SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021 REV. FR. MICHAEL P. DARCY, K. H. S., PASTOR ST. MATTHEW R. C. CHURCH CORPUS CHRISTI R. C. CHURCH 901 E. Newport Pike 903 New Road Wilmington, DE 19804 Wilmington, DE 19805 302-633-5850 Monday & Wednesday phone 302-994-2922 Tuesday & Thursday phone www.stmatthewsde.com www.ccparishwilmington.org

MASS TIMES MASS TIMES WEEKDAY MASSES WEEKDAY MASSES Tuesday, Thursday, and Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday | 8:30am Friday | 8:30am Wednesday | Calix Society WEEKEND MASSES 6:15pm Saturday | 4:00pm WEEKEND MASSES Sunday | 8:30am & 10:30am Saturday | 5:00pm CONFESSIONS Sunday | 7:30am & 9:00am Saturday | 3:00pm - 3:45pm CONFESSIONS or by appointment Saturday | 4:00 - 4:45pm or by appointment PERMANENT DEACONS CLERGY Mr. David M. DeGhetto Rev. Fr. William M. Hazzard Mr. Sean M. Sudler

(retired) MUSIC DIRECTOR PERMANENT DEACONS Mrs. Susan Dunlap

Mr. Harold R. Chalfant (retired) SECRETARY/BOOKKEEPER Mr. William A. Kaper Mrs. Cynthia DeGhetto Mr. Sean M. Sudler secretary@ stmatthewsde.com Dr. Michael T. Wilber

secretary@ MUSIC DIRECTOR corpuschristide.com

Mrs. Annie Adams MAINTENANCE

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Mr. Andre Wilburn

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St. Matthew School Building OFFICE HOURS

9am-3pm ADMINISTRATOR Monday thru Thursday Mrs. Rosemarie DeLong 901 E. Newport Pike [email protected] Wilmington, DE 19804

Offices closed on Friday DAILY MASS INTENTIONS Corpus Christi St. Matthew SATURDAY, JUNE 26 SATURDAY, JUNE 26 4:00PM—Martin J. Sheehan 8:30AM—Father’s Day Novena SUNDAY, JUNE 27 5:00PM—Albert Mirto 8:30AM—Pro Populo SUNDAY, JUNE 27 10:30AM—Frank Vignola, Sr. 7:30AM—Pro Populo MONDAY, JUNE 28 9:00AM—Joe & Ann Petrucci 8:30AM—Leo E. Anderson. Jr. TUESDAY, JUNE 29 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 8:30AM—Mary Healy 8:30AM—Phyllis & Edward McCarthy WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 6:15PM—those suffering from addiction 8:30AM– Elaine C. & Wayne Manlove Both living and deceased SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 4:00PM—Demetrio Fortugno 8:30AM—Helen Davis SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 8:30AM—Pro Populo 8:30AM—Priests of the Diocese of Wilmington 10:30AM—Peggy Morris 5:00PM—Kelly Coyle-Beird SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 7:30AM—Kathleen A. Lawson † The Sanctuary Lamp † 9:00AM—Pro Populo Parishioners may request a Sanctuary Lamp in the Church to burn for 1 week in memory or in honor of a loved one. † The Sanctuary Lamp † Intentions will be posted in the weekly bulletin. In loving memory of Please contact the Parish Office Mary Irons to schedule a Votive Memorial. requested by Mary Rose Duncan.

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2 ST MATTHEW CATHOLIC CHURCH | CORPUS CHRISTI PARISH PARISH NEWS & INFORMATION

In observance of the 4th of July holiday Parish and Diocese Offices will be closed Friday, July 2 and Monday, July 5

Mass will be celebrated at Corpus Christi on Monday, July 5 at 8:30am

ST. CLARE MOBILE OUTREACH VAN URSULINE ACADEMY SCHEDULE JUNE 2021 SCHOLARSHIP

Ursuline Academy recently received Monday, June 14 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. a donation to award the Helen J. Murphy Wednesday, June 16 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. and Francis P. Murphy Scholarship Monday, June 21 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. to a St. Matthew’ s Church parishioner. Wednesday, June 23 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. This scholarship will fund approximately Monday, June 28 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. half of Ursuline Academy’s Upper School Wednesday, June 30 1 p.m. – 3 p.m tuition for four years. Incoming freshmen enrolling for the 2021-22 school year are Corpus Christi Social Hall eligible to apply.
820 Kirkwood Highway
For more information or to apply, Elsmere, DE 19805 contact:
Lisa Chew Clody ’83,

Director of Enrollment Management PLEASE CALL TO CONFIRM: 302.575.8218 | [email protected]

ESPANOL SOLAMENTE: 302.575.8222 302.658.7158, ext. 6256
3 ST MATTHEW CATHOLIC CHURCH | CORPUS CHRISTI PARISH DIOCESE OF WILMINGTON NEWS

Joyful News! Effective June 26, 2021 Bishop Malooly, has lifted the dispensation, thereby reinstating the Sunday and Holy Day Mass obligation for Catholics in the Diocese of Wilmington, effective June 26, 2021. The dispensation that went into effect on March 13, 2020, was put in place to help limit the spread of coronavirus, and allow the Dio- cese of Wilmington to conform to guidelines and regulations adopted by the States of Delaware and Mary- land. Our bishop decided to lift the dispensation because the average number of new cases of COVID-19 continues to decline due to the observance of safety protocols and the increased availability of the vaccine. The obligation does not apply to those who are ill, have been exposed to the virus, or have any serious underlying health conditions. We welcome and encourage the Faithful to return to full in-person participation of the Sunday Eucharist, the source and summit of our Catholic faith. Let us continue to be united in prayer for one another and for an end to the global pandemic. More information is available at www.cdow.org/coronavirus.

