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St. Jude The Apostle From Our Pastor’s Desk Church www.stjudelewes.org ! Many have expressed anguish over the pro- abortion/ [email protected] ! pro-infanticide law in New York and asked why we don’t excommunicate Gov. ! PARISH OFFICE ! Cuomo. Please understand that this is something we never do out of anger or 152 Tulip Drive, Lewes, DE ! vengeance. As an adult disciplines a child not to hurt but to teach a lesson, so 302 644 7300 ! Holy Mother Church uses this measure of last resort to bring a believer to his sens- Fax: 302 644 7415 ! ! es in order to save his soul. An excommunicated Catholic is denied Eucharist, Pastor: Rev. Thomas Flowers ! prohibited from participating in Church life (e.g, escorting one’s daughter down 644 7300 ! the aisle at her wedding), and even burial from the Church. This harsh Assoc. Pastor: Rev. Jones Kukatla 644 7300 ! punishment challenges a sinner to recognize how heinous is the offense of which Deacons: ! Bill McGann ! he is guilty, the harm it causes, and to repent. ! ! Marty Barrett ! ! ! Howard League ! Some sins are so egregious that excommunication is automatic. (The ! ! Don Lydick ! offender must be aware that this is so for it to apply.) An attack on the person of ! ! Al Barros ! the Holy Father, a priest’s violation of the Seal of Confession, and procuring an Pastoral Associate/Spiritual Director: ! abortion are some of the sins that invoke the penalty. Only when notorious, Kathy Ebner ! 644 7300 ! persistent, public action of an individual threatens grave scandal, however, does Christian Formation 644 7413 ! Director: Mary Body Rome or a local bishop consider issuing a formal decree. ! ! Every Christian should be outraged that signing of the New York Administrative Coordinator: ! legislation led to loud cheers and special pink lighting of city landmarks to Lynn Marie ! Business Mgr: Bob Hearn ! celebrate. Reeling from this blow, we were shocked by attempts to pass a similar 644 7300 ! law in Virginia and Gov. Northam’s suggesting that what would be done with a ! baby who survived the assault would be up to the mother and her Facilities Mgr: Mike Pfarr ! 644 7300 ! doctor. Apparently out of fear that the Supreme Court will finally recognize the Custodial ! Bill Danhardt error of Roe v. Wade in inventing a right about which the Constitution says ! ! Dee Willey ! Maintenance: Chuck Allen nothing, other states are planning similar action. (Note that an exception “for the ! ! health of the mother” has been interpreted so broadly that use of this phrase Facilities Rental Coordinator: ! essentially guts any law that initially appears to limit abortion.) Sheila Allen ! 717 576 0772 ! ! Certainly, the current abuse crisis has weakened our effectiveness as a Office Director: ! moral voice in the public square. Those who have dedicated time and energy to Nancy Seaver ! 644 7300 ! Executive Secretary: ! the pro-life movement may feel abandoned, frustrated, even betrayed when it Carol Turoczy ! 644 7300 ! seems that nothing is being done. (We are, of course, not privy to what may be Office Assistant: ! happening out of the public eye.) You have every right, however, even a duty, to Judy Gibson ! 644 7300 ! Administrative Assistant ! respectfully express how grievously you are scandalized, by both passage of these Bernadette Baker 644 7300 ! barbaric laws and by pro -a bortion politicians flaunting their Catholicism when it Music Ministry Director: ! serves their political purpose. Jennifer Barbarita ! 644 7300 ! Years ago someone told me that we should never say “at least” we Development Director: ! can pray, because prayer is never the least we can do but rather the most Jean Stewart ! 644 2890 ! Prayer line: ! important action we can take. Prayer opens us to the Holy Spirit’s gifts of Joan Gunther ! 645 0679 ! wisdom and discernment to know God’s Will and courage to do it. Prayer St. Vincent de Paul Society ! ! 249 4664 ! empowers, encourages, inspires, and unites us in the war for truth and justice, Most Blessed Sacrament School ! especially in defense of the voiceless and the most innocent and vulnerable. Each Principal: ! ! of us must be part of the solution. Ask the Lord what He wants you to do to end Mark Record ! (410) 208 1600 ! St. Academy ! the abominable evil of abortion and infanticide. Principal: Ms. Rachael Casey This was also published as an opinion in The Dialog. ! ! ! (302) 697 8100 ! http://thedialog.org/opinion/prayer in defense of the voiceless outweighs excommunication  ! opinion/ !

