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Litany of Healing and Repentence
by Fr. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.
During the Christmas Octave, powerful graces are available to us from the Heart of the Christ Child and the Holy Family. Consider setting aside some time this week to find a local church or adoration chapel where you can sit in front of Jesus in the Eucharist and pray this powerful Litany of Healing and Repentance composed by Fr. Boniface Hicks. You can pray it alone or with a group in a call-and-response format:
- View/Print the Litany of Healing and Repentance
- Learn more about the Litany or purchase booklet versions of the litany: https://imf.saintvincentseminary.edu/litany/
Seven Sisters Apostolate Coordinator
The Seven Sisters Apostolate is a National Catholic apostolate that forms intercessory prayer teams for individual priests. These prayer teams of seven women serve as a spiritual furnace for a priest's growth in holiness and virtue and for his spiritual and temporal needs.
The Office for the New Evangelization is seeking a deeply prayerful, organized, Catholic woman to help the Seven Sisters Apostolate take root here in our local Church, assisting with the creation of Seven Sisters prayer teams for our priests. The role is largely remote and has a small stipend attached. Please see the job description below for details.
- Click here for the job description
- To learn more about the Seven Sisters Apostolate, visit https://sevensistersapostolate.org/.
Office for the New Evangelization Events
Go Make Disciples:
A 3-Session Introductory Training
in Missionary Discipleship
Saturdays, January 17, 24 and 31, 2026
9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Join us for a powerful and practical training in the habits and skills of missionary discipleship. This course will help you deepen your personal friendship with Jesus and acquire relational skills to encounter and accompany others into Christ’s love. It's a great way to respond to the Archbishop's call to help him create a culture of missionary discipleship in our local Church!
Location:
Our Lady of Grace Parish, Penndel, PA (Bucks County)
Details and Registration
or visit phillyevang.org/events
Schools of
Missionary Discipleship
A 10-Session Immersion Course in Missionary Discipleship
Ten Wednesdays from 8:45am-11:45am
(Timing is intended to enable parish staff to attend during the workday.)
School of Discipleship: February 4, 11, 25, March 11 and 25
School of Mission: April 8, 15, 29, May 6 and 20
Location: St. David Parish, 316 Easton Road, Willow Grove
Facilitators:
Meghan Cokeley and members of the
Archbishop's Commission for Missionary Disciples
Registration:
Cost is $100 for all 10 sessions, including participant’s guides, coffee and snacks. Discounts are available for parish groups.
For more details, visit phillyevang.org/schools.
Register at this link: https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=nr4EGA
Around the Archdiocese
Below you will find Catholic events being offered in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. If you would like to submit an event for inclusion in the newsletter, please email all pertinent information in the format used below to mcokeley@archphila.org by the 22nd of the month for consideration. Guidelines for event submissions
Available now through January 2026
Event: Exhibit of Michelangelo’s “Pieta”
Exactly identical in size to the original Michelangelo Pietá masterpiece in St. Peter’s Basilica, yet accessible for pilgrims, visitors and art enthusiasts alike! This perfect re-creation will reside in the lower chapel of St. Bede the Venerable Church for all to view and venerate.
Location: Lower Daily Mass Chapel, St. Bede the Venerable Church, Holland, PA
Times: The Pietá will be on exhibit in the chapel: Monday through Friday from 7:00am to 2:30pm, Saturdays from 8:00am to 4:00pm, Sundays between the Masses.at 7:30am, 9:30am, 11am and 12:30pm
More info: View the flyer
Wednesday mornings, January through May 2026, 8:30 am–9:30 am
Event: Lectio Divina: Praying with the Sunday Scriptures
Come join us as we reflect on the Sunday Gospel using the practice of Lectio Divina (Divine Reading). Lectio Divina is a method for praying with the Scriptures through reading, meditation, contemplation, and prayer.
Facilitator: Sister Anne Marie Stegmaier, IHM
Location: IHM Spirituality Center, 210 IHM Drive, Malvern, PA 19355 (Location is handicapped accessible with elevator availability)
More info: Registration is not necessary. Please come when you are able. Click here for the website
January 2026
Event: The Great Books Program
Classical Liberal Arts Education has been making a comeback in Catholic circles in recent years. The Institute for Christian Formation is pleased to offer adults the opportunity to experience (or revisit) the Great Books of Western Civilization, guided by knowledgeable facilitators.
