St. Polycarp Church 55 Ransom Lane, Smyrna, Delaware 19977 www.saintpolycarp.org
Rev. James D. Hreha, Pastor 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Deacon Charles Robinson (Retired) Deacon Frank Weber WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 4:00 pm & Sunday 10:30 am (Reservations, Social Distancing & Face Coverings required.)
WEEKDAY MASS Tuesday – Friday 8:30 am (Social Distancing & Face Coverings required.)
RECONCILIATION Saturday 2:30- 3:30 pm (Social Distancing & Face Coverings required.)
LIVE STREAM MASS: Tuesday – Friday at 8:30 am and Saturdays at 4:00 pm. www.youtube.com/c/StPolycarpSmyrnaDE
PARISH OFFICE: (302) 653-8279 The office remains closed until further notice. Our staff Bap sm: Pre-Bap smal class is required. Arrangements continues to work remotely and is answering email. are to be made in advance by contac ng the parish office. Our Parish answering service is taking phone messages. In the event of a Sacramental emergency, Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least one the service will contact the appropriate person. year prior to the date. Contact the parish office.
Group meetings inside of our facilities remain Anoin ng of the Sick: Contact the parish office. cancelled until further notice. Outside events will be considered on an individual basis. Contact the office. Voca ons: For Priestly and Religious voca ons contact Covid guidelines will be followed. Rev. Norman Carroll at (302) 573 – 3113. Parish Secretary, Teresa Cariello [email protected] RCIA (Rite of Chris an Ini a on of Adults): RCIA is for Coordinator of Religious Education, Erica Taylor adults who are in need of Bap sm, who were bap zed in [email protected] another Chris an tradi on who desire to become Catho- lic, or who were bap zed Catholic and desire First Eucha- Communications Director, Judy Lamborn rist and /or Confirma on. For more informa on contact [email protected] Deacon Frank at (302) 653-8279 or Bulletin Submissions (10 days in advance) [email protected] [email protected]
Business Manager, Lisa Titus [email protected]
WELCOME VISITORS & NEW PARISHIONERS! Pastoral Council – Angela Gibson We’re glad you’re here! Finance Council – John Fcasni St. Vincent de Paul Society - Please contact the office or visit our website (302) 264-6630 to register in our Parish. Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 17, 2021
WHAT IS ORDINARY TIME? Saturday, January 16 Blessed Virgin Mary In most cases ordinary means usual, average but in our 4 pm Herberto Ocasio - Peggy O’Connor Liturgical Year it means “not seasonal”. It is the time Sunday, January 17 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time between our seasons of Lent-Easter and Advent- 10:30 am Parishioners Christmas. During Ordinary Time we do not focus on one Monday, January 11 specific event in the life of Jesus but we look at all the NO MASS Tuesday, January 19 aspects of our Savior. 8:30 am Mary Ann Goodine - Gerald & Linda Mood During this time, we hear God’s Word from various books Wednesday, January 20 St. Fabian & St. Sebastian 8:30 am John Olenik - Elizabeth Witt of the Bible in a continuous fashion, the ordinary times, Thursday, January 21 St. Agnes and not the “major events”. We meet Jesus in these 8:30 am Mary Ann Goodine - Janet Alexander ordinary days and learn about His life and works as Friday, January 22 Day of Prayer for the proclaimed in the Gospels. We must always keep in mind Legal Protection of Unborn Children that it is in these ordinary days, that we can find 8:30 am Florence Lepkowski - Judy Lamborn extraordinary examples of God’s love. It is in these Saturday, January 23 St. Vincent & St. Marianne Cope ordinary days that we continue to build the Kingdom of 4 pm Parishioners Sunday, January 24 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time God in our daily routine and efforts. 10:30 Angelo DiBartolo - Mike Sanders
Bread & Wine for the Eucharist are given in prayer for an increase in religious vocations.
Our Sanctuary Lamp in Church burns in prayer for peaceful dialogue among our citizens.
Green is the standard color of Ordinary Time. The color green is meant to represent the anticipation and hope in the resurrection of Christ. It symbolizes hope and life of each new day.
