Welcome to Our Lady of Consolation Parish

Opened as an Italian personal parish, Our Lady of Consolation is proud to be serving the community of Tacony in Philadelphia for 100 years and counting. Our parish has a plethora of ministries that appeal to just about everyone. We are certain that one or more parish ministries will touch speak to your heart.

The Meaning of Lent

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ’s will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ’s death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ.

Archdiocese of Philadelphia Survey Opens March 5th

The first step during this journey is to assess our Parish’s greatest opportunities and strengths, and the DMI survey is an important tool that will help us do just that. The DMI is designed to:

• invite parishioners to reflect on their journey if discipleship
• enable parish leaders to make data-driven decisions, and
• help parishioners grow in their faith.

The DMI survey goes live on March 5th. We encourage you to participate as the results will serve to strengthen our parish and better prepare us for the future. A comprehensive report of the findings will be shared with you in the coming months.

Please click this link to take the 7 minute survey. If you prefer a paper copy of the survey, you can pick one up in the Rectory during business hours. And when they are complete you can drop them off at the Rectory, as well.

At Our Lady of Consolation, we are blessed in so many ways. Together, using the DMI survey, we will identify our strengths in greater detail as we strive to grow in missionary discipleship.

October Bless III Schedule