has helped provide for the needs of Missionaries worldwide for 110 Years. Continue this great heritage with a donation to missionaries worldwide!

Making Sense Out of Suffering by Peter Kreeft: Copies are available in the Narthex for a $5.00 donation or on Amazon for $12.99. Weekends from October 16-17 through November 13-14 with a final discussion on Wednesday evening, November 17, at 6:30 in the Narthex. “This is a book for anyone who has ever wept and wondered, ‘Why?’” Deacon JT’s commentary and personal reflection questions will appear weekly in the bulletin and on the website. To register, please email Fran La Noce at [email protected]

Getting married? It's not too late to register for our fall Pre-Cana! Please email the rectory office at [email protected] or click the link above to sign up!

Come pray the Holy Rosary with your fellow parishioners online every Thursday evening at 6:30 PM with Zoom! To be added to the invitation list, email [email protected] or click the title above.

Discover how the humanness of Jesus inspires Pope Francis' way of leading the Church and ministering to its people. The third of three sessions will take place this Wednesday evening, October 6th, at 6:30 in the Narthex. You don't need to have attended the first two sessions to follow the third. No registration is required.

Unfortunately, this Thursday's Pizza and Prayer is canceled! Join us when it returns Thursday, November 4th at 6:00 PM!