Page 3 ! ! 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time ! Feb. 17, 2019 ! HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. JUDE’S

Sun ! Mon ! Tue ! Wed ! Thu ! Fri ! Sat ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 !  7a Mass (Nave)  Adoration starts Adoration All Adoration All Adoration All Adoration All 12a Adoration at 6 AM  Day  Day  Day  Day  until Noon 8:30a Mass      (Church)  President's Day 8a Mass (Church) 8a Mass (Church) 8a Mass (Church) 8a Mass (Church) (Chapel)  Parish Office 8:30a Bible and 1p Columbiettes 2:30p AFF  9a Pastoral Staff  8a Mass (Church)  9:30a KOC   Breakfast (PLC)  and Religious Breakfast Board Meeting 5p Schola  12p Columbiettes Education 12:30p Lunch 1p Prayer Shawl  ! set up (PLC)  10:30a Mass Office Closed ! 6p Choir Rosary and 6p Confirmation  2:30p Confession (Family Mass)   7p Cantor  (Church)  8a Mass (Church) Therese interviews  (Church) 12p Al  Anon  7p Columbiettes 11a Adoration  2p Follow Me 6p Sodality First degree  3:30p Rosary for Bible Study   Life (Church)  From 11 AM to 7 Officers 7p RCIA  PM (Chapel)  6:30p Guitar 4p Mass Choir 7p Follow (Church)  Me Bible Study  The Parish Mission scheduled for Feb. 17 !19 is The Parish Office and the Chrisan canceled due to the illness of one of the presenters. Formaon Office will be closed on Monday, We will not be rescheduling the mission at this time. ! Please remember to keep the Lando’s in your Feb. 18 for the holiday.  prayers. LET US PRAY FOR OUR ! DECEASED PRIESTS ! ! Rev. Henry Berg ! Rev. John J. Connelly ! PRAYER LINE ! Rev. Edmund J. McDonough ! Week III NPedro Mirando, Francis Msgr. T. Eugene Stout ! ! Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord. ! Seaver & Susan Frie And let the perpetual light shine upon Moving In? Moving Out? Please con- WEEK IV NJohn Truglio ! them. And may the souls of all the faith- tact us to register, or inform us of your WEEK V NTheresa Weaver ! ful departed, through the mercy of God, departure. ! rest in peace. Amen ! ! WEEK VI NHaley and Lisa Murtha, ! Visit us also on ! Priscilla Nutter, Judy Walsh, Francis LET US PRAY FOR OUR LIVING ! Facebook ! Gildea and Caitlyn Hardy ! PRIESTS ! ! ! Almighty and Eternal God, You are ! For our New App Text Rev. MPR Cocucci the everlasting health of those who Rev. Christopher R. Coffiey ! StJude3 to 555888 for Ap- believe in You. Hear us for Your sick Rev. Robert E. Coine ! ple or servant (N...) for whom we implore Rev. J. Cook ! the aid of Your tender mercy, that be- Rev. Edmund T. Coppinger ! Text StJude4 to 555888 for Android ing restored to bodily health, he (she) Rev. Gregory M. Corrigan ! may give thanks to You in Your Eternal God, please bless our priests, who Church. Through ! Christ ! our Lord. represent you on this earth. Make them ! more greatly aware of the grace that you Amen pour out through them when they minister Feb. 16/17 If you or a relative is ill or in need of the sacraments, and help them to fall 4VOrgan, prayers and would like to be added to more deeply in love with you after each V  the list, please contact Nancy in the and every Mass that they celebrate. Please 8:30 Organ office at either 644 7300 or strengthen our priests, who shepherd your 10:30 VGuitar  [email protected]. The list will flock, when they are in doubt of their  be on a 6 week rotation. Also only faith, that they may be examples of your request from immediate family mem- Truth and guide us always on the path to Feb. 23/24 4 VGuitar; 8:30 and you. We ask these things of you our bers will be accepted in order to pro- Eternal Priest. Amen. ! 10:30 VOrgan  tect individual's privacy. ! 

