Eucharistic Adoration – 9 am–9 pm Tuesdays, Chapel TwentY-Fourth Sunday in Flame of Love Rosary - 7 pm Thursdays, St. Ann Chapel Ordinary Time Divine Mercy Chaplet - 3 pm Fridays, St. Ann Chapel September 15, 2019 Rosary before 8:30 am Mass THIS SUNDAY, September 15th PRAYER CHAIN - To request prayers or to be part of our Prayer Chain, email Laverne at [email protected] or ANNUAL PARISH PICNIC call Laverne at (302) 653 – 8064. Following the 10:30 am Mass JOIN US! Mass Intentions for the Week Monday, September 16 St. Cornelius & St. Cyprian 8:30 am Theresa Saraullo - Fred & Theresa DiMeo Tuesday, September 17 St. Robert Bellarmine 8:30 am Edward Ibao - Delia Lim 10:30 am DHCI Communion Service Wednesday, September 18 8:30 am Geraldine Hreha - Brother Vincent Council Knights of Columbus #7517 Thursday, September 19 St. Januarius 8:30 am Angelito Guiang - Betty Pingol Bring your entire family, your favorite lawn chairs and join Friday, September 20 St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon & us for an afternoon of food, drinks, fellowship, and fun! St. Paul Chong Ha-sang & Companions 8:30 am George Mill - Mike & Lori Sanders We will provide the hot dogs, hamburgers, pulled pork, Saturday, September 21 St. Matthew drinks, deserts, and entertainment. 4 pm Mike McCusker, Lorrie Siegel, Deacon Mike Siegel We would love to try your favorite side dish (bring it in a - Helen McCusker disposable container). Sunday, September 22 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 10:30 am Parishioners Bounce house, face painting and great parishioners will make it a great day! We Pray for Our Sick ~ Week I Sophia Wilson, Deirdre Moor, Donald Hreha, Lorriane Macasevich, Jimmy Callahan, Kevin PARISH ANNUAL FORUM - NEXT SUNDAY Liselli, Denis Callahan, Mary Sponaugle, Allen Sunday, September 22nd, Huttick after the 10:30 am Mass in the Parish Hall. Week II Michelle Collier, Terry Mance, George Davidson, James Dean, Nick DiMattio, Susan Scaggs, Grace Howard Week III Linda Blow, Ron Pleasanton, Tom Dempsey Week lV Jay Schuman Week V Austin and Dylan Dean, Theresa Devine, Come join us to learn what your Parish and our Councils Barbara Lorenzo, Laura Gilmore accomplished this past year. Bring your ideas and have Week VI Dawn Stachow, Richard Weber, Margaret your say in the future plans for St. Polycarp Church. Saporito There will be plenty of food and Door Prizes (and special We Pray for Our Deceased - Door Prizes for our young people) – but you must be Sarah Dean Barlow, present to win them. Joseph Czajkowski, Bring your family and friends and join us for this event! Gerald C. Short Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord And let the perpetual light shine upon them. LET US PRAY May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen Bread & Wine for the Eucharist are given in prayer for an increase in vocations. Our Sanctuary Lamp in Church burns in prayer for God often chooses the most unlikely healing for Grace Howard, at the request of George and people to carry out incredible work.” Mary Grace Hutchinson. -Matthew Kelly Our Sanctuary Lamp in St. Ann Chapel burns in prayer for nursing home residents, particularly those www.saintpolycarp.org PAGE ONE- 301 who reside at DHCI and Pinnacle. LITURGY There will be a Blessing of the Pastoral Council and the Finance Councils at the 4 pm Mass next Saturday, CHALICE MINISTRY - PRAY FOR VOCATIONS September 21st, at which time these individuals will also The Vocation Chalice reminds us that it is the be installed as ministers on these councils. responsibility of the laity of our parish to pray and foster vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Each week SOCIAL CONCERNS a family or individual takes home the chalice cup where they will place it in their home. Throughout the week, they The SMYRNA-CLAYTON FOOD PANTRY is asking for are asked to pray for the increase to vocations, for our tuna, pasta sauce, coffee, cereal and boxed current priests, deacons, and religious life. milk. Do not forget to bring in your coupons How can you be the catalyst for change for the increase to (no need to clip). The boxes are located in the priesthood? Sign up for the vocation cup either on the the vestibule and under the coat rack in the hall. Please no expired food. website or by calling/texting Alice Gaston at (302) 670 – 7924. At the end of the Mass that you are assigned, The Food Pantry is looking for more volunteers to pack Father will call you forth and you will be presented the cup food on a monthly basis and for a new volunteer to take home. All of the prayers will accompany the coordinator. For more information, call (302) 653 – 8415. chalice if you choose to use them or you can use your own prayers. After the end of the week return the chalice to