Parish Tree Lighting

December 7th after 4:15pm Mass. 

Meet outside the Hall to sing Christmas Carols and light our tree.  Afterwards, the Knights of Columbus will be hosting dinner, a movie, and a kid activity.

 

Area Penance Services

Good Shepherd, Perryville, MD  410-642-6534
Wednesday, December 11   9:30 AM after AM Mass 
6:30 PM (School/ open to all)

Sacred Heart, Oxford
Thursday, December 12th   7:00 PM

 St. Gabriel, Avondale
Saturday, December 14th   2:45 PM-4 PM
Saturday, December 21st   2:45 PM-4 PM

Our Lady Of Consolation Church, Parkesburg, PA   610-857-3510
Monday, December 16th 7-9 PM

 St. Catherine, Quarryville, PA  717-786-2695
Monday, December 16th 6-8 PM

St. Patrick Church, Kennett Square
Tuesday, December 17th 7:00 PM

 St. Cornelius, Chadds Ford
Thursday, December 19th 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM

Knights of Columbus Holiday Green Sale 
 

The Knights of Columbus are selling cemetery blankets, crosses, and wreaths on a pre-order basis again this year.

Cost is $35 each (same as last year).

Please complete the order form, which will be available in the bulletin, and give to one of the Knights, along with your payment, after Mass.

Orders will be taken after each Mass on 11/16-11/17; 11/23-11/24 and 11/30-12/1

Pickup will take place after each Mass on 12/8
only in the Hall parking lot.

 

Parish Mission at Assumption BVM Church

 Three Day Mission:
December 9-11, 2024

300 State Road, West Grove, PA 19390

The mission will be led by Father Kevin MacDonald, C.ss.R., a Redemptorist Priest who has been preaching missions for much of his priestly ministry. He entered the Redemptorist Missionary order after attending Boston College and playing seven years of professional baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and overseas in Holland and Australia. Father MacDonald currently resides at San Alfonso Retreat House in Long Branch, New Jersey. 

 

This mission is for everyone, not only Catholics.  All are welcome!

 Monday, December 9 – 10 am Mass Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and 7 pm Evening Service 

 Tuesday, December 10 – 8:15 am Mass and a service in the evening at 7 pm.

 Wednesday, December 11 – The mission will close with a Mass in the evening at 7 pm.

 

St. Gabriel’s Children’s Choir
 
Back by popular demand! The choir will sing at the Christmas Eve 4:00 pm Mass! 
 
Find out more information and register your children here. 
 
Sensory-Friendly Mass 

Third Sundays | 10:00 am | St. Gabriel Church

All are welcome to this regularly scheduled Mass. 

A special invitation is extended to any person with sensory issues and their families.  This Mass will include: no music, dimmer lighting, and a condensed version of that week’s Homily.  Families are encouraged to bring materials that can assist with comfort during the liturgy: noise cancelling headphones, wiggle seats, fidgets, etc. Please contact the Office with any questions!

 

PREP

Are you interested in being a catechist or aide for the 2025-2026 PREP year?  Please contact Linda Riofski at 610-268-5120 or dre@saintgabrielparish.org to begin the process to obtain your clearances.

 

 

 
Resources:
 
 
 
This page includes guidelines for PREP curriculum, resources, KidsTalk lessons and more information. 
 
 
 
 
Prayer to One’s Guardian Angel for a Happy Hour of Death 
By: St. Charles Borromeo
 
My good Angel, I know not when or how I shall die. It is possible I may be carried off suddenly and that, before my last sigh, I may be deprived of all intelligence. Yet, how many things I would wish to say to God on the threshold of Eternity. In the full freedom of my will today, I come to charge you to speak for me at that fearful moment. You will say to Him, then, O my good Angel:
 
That I wish to die in the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church in which all the Saints since Jesus Christ have died, and out of which there is no salvation.
 
That I ask the grace of sharing in the infinite merits of my Redeemer and that I desire to die in pressing to my lips the Cross that was bathed in His Blood.
That I detest my sins because they displease Him and I ask pardon through the love of Him, for all my enemies as I wish myself to be pardoned. That I die willingly because He orders it and I throw myself with confidence into His adorable Heart, awaiting all His Mercy. That in my inexpressible desire to go to Heaven, I am disposed to suffer everything it may please His Sovereign Justice to inflict on me.
 
That I love Him before all things, above call things and for His own sake; that I wish and hope to love Him with the Elect, His Angels and the Blessed Mother during all Eternity.
 
Do not refuse, O my Angel Guardian, to be my interpreter with GOD and to protest to Him that these are my sentiments and my will.
 
Amen