Our Palms to Ashes service will be held on Sunday, March 3 at 5:30 PM at the St. Jude Statue. You may bring your old palms to the service or drop them off in the church vestibule or the Parish Office. ! Page 4 ! ! ! ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE ! ! LEWES, DE ! Liturgy MEMORIALS FOR THE WEEK ! Mass Schedule Feb. 10 through Feb. 16 ! Sunday, Feb. 17 MSixth Sunday in Ordinary Time ! Church Sanctuary Lamp will burn this 7:00 AM Angelo Catenza !! ! Fr. Jones/Deacon Al ! week in loving memory of Truitt. 8:30 AM For the People ! ! ! Fr. Tom ! Requested by Diane Roth ! 10:30 AM Anthony Rezza Sr. ! Fr. Tom/Deacon Howard ! ! ! Chapel Sanctuary Lamp will burn this Monday, Feb. 18 ! week in loving memory of Jay Dougherty. 8:00 AM Camille Betts ! Fr. Jones ! Requested by Diane Roth. ! ! ! Tuesday, Feb. 19 ! ! Chapel Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week for an 8:00 AM Paul Clear ! ! ! Fr. Tom ! increase in Religious Vocations. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Wednesday, Feb.20 ! Candle in the Chapel will burn this week in 8:00 AM Kevin Flynn ! ! ! Fr. Tom ! loving memory of Arthur M. Betts. Requested by Roger ! and Dee Willey. ! Thursday, Feb. 21 M St. ! ! ! 8:00 AM Allan Yates ! ! ! Fr. Tom/Deacon Al ! Altar Candle in the Chapel will burn this week in (Living) ! loving memory of John Colpo. Requested by Carol ! Turoczy. ! Friday, Feb. 22 M The Chair of St. Peter ! 8:00 AM Gibson Family ! ! ! Fr. Jones ! ! !! ! ! ! Saturday, Feb. 23 M St. ! 8:00 AM Dee Fairies ! ! ! Fr. Jones ! Scripture Readings 4:00 PM Stanley Angielski ! ! Fr. Tom ! Monday: Gn 4:1-15, 25/Ps 50:1 and 8, 16bc-17, 20- ! 21 [14a]/Mk 8:11-13 Sunday, Feb. 24 MSeventh Sunday in Ordinary Time ! 7:00 AM John Ellis ! ! ! Fr. Tom/Deacon Howard ! Tuesday: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10/Ps 29:1a and 2, 3ac-4, 8:30 AM Patricia Porta ! ! ! Fr. Jones/Deacon Marty ! 3b and 9c-10 [11b]/Mk 8:14-21 10:30 AM For the People ! ! ! Fr. Jones/Deacon Al ! Wednesday: Gn 8:6-13, 20-22/Ps 116:12-13, 14-15, ! 18-19 [17a]/Mk 8:22-26 ! EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ! Thursday: Gn 9:1-13/Ps 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 and A Holy Hour before the Most Blessed ! 22-23 [20b]/Mk 8:27-33 Sacrament repairs for evils of the world. ! Friday: 1 Pt 5:1-4/Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 [1]/Mt 16:13- (St. John Paul II) ! COULD YOU NOT WATCH WITH ME 19 ONE HOUR? ! Saturday: Heb 11:1-7/Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 10-11 [cf. We are blessed as a parish community with 1]/Mk 9:2-13 the Real Presence of Jesus Christ exposed in Next Sunday: 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23/Ps our Eucharistic Chapel from 6 AM Monday 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 [8a]/1 Cor 15:45-49/Lk ! through 12 N Saturday, and from 11 AM to 7 PM on Sunday. 6:27-38b and 9c-10 [11b]/Mk 8:14-21 Remarkably, and thankfully, here at St. Jude's adorers can be with Our Eucharistic Lord any time, day or night, whether for a few ** The Priest has the option to change the readings minutes or for an hour or more. ! Jesus continues to call persons to adore Him on a regular basis and be graced  helped, healed, renewed, and saved  by Him. ! “Rejoicing in the Lord,” have been Please listen: He is calling. ! published to help commemorate the Assigned adorers are needed for: ! 150th anniversary of the Catholic Thursday, 3 pm ! Diocese of Wilmington. “Rejoicing and ! in the Lord” is a hard cover, 336   for all hours high Rlighted in yellow on the Master Schedule, ! page, full color, glossy 10 inch by 10 inch book that features histories which can be found in the adoraon chapel. ! and photographs of all Catholic To sign up for a weekly hour of adoraon, please call ! churches in Delaware and Mary- Al Hanley: 302 R703 R2419. ! land’s Eastern Shore, plus biog- .! raphies of all nine Wilmington bishops, with important ministries and events highlighted. Copies of this book are available for purchase at the par- ish office. “Rejoicing in the Lord” will cost $32.00. ! Page 5 ! ! ! 