LET US PRAY
Prayer Chain – To request prayers or to be part of our We Pray for Our Sick and Those in Need of our Prayers Prayer Chain,, contact Laverne at [email protected] or (302) 653 – 8064 To have someone’s name added to the Bulletin for prayers, please email [email protected] or call the office and leave a message. Rosary by Telephone: Join us Tuesday mornings at 10am as the Brother Vincent Columbiettes lead us in praying Richard Razzano, Andrew Cella, Michelle Dean, Austin & the rosary. Contact Jill at (302)653-3836 or Dylan Dean, Theresa Devine, Kenny Bullins, Deirdre Moor, [email protected] for more information. Linda Blow, John Gallegos, Deacon Charlie Robinson, Clinton Ferrazzo, Violet Farkas, Laura Gilmore, Flame of Love Rosary By Telephone: Join us weekly on Marguerite Maloney, Sue Orlando, Tom Voelker, Angel Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. to pray the Flame of Love Rosary. Street, and all those suffering from covid-19 Email Roxanne at [email protected] or leave a message or text (302)242-6484 for details. We Pray for our Deceased Michaela S. Watson Connected in Christ: Join us on Zoom every Friday at Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord 11:00 am to discuss various topics of faith. Contact And let the perpetual light shine upon them. Peggy at [email protected] for information and links to May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen the sessions. WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY January 18-25 Every year, Christian communities and churches join together to pray for the visible unity of the Church, accepting the will of Christ, who prayed “that all may be
one” (John 17:21) during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In the U.S., this Week of Prayer is HOLY HOUR AND MASS FOR LIFE commemorated from January 18-25. Bishop Malooly will preside at a Holy Hour for Life and a Mass for Life, on Friday, January 29, 2021. Both online This commemoration is especially highlighted in the events are a part of the National Prayer Vigil for Life Diocese of Wilmington because the founder of the week, sponsored by the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Servant of God, Father Paul Wattson, SA, was born in the The Holy Hour will debut at 4:00 a.m., and the Mass will Maryland portion of our diocese. be live-streamed at 10:00 a.m. Both events will be Information and resources regarding the Week of Prayer shown on the diocesan YouTube channel, for Christian Unity is available at www.GEII.org. YouTube.com/DioceseofWilm, and are from the beautiful and historic Cathedral of Saint Peter in LITURGY Wilmington, Delaware. Due to COVID concerns, these events are online only. More information can be found at cdow.org/respect-life.
PRAYER VIGIL Catholics across the country are encouraged to observe a The Blessing of Lectors will take place on Saturday, nationwide prayer vigil from Thursday, January 28 to January 23rd at the 4:00 pm Mass. Friday, January 29, 2021 marking the 48th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade and Doe
v. Bolton decisions legalizing abortion through nine DAILY MASS months of pregnancy. Since those decisions, over 60 million abortions have been performed legally in the Daily Masses will NOT be held on Mondays, Thursdays, United States. and Fridays during the month of February nor the first week of March due to lack of availability of priests PARISH & FAMILY LIFE because of the continued priest shortage. Thank you for your understanding and please continue to pray for KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS vocations! POLAR BEAR PLUNGE for SPECIAL OLYMPICS BREAKING BREAD MISSALS
The Breaking Bread Missalettes/Hymnals are available Even the Polar Bears will be going in the vestibule. Please take one, place your name in it, virtual this year due to the and bring it back and forth with you to Mass. Please do ongoing pandemic. However, while no one, including the not leave it in the pew or return it to the table after Mass! bears, will be dipping their toes into the frigid Atlantic, If you would like to give a donation to help defray the Special Olympics still needs our support. This year’s cost of the Breaking Bread Hymnal, please enclose your theme is “Bring the Beach to your Backyard.” So no donation in an envelope and mark it Breaking Bread matter how you Plunge, what’s most important is that Donation. Thank you! you Plunge in support of 4,200 Special Olympics Delaware athletes.
SOCIAL CONCERNS Our Knights of Columbus will once again be collecting donations to support this annual plunge. The Polar Bear BIRTHRIGHT BOTTLES FOR BABIES Plunge/Special Olympics collection will take place the FUNDRAISER weekend of January 30-31, 2021. Your generous donations should be placed in an envelope marked Polar Thank you from Birthright of Delaware. Bear Plunge or Special Olympics and then placed in the Birthright of Delaware is so grateful for your generous collection basket, the black box under the portico, or support of our Bottles for Babies Fundraiser 2020. mailed to St. Polycarp Church, 55 Ransom Lane, Smyrna St. Polycarp raised $404.00 so far. We are expecting DE 19977. Checks should be made out to Knights of straggler bottles to trickle in, at that point, we will Columbus-Brother Vincent Council. Please make all continue to add to your total. donations by Sunday, February 7th. Thank you for sharing in our work of serving mothers and their babies! We really appreciate EVERY one of you! Thank you for your generous support. PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION BUILDING & MAINTENANCE
Hello Folks!
