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June 10, 2018
Office Hours Monday—Friday:
8:30 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
Website:
stedmond.org
Parish Office Mailing Address
PO Box 646
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 19971
Phone: 302-227-4550
Fax: 302-227-4557
Email: [email protected]
Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. William T. Cocco
[email protected]
Associate: Rev. John T. Solomon
Assis#ng: Rev. L. Jim Downs, Rev. Bill Gore, Rev. Mark Logue
Deacons: Jim Walls, Dan Ackerson, Pete Nellius, Jim Cadigan
Office Manager: Yvonne Bailey
Religious Educa#on Office DRE: Marie Kopf
302-227-4553 [email protected]
Parish Organiza#ons Pastoral Council: President, Rose Marie Pa!n
Finance Council: Execu!ve Officer, Tony Mazzarelli
Salt & Light: Chairman, Bob Wolhar
Parish Prayer Line: Call Parish Office
St. Vincent de Paul Society: 302-260-4074
Care of the Sick: Call the Parish Office
Knight of Columbus Star of the Sea Council #7297:
Grand Knight: Robert Worthing hhh
Bequests: In your kindness, please remember St. Edmond
in your bequests. Call the Parish Office.
Confessions: Every Saturday at 9:15-10:00 a.m. You may also call the parish office to arrange a #me.
Bap#sms: Generally held on Sundays, a#er 10:30 a.m. Mass. Parents must a$end at least one Bap!sm Prepara!on Session. Call the parish office at
least 3 months prior to desired Bap!sm date.
Marriage: Arrangements must begin a minimum of one year in advance. Par!cipa!on in Pre-Cana or Engaged Encounter is required. Call the parish
office at least 12 months prior to desired marriage date.
Summer Mass Schedule Daily Mass: 8:30 a.m. (Mon.-Sat. year round)
Saturday Evening (Church): 4:00 p.m. (year round)
& 5:30 p.m. (May 26 to September 29)
Sunday (Church year round): 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m.,
10:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m.
Sunday (Parish Hall): 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
(May 27 through September 9)
7:30 a.m.– July 1 to September 2 (Quiet Mass, no music)
Sunday (Rehoboth Elementary School, 500 Stockley St.,
Rehoboth Beach): 9:00 a.m.
(May 27 & July 1 to September 2; Quiet Mass–No Music)
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Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
ST. EDMOND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Diocese of Wilmington PAGE 2 June 10, 2018
This Weekend’s Mass Inten#ons
Mass Inten#ons
Next Weekend’s Mass Inten#ons
This Week’s Daily Masses
Please remember in your prayers
the happy repose of the soul of
Connor Bohan
and Walter Ennis.
We extend our sympathy and prayers
to their family and friends.
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual
light shine upon them and may they rest in peace.
Monday 06/11 8:30a Madeline Nelson
Tuesday 06/12 8:30a Tom Boyle
Wednesday 06/13 8:30a Ebbo Leonzio
Thursday 06/14 8:30a Rev. Dan Leary (lvg)
Friday 06/15 8:30a Theresa Pagno%o
Saturday 06/16 8:30a Charmaine Santos
From the Pastor’s Desk…
"Steady as she goes, Captain!"
Would that describe the course of our Faith life? As
always we look to Jesus. Jesus was focused on his mission.
He worked hard to communicate his message of salva!on,
to train his apostles, to heal the sick and comfort the
troubled. In fact, he worked so hard to fulfill his mission that
it was “impossible for [him and his disciples] even to eat.”
But not everyone appreciated Jesus and his
dedica!on to his mission. Even members of his own
extended family, St. Mark's Gospel tells us, thought he was
crazy. The more popular and respected religious and
cultural leaders of the !me rejected him. They actually
accused him, as today's Gospel passage makes clear, of
being an instrument of the devil. It must have been hard for
our Lord, to stay focused on his mission, to be faithful to
what his Father had sent him to do, when he ran into so
much opposi!on, mockery, and misunderstanding.
Yet, he persevered. St. Paul reminds us "Therefore,
we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is
was!ng away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
For this momentary light afflic!on is producing for us an
eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look
not to what is seen but to what is unseen; for what is seen is
transitory, but what is unseen is eternal."
Are you and I staying the course as Jesus did? Are
you and I keeping our eyes on the ul!mate goal that we are
told is beyond comparison? Can we put up with and get
through the momentary afflic!ons of this life? Yes, with the
Help of our God! "Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
LORD, hear my voice! I trust in the LORD; my soul trusts in
his word. For with the LORD is kindness and with him is
plenteous redemp#on."
