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S AINT A DELAIDE P ARISH AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM For the Greater Glory of God AUGUST 6, 2017 708 LOWELL STREET |PEABODY, MA 01960 978.535.1985 www.saintadelaide.com “GO OUT TO ALL THE WORLD AND TELL THE GOOD NEWS.” SAINT PANTALEONE LOST, BUT FOUND. GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS This past Thursday, July 27 was the feast day of Saint Pantaleon, a third-century physician from the region that is now Turkey, who is known as the patron saint of doctors. While fairly obscure in America, Pantaleon is popular in Italy, where his feast day is widely celebrated. A church in a small village in Southern Italy has been missing its statue of Saint Pantaleon for decades. All that time it had been hiding out on the third floor of a rowhome in South Philadelphia. Maria Concetta Carito was from the village Montauro in the Calabria region of Southern Italy. She arrived in Philadelphia in the 1920s, part of a wave of immigrants that defined South Phila- delphia for most of the 20th century. “At 10th and Wharton, right around the cor- ner from Pat's Steaks and Geno's," said Carito's great-grandson, Ed Nader. "My grandmother lived at 1305 South 10th Street, we lived at 1307 South 10th Street, my aunt lived at 1330 South 10th Street. So we spent a lot of time at my great- grandmother's house." In that house, in the 3rd floor closet, Nader remembers a thing of horror: a six-foot statue of a pale figure tied to a tree, in the throes of dying. The closet was a shrine to St. Pantaleon created by his great-grandmother, who lit candles at the base of the statue, giving the whole thing an menacing glow from beneath. "As kids, every time we went to the 3rd floor to go to the bathroom, we'd run past that room," remembered Nader. "We were so fright- ened of that statue. My mother, me, my aunt, her children, my children." When Nader's great-grandmother passed away, the statue stayed in the family. Even though it was creepy, after 80 years it was embraced as a family heirloom. So when Nader moved to Exton, Pennsylvania, the statue went with him. "He's not something you want to look at every day," said Nader's wife, Kathleen, who keeps St. Pantaleon in the den, under a sheet. "If he had more of a ma- jestic pose, maybe I would keep him in the living room. But he's a little scary. He can frighten you." The statue of Saint Pantaleon didn't start as a family heirloom. A church in Montauro commissioned a Massachsettes-based artist Charles Pizzaro, to make the statue in 1936. The church sent it to Boston in 1946 to be paraded through the streets during the saint's feast day. A committee of Montauro parishioners were traveling with the statue at the time. They stopped in South Philadel- phia to visit Maria on their way back to Italy." On the way home — for whatever reason — they chose not to take the statue with them," said Nader. "I don't know why they left it. They said, 'Concetta, we'll come back and get it.' They were never heard from again. They didn't come back and get it." There it stayed, on the third floor of the row home, giving nightmares to four generations of children. Nobody knew the statue was meant to be in an Italian church. Last year the Naders were traveling in Italy on vacation, visiting Montauro to see the birthplace of Ed's great -grandmother. As a tiny village that gets very few tourists, the mayor — whose name, by chance, was Pantaleon — thought he should meet the six Americans parading through his town. They got to talking through an interpreter. The subject of Saint Pantaleon came up. Suddenly the Italians got very excited. "I had no idea what they were talk- ing about," said Nader. "The interpreter was trying to interpret for us in English. He's telling us to wait. We couldn't get a word in edgewise in English or Italian." It dawned on everyone that the creepy statue was actually a revered religious icon. There is an empty shrine built into a wall of the church in Montauro where the statue was meant to go. The Naders quickly decided the Italians should have their statue back. Ed and Kathleen footed the bill for ship- ping — adding up to a few thousand dollars — to get Saint Pantaleon in Mantauro in time for his feast day. "We are thrilled. I feel like I know why we have it, why Eddie's parents and grandparents have kept this. There was a reason. It's our obligation now to get it back to them," said Kathleen Nader. "It is God's will. I never questioned it. It's just, like — yes — that's what we do. We send it back." The