CHRISTIAN FORMATION church. Nothing is more powerful than prayer and your CATECHETICAL SUNDAY prayers are very much needed for His harvest! The US bishops have designated the third Sunday of September as Catechetical Sunday. This date coincides Family Weekend Mass time with the renewing of programs in many parishes as Emerson (Tom) Sept. 15 10:30 summer ends. Savich Sept. 29 10:30 Friel Oct. 13 10:30 For over 40 years, bishops have promoted the importance Arrive 15 minutes before your mass time and pick up (or drop of the Church's teaching ministry and aided parishes in off) materials in the sacristy. honoring those who serve as catechists. Catechetical Sunday reminds all baptized persons of their role in Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) witnessing the Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ. will once again be offered weekly at the 10:30am Mass beginning Sunday, What Does "Catechetical" Mean? September 22nd. Following the opening Though we are most familiar with the word "catechism" prayer, children in Grades Pre-K through Grade 4, are being associated with a book of questions and answers, invited to be dismissed to the hall (or library) to share the its root meaning is much broader. It means, "to echo, to Word using their own images and words. The children ring out, to resound." It means to acknowledge, restate, return following the intercessions. No pre-registration is and live out the gift of faith entrusted to us. needed, simply send them with the 2 leaders when Why Is There a Special Sunday? invited! Our leaders have had background clearances in The celebration of this Sunday makes clear that the accordance with the diocesan For Sake of God’s Children catechetical ministry is special, with a profound dignity directives. and importance; a ministry, which carries a serious ANNULMENT INFORMATION NIGHT responsibility in sharing the faith with love, clarity, and Father Mark S. Mealey, O.S.F.S., Judicial Vicar, will offer a compassion. presentation on Thursday, October 24th, at St. Polycarp Who Is Recognized at St. Polycarp Church Church at 7 pm. Among the issues discussed will be the new norms on the marriage nullity process by on Catechetical Sunday? Pope Francis and the implementation of those norms in The formal commissioning, which takes place on our Tribunal. Catechetical Sunday in parishes around the country, the annulment process. honors catechists and those who assist them in the various canonical grounds for marriage. catechesis, who serve in our Parish School of Religion If you are interested, please call the Tribunal Office at (PSR) as well as our RCIA team, baptismal and marriage (302) – 573 – 3107, and just leave a voicemail with your preparation teams, the Children’s Liturgy of the Word name and the number of people attending the team, and our Academy. While this day may focus on presentation. those who formally serve as catechists, at the same time – it highlights the special role of parents, grandparents, and others who make Catholic homes places where the A TRIBUNAL is a Church court that deals with matters of young may grow in wisdom, age, and grace. canon law, one aspect in particular is determining the validity of a marriage. www.saintpolycarp.org PAGE TWO- 301 ARE YOU NEW TO OUR PARISH? HAPPENNING IN OUR DIOCESE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Our PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION (PSR) offers religious PRO-LIFE NEWS education classes for Grades PK – Grade 9. For more The Fall 40 Days for Life Dover 2019 Fall Campaign th information or to register in our program, please contact begins on Wednesday, September 25 , and continues rd our Coordinator of Religious Education, Mrs. Erica Taylor, until Sunday, November 3 ! Please plan to participate. Visit 40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/dover/. at [email protected] or (302) 653 – 4101. Information is also available by visiting saintpolycarp.org/religious-education/. FREEDOM FROM YOUR HURTS, HANG-UPS AND HABITS Even if you consider yours resolved these situations could VOCATIONS still prevent you from experiencing the freedom God has God is the Father with the open arms. Who will preach in mind for you. Join Holy Angels Church (82 Possum Park this Good News of reconciliation? Consider service as a Road, Newark, DE) for a small group study with discussion priest or deacon, brother, or sister. and a video teaching by Rick Warren on Tuesdays from If you think you God is calling you to be a priest, religious, September 10th to October 29th, from 10 am – 11:30 am or deacon, contact Fr. Norm Carroll at or from 6:30 pm – 8 pm. [email protected] or (302) 573 – 3113. Attendance at all sessions is not required. Registration is appreciated but not necessary.