Congratula!ons and blessing to all of our Students who will
begin their summer breaks and move on to the next level in
their educa!on journey. Congrats to all of those students
who have graduated from College and are beginning their
careers. May God keep all of our children safe this summer
and give opportuni!es to all of our graduates.
God Bless,
Fr. Cocco
June 16 through June 24,
we celebrate the
Father’s Day
Novena of Masses.
Total Weekly Collec!ons
Regular Weekly Collec!on-05/27/2018 $18,997.00
Collec!on for Casa San Francisco $4,508.00
Regular Weekly Collec!on-06/03/2018 $13,282.00
Second Collec!on For Summer Expenses $1,306.00
May God bless you in your generosity!
If you are sick or in the hospital, and would like a visit from
one of our parish priests, please have someone call the
office (302-227-4550) to let us know. We are not rou#nely
no#fied by the hospitals that a parishioner has been
admi%ed, so your help is appreciated.
Saturday 06/09 4:00p
5:30p
Joel & May Stone
Phillip Coombe
Sunday
06/10
HALL
7:30a
9:00a
10:30a
4:30p
9:00a
10:30a
Mary Ann & Leonard Kelleher
Neil Flanigan
For the People and
José Americo Viana and
Larry Cassidy, Sr.
Robert Naumann
Robert Fitzgerald
Jack Huss
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ST EDMOND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Diocese of Wilmington PAGE 3 Visit us on the web at stedmond.org
Tuesday, June 12
Knights of Columbus Council Mee!ng, 6:00 p.m., Hall
Wednesday, June 13
Scripture Sharing, 9:15 a.m., Room 1
Interna!onal Student Outreach Program
Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Hall
Friday, June 15
Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, 9:00 a.m.,
Church
This Week in The Parish
If you would like to remember
someone, either living or deceased,
this Father’s Day, please take one of
the Father’s Day Spiritual Bouquet
cards that have been placed near the exits in church. Take
one, fill out the names of your loved ones and return it to
the office or in the collec!on basket. Their names will be
remembered at our Father’s Day Novena of Masses.
A novena is a series of prayers that are said for nine
straight days, usually as a prayer of pe!!on but
some!mes as a prayer of thanksgiving.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Registra#on for 2018-2019 Religious Educa#on Classes is now
underway. The registra#on form is available on the
stedmond.org website. If you have a child going into first
grade, please don’t forget to register them as well!
Vaca!on Bible School will be July 23-27.
We’re Shipwrecked! We need some rescue resources!
Won’t you consider dona!ng or loaning us any of the
following items for Vaca!on Bible School:
2 Large sponges (car wash size)
Pool Noodles 2 plas!c kiddie wading pools
Large beach towels 2 jumbo plas!c beach balls
Plas!c fake fruit items: grapes, apples, oranges, etc.
12 fake flower leis
4 empty plas!c gallon water jugs
1 roll of 2-inch wide red ribbon
(Cheap)
1 roll of 2-inch wide yellow ribbon
Blue rectangle plas!c table cloths
Old white sheet (clean please)
SECOND COLLECTIONS: Each weekend during the summer,
when there is not a collec!on for a special need (such as
Peter’s Pence, Casa San Francisco, Li$le Sisters of the Poor,
etc.), we have a second collec#on to help defray the costs of
our addi#onal summer Masses. These extra collec!ons each
week help pay the costs of the addi!onal priests and
musicians for the liturgy, the lights and air condi!oning for
comfort, as well as the rent for the Elementary School. We
thank you for your generosity and we are happy you are with
us for the summer.
Here Comes Summer!
Father’s Day Novena of Masses
Do you like “Netflix”? How about
CATHOLIC NETFLIX!? As a parish, we
have a subscription to “FORMED”, an
online website with the best Catholic
content to make your Summer season—
and beyond—the best ever!
It is free to you. Just follow the instructions below and access
dozens of subjects, for all ages—from preschool to the older
and wiser.
The Best Catholic content—All in one place
It’s EASY and it’s FREE to Register!
* Go to stedmond.formed.org/register
* Enter your email and create a password (you’ll need this
to login later)
FORMED ON THE GO! All the best Catholic content, right at
your fingertips. Learn more at app.formed.org
You Are Invited to Join Our Trip to Sight & Sound
You are invited to be a part of the St. Edmond’s Tenth
Annual Trip to Sight and Sound on Tuesday, September
25, 2018. This is a one-day trip (not overnight). Cost is
$120.00 per person and includes luxury bus
transporta!on, theater !ckets, smorgasbord, driver
gratuity and snacks on the bus. Deadline for reserva#ons
is September 14, or when the bus is filled. Make checks
payable to St. Edmond Parish and drop off the
Reserva!on Form and check at the parish office. The bus
will depart Lowe’s parking lot in Lewes at 7:15 a.m. and
return to Lowe’s at 7:00 p.m.
