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      • School Board
  • WHAT'S HAPPENING
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      • Photos and Videos
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      • Adult Faith and Bible Studies
      • Charismatic Prayer
      • Ministry List
      • R.C.I.A.
      • Vacation Bible Camp
      • Youth Groups - 7th & 8th Grade
      • YLM - High School Youth Led Ministry
    • Parish Ministries
      • Altar Servers
      • Adoration
      • HOPE
      • Aid for Friends
      • Bethesda Project
      • Blood Drive
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      • Nursing Home Ministry
      • Respect Life
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      • DISCIPLE MAKER INDEX SURVEY
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      • A FATHER FRANCIS TALK: SAVE THE DATE
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      • Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
        Reading 1  Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9
        Responsorial Psalm  Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20
        Gospel  Matthew 5:17-19

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        Table of Contents: Things to Give Up for Lent When Ash Wednesday draws near, Catholics and other Christians seem to fall into two distinct groups when it comes to what to give up for Lent. The first...

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      • Wednesday, March 26, 2025
        Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus promises that he has not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it.

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Saints Simon and Jude Parish
8 Cavanaugh Court,  West Chester,  PA   19382
Phone: (610) 696-3624
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