Very Reverend Joseph W. McQuaide, iv, Rector–Pastor Reverend Christopher M. Markellos, O.Praem., Parochial Vicar

XXIX Sunday in Ordinary Time/XX Sunday after Pentecost October 18, 2020 Scheduled Masses during 1/3 Limited Occupancy Patrick Cathedral of Saint Peter Saint Mary Sunday: *8 am, *11 am, 5 pm Sunday: 9:30 am Sunday: 8 am Monday & Wednesdays: *5:30 pm Monday–Friday: 12:10 pm Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:30 pm Bishop Malooly has dispensed all Saturday: 4 pm Saturday: 4 pm Catholics from the Sunday Mass * Mass offered in Latin obligation until further notice.

Confession Schedule Other Sacraments Saint Patrick Cathedral of Saint Peter Please contact Father McQuaide Monday–Thursday Monday, Wednesday & Friday through the parish offices to arrange 4:30–5:15 pm 11:30 am–12 noon for the Sacraments of Baptism, Room off of 2nd-floor elevator landing Saint Michael Chapel Confirmation, Anointing, or Marriage.

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Saint Mary Saint Patrick Cathedral of Saint Peter of the Immaculate Conception 15th and King Streets 6th and West Streets 6th and Pine Streets founded 1880 founded 1818 founded 1858 Mass Intentions for the Week Date Celebrant Time Church Mass Intention Oct. 17 Fr. McQuaide 4 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Menton, Jr. Fr. Markellos 4 pm St. Patrick Keith Reed Oct. 18 Fr. McQuaide 8 am St. Mary Joseph W. Buxton Fr. Markellos *8 am St. Patrick Maria Girone Fr. McQuaide 9:30 am Cathedral of St. Peter Frances Licki Fr. McQuaide *11 am St. Patrick Pro Populo Fr. Markellos 5 pm St. Patrick no intention Oct. 19 Fr. McQuaide 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Alice Farnsworth Fr. McQuaide *5:30 pm St. Patrick Dan C. McCuen Oct. 20 Fr. Markellos 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Joan Hannas Fr. McQuaide 5:30 pm St. Patrick no intention Oct. 21 Fr. McQuaide 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Reverend Vasyl Chepelsky Fr. Markellos *5:30 pm St. Patrick no intention Oct. 22 Fr. McQuaide 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter no intention Fr. Markellos 5:30 pm St. Patrick no intention Oct. 23 Fr. Markellos 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Irene Hannas Oct. 24 Fr. Markellos 4 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Margaret J. Seitz Fr. McQuaide 4 pm St. Patrick Carmelina & Alberto Lara Oct. 25 Fr. Markellos 8 am St. Mary Louise Giliberto Fr. McQuaide *8 am St. Patrick Pro Populo Fr. McQuaide 9:30 am Cathedral of St. Peter Priests of the Diocese of Wilmington Fr. Markellos *11 am St. Patrick Eva Girone Fr. Markellos 5 pm St. Patrick no intention *indicates Mass is offered in the extraordinary form (Latin)

October is Pro-Life Month Cathedral of Saint Peter WEEKLY OFFERTORY Budgeted/ Received Difference Each October the Church in the United States cele- Needed brates Respect Life Month. As Catholics, we are called Oct. 10/11 to cherish, defend, and protect those who are most $1,345 $2,115 ($770) vulnerable, from the beginning of life to its end, and at YTD $22,186 $31,731 ($9,545) every point in between. During the month of October, Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception the Church asks us to reflect more deeply on the digni- Budgeted/ ty of every human life. To that end, each bulletin this Received Difference month will have an insert on living the Gospel of Life. Needed

Due to the pandemic, Birthright is not able to conduct Oct. 10/11 $167 $673 ($506) its Bottles for Babies fundraiser in the usual way, but YTD $8,089 $10,096 (2,007) their work continues to need our support. The moth- ers they serve face so many additional challenges be- Saint Patrick cause of the increased anxieties we are all experiencing Budgeted/ Received Difference these days. Instead of the usual bottles, please consider Needed using an envelope in the back of church to make a do- Oct. 10/11 $2,495 $3,442 ($947) nation to support their efforts. All proceeds benefit pregnant women and their babies. YTD $35,745 $51,635 ($15,890) Monday, October 19 is the feast of the North American

These eight North American martyrs included six Saint Rene Goupil, thirty-five, was the youngest of priests and two lay brothers. They were heroic the martyrs, and cried “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!” as he members of the who were mar- died. Saint Noel Chabanel was thirty-six, and Saint tyred in North America in order to bring the Faith and Saint were thir- that is necessary for salvation to the Huron, the ty-nine. The oldest of the eight North American and the Mohawk Indians. Five of the martyrs, Saint John de Brebeuf, was fifty-six when eight North American martyrs were put to death he was killed. They were canonized June 29, 1930 in what is now , and three of them in New by Pius XI. York State. There is a to the United States’ martyrs at Auriesville in New York, and there is a The names of the eight North American martyrs shrine to the at Fort Saint Mary are: near Midland, Ontario. • Saint Rene Goupil, lay brother, †1642 • Saint Isaac Jogues, priest, †1646 Saint Isaac Jogues was captured by the Mohawks • Saint John de Lalande, lay brother, †1646 who, after thirteen months of imprisonment, sev- • Saint Anthony Daniel, priest, †1648 ered his thumb and finger nails and gnawed the • Saint John de Brebeuf, priest, †1649 ends of his fingers off, rendering him unable to • Saint Charles Garnier, priest, †1649 celebrate Mass properly. Unable to celebrate • Saint Noel Chabanel, priest, †1649 Mass, he returned to France where Pope Urban • Saint Gabriel Lalemant, priest, †1649. VIII gave him a dispensation to celebrate with mutilated hands. He returned again to North America and was killed by tomahawk blows at Os- sernenon, now called Auriesville, in New York State. Saint John de Brebeuf declared before he died, “I have a strong desire to suffer for Jesus Christ.” He was tortured terribly, and a burning torch was put into his mouth, which strangled him.

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