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  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • Bulletin
    • Mass and Confession Times
    • Staff
    • Donate
    • Parish Calendar and Events
    • Submit an Event
    • Calvary Cemetery
    • Safe Environment for Volunteers
  • Sacraments
    • Baptism
    • Reconciliation
    • First Communion
    • Confirmation
    • Marriage
    • Anointing of the Sick
    • Funerals
    • Holy Orders
  • Ministries
    • Devotions
    • Education and Youth Ministry
    • Faith Formation
    • Liturgical Ministries
    • Service and Outreach Ministries
    • Social Ministries
    • Walking with Purpose
    • MPRC School
  • PREP
  • Hallow App
  • Next Gen Parish
    • Next Generation Parish Prayer

Book Club


Nativity BVM’s Book Club gathers bi-monthly to discuss a relevant book on the Catholic faith. The discussions are lively and enlightening in a faith-filled and supportive environment. Our meetings are facilitated by the Pastor, Father Bell, who is an avid reader.  Members leave the discussions enriched by each others insights. Book club selections are publicized in the bulletin and books are available for purchase at the Rectory. For more information, contact the Rectory Office at 610-566-0185.


2024:
Rebuilt Faith: A Handbook for Skeptical Catholics by Michael White and Tom Corcoran
A World Undone: Finding God When Life Doesn't Make Sense by Fr. Mike Schmitz
Trusting God in the Present by Father Jacques Phillippe
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People by Jeannie Gaffigan


2023:
Carlo Acutis: The First Millennial Saint by Nicola Gori
Ukraine Diary by Henri Nouwen
A World Undone: Finding God When Life Doesn't Make Sense by Fr. Mike Schmitz

2022: 

Finding Our Sacred Center: A Journey to Inner Peace by Henri Nouwen
My Anointing Echoes by Fr. Doug McKay
Padre Pio: Stories and Memories of my Mentor and Friend by Rev. Gabriele Amorth


​2021:
The Pilgrim by Davis Bunn
​Walking with Mary by Edward Sri
Busy Lives and Restless Souls by Becky Eldredge
Lying Awake by Mark Salzman
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2020:
Fratelli Tutti by Pope Francis
​The Delight of Being Ordinary by Roland Merullo

He Leadeth Me by Father Walter J. Ciszek
James Martin: In the Company of Jesus by Jon Sweeney
The Fisherman’s Tomb by John Neill
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom


2019:
Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Liseux
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis.

Something Other Than God by Jennifer Fulwiler
The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity by Matthew Kelly
Arguing Religion by Bishop Barron

2018:
Saint Oscar Romero– Pastor, Prophet, Martyr by Kerry Walters
The Art of Getting Over Yourself by Jon Leonetti (parish mission)
The Fourth Cup by Scott Hahn
The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott
Barking to the Choir by Gregory Boyle

2017:
The Way of the Pilgrim by Helen Bacovcin
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Spiritual Direction by Henri Nouwen
A Radical Faith by Eileen Markey
City on Fire by Bill Minutaglio
The Way of a Pilgrim

2016:
Red, White, Blue Catholic by Stephen White
The Fullness of Purpose by Ken Yasinski
Rediscover Jesus by Matthew Kelly
The Name of God is Mercy by Pope Francis
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

2015:
Graffiti on My Soul by Joanna
The Map of Heaven by Eban Alexander
Oscar Romera by Kevin Clarke
Laudato Si (On Care of our Common Home) by Pope Francis
The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen
Pope Francis' Speech to the U.S. Congress
Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyce

2014:
The Joy of the Gospel by Pope Francis
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Mercy in the City by Kerry Weber
The Bible and the Qur’an by Jacques Jomier
Lord of the World by Robert Benson
The Saints are Coming by Gregory Jordan
​The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson

2013:
The Shack by William Paul Young
Pope Francis by Matthew Bunson
Proof of Heaven by Alexander Eben
Embracing Change by Joseph Sica
Camerado, I Give You My Hand by Maura Poston
The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic by Matthew Kelly


2012:
Render Unto Caesar by Charles J. Chaput
The Perfect Joy of St. Francis by F. Timmermans
The Homeless Bishop by Joseph Girzone
Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza
Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly

2011:
My Life with the Saints by James Martin
Between Heaven and Mirth by James Martin
The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything by James Martin
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Weekend Mass Schedule:
Saturday Vigil: 5pm
Sunday: 7am, 8am, 10am * & Noon
* Live Streamed on YouTube

​Weekday Mass Schedule
Mon-Sat: 8am*
(9am on Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving)

Confession
Saturdays: 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Adoration Chapel
Monday-Friday 8:30am-8pm
Nativity Of the Blessed Virgin Mary
30 East Franklin Street,
Media, PA 19063
Telephone: 610-566-0185
Fax: 610-566-2873
Email: [email protected]
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*This email isn't monitored on evenings and weekends. For emergencies or immediate needs, please call the rectory at 610-566-0185.
Rectory Office Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9am-1pm
Sat & Sun: Closed



​Sunday parking options:
  • TD Bank Lot- NO PARKING
  • Cavanagh Funeral Home- enter off of Monroe St.
  • Nativity BVM Parish Center- enter off of Gayley St.
  • Nativity BVM (Lifeworks) School - enter off of Edgemont St.
  • Flagship Corporate Center Garage- enter off of Baltimore Pike
  • Baltimore Avenue Public Parking Garage- enter off of Olive St. or Baker St. 
  • On street parking -Franklin St., Monroe St., Gayley St., Church St.- please do not block crosswalks

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