Our RCIA program begins on Tuesday, October 11th at 6:30 PM! For adults interested in knowing more about the process of joining the Catholic Church, or receiving First Communion or Confirmation, meetings for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults will begin on Tuesday, October 11th, in the Narthex Meeting Room. Please come and learn more about the Faith, and the process of discernment for becoming a Catholic. If you are interested, please contact Monsignor Hennessy or Kate Greenhalgh in the Rectory at (215)-646-4600.

The Rectory office will be running on a limited schedule/staff this week. Please call 215-646-4600 in advance of visiting. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Join us for Adoration every Wednesday following the 9:00 AM Mass, until Benediction at 6:00P M. All are invited to come spend time with Our Lord, present in the Blessed Sacrament! We have committed adorers for each hour our Lord is exposed, so others may freely come and go for any length of time. Materials to assist your prayer time can be found in the Chapel; please feel free to stop in!

Please click the title above to view a message from Monsignor Hennessy regarding the recent passing of Bishop Robert Maginnis.

The 2023 Mass Book will open Tuesday, September 20th for dates between January 1st and June 30th!

You’re invited to join our Adult or Junior Choir! As our Summer break comes to an end, the choral ensemble groups of the Saint Alphonsus Music Ministry will soon resume their participation in our weekly Mass liturgies.  Both our long-existing Adult Choir and recently formed Junior Choir are looking for new members to lead us in song! Please contact Frank Stieber by email at [email protected], or by phone at (215)542-8319, if you or your children have an interest in becoming part of our already excellent group of choristers!

WWP Women’s Bible studies combine personal study with small group discussion, linking our everyday challenges to the solutions given to us through the teachings of Christ and the Catholic Church. If you desire to grow in your faith—in a supportive community of Catholic women—Walking with Purpose is for you! To learn more about it, join us September 26 at 7:30 PM for a social in the Narthex before we begin our series Living in the Father’s Love. Books for the study can be purchased online for $20 at Walkingwithpurpose.com or Amazon. If the price of the books prohibits you from joining, please contact us. The registration link can be found by clicking the title above. Registration is encouraged but all are welcome. If you have any questions please contact Janel Mullen at [email protected] or (215)313-4475, or Suzie Devlin at [email protected]

Pre-Cana, is a class designed to prepare engaged couples to lovingly live out the Sacrament of Matrimony. Our next session is scheduled on Friday evening and Saturday, October 28-29. For more information and registration, click the title above to view our Pre-Cana page.

Shining Stars is our religious education program held during the 10:15 Mass for pre-school children ages 3 through 5. This is a wonderful time for your children to learn about Sunday's Gospel and develop a closer relationship with Jesus. Shining Stars runs from October through April. We meet over in the OLM building. You can drop off your child/ren at 10:00-10:05 am before you go to the 10:15 Mass. Pick-up will be immediately after Mass ends. Click the title above for more information!

Please join the Saint Alphonsus Book Club on Monday, August 29 as we discuss The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. Our meeting starts promptly at 7:00 pm, but all are welcome to arrive at 6:45 for a quick chat before we begin our discussion. Come armed with questions and comments. Need to know more? Contact Joan Wolff at [email protected] Until then, happy reading!

Helping the Needy Ministry (HTN) is looking for volunteers (men and women) to tutor children at the Francis Willard Elementary School in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. Your help would be needed usually on a Monday during the school year. Tutors meet at St. Alphonsus at 11 am and carpool together, returning by 3 pm. Please consider giving your time to this rewarding and fulfilling ministry. If you are interested or would like more information,  please contact Nancy McDonald at [email protected] or 215-628-4936.

Thank you to all who attended the Saint Alphonsus book sale, we raised over $700 for Our Lady of Hope Tuition Assistance! A special thank you to all the members of the Saint Alphonsus Book Club who helped collect, sort, and sell the books. Another special shout out to Joan Wolf for all her expertise and Ray Lee for all his help as well!

Click the title above to read Pérez's statement on the Supreme Court's opinion of the recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case.

Thank you to everyone who made it to our Corpus Christi Procession and Mass on June 19th. We may not have been able to process outside, but were able to have a wonderful celebration of the Eucharist inside the church!

This weekend we are happy to welcome Father Phelim Jordan, a Divine Word Missionary priest, who is joining us for the Missionary Cooperative Program of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Father will speak about the many ministries of his religious community, which serves in 79 countries.

Please join the Saint Alphonsus Book Club on Monday, June 27 at 7:00 p.m. as they discuss We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza. Come to the Narthex armed with comments and questions for your fellow readers. If you have any questions or if you wish to join us, email Joan Wolff at [email protected] Happy reading!

Called to be Saints, a Catholic faith community of young adults and young families, invites you to join us on 7/7/22 for our monthly Disciple Night at St. Catherine of Siena, 321 Witmer Road, Horsham, PA. We welcome Father Shaun Mahoney for a discussion St. John Neumann and his last legacy and impact on Philadelphia. Fr Mahoney serves as the Director of the Temple University Newman Center and the Spiritual Director of the Catholic Center for Young Adults. We will have mass in the chapel at 7pm, followed by social hour, then presentation and discussion in the farmhouse. If you have any questions or would like to attend, please contact us at [email protected] Walk-ins are always welcome. We meet the first Thursday of each month if you cannot attend this month. Please join our Facebook group “Called to be Saints” for additional information.

Click the title above to view a letter from Monsignor Hennessy and the 2021 Saint Alphonsus Financial Report.

Thanks to all who attended our Parish Mission. We hope it was a unique opportunity to hear the Scriptures in a different way. A very special thank you to Jeff Clements, Frank Kopacz, and Tom Maher for creating the environment for Frank Runyeon's performances and to Griffon and Ben Selgrath and Ben Citro for lending their expertise to the lighting. Thanks also to Megan Bryce and her crew for planning Monday night's social after the mission.

Saint Alphonsus Parish is hosting a Synodal Listening Session on Tuesday, May 24th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. for the young adults of the parish and any other young adults in the area interested in attending! Please join us in the narthex as we share our experience of the Church and learn by listening to one another. We would like to make on-site childcare available so that everyone wishing to participate is able to do so. There will also be a social following the listening session where we will introduce our new group, Called to be Saints: A faith community for young adults and young families, which is in partnership with Saint Catherine of Siena Parish in Horsham. If you would like to attend, please contact the parish office (215-646-4600) and also let us know if you would like to bring your children for our on-site child care. We hope you can join us!