IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CONFESSION

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CONFESSIONS AT ASSUMPTION BVM PARISH ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2

 

Our pastor is under Covit-19 quarantine until Sunday, December 3 and will not be able to hear confessions on Saturday.  We have not been able to find a replacement.  However, there are other local options for confession on Saturday.  They are listed here for your convenience:

 

St. Patrick Parish in Kennett Square

confessions from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

 

Sacred Heart Parish in Oxford

confessions from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

 

Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother Parish in Avondale

confessions from 3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

 

Please note that we will celebrate all the regularly scheduled weekend Masses of the First Sunday of Advent: 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and 8:00 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Sunday.  May you all have a blessed Advent and my God give you good health!

 

 

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