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Feb. 17, 2019 ! Please pray for mem- bers of the military who Spiritually Speaking are serving both here and abroad: ! Corporal Ryan Archangelo, USMC, (Grandson of Deacon February is well known as Black History Month. In doing some Marty & Kathy Barrett) ! research, I discovered that on July 24, 1990, the National Black STS1 Justin Beebe, USN, (Nephew of Brian and Kathy Catholic Clergy Caucus of the United States designated Novem- O'Boyle) ! ber as Black Catholic History Month to celebrate this long histo- Capt. Ryan J. Bickley, M. D. USA (Grandson of Claire & ry and proud heritage of Black Catholics. During this month we Richard Thomas) ! celebrate the presence of our ancestors who kept the faith and Capt. Joseph Cahill, USN, (Nephew of Ann Wojcik) ! are models of living the Gospel life. Blacks in Catholic Christi- HN Joseph D’Amico, Jr., USN (Grandson of Regina and An- anity have a long and vibrant history. Much of that history is tonio D’Amico, Sr.) ! generally unknown to Black Catholics as well as to the rest of Andrew DeGrand USN (Son of Frank and Helen DeGrand)! the faithful. This year marks the twenty ninth anniversary of the 1st Lt. Dana DeMartino, USA (Granddaughter of Lois and publication of Davis’ book, “The History of Black Sam Runco) ! Catholics in the United States” (BCUS). The scope of the book Master Sargent Joseph Devine, USA (Son of Denise & Jo- is astounding, stretching from the sixth century North African seph Devine) ! city of Carthage to the founding of the Black Catholic Clergy. AM2 Michael A. Foti, USN, (Son of Jonnel Foti) ! Davis concludes BCUS, "Too long have black Catholics been Technical Sgt. David Frost, USAF (Grandson of Bob and anonymous. It is now clear they can be identified, that their Mary Lou Frost) ! presence has made an impact, and that their contributions have Spec E4 Brendan Hartford, USCG, (Grandson of Jean & Jim made Catholicism a unique and stronger religious body." All Stewart) ! scholars of religion in America should read this book as African Airman 1st Class Christopher Hartford, USAF, (Grandson of Americans and Catholics have been foundational for the history Jean & Jim Stewart) ! of religion in America. In our dioceses of Wilmington the first Lance Corp. Dillon Latoroco, USMC, (Nephew of Donna church was dedicated in 1890 and the first pastor, Father John Fleitz) ! de Ruyter, established the first orphanage for African American Pvt. Timothy Liam McLaughlin, USA, (Grandson of Joseph & boys in America in 1893 (closed 1928). A later priest, Father Christina Paul) ! Charles R. Uncles, was the first African American priest or- STS2 Jason Rohlfing, USN ( Grandson of Donald & Ruth dained in America. A new church was built in 1947 after a fire ! Erickson) destroyed the original’s interior. As you can see in other parts ! Maj. Joseph Smiga, USAF (Son of Fred and Karen Smiga) of this bulletin, several black men and women await canoniza- Sgt. Tyler Stewart, U. S. Army, (Grandson of Jean & Jim ! tion. Unlike the of wealthy white nuns or mission- Stewart) aries to the Americas, these men and women represent a deliber- Sgt. Virgil Thomas, U.S. Marines, (Son of Lynn Marie and ! ate turn towards who spoke for and identified with the Grandson of Norma Mindrup) black community. Though their race has often been white- Lnc. Corporal Abby Young, USMC (Granddaughter of Bill ! washed or rendered incidental by history, black saints have been and Viki Nitsch part of the backbone of the Church from the days of the Apos- Almighty and eternal God, protect these soldiers as they dis- tles. But now, in the twenty first century, we’re finally seeing a charge their duties. Protect them with the shield of your strength shift towards the explicit recognition of the role that black spirit- and keep them safe from all evil and harm. May the power of uality has played in shaping American Catholicism. In the future your love enable them to return home in safety, that with all we will celebrate our Black Catholic Americans in November, who love them, they may ever praise you for your loving care. now that I found this piece of history. ! We ask this through Christ our Lord. ! Kathy Ebner ! Page 6 ! ! ! ! ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE ! ! LEWES, DE !

