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C h u r c h of the Holy Cross 631 S. State Street, Dover, Delaware 19901 (302) 674-5787 www.holycrossdover.org July 9, 2017 14th Sunday Ordinary Time Daily Mass Schedule Upcoming Events Mon-Fri .... 6:30 am, 8:00 am (12:10 pm during Lent) Monday, July 10 Saturday Morning ... 8:00 am St. Thomas, Apostle First Friday (Oct-Jun)9:00 pm Tuesday, July 11 On the following Federal Holidays there will be only one morning Mass St. Benedict at 9:00am: Presidents Day, Memo- MT MK, Vacation Bible rial Day, Independence Day, Labor School Training, 11:00 am Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day Wednesday, July 12 Sunday Mass Schedule Saturday Evening ........... 5:00 Thursday, July 13 Sun. Morn 7:30, 9:15, 11:00 St. Henry Sun. Aftern. ... 1:00 (Spanish) MT MK, Catholic Charities, Sun. Evening .................... 6:00 10:00 am First Saturday 5pm Children’s Choir Friday, July 14 Fourth Saturday 5pm Gospel Choir St. Kateri Tekakwitha Alternate Sundays 6pm Youth Choir CH Rehearsal Wedding, 6:00 pm Holy Days Assumption ................ Aug 15 Saturday, July 15 All Saints’ Day ............ Nov 1 St. Bonaventure Immac Concept .......... Dec 8 CH Baptism, 11:00am Christmas .................. Dec 25 CH Wedding, 2:00 pm Mary, Mother of God ...... Jan 1 Mass Schedules for Holy Days of Obligation and other special days Please Note: Summer Office will be printed here as each one hours will be Monday through draws near. Thursdays, 9 am to 2 pm. Offices will be closed Fridays! Confession Schedule Saturday Afternoon ...... 4:00 First Friday Evening ...... 7:30 Information About Reception of the Sacraments First Thurs. Morning .... 8:30 The seven Sacraments of the Church were instituted by Christ to confer grace. Fridays Even. in Lent .... 5:30 Sacrament of Baptism. Call the parish office to register for the parents' pre-Baptismal instruction. For adults seeking to enter the Church and be Baptized, contact our Religious Ed. Office. Parish Office Hours During the School Year Sacrament of Penance (Confession). Children in our religious education program and school are Mon-Fri 8:30 am-3:30 pm prepared for Confession at age seven, as part of First Communion preparation. During the Summer Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. Children in our religious education program and school are pre- Mon-Thurs 9:00 am-2:00 pm pared for First Communion at age seven. Adults seeking First Communion should contact our Religious Ed. Office School Office Hours Sacrament of Confirmation. Young people in our parish are prepared for reception of Confirmation in During the School Year the ninth grade (age 14). For adults seeking Confirmation contact our Religious Ed. Office. Mon-Fri 8:00 am –3:00 pm During the Summer Sacrament of Marriage. Couples planning for Marriage are to contact a parish priest or deacon one Mon-Thurs 9:00 am-2:00 pm year in advance to set the wedding date and plan for pre-Cana instruction. Sacrament of Holy Orders. If you believe you have, or someone you know has, a vocation to the Adoration Chapel Hrs. Priesthood or Diaconate, please contact one of our parish priests. Daily ........ 5:00 am-12:00 am Anointing of the Sick. For the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick (sometimes called “Last Rites”) ad- ministered by a Priest, a person or immediate family member must make the request. Late night requests may not be able to be answered until the next day. For a visitation to the sick, or Holy Communion to the sick, contact our parish office. PASTOR’S COLUMN Dear Parishioners, thrown into a flaming furnace, but abided there unharmed by the fire, praying throughout. This demonstration of faith and One of the questions that people often ask me is “How many strength others at that scene, including Saint Alexander of saints are there?” Now, truly, no one can answer that question Egypt, to convert. Patermutius was then removed from the fully, because there are saints (man and women who have furnace and beheaded for his faith. gotten to heaven) known to God alone. If one is talking about canonized or recognized saints, then that number is, these days, St. Everild of Everingham: Born in the mid-seventh century now over 20,000. However, during the Church’s liturgical only, to English nobility, Everild converted to Christianity as a young a tiny fraction of those 20,000-plus saints is observed with holy woman. She became a nun, who was noted for her holiness, days set aside in their honor. So, what about these other and was later assigned to lead a large convent of nuns, many of saints? Don’t they have feast days? whom she served as