15th and King Streets founded 1880

6th and West Streets founded 1818

6th and Pine Streets founded 1858

Saint Patrick Cathedral of Saint Peter Saint Mary

of the Immaculate Conception

Scheduled Masses during 1/3 Limited Occupancy

Saint Patrick

Sunday: *8 am, *11 am, 5 pm Monday & Wednesdays: *5:30 pm Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:30 pm

Saturday: 4 pm * Mass offered in Latin

Cathedral of Saint Peter

Sunday: 9:30 am

Monday–Friday: 12:10 pm

Saturday: 4 pm

Saint Mary

Sunday: 8 am

Bishop Malooly has dispensed all Catholics from the Sunday Mass obligation until further notice.

Confession Schedule

Saint Patrick

Monday–Thursday 4:30–5:15 pm

Room off of 2nd-floor elevator landing

Cathedral of Saint Peter

Monday, Wednesday & Friday 11:30 am–12 noon

Saint Michael Chapel

Other Sacraments

Please contact Father McQuaide through the parish offices to arrange

for the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Anointing, or Marriage.

Cathedral Offices

500 West Street Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 654–5920 fax (302) 654–3197

cathedralstp@comcast.net www.cathedralofstpeter.com

Saint Mary/Saint Patrick Offices

1414 N. King Street Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 652–0743 fax (302) 652–7678

shirley_mckeown@verizon.net www.smspwilmington.com

Very Reverend Joseph W. McQuaide, IV, Rector–Pastor Reverend John C. McVoy, III, Assistant Priest

June 21, 2020 XII Sunday in Ordinary Time/Sacred Heart of Jesus

Mass Intentions for the Week Date Time Church Mass Intention

June 20 4 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Very Reverend Leonard R. Klein

4 pm St. Patrick Fathers’ Day Remembrance Mass

June 21 8 am St. Mary Alphonse DelCampo

8 am St. Patrick Charles F. Hill, Sr.

9:30 am Cathedral of St. Peter Eugene Gronboldt

11 am St. Patrick Pro Populo

5 pm St. Patrick no intention

June 22 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Very Reverend Leonard R. Klein

5:30 pm St. Patrick Joseph Bower

June 23 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Jane and Joseph Hannas, Sr.

5:30 pm St. Patrick James Rock, 40th Anniversary of Diaconal Ordination

June 24 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Irene Hannas

5:30 pm St. Patrick Joan Gillen Gougherty

June 25 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Very Reverend Leonard R. Klein

5:30 pm St. Patrick Kathryn Hall

June 26 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Margaret J. Seitz

June 27 4 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Carmen Facciolo

4 pm St. Patrick Harold L. Taggart

June 28 8 am St. Mary John Brown

8 am St. Patrick Robert Dunn

9:30 am Cathedral of St. Peter Genevieve Moran

11 am St. Patrick Pro Populo

5 pm St. Patrick no intention

Cathedral of Saint Peter

Received Budgeted/

Needed Difference

June 13/14 $1,020 $2,115 ($1,095)

YTD $104,998 $105,769 ($771)

Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception

Received

Budgeted/Needed

Difference

June 13/14 $560 $673 ($113)

YTD $35,885 $33,654 $2,231

Saint Patrick

Received

Budgeted/Needed

Difference

June 13/14 $4,127 $3,442 $685

YTD $161,645 $172,115 ($10,470)

Sacrificial Giving

Your generosity is greatly appreciated, —especially when our churches were closed—

though our Masses were suspended, our bills, sadly, were not.

Online Giving available. Besides giving your offering at Mass or mailing in or dropping off your offertory envelopes, you can now contribute electronically, simply visit www.cdow.org and click on the church logo “Your Parish Needs Your Support” and complete the form. Be sure to indicate your parish: • ST MARY-WILMINGTON (34) • ST PATRICK (44) • ST PETERS CATHEDRAL (1)

Job Opportunity in the Parish We are looking for a part-time Office Administrator in the Parish Office: • The Office Administrator facilitates the efficient

operation of the Downtown Catholic parishes of the Cathedral of Saint Peter, Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, and Saint Patrick by performing a variety of clerical and administrative tasks. The Office Administrator collaborates closely with the Rector–Pastor to ensure that the parish office functions professionally and main-tains the tone and culture of the parishes. Mon-days to Thursdays, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm.

To apply, send resume and cover letter to humanresources@cdow.org.

Wednesday, June 24 is the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

This feast, a segment of Advent in the season of Ordi-nary Time, makes us aware of the wonderful inner relationship between the sacred mysteries; for we are still in the midst of one Church year and already a bridge is being erected to the coming year of grace.

Ordinarily the Church observes the day of a saint's death as his feast, because that day marks his en-trance into heaven. To this rule there are two notable exceptions, the birthdays of Blessed Mary and of St. John the Baptist. All other persons were stained with original sin at birth, hence, were displeasing to God. But Mary, already in the first moment of her exist-ence, was free from original sin (for which reason even her very conception is commemorated by a spe-cial feast), and John was cleansed of original sin in the womb of his mother. This is the dogmatic justifi-cation for today's feast. In the breviary St. Augustine explains the reason for today's observance in the fol-lowing words:

"Apart from the most holy solemnity commemorating our Savior's birth, the Church keeps the birthday of no other person except that of John the Baptist. [The feasts of the Immaculate Conception and of the Nativity of the Blessed

Virgin had not yet been introduced.] In the case of other saints or of God's chosen ones, the Church, as you know, solemnizes the day on which they were reborn to everlasting beatitude after ending the trials of this life and gloriously triumphing over the world.

"For all these the final day of their lives, the day on which they completed their earthly service is honored. But for John the day of his birth, the day on which he began this mortal life is likewise sacred. The reason for this is, of course, that the Lord willed to announce to men His own coming through the Baptist, lest if He appeared suddenly, they would fail to recognize Him. John represented the Old Cove-nant and the Law. Therefore he preceded the Redeemer, even as the Law preceded and heralded the new dispensation of grace."

In other words, today's feast anticipates the feast of Christmas. Taking an overall view, we keep during the course of the year only two mysteries, that of Christ's Incarnation and that of His Redemption. The Redemption mystery is the greater of the two; the Incarnation touches the human heart more directly. To the Redemption mystery the entire Easter season is devoted, from Septuagesima until Pentecost; and likewise every Sunday of the year, because Sunday is Easter in miniature.

The Christmas season has for its object the mystery of God-become-Man, to which there is reference only now and then during the remaining part of the year, e.g., on Marian feasts, especially that of the Annunci-ation (March 25) and today's feast in honor of the Baptist. In a sense, then, we are celebrating Christ's incarnation today. The birth of Jesus is observed on December 25 at the time of the winter solstice, while the birth of His forerunner is observed six months earlier at the time of the summer solstice. Christmas is a "light" feast; the same is true today. The popular custom centering about "St. John's Fire" stems from soundest Christian dogma and could well be given renewed attention. St. John's Fire symbolizes Christ the Light; John was a lamp that burned and shone. We Christians should be the light of the world.

Excerpted from The Church's Year of Grace, Pius Parsch

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