Save the Date ! Monday and Tuesday, April 8th and 9th, 2019 ! Men’s Lenten Retreat !  The St. Ann’s Bethany Beach Parish Men’s Club is sponsoring a 2 !day Lenten retreat for men of our coastal parishes. The retreat master will be Fr. Joseph McQuaide, Chancellor of our Diocese and Assistant at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Wilmington. The theme for the retreat will be Leading Our Families to Christ. Registration details will be provided in a few weeks. We hope to see you there! Please feel free to contact Ken Fischer @ 410 !814 !8558, or [email protected] for additional information.  Christian Formation

Lunch, The Rosary Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Catechetical Day (“Enlisting Witnesses for Jesus and Thérèse ! Time ! Christ”) with Bishop W. Francis Malooly will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at St. Thomas More Academy. Luke 6:17, 20 M26 !  Bishop Malooly will individually recognize DREs and Tuesdays at 12:30 in the  And raising His eyes toward Catechists celebrating significant anniversary years. The Christian Formation  His disciples [Jesus] said: day includes refreshments beginning at 8:30 am and Center.  “Blessed are you who are lunch at 12 noon. The Presenter is Father Christopher Bring a bag lunch and poor, for the kingdom of ! Walsh. The day concludes at 2:00 pm. The final regis- discussion after the  God is yours.” tration deadline is March 1, 2019. Please go to Rosary.  Reflection of the Week ! www.cdow.org/CatecheticalDay2019 to find out more !  In our helplessness, we turn about the day and how to register. to God. !

GREAT ADVENTURES THRU Parish and Family Life THE BIBLE !

“In the Beginning was the word, ! and the word was with God and SOCIAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 3 the word was God.” Jn 1:1 ! St. Jude's Social Ministry is hosting Community Sunday on March 3 after Masses in the Parish Life Center. We ! are asking for refreshments to be donated for all to The BIBLE TIMELINE takes the participants on a journey share. This could be baked goods, cheese & crackers, through the entire Bible. They will go deep into each period of fruit, snacks, etc. Please drop your donation off at the salvation history and discover the amazing story woven through- PLC Sunday, March 3. Thank you for your help! Hope out all Scripture. Using a unique color coded system, they will to see you there for our social gathering.  learn the major people, places and events of the bible and see how  they all come together to reveal the remarkable story of our faith. The Bible Timeline has been granted the imprimatur.! CHECK FUTURE BULLETINS FOR DETAILS !

Come join St. Jude’s Garden Committee  At the Philadelphia Flower Show  On Friday, March 8, 2019 ! This year’s theme is “FLOWER POWER”  The Power of Flowers   Tickets are $65.00 and includes show, ticket, bus fare, and driver tip.! For reservations, please call Jean Stewart  at 302 !644 !2890, Monday !Tuesday, 8:30 am M 2:30 pm,  Wednesday !Thursday, 8:30 am !12 Noon.  Bus will depart from St. Jude’s parking lot in  Front of Christian Formation Center at 11 AM and return time here  about 8:00 PM  Page 7 ! ! ! 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Feb. 17, 2019 !