Location: St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, 1400 Evans Road, Ambler, PA 19002
More info: Registration is now open. Please visit https://www.scs.edu/sts/institute-for-christian-formation/catholic-adult-formation/ to register. Please contact STS at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary at 610-785-6287 or at sts@scs.edu with any questions or for more information. Cost is $280.00
Wednesdays, 6:30-9:15 P.M. starting January 14
Event: Introduction to Catholic Spirituality course
The School of Theological Studies at. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary will be offering an in-person 3-credit undergraduate course for the 2026 Spring Semester. This course explores how to live a life deeply connected to God within the Catholic intellectual and spiritual tradition, focusing on prayer, spiritual practices and devotions, discernment, and the wisdom of spiritual writers and saints. Tuition is $1,350.00 plus $110.00 student fee.
Location: St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, 1400 Evans Road, Ambler, PA 19002
More info: Please visit https://www.scs.edu/sts/undergraduate-courses/ to apply. Please contact STS at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary at 610-785-6287 or at sts@scs.edu with any questions or for more information.
Thursday mornings - January 15, February 12, March 19, April 16, May 7, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Event: Mornings of Quiet Prayer
Enjoy a quiet morning in the presence of God. The day begins with Morning Prayer (Liturgy of the Hours). Quiet time will be available to spend in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacred Heart Chapel, to pray the Stations of the Cross (available in the chapel, the arcade, and outside), and to walk around the grounds, enjoying nature, and visiting the outside shrines. There will be a Midday Prayer followed by departure. Come for one or for all of these monthly offerings!
Facilitator: Sister Anne Marie Stegmaier, IHM
Location: IHM Spirituality Center, 210 IHM Drive, Malvern, PA 19355 (location is handicapped accessible with elevator availability)
More info: To RSVP or for more information, contact Sister Anne Marie Stegmaier at ihmspcenter@gmail.com or at (610) 647-4136.
Saturdays, Jan 17, Jan 24, Jan 31, and Feb 7, 2026 - 9:00 to 10:30 AM
Event: At the Service of the Sacred Liturgy: An Intensive Liturgical Music Program
This program is designed to provide a focused presentation on the many aspects of liturgical music in a parish program over a four week workshop. It is for parish directors of liturgical music, choir directors, choir members, leaders of song and cantors. Liturgical musicians in non-parochial settings, priests and deacons are also welcome to participate.
Speakers: Father Dennis Gill, Father Jordan Kelly, O.P., Father David M. Friel, S.T.D., and Charlene Angelini
Location: Epiphany of Our Lord Church, 3050 Walton Road, Plymouth Meeting, Pa 19462 (Parking available)
More info: Click here for the flyer or visit https://www.odwphiladelphia.org/workshops/ Questions? Please email worship@archphila.org.
Sunday, January 18, 2026 – 3:00 PM
Event: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Interfaith Prayer Service
Sponsored by the Office for Black Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Location: St. Malachy Catholic Church, Philadelphia
More info: View the flyer
Tuesday, January 20 - 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Event: Serra Club of Philadelphia Zoom Meeting
Join the Serra Club of Philadelphia Zoom Meeting — This is a quarterly open-access meeting, welcoming all.
Topic: Let’s Build a Fire in Every Pulpit! (and Other Thoughts on Catholic Preaching)
Speaker: Rev. Thomas Dailey, OSFS, John Cardinal Foley Chair of Homiletics and Social Communications, Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary
Father Dailey will speak about the work of the Catholic Preaching Institute (CPI), some of the key findings of the major research project on the state of Catholic preaching in this Archdiocese, several ways that CPI is trying to spark the fire of a homiletic revival, and the critical role that those “in the pews” can play to transform Catholic preaching into a more compelling experience.
More Information: Contact communications@serraclubphilly.org or Patricia.canning@comcast.net, or visit website at https://serraclubphilly.org
January 23, 2026 - 6:30am-11:00am
Event: LifeFest Rally with the Sisters of Life
Morning Rally & Mass before the March for Life, featuring dynamic speakers, music, Holy Mass, and more! Because Love is the answer.