4 ST MATTHEW CATHOLIC CHURCH | CORPUS CHRISTI PARISH BISHOP OK SAINTHOOD CAUSES FOR FATHER JOSEPH VERBIS LAFLEUR

WASHINGTON
N The U.S. bishops gave their goahead to two dioceses to continue their efforts to make their case for a priest and a brother to be considered for sainthood. The men are Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur of the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, an Army chaplain who died in World War II, and Leonard LaRue, a naval captain who later became a Benedictine monk named Brother Marinus. They are revered for their heroism in World War II and the Korean War, respectively. Their causes were heard June 17, the second day of the bishops’ June 1618 spring meeting, held online. Using the polling feature on the Zoom online meeting service, each cause received 99% approval from the bishops, reported Msgr. Jeffrey Burrill, general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. A simple majority of bishops voting was required for approval. The votes were not to endorse the causes, but rather to confirm the bishops
“consider it opportune to advance (them) on the local level.”

Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur, a World War II chaplain who gave his life while saving others on a Japanese prison ship, is seen in this undated photo. He died Sept. 7, 1944, when a U.S. submarine torpedoed the Japanese ship that he and over 700 fellow prisoners of war were aboard in the Indian Ocean. A priest of the Diocese of Lafayette, La., he is a candidate for sainthood and has the title “Servant of God.” (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Lafayette) Editor’s note: Best image available.


Father Lafleur was ordained a priest in 1938
and joined the Army Air Corps in 1941, about six months before the start of World War II. His unit was assigned to Clark Air Field in the Philippines, about 60 miles from Manila. The day after the Japanese attacked at Pearl Harbor, they bombed Clark, where the young priest tended to the wounded and dying. Ordered to evacuate by ship, Father Lafleur and other attack survivors were bombarded again by the Japanese. Now a prisoner of war, Father Lafleur served as his fellow prisoners’ chaplain, helping redistribute scarce food and clothing to men who needed it most desperately, and fought one healthy POW who had been caught swiping food. He died aboard an unmarked Japanese ship headed for Japan that had been torpedoed by an American submarine. Of the 750 POWs crammed onto the boat, only 80 made it safely to shore.


Father Lafleur refused to go up the ladder for a chance at survival, instead helping other men up the ladder. The priest’s mother said she knew he was dead even before receiving official notification, because the pine tree she had planted in 1927 after her first seminary visit to see her son died the same day the Japanese ship went down. Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of Lafayette, La., in a prerecorded message, said Father Lafleur’s heroism won him a Purple Heart and a Distinguished Service Cross while he was alive, and a second of each award posthumously. “His memorial is more intangible, but more lasting N he salvaged souls through the valley of the shadow,” he added. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services said Father Lafleur “exemplifies what the priesthood is all about.”

5 ST MATTHEW CATHOLIC CHURCH | CORPUS CHRISTI PARISH BISHOP OK SAINTHOOD CAUSES FOR LEONARD LARUE

LaRue was at the helm of the Merchant Marine ship Meredith Victory in 1950
when it rescued 14,005 Korean refugees
who were fleeing a Chinese military onslaught. It is estimated there are now 1 million Koreans descendants of those refugees, including current South Korean President Moon Jaein. The ship made a 450mile journey safely through mineinfested waters in the Sea of Japan before reaching Geoje Island, where the passengers disembarked, including five children born during the voyage. Not long after he left the Merchant Marine, LaRue joined the Benedictine Monks of Newton, N.J., and took the name Brother Marinus in 1954. He rang the bell each morning to wake the monks for prayer, and did less celebrated tasks, like dishwashing and working in the abbey’s gift shop. Supporters of his cause say he was involved in a second miracle.









In 2000, the abbey was near closure due to lack of monks. The following year, the monks of Waegwan Abbey in South Korea agreed to send seven monks to New Jersey. One of them, Benedictine Father Antonio Kang, was one of the refugees saved by LaRue. The mission to send monks from South Korea was approved that Oct. 12, and Brother Marinus died two days later. Auxiliary Bishop Elias R. Lorenzo of Newark, N.J., himself a Benedictine, said June 17 he was at Brother Marinus’ funeral. “Koreans from all over the country, as well as from South Korea, came to honor him and express gratitude for his heroic work in the Merchant Marine,” he recalled. In a prerecorded message, Bishop Kevin E. Sweeney of Paterson, N.J., said his predecessor, retired Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli, had been contacted by Father Sinclair Oubre, national director of the Apostleship of the Sea, about LaRue. “I can see why Bishop Serratelli acted so quickly,” Bishop Sweeney said. Brother Marinus would be “the first contemporary mariner to be beatified,” he added. The sainthood cause, Bishop Sweeney said, “will inspire many seamen and mariners to pursue a life of holiness.”

Consultation with other bishops is one of the requirements in advancing a sainthood cause, said Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki of Milwaukee, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance.

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