I hope everyone is staying safe and sane during this ongoing pandemic. The Building and Maintenance Committee (BMC) have been busy during these down days taking care of the maintenance issues around our campus. The usual stuff like replacing lamps and repairing leaks. Our 6th grade PSR students are helping the Probation We hosted the Annual Fall Grounds Cleanup on Saturday, and Parole Coat Drive this year by collecting coats, November 28th. We had a great turnout of 25 folks. gloves, hats and other cold weather items. New and Around half of them were Confirmandi students. Great gently used items are appreciated. Donated items can job to all who participated! be donated (contact free) at 56 Elwood Drive, Smyrna. Please phone or text questions to Tracie Bruno at We are always welcoming new members who can lend (302)242-4150. their time and talents to the Parish. The BMC meets on nd Donations accepted through January 30, 2021 the 2 Thursdays of the month at 6:30 PM. Due to pandemic restrictions, we have been meeting via Zoom. Please contact me at 302-423-9732 or FAITH ENVIRONMENT/SAFE ENVIRONMENT [email protected] if you are interested and I’ll invite Are you aware that every adult who is engaged in you to our next meeting. Ministry with young people signs a volunteer covenant annually? The Volunteer Covenant presents general I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a joyous guidelines of acceptable and unacceptable behaviors. It New Year! is not exhaustive in nature. To be cleared for service, Michael Pyle every adult leader must have completed a Volunteer Building and Maintenance Committee Chair Covenant each year. These signed documents must be kept on file with the FSGC compliance officer for your parish or school and must be available upon request to COMMUNICATIONS the diocesan auditor.
HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Did you know that our parish emails a “Weekly Update” Give your relationship the gift of quality time during the on most Fridays and a Mass Reservation Reminder on pandemic! Join us from the comfort of your home via Tuesdays? If you are currently not receiving these Zoom for eight sessions presented on Sunday and emails, and would like to receive them, please email Wednesday evenings from January 20 to February Judy at [email protected]. to have your 14. Make Valentine’s Day 2021 extra special as you email address added to the list of recipients. learn tools to revitalize romance and deepen communication in your marriage!! For more information visit our website at www.wwme-delmar.org or to register 2021 PARISH CALENDARS for the weekend, please call Tony and Linda Massino at 302-220-9833. RETROUVAILLE: REDISCOVER THE LOVE IN YOUR MARRIAGE Tens of thousands of couples have healed their marriages through Retrouvaille (pronounced Retro-vy). If you know anyone who could benefit from this program, please pass this on. Couples learn to build communication skills and to increase intimacy. It Our blessed calendars are now available at the doors of provides help for marriage problems, difficulties or the Church and in the black drop box. crises. The next program begins the weekend of Special thanks to Matthews-Bryson Funeral Home and February 12 - 14, 2021 at the Family Life Center in Cremation Services, for supplying our 2021 Parish Malvern, PA. For more information, or to register, religious calendars as they have done so generously for visit www.HelpOurMarriage.org or call 215-766-3944 or years. 800-470-2230. All inquiries are strictly confidential. COLLECTIONS ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL
If you have not already done so, please remember the PARISH UTILITIES – NEXT WEEKEND importance of submitting your payments for these pledges. We have not reached our parish goal in money collected, but we are close! Half of the money pledged and collected over the parish target goal will come back to our Church.
You, our parish family, have been extremely generous in supporting our Bishop in this year’s Annual Catholic Appeal. Even in the midst of the pandemic you have not only demonstrated your generosity and commitment to supporting the Appeal but also in supporting our Parish! nd The 2 collection for Parish Utilities takes place on the weekend of January 23/24. Since Masses have resumed
(and will hopefully continue through the winter months), Fifty-Fifty! Play often! Proceeds benefit PSR. we have been following all aspects of COVID guidelines for our parishioners’ safety. One aspect is air circulation. In order to circulate the air in church, we have been Our 50/50 winner is pulled monthly! running the blowers as well as the heater functions on Just place $1 in an envelope (any envelope or the our HVAC equipment. This is along with the envelopes found in the vestibule) and mark 50/50 on recommendation of keeping windows open. the front of the envelope along with your name and
As the New Year begins, please consider that as a result phone number. Place the envelope in the collection of the above, our energy costs will rise and your baskets as you enter Church for Mass or drop off in the generosity in this area is much appreciated. Please be drop box. If you want to play more often, just put in sure to use your envelope or mark your check “Parish whatever amount you like and we will enter you once a Utilities” or log into your eGiving account and update week for each dollar you send in! your contribution for Parish Utilities.