Our sincere gratitude goes Finance Council out to all who have shown to our parishioners and visitors who their generosity to our dioce- contribute to St. Jude’s. Your Gifts are san church and its many var- deeply appreciated. ! ied ministries.   Please note: In addition to our ! collected contributions for the parish appearing weekly in the bul- Because of your ongoing generosity, we have sur- letin, we will be ! Weekend of Feb 9/10 ! providing once a passed our goal of $135,000 month comparison Total Offertory ! with monies received of $160,799.48.   of our Fiscal ( July ! $18,376 As we support Most Blessed Sacrament School 100% 1 to June 30) year Fiscal YTD ! of all monies received over our goal, come back to the to date of Budget Parish. We have received a check for $25,799.48. numbers vs. actual Actual ! !! ! Your overwhelming response has raised the bar for amounts collected. ! other Parishes to achieve .!  $619,544

From your Finance Council: ! Happening Elsewhere How about a great Tax tip for Retirees! Contributions February is Stock the Pantry can be made to Jude before the tax man takes his Month for Catholic Charities ! share of your hard ! earned retirement income. At the Participate in Catholic Charities semi age of seventy and a half we are required to take man- ! datory retirement fund distributions. Specifically, indi- annual “Stock the Pantry” project viduals can transfer as much as $100,000 annually from throughout the month of February! One in five families often must their retirement account(s) directly to charities of their choose between making a rent or choice. The transfer is excluded from taxable income utility payment and buying food. In a and included as part of their annual mandatory distribu- single month, Catholic Charities distributes approximate- tion. All one needs to do is contact the custodian for ly 15,000 pounds of food throughout the Diocese!  their retirement fund(s) and follow their instructions.  You can support our most vulnerable neighbors by mak- ing a donation of non !perishable food items. Drop off With the new income tax law changes, for most people items like canned meats, soups, fruits, and vegetables; charitable deductions from income taxes are no longer boxes of pasta, cereal, baking mixes; jars of peanut butter available. This is a great way to give while saving mon- and jelly; coffee, tea, and powdered milk at any Catholic ey.  Charities location. Catholic Charities will also accept gift cards to local grocery stores or cash donations. You can Future Needs Discussion ! find the nearest Catholic Charities service center at www.cdow.org/charities , or call 302 !655 !9624. Our near- Fr. Tom has initiated a group to address the future facility est center is Casa San Francisco in Milton. Those in needs of our growing Parish.  need of food assistance should call the nearest Catholic  To insure that we address and include all our parishioners’ Charities location. thoughts and suggestions, please send your comments to Nancy Seaver by e !mail to [email protected] or drop in the Suggestion Box in the Church vestibule by February th Lewes Senior 28 . Center is having All ideas will be considered and discussed by the group. A a Soup and Bake list will be compiled and prioritized and the results pub- sale, March 2, lished in a future bulletin. High priority suggested needs 2019 ! 11AM to 1 will be shared with the Diocesan Building Committee.  PM. ! Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas.  Soup can be pre !ordered by picking up an order Mike Pfarr  form at the Lewes Senior Center office or from  their website. Lunch will also be available during Facilities Manager the bake sale. Any questions, please call 645 ! 9293  ! Page 8 ! ! ! ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE ! ! LEWES, DE ! MINISTRY OF SOCIAL CONCERNS

AMERICAN BLACK CATHOLICS SOON TO BE SAINTS !

