Saint Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church 840 George Bush Boulevard, Delray Beach, Florida 33483 Phone: (561) 276-6892 Fax: (561) 276-8068 Website: www.stvincentferrer.com Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 9 am (Closed 12:30 - 1 pm) to 3:30 pm Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am to 12:00 noon Very Rev. Canon Thomas J. Skindeleski, Pastor Rev. Danis Ridore, In Residence Rev. Msgr. Stephen Bosso, S.T.L., S.S.L. Weekend Assistance Rev. Jay Haskin, Part-time Assistance Rev. Charles Perricone, Part-time Assistance Deacon Robert Laquerre, Parish Manager / Pastoral Associate Deacon Greg Osgood, Religious Education Mrs. Vikki Delgado, Principal Mr. Daniel Siller, Director of Stewardship Mrs. Mary Somerville, Director of Family Life Mr. Angelo Sadolfo, Director of Finance Mr. Jay Flood, Director of Maintenance Mrs. Linda Flood, Office Manager Mrs. Susan Grant, Office Assistant Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Sister Elizabeth Halaj, LSIC and Sister Elizabeth Kulesa, LSIC ST. VINCENT FERRER PARISH Sunday, July 26, 2020 MISSION STATEMENT Our Catholic Community is dedicated to the mission of Jesus Christ. As Masses stewards of God’s gifts, we strive to fulfill His plan by exercising our rights Monday - Friday 7:00, 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and responsibilities in nurturing Christ’s love among God’s people. We Saturday 8:30 a.m. are committed to: (1) living God’s Word in our lives; Saturday Vigil 4:00 p.m. [except Holy Saturday] (2) providing for education in Faith to our members; Sunday 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 a.m. and (3) sharing our faith with others; and Life Teen Mass at 5:30 p.m. (All are welcome) (4) serving our sisters and brothers, in particular, the poor, the disadvantaged and the needy. Through our participation in the Confessions Eucharist, the Sacraments, and prayer Saturday after the 8:30 a.m. Mass and we express our unity in Christ and between 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., or by appointment proclaim His saving message. with any of the priests. MINISTRIES MASS INTENTIONS ALTAR SERVERS [email protected] Saturday, July 25, 2020 4:00 p.m. † Mark Dombroski ANNULMENTS 276-6892 Deacon Robert Laquerre, Mary Somerville Sunday, July 26, 2020 BAPTISMS 3rd Sunday of the month 276-6892 7:00 a.m. † John Romero Rusty Skinner 9:00 a.m. † Joseph Conca CARE MINISTRY 272-7580 11:00 a.m. † Laureano Garmany On Call Ministry Member 5:30 p.m. † Mercedes Velazquez CHURCH SEXTON [email protected] Monday, July 27, 2020 Jill Cole 7:00 a.m. † Paula Iovine COLUMBIETTES (516) 314-4440 8:30 a.m. † Gerald Brauser Gail Colvin 5:00 p.m. † Arnold Giordano FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES 665-8566 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Mary Somerville, Director [email protected] 7:00 a.m. † Joseph Grady GIFT SHOP 276-4320 8:30 a.m. † Paula Iovine Audrey O’Reilly 5:00 p.m. Intention of Ava and Matthew GRIEF MINISTRY 921-5693 Darin Lueken [email protected] Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:00 a.m. Benefactors of St. Vincent Ferrer Care Ministry HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 278-3868 Stacey Smith, President 8:30 a.m. † Philip Ives 5:00 p.m. † John Gresh KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 289-2542 GK Darin Lueken Thursday, July 30, 2020 LECTORS 7:00 a.m. † Catherine “Sis” Murphy Kathy Savage [email protected] 8:30 a.m. † Jerry Tomassetti LEGION OF MARY 276-6892 5:00 p.m. † Mario St. George Boiardi LIFETEEN CHOIR 276-6892 Friday, July 31, 2020 Eerang Ahn 7:00 a.m. † Rev. Timothy Sockol MARRIAGE PREPARATIONS 665-8566 8:30 a.m. † Rev. Francis B. Skalski 5:00 p.m. Int. of Sister Geraldine, M.M. Mary Somerville MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION/OUTREACH 276-6892 Saturday, August 1, 2020 Deacon Greg Osgood 8:30 a.m. Int. of Joseph C. Bradley MINISTRY OF HOSPITALITY/USHERS 276-6892 4:00 p.m. † Peter Schifano Peter Fitzpatrick Sunday, August 2, 2020 MOMMY AND ME [email protected] 7:00 a.m. Int. of Jay Flood Maria Preble 9:00 a.m. † Virgilia Hortensia Vazquez MUSIC 276-6892 x357 11:00 a.m. † Jo Anne M. Masco Eric Keiper, Director of Music 5:30 p.m. † Carlos M. Francisco PERPETUAL ADORATION 809-5617 James Beck Prayer Groups P.O.P.S. MINISTRY 276-6892 Respect Life, Mon - Fri, 7:45 a.m., Carol Brisson & Ericka Ruiz Rosary for Life & Divine Mercy Chaplet, Church. R.C.I.A 276-6892 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotions Deacon Greg Osgood Every Wednesday after the 8:30 a.m. Mass only RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/P.R.E.P. 276-6892 and Cenacle of the Marian Movement of Priests following Our Lady of RESPECT LIFE / BIRTHLINE MINISTRY 316-7505 Perpetual Help Devotions, in the Church. Nicole