spiritual director. The site of the convent was later renamed Everingham in her honor. She died in 700 The answer to that question is “yes” – all saints have a feast A.D. of natural causes. day. But because there are 10,000-plus saints and only 365 days in the year, not all of them can be observed at Mass. It is true: Blessed Luigi Caburlotto: With perhaps the most Italian Most of these holy men and women do not have a day set aside name I’ve ever heard, St. Luigi was a Parish Priest in Venice. He for them on the Church’s liturgical calendar. But on any given worked with homeless youth and orphans. In 1850, he day, there are a ton of saints to remember, to pray to, and to established a school abandoned girls, and went on to form the reflect upon. religious community called the Daughters of Saint Joseph (which still exists today in the Italy, Kenya, Brazil and the Just to give you a taste of the richness of the many saints that Philippines). He went onto found other schools for the poor, a are out there, I want to use this Sunday’s date: July 9, to trade school for men, and revitalized impoverished or failing highlight the number of saint days on any typical day of the school. He lived out his later years in a hermit like manner of year. Today, July 9, the church observes the feasts of 38 saints prayer and penance. He was beatified in 2015 by Pope Francis. or groups of saints. Who are they? There are too many to detail them all in this column, so I will note eight of them in this The Martyrs of the Baths: This is the largest collective of column. saints I am familiar with; the Martyrs of the Baths were 10,204 Christians who were enslaved by Diocletian to build for him As Jerry Seinfeld might ask, “Who are these people?” Well, let the imperial baths of Rome. In 304 A.D., after completing the me tell you: Baths for the Emperor, Diocletian showed his venom by then persecuting, torturing and executing all 10,204 for their faith in Blessed Adrian Fortesque: Born to the English nobility in Christ. The only member of this group of over 10,000 that we 1476, back when the Blue Hen Mall was still a thriving know by name is St. Zeno. operation. He was a knight in the court of King Henry VIII. For resisting the will of King Henry VIII who separate his Kingdom St. Veronica Giuliani. Born into wealth, it is handed down from the Catholic faith, and established himself as head of the by tradition that her first words were “do justice, God sees Church of England, he was arrested July 9, 1539, and you.” She went on to become a Poor Clare nun. She famously, condemned to death for “refusing allegiance,” by aligning received the stigmata on hands and feet, and a visible wound himself with the Pope. He was beheaded. from the crown of thorns. She had many visions which she documented, and went on to become an Abbess. She died in St. Joachim Ho: Born in China in 1782, he converted to 1727, and her body lies incorrupt, even today. Catholicism at the age of 20. He taught the faith to this in his community, and gave generously to the poor. He was arrested The Four Holy Polish Brothers: Smaller in number than for his faith during a government-led persecution in 1814 and the Osmond brothers (for those under 40 years of age consult was banished to Outer Mongolia. While there he built someone over 40 for an explanation), these four young Polish Churches, and helped battle Muslim rebels in the area. In 1832, men, Andrew, Barnabas, Justus and Benedict, discerned God’s he was allowed to return from exile, but was soon arrested call together, and went on to be ordained for the Benedictine again, and ordered to renounce his faith. He suffered torture Order. They lived as hermits, and they died proximate to each for resisting and was ultimately strangled to death for his faith. other in and around the year 1008, of natural causes. St. Patermutius of Egypt: Living his young life as a criminal, So, on any given day saints about … in the Church, and all Patermutius converted to Christianity later in life. He spent the around us. Pray to them to pray for you to Lord, our God! rest of his life as desert hermit. At 75, he was arrested in the persecutions of Emperor Julian the Apostate – who was trying Yours in Christ, to revive the old Roman gods and banish Christianity. Fr. James Lentini Patermutius’ crime? He refused renounce his faith and make Pastor sacrifices to the pagan god of Rome. As punishment, he was 2 LITURGICAL NEWS FAITH FORMATION Next Sunday’s Mass Readings—July 16, 2017 Religious Education 15th Sunday Ordinary Time CCD K-8 Registration for 2017-2018! First Reading: Isaiah 55:10-11 God’s word succeeds in what it is sent to do.