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St, Oxon Hill, MD 20745
More info: View the flyer or visit https://www.lifefestrally.com/
January 23, 2026
Event: National March for Life
The annual National March for Life in Washington, D.C. is taking place Friday, January 23, 2026. This year's March features Sarah Hurm as the testimony speaker and Sanctus Real as the musical performers, among others. The schedule for the day is as follows:
- 10am-Archdiocese of Philadelphia Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC
- 11-1pm Rally ft. music by Sanctus Real, the Friends of Club 21 Choir, and pro-life speakers
- 1pm-March through D.C.
Thursday Jan 29 - Sunday, Feb 1, 2026
Event: Restore Healing Retreat (for men and women)
Event: Restore Healing Retreat (for men and women)
How do anxiety, compulsive behaviors, or emotional wounding get in your way of the meaningful and authentic relationships you were made to experience? Through unique, facilitated healing encounters, our Lord gently invites us into a fully integrated experience – mind, heart, body, spirit, soul. We will follow the Holy Spirit’s promptings as He reveals the memories, the moments, the circumstances that caused dis-integration within us. It is there that our Lord longs to meet us with His mercy and His love, which are the true balm for our wounded hearts. Come…and let Him Restore you!
Retreat Leaders: Father Steve DeLacy and De Yarrison of You Are Made New Ministry
Location: Malvern Retreat House in Malvern, PA
More info: https://youaremadenew.com/restore-retreats or email De at de@youaremadenew.com.
Event: Arise! Youth Evenings of Adoration
An Arise! Youth Evening of Adoration is an evening of Encounter for teens. An encounter with Christ, the Trinity, self, and each other. Encounter with Christ in the Eucharist, the mercy of the Father through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and the Holy Spirit in the communion of prayer with an Intercessory Prayer Team.
Upcoming events:
- January 29, 2026, St. Ambrose, Philadelphia
- February 15, 2026, Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, North Wales
- March 14, 2026, St. Eleanor, Collegeville
- May 17, 2026, Our Lady of Grace, Penndel
Friday, January 30, 2026 - 7:00-9:00 PM
Event: What Would Jesus Brew?
Join us for an evening of beer, theology, and fun! Sample 5 highly-rated beer selections (5oz pours) selected by our in-house "Beer Deacon" John Knesis. Each beer will be paired with a spiritual reflection. Snacks and giveaways included! $25 per ticket. Must be 21 or older to attend. Tickets can be purchased at the Rectory, our parish website, or by using the link below.
Speaker: Deacon John Knesis, Dennis Mueller
Location: Saint Albert the Great Parish 212, Welsh Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 (Parish Hall)
More info: Purchase Tickets Here - Questions? Contact Christine Regan, mrsregan@satg1.org or visit www.saintalthegreat.org
Event: What Would Jesus Brew?
Join us for an evening of beer, theology, and fun! Sample 5 highly-rated beer selections (5oz pours) selected by our in-house "Beer Deacon" John Knesis. Each beer will be paired with a spiritual reflection. Snacks and giveaways included! $25 per ticket. Must be 21 or older to attend. Tickets can be purchased at the Rectory, our parish website, or by using the link below.
Speaker: Deacon John Knesis, Dennis Mueller
Location: Saint Albert the Great Parish 212, Welsh Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 (Parish Hall)
More info: Purchase Tickets Here - Questions? Contact Christine Regan, mrsregan@satg1.org or visit www.saintalthegreat.org
Monday, February 2, 2026, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Event: Flame of Love Philadelphia: Feast Day of the Flame of Love
All are invited to attend this special Feast Day of the Flame of Love at Malvern Retreat House. Bring your candles to be blessed for Candlemas Day. See the flyer below for schedule and details.
Location: Malvern Retreat House, 315 S. Warren Ave., Malvern, PA 193552
Retreat will be held in the Upper McShane Hall
More info: View the flyer; To reserve your seat, RSVP to: FLAMEOFLOVEPHILLY@GMAIL.COM - No charge, free will offerings are appreciated.
Saturday, February 28, 2026 - 8:00AM - 3:45PM
Event: Together in Holiness - A Catholic Marriage Enrichment Conference
Together in Holiness is a marriage conference series presented by the St. John Paul II Foundation for dioceses that inspires spouses to grow together in holiness and empowers parents to form their children in the Catholic faith. Talks include "The Holy Eucharist and the Domestic Church," "Liturgical Living in the Home," and "The Eucharistic Mission of the Family." Childcare available for a small fee.