Volinsky, Jill Cole [email protected] *Requires Face Masks and Social Distancing . STEWARDSHIP 276-6892 x308 Dan Siller, Stewardship Director Members of the Parish Pastoral Council SCHOOL OFFICE 278-3868 Very Rev. Canon Thomas Skindeleski, Chairman; Deacon Bob Laquerre, Stephanie Lang, Secretary Vice Chairman; Jeff Toeniskoetter, Secretary; Vikki Delgado, Ted Vargas, YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY [email protected] Maria Sesto, Joe Mastrullo, MaryLou Paulo-Francisco, and Dan Siller. Reva Beckett YOUTH MINISTRY 756-6827 Stewardship Council Cheryl Deneen, LIFETEEN & ROCK Members: Very Rev. Canon Thomas Skindeleski, Dan Siller, Rabih Boueri, Deacon Bob Laquerre, Jack Maloney, Vanessa Richerson, Matthew Robbins, James Scully, Jr., Jeffrey Stoops, Joe Veccia, and Rick Zorovich. Advisory: Vikki Delgado, Jay Flood, Julie Ott, and John J. Pettenati. 2 From Monsignor Tom’s Desk From time to time, all of us need to go back to our roots, reflecting on and recapturing those treasures which may have been lost or corrupted over the years. For Catholics, going back to our roots as Christians means revisiting what it means to have been baptized; it means delving deeper into the implications of having been confirmed in the Faith and being fully initiated as Christians filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit; it means comprehending the consequences of being transformed by the Body and Blood of Christ when we receive His Real Presence in the Eucharist; it means acknowledging the need to repent of our sins in the Sacrament of Penance, with a firm purpose of amendment when we have strayed from His path, so that we can be restored to a right relationship with God through His bountiful and merciful grace. For us, as Catholics, recalling our roots as Christians also means living as a people whose collective memory of the faith goes back 2,000 years, to the time of Jesus and the early post-resurrection Christian community. This enables us to better understand why our century is so focused on itself rather than God. One of the problems with this generation, is that the rebellious youth of the 1960’s invented the “sexual revolution” to ‘liberate’ people from the ‘stifling’ codes of sexual conduct that had reigned for centuries. The truth is that they didn’t really discover anything new; they simply returned to the libertine practices of sexual behavior found in the pagan worlds of ancient Greek and Roman cultures. In fact, it was the early Christian community that brought about a sexual revolution, rejecting the hedonism of the Greco-Roman culture and replacing it with an ethic that valued purity for the sake of the Kingdom of God, and viewed marriage between a man and a woman as an icon of the covenant relationship between Christ and His beloved Spouse, the Church. In this sense, the virtue of chastity is the pearl of great price that we read about in the Gospel, because it leads us to the Kingdom of God. One of the reasons why this historical Christian understanding of sexual morality is incomprehensible to so many people today is that so many of them, including many who actually call themselves Christians, adhere to a type of ‘religion’ that is essentially non-Christian. This belief system is found to be especially prominent among Catholic and mainline Protestant teenagers. While there are some worthwhile elements (such as belief in the existence of God, loving our neighbor and seeking happiness), what is missing from this approach are some other very important elements of Christianity: the Word of God revealed in Sacred Scripture and Tradition; a Trinitarian understanding of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit; the incarnation of God as man in the person of Jesus, His redemptive suffering and death, and His resurrection and ascension into heaven; the Lord’s call to repentance, conversion of heart, taking up one’s cross, self-sacrificial love, purity of heart, and, most of all, putting God above everyone and everything else so as to enjoy eternal life. It just boils down to this: to decide whether God is more important than sex. As simple as that answer may sound, it is also deeply profound. It seems to escape most people in our culture today. When you stop to think about it, the fact that so many people regard sex as more important than God is at the root of so many of our society’s ills, including abortion, contraception, adultery, fornication and homosexual relations. Obeying God’s commandments is not impossible, if indeed we are convinced that God is more important than our own selfish desires.. Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God” (Matt. 5:8). There is no greater happiness than to see God. It’s very possible to live a life of purity and chastity if we truly love God more than our own selfish desires.