Naders plan to be in Italy during St. Pantaleon's feast day, to see the statue finally in its natural habitat. Saint Panteleone is one of The 14 Helpers. He is in the picture on the side wall on the left of the front of our Church, that Bill Tambini painted. The above statue is not the original statue spoken about in this story. This statue is in Holy Family Church in Lynn. It has a story of its own. First being in the North End at St. Leonard of Port Maurice Church downstairs in St. Anthony’s Chapel. When repairs were started in the chapel, it was moved to Mt. Carmel in E. Boston. Mt. Carmel closed and it is now at Holy Family Church where it is venerated on Saint Pan- taleone’s feast day each year on July 27. PRAYERS & OCCASIONS Saturday, August 5 The Sanctuary Candle is lit for the Glory of God in 9:00 - Latin Mass loving remembrance of Mary Jane Doolen Soldan. 4:00 - Kathleen Moccia - 8th Anniversary Prayers are requested for the soul of Margaret (Peggy) Sunday, August 6 The Transfiguration of the Lord Kelly who died and was buried from our church last 8:30 - Immaculata and Rocco DeLuca - Memorial week. We thank God for the gift of her life and pray she 10:00 - Sean McMillan - Memorial is now at peace. Thomas Jernberg - Memorial Joseph P. Girard - 3rd Anniversary BAPTISM William Giampietro - Memorial DePietro Family - Memorial Luke Joseph Scott 12:00 - Edward F. Sullivan - Memorial God’s blessings upon Luke and his family. Tina Watson - (living) Latin Mass "I do not believe the promises of the Declaration of In- Tony and Tricia Reilly & family (living) dependence are just for the strong, the independent, the Monday, August 7 healthy. They are for everyone--including unborn chil- 9:00 - Luigi Roina - Memorial dren. We are a society with enough compassion and Tuesday, August 8 wealth and love to care for both mothers and their chil- 9:00 - Special Intention dren, to seek the promise and potential in every life." ~ President George Bush Wednesday, August 9 9:00 - Saint Adelaide Parishioners and Friends Collect for Thursday, August 10 August 6, 2017 9:00 - NO MASS (unless announced) raw near to your servants, O Lord, and answer Friday, August 11 D their prayers with unceasing kindness, that, for 9:00 - DeRenzis and Patruzzo Families (healing) those who glory in you as their Creator and guide, you may restore what you have created and keep safe what Saturday, August 12 you have restored. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your 4:00 - Deceased members Goggin Family - Memorial Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sunday, August 13* 8:30 - Pietro & Vittorio DeSimone - Memorial Sister Gemma - Memorial Readings for the Week of 10:00 - Camella Colanton - Memorial August 6, 2017 Simone and Florence Tripari - Memorial Deceased members Wallack Family - Memorial Sunday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9/ Mary Meehan - Memorial 2 Pt 1:16-19/Mt 17:1-9 12:00 - Brian Flanagan - Memorial Monday: Nm 11:4b-15/Ps 81:12-17/Mt 14:13-21 Marie Carroll - Memorial Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13/Ps 51:3-7, 12-13/ Marie Balter - Memorial Mt 14:22-36 or15:1-2, 10-14 Alexandra Hussain (living) Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25--14:1, 26-29a, 34-35/ Eileen Dillon (living) Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23/Mt 15:21-28 * REMINDER: Thursday: 2 Cor 9:6-10/Ps 112:1-2, 5-9/ Jn 12:24-26 Sunday August 13 Friday: Dt 4:32-40/Ps 77:12-16, 21/ 7pm Mt 16:24-28 Our Lady of Fatima Saturday: Dt 6:4-13/Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51/ Rosary and Procession Mt 17:14-20 Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a/Ps 85:9-14/ Rom 9:1-5/Mt 14:22-33 Parish Announcements PARISH STEWARDSHIP Our Offertory for the weekend of July 30 amounted to 2017-18 Religious Education $7349. This week’s second collection supports the Catholic REGISTRATION FOR THE 2017-18 Communication Campaign. Fifty percent of the collec- RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM IS tion remains at the parish to promote local communica- NOW IN PROGRESS. tion efforts, such as website technology and bulletins. Thank you for your continued stewardship. Religious Education classes are held beginning in Grade 1 and continue through High School. Faithful ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING on-going participation in the program must be main- SECOND COLLECTIONS tained in order for students to participate in Sacra- ment Preparation for Reconciliation, Eucharist and In order to expedite the collection process at the Confirmation.