Prayer can guide and inform the bishops meeting in Rome and the urgent renewal needed in dioceses and parishes around the world. Together, our prayers will make a difference. Please click on the headline for the novena prayers. Thank you!

Pizza, Pray and Play Day was a hit…. so we’re doing it again Saints Simon and Jude Parish is having another PIZZA, PRAYER & PLAY DAY!! All are invited to join the experience of a great family night in SSJ School Cafeteria, Thursday, February 21 From 6:00 to 7:30 pm Forms to register are in Sr. Barbara Jude’s Office and on the news page of SSJ’s website.

Many couples want to have children but have real difficulties in making this happen. Join us on Monday evening, 2/25, at 7 pm, in the Meehan Center for a presentation on What the Church Teaches about Reproductive Issues and Why. Dr. Joe Zalot, parishioner and staff member of the National Catholic Bioethics Center will be the presenter.

Safe Environment Training - Protecting God’s Children will be held in The Meehan Center on the following dates: Wednesday, February 27 at 6:00 Sign-in 5:45 pm; Thursday, March 21 at 1:00 pm Sign-in at 12:45 pm; Snow Date: Friday, March 22 at 1:00 - Sign-in 12:45 pm; Wednesday, April 24 at 6:00 pm Sign-in 5:45 pm; Thursday, May 22 at 6:00 pm Sign-in 5:45 pm; Thursday, June 20 at 6:00 pm Sign-in 5:45 pm. Registration is a must! Please go to: www.virtusonline.org or call 215-587-2466. For questions on clearances and certificates, contact Candy SSJ Safe Environment Coordinator at csavarese@simonandjude.org or 610-696-3624.

Saints Simon and Jude Annual Baby Formula Drive is now collecting donations. The best chance any baby has to thrive and grow is to be fed properly. We can help parents succeed in raising a healthy baby by providing formula for their newborns. Our goal this year to collect 300 cans of baby formula for the poor who need this essential food. Formula count is at 175 as of January 27, only 125 more to go. Thank you SSJ Parishioners for your caring hearts... the drive will end February 15.