Speakers: Ryan Hanning, PHD, Fellow, St. John Paul II Foundation ; Steve and Becky Greene, Catholic Speakers, Writers, and Co-hosts of "The Catholic Conversation"; and more
Location: St. Peter Church, 2835 Manor Road West Brandywine, PA 19320
More info: https://forlifeandfamily.org/events/th26-phpa/ Questions? Contact Maria Riedlmeier at mriedlmeier@archphila.org.
Sat, Mar 14, 2026 – 9:30 AM-12:30 PM or Sat, Apr 11, 2026 – 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Event: Workshop: Parish Life in an Apostolic Age
Many Catholics, including those who lead in our parishes, are still operating as if we were in Christendom, seeking to maintain forms of ministry that are no longer working. Join us for a workshop designed to help parish staff and ministry leaders shift out of this maintenance mode and into mission mode, fully awake to the reality of our apostolic times and ready to engage it with new Gospel fervor. At these workshops you will also have the chance to meet the staff of the new missionary hubs at our host parish!
Location options (choose one):
- March 14 at St. Matthew Parish, Philadelphia
- April 11 at St. Katharine Drexel Parish, Chester
More info: View the flyer; This workshop is open to all. It is also a “train the trainer” opportunity for those who wish to offer this training back at their own parish. See the flyer for details. Click here to register.
Various dates and times during the 2025-2026 year
Event: Training Workshops for Lectors, Altar Servers, Liturgical Musicians and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Those who serve the Church’s liturgy are invited to attend a training workshop to deepen your knowledge of the richness of your ministry and how to carry it out with due reverence and fittingness. Please see the flyer below for the schedule of trainings.
Instructor: Reverend Gerald Dennis Gill, Director, Office for Divine Worship
More info: View the flyer; To register for one or more workshops, email: worship@archphila.org. In your message, please include your name, home parish and the workshop/date for which you would like to register.
Mondays thru May 2026 - 7:00 - 8:30 PM OR Wednesdays thru May 2026 - 9:15 - 10:45 AM
Event: Winter Bible Study - "Foundation of Faith; A Journey Through the Catechism"
This series unpacks the biblical and historical foundations of the Catechism, and shows how its teachings have developed from the time of the Apostles to today. As always, we study at your convenience, either Monday evenings or Wednesday mornings in the Parish Center, so PICK THE TIME that is best for you. Come a few minutes early to meet others and to get your seat. Light refreshments are always served. This study is FREE and all materials will be provided. Please join us!
Location: Holy Cross (Delaware County) Parish Center, Springfield PA 19064
More Info: To save a seat or for more information, please contact Pattie Stevens at pattiejstevens@comcast.net or 484.868.8571
Various dates and times
Event: Mass For Healing - Catholic Charismatic Renewal
The Archdiocesan Catholic Charismatic Renewal’s local prayer groups offer regular opportunities to attend Mass and receive prayer for healing for many issues, physical, emotional and spiritual. These events may include praise and worship, Eucharistic Adoration, Confession, prayer teams or other moments of grace. Please see the website below to find a healing event near you.
For dates, times and locations, visit https://archphilaccr.org/events/
LOOKING AHEAD...
March 18 and 19, 2026 - National Catholic Partnership on Disability Two-Day Mental Health and Access Training
August 6-8, 2026 - ChristLife Equip Conference, Severna Park, MD
ONGOING...
- Catholic Support for Mental Health: archphila.org/support
- Mental Health Referral Network: archphila.org/mental-health-referral-network
- Hope in Christ: Spiritual Support for Addiction - archphila.org/hope
- Liturgical and Sacramental Updates from the Office for Divine Worship - Click here for website
- Archdiocesan Missionaries of Mercy - archphila.org/mercy
- Eucharistic Revival: phillyeucharisticrevival.org
- Young Adult Groups & Events: phillyyam.org
- Events for Teens: phillyomy.org/events/
- Intercessory Teams for Priests - phillyevang.org/pray4priests
- Institute for Christian Formation - Click here for website
- Pro-Life Pregnancy Care Resources - Click here for free guidebook
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