January 10 Offertory Poor Box THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH Collection $3,981 $435.00 All meetings/events are virtual unless otherwise noted. eGiving $7,680 $276.50 Our Parish Office remains closed at this time. Total $11,661 $711.50 https://saintpolycarp.org/calendar/
PSR Parish Solemnity Diocese Saturday, January 16 Utilities of Mary Catholic University & Communications 12 pm Environment Committee eGiving $164 $762 127 $112 2:30 pm Confession Note: eGiving figures are reported twice a month. Sunday, January 17 9 am PSR Grs. P/K – 4, (Lesson Posted) Through Faith Direct, it is easy to make your weekly or Monday, January 18 one time contributions in support of the Parish. If you 6:30 pm Columbiettes Rosary would like to sign up for online giving (e-Giving), 6:30 pm RCIA Sessions visit faith. direct/DE831. 7 pm Columbiettes Meeting Tuesday, January 19 Thank you to all those who continue to send in 10 am Columbiettes Rosary (phone) their envelopes and for those who have enrolled in 7 pm Grs. 5-8 (Lesson Posted) eGiving. Thank you for your generosity and Wednesday, January 20 continued stewardship. 9 am St. Vincent de Paul 6 pm K of C Officers Meeting 2020 TAX LETTERS 6:30 pm Baptismal Class- Advance Registration required The Parish Office will be sending out tax letters 7 pm CFC General Meeting & Executive Committee electronically this year to all parishioners who are in our Thursday, January 21 computer database and use parish envelopes or eGiving 6:30 pm Flame of Love Rosary and contributed $99 or more in the last calendar year. 6:30 pm Parish & Family Life The tax letters will be emailed in mid-January. If you do Friday, January 22 11 am Connected In Christ Zoom Session not have an email address, please call the office on Saturday, January 23 Tuesday, January 19th or 26th from 9am to 12 noon or by 12 pm Environment Committee leaving a written request in the black drop box or email 2:30 pm Confession (Church) Teresa at [email protected]. 4 pm Mass (Blessing of Lectors)
W. A. Faries, Jr. FARIES FUNERAL DIRECTORS, INC. Robert M. Timblin Six Generations Since 1831 Family Owned Crematorium • Pre-Planning Counseling • State of the Art Facility 29 S. Main St. • Smyrna www.fariesfuneralhomes.com 302-653-8816
Breakfast Buff et Telephone: 653-6277 7am-12noon Telephone: 653-0503 Smyrna, DE 19977 Sun 7am-1pm REAL. Friday Dinner Buff et What’s My Name? 5pm-8pm The #WHATSMYNAME Movement asks everyone to simply ask drivers “What’s my LOCAL. name?” before entering their vehicle to make sure it is the car they are supposed to enter. SAVINGS. Anne Scharp 99 S.Cory Lane Smyrna See how much you could save on car insurance. #WHATSMYNAME Get your free quote today! 302-653-9980 Parishioner In Remembrance of Samantha Josephson 302-998-9192 3925 Kirkwood Hwy. Wilmington FINDING GUIDANCE DURING A DIFFICULT TIME IS COMFORTING.
Saving people money on more than just car insurance.® Some discounts, coverages, payment plans & features are not available in all states or all GEICO companies. Motorcycle & ATV coverages are underwritten by GEICO Indemnity Company. Homeowners, renters & condo coverages are written through non-affi liated insurance companies & are secured through the GEICO Insurance Agency, Inc. Boat & PWC coverages are underwritten by GEICO Marine Insurance Company. GEICO is a registered service mark of Government Employees Insurance Company, Washington, D.C. 20076; a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary. GEICO Gecko image © 1999-2019. © 2019 GEICO Commercial Rates are at an All Time Low. THAT’S WHY PEOPLE TURN TO US. Contact us today to get a free analysis to see if we can help Save you money Burial & Cremation Services • Pre-Arrangements with your monthly payments on your Cemetery Markers • Out-of-Town Arrangements commercial property. Multi-Family, Retail, Matthew R. Bryson - Funeral Director Offi ce Building, Apartment and Condos. Carol L. Bryson - Parishioner Can close in as little as 45 days! Four season 123 W. COMMERCE ST. customer service is our top priority. 653-2900 SMYRNA, DE www.duqfunding.com 1650 Market Street - Suite 3600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 www.matthewsbryson.com Mallory’s Army Foundation United Together In The Fight Against Bullying... Don’t Just Teach Kindness... BE KINDNESS! www.MallorysArmy.com (973) 440-8657 [email protected] It’s easy to join our mailing list! Just send your email address by text message: Text MALLORYSARMY to 22828 to get started. Message and data rates may apply.
Local, trusted, proven, effective, supportive, referrals, relationships, affordable, repetitious, versatile, lasting. This describes the power of...
Placing an ad in the parish bulletin supports the parish while building your business - THAT’S A WIN WIN! Call 1.800.333.3166! 301 St. Polycarp, Smyrna, DE (B) John Patrick Publishing Company (800) 333-3166 • www.jppc.net