Did you know that a little Methodist girl born, Bertha Bowman, The story of America’s first black Catholic priest begins with in Yazoo City, Mississippi, grew up to be a renowned Roman a miraculous escape from in 1862. Augustus Tolton Catholic nun, teacher and scholar? The granddaughter of slaves, was born enslaved in Missouri in April 1854. His parents, she was the only African American member of the Franciscan Peter and Martha Tolton, had him baptized Catholic, the faith Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, and she transcended racism to of the family that owned them. When the Civil War broke out leave a lasting mark on U.S. Catholic life in the late 20 th . She in 1861, Peter Tolton ran away to join the Union Army. was born December 29, 1937, was reared as a Protestant until at Months later, Martha Tolton also fled with her three children, age nine when she asked her parents if she could become a Augustus, Charles and Anne N a bid for freedom that nearly Catholic. We know her as Sister and she was a ended in capture. The Toltons were chased through the woman gifted with a brilliant mind, beautiful voice and a woods by Confederate slave catchers. They stayed hidden in dynamic personality. Sister ! Thea shared the message of God's the bushes, afraid to breathe. Like angels coming down from love through a teaching career and after 16 years of teaching, at heaven, they saw Union soldiers. They smuggled them into a the elementary, secondary and university level, the bishop of dilapidated row boat and pushed out into the mighty Jackson, Mississippi, invited her to become the consultant for Mississippi River. He was initially welcomed into one of the intercultural awareness. In her role as consultant Sister !Thea, an Catholic schools but he was kicked out because parishioners African American, gave presentations across the country; lively didn’t want a negro child in the school. A priest, Father Peter gatherings that combined singing, gospel preaching, prayer and McGirr, was impressed by Tolton’s intelligence and men- storytelling. Her programs were directed to break down racial tored him, teaching him Latin and Greek. He encouraged and cultural barriers ! Tolton to enter the priesthood and McGirr promised ! Augustus he would be educated. He wrote letters in the U.S. Pierre Toussaint was born and raised as a Catholic slave in to get Augustus into a seminary. None accepted him because when it was still a French colony. To escape the slave of his race. Then Father McGirr wrote letters to Rome, saying rebellions Toussaint’s owners fled with him to New York. He this individual was brilliant. Tolton celebrated his first Mass was assigned as an apprentice to one of the city’s leading in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on April 25,1886, Easter hairdressers, and became quite successful. When his Sunday and he is now being considered for sainthood ! slave owner died, Toussaint quietly supported his owner’s ! widow. She, in gratitude, freed Toussaint from his slave status. ! Toussaint later married and used his considerable wealth to Henriette Delille sacrificed a life of luxury, prosperity and support charitable causes, including work against religious and security and became a servant to the poor, oppressed and racial prejudice. Toussaint’s death in 1853, at age 87, sparked forgotten for the sake of God. Henriette, a free woman of widespread mourning. Just 13 years ago, Pope John Paul II African heritage, was born 1813 in New Orleans. Two declared Pierre Toussaint, Venerable  the first step to becoming decades before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, in a saint. ! antebellum New Orleans, a French speaking woman of ! African descent named Henriette Delille founded a religious Haitian immigrant & educator , Mother Mary Lange, and three order for black women called the Sisters of the Holy Family. companions founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Now, some 175 years later, Delille is poised to become not Baltimore in 1829, when was still a slave state. Under only New Orleans’ first official saint, but also the first great risk, these sisters dedicated themselves to serving orphans U.S. born black saint. ! and educating black children. Also around that time, Mother ! Lange founded Baltimore’s historic St. Francis Academy. It Julia Greeley, Denver’s Angel of Charity, was born into continues to thrive today as a co ed high school that educates slavery, at Hannibal, Missouri, sometime between 1833 and mainly inner city African American and Hispanic youth. Mother 1848. While she was still a young child, a cruel slave master, Lange’s candidacy for sainthood began in 1990. ! in the course of beating her mother, caught Julia’s right eye ! with his whip and destroyed it. Freed by Lincoln’s Emancipa- Charles Randolph Uncles was the son of a B & O Railroad tion Proclamation in 1863, Julia subsequently earned her worker and a dressmaker mother. Fr. Uncles was an extremely keep by serving white families in Missouri, Colorado, bright student in high school and college. He broke the color Wyoming and New Mexico Nthough mostly in the Denver barrier in Baltimore’s St. Mary’s Seminary, area. Whatever she did not need for at a time when segregation within and herself, Julia spent assisting poor families outside the Catholic Church was the norm. in her neighborhood. When her own Fr. Uncles’ ultimate achievement, his resources were inadequate, she begged ordination, in 1891 made headlines around for food, fuel and clothing for the needy. the country, including those of the New One writer later called her a “one person York Times newspaper. Two years after his St. Vincent de Paul Society.” To avoid famous ordination, Father Uncles became embarrassing the people she helped, Julia one of the founders of the St. Joseph did most of her charitable work under Society of the Sacred Heart. More cover of night through dark alleys ! commonly known as the Josephites, this ! order ’s mission is to evangelize African ! Americans, mostly in the United States. ! Page 9 ! ! ! 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Feb. 17, 2019 ! St. Vincent de Paul Society ! Knights of Columbus In the Gospel today, the disciples decide to leave eve- Community Breakfast ! rything to follow Jesus. We are also called to follow Sponsored by the ! Jesus, who tells us that “whatever you do to the least Knights of Columbus ! of mine, you do for me.”  ! Your gift to the poor can bring the love and peace of We will be honored to provide breakfast to attendees of ALL the Jesus to those who live in fear and doubt, loneliness  Masses on TODAY , Sunday, February 17. This year we will and dread. be serving a meal of scrambled eggs, sausage, hash browns, biscuit, orange juice and coffee to everyone after the 8:30 and 10:30 AM Masses, while including everyone from the 7:00 AM Widow and Widowers Luncheon ! Mass as well. Cost is $5.00 per person and 100% of funds col- lected goes to Charity. ! The group will meet for lunch on Feb. 25 at Grand Slam Grotto at The Father V. R. Capodanno Assembly # 2413, Knights of Co- 12:30..Shady Rd. and Route 1 in lumbus, will conduct its monthly meeng on Tuesday, Febru- Lewes ! ary 19th, commencing at 6:00 pm at the Georgetown Public Library in Georgetown, DE. If there are quesons regarding membership or the forthcoming meeng, please contact Faithful Navigator Joe Wilkens at (830) 265 R8224. ! Special Event EUCHARISTIC PRAYER VIGIL INTERCEDING FOR BISHOPS’ MEETING IN ROME ! REGARDING THE CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL AND COVER UP! ! FEBRUARY 21 TO 24, AT ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE PARISH, LEWES, DE ! ! The bishops who preside over all of the Church’s 114 Episcopal Conferences and 21 Eastern Rite synods, councils, and assem- blies will gather in Rome from Thursday, February 21, through Sunday, February 24, to prayerfully work toward what the Vatican describes as “the prevention of abuse of minors and vulnerable adults.” ! ! During the four days of the bishops’ deliberations, St. Jude The Apostle Parish will keep vigil in prayer before Jesus exposed in the Blessed Sacrament M before the High Priest and Head of His Body the Church  invoking Him to send His Spirit upon the suc- cessors of His Apostles that they might, by His light and leading, see what they must do  and do it: Reprove the perpetrators and enablers of this egregious evil, root out and rectify its causes, and heal Christ’s Body of its grievous consequences. We earnestly invite all who share in this concern about so dreadful a scourge upon Holy Mother Church to join in this entreaty to the Lord, whether or not you are an assigned St. Jude adorer or parishioner. ! ! Following is the schedule of the vigil, which will take place in St. Jude’s chapel across the parking lot from the church at 140 Tu- lip Drive (right at the main entrance to the parish campus). There will be sign up sheets in both the church vestibule and the back of the chapel for those who wish to commit to a particular hour of prayer, but participants should feel completely free to join in the vigil at any time around the clock and for as many times as they might feel led. ! !  On Thursday, February 21, 7 pm, the vigil will begin with a holy hour in observation of the opening of the bishops’ congress, starting with Benediction and followed by a pastoral talk, communal prayer, and silent prayer in the Real Presence of Jesus. ! !  From Thursday, February 21, 8 pm, through Saturday, February 23, 12 noon, all of the scheduled hours of adoration, day and night, will be dedicated to silent prayer in supplication to the Eucharistic Lord that God’s will be accomplished at the bishops’ convocation. This quiet time of prayer will not preempt the attendance or co opt the worship of regularly scheduled adorers, but offer them a special intention for, and thereby complement, their adoration. Assigned adorers, therefore, should keep their scheduled hours as usual. ! !  On Sunday, February 24, 12 noon (right after the 10:30 am Mass)  coinciding with the close of the bishops’ meeting M our vigil will end as it began, with Benediction, a pastoral sharing, common prayer, and silent adoration of Jesus exposed in the Eucharist. ! ! Let us pray together in faith and hope that this gathering of the leaders of the Catholic hierarchy will be graced by God to have a decisive, a transformative, impact upon the life of the Church, for her purification and restoration in this present crisis. The bish- ops must do their part M and we ours. Prayer in faith, Jesus said, can move a mountain. Face to face prayer before the Living Christ can surely move a body of bishops. ! 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