Sight and Sound Theater is the na!on’s largest Chris!an
Theater. The show on this trip will be JESUS, the musical
stage adventure about the most famous person ever to
walk the earth. We will stop at the Hershey Farm
Smorgasbord to experience a grand buffet of nearly 100
classic Pennsylvania Dutch dishes as well as modern
flavors.
Brochures with the registra!on form
and further explana!on are available
at the Parish Office and at the exits of
the church.
Religious Educa#on News
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ALWAYS SEEK AND FIND WAYS TO FURTHER OUR CULTURE
OF LIFE! "Lord, awaken Thy creatures before it is too late, lest
they sleep through the one life
you have given us in which to
know and love Thee. And help us
to awaken them and to remain
vigilant ourselves, however
difficult it may become."
Now is the !me to pay a$en!on! This is the year that Pope
Paul VI's Encyclical, Humanae Vitae is 50 years old! It is s!ll so
relevant and can guide us in forming our conscience. The
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a 50th
Anniversary Edi!on with related Papal texts. Please visit
usccb.org to review and consider reques!ng a copy of this
important edi!on with many reflec!ons.
Please make sure your calendar includes the opportunity to
hear Nicole Theis, President & Founder of Delaware Family
Policy Council at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in
Milford on Friday, June 22, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. (506 Seabury
Ave. Milford DE 19963).
IMPORTANT: visit delawarefamilies.org as well. Our Delaware
legislators have revised Regula!on 225 and released it on June
1, allowing the public 30 days to provide comments. Parents:
More than ever, be vigilant in knowing what is being taught to
your kids! Our prayers and efforts can make a difference!!
ST EDMOND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Diocese of Wilmington PAGE 4 June 10, 2018
Respect Life Commi%ee
A PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Gracious and loving God,
Help the men and women of our parish to
hear the call to serve your Church. Our
needs are great and our people thirst for
your presence. Open the hearts of many,
raise up faithful servants of the Gospel, dedicated holy
priests, sisters, brothers, and deacons, who will spend
themselves for your people and their needs. Bless those
who are serving now with courage and perseverance.
Grant that many will be inspired by their example and
faith, we ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Elijah Cup Ministry
June 9/10 9:00a Burslem Family
June 16/17 9:00a The Oscar Family
June 23/24 10:30a Pat & Kathy Morris
June 30/July 1 4:30p George & Theresa Proud
July 7/8 9:00a Pauline Shelly
July 14/15 4:30a The Lilik Family
July 21/22 7:30a Beth Krushinski
Please pray for members of the military who are serving
both here and abroad:
à Jakob Lopata, Delaware Army Na#onal Guard
à Aric Lopata, US Marine Corps
à Olga Usova, Ac#ve Guide Reserve
à SSG Kellen Jones, serving Stateside
à SSG Edgar Flading, serving in Afghanistan
à SPC Robert KirkendaII , serving in Afghanistan
à 2Lt Michael Cunningham, Army, 101st Airborne
à Jonathan Burns
à Ensign Tyler Weiss, Navy Seal Team 3
à Cdr Daniel J. DeCicco, USN, Kabul, Afghanistan
Almighty and eternal God, protect
these soldiers as they discharge their
du!es. Protect them with the shield
of your strength and keep them safe
from evil and harm. May the power
of your love enable them to return
home safely, that they may ever
praise you for your loving care.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord.
To be included in this list, please send the name, branch of
service and loca#on to [email protected] . Please join us in
praying for our military.
Please Pray for Our Military
We are in need for volunteers to be a part of this
very rewarding ministry. If you would like to have
the Elijah Cup in your home as a focal point to pray
for voca#ons in the Church, please call the parish
office and leave your name and contact informa#on.
You will be contacted to determine the most
appropriate Mass date and #me to collect the Elijah
Cup to bring home.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will be
selling raffle chances a#er all Masses next
weekend, June 16 & 17, for the
Washington Redskins-Philadelphia Eagles game at FedEx
Field in December. GREAT SEATS and a FREE PARKING
VOUCHER will go to the winner of our annual raffle. Come
one come all—take a chance and see the game!
Ancient Order of Hibernians
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ST EDMOND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Diocese of Wilmington PAGE 5 Visit us on the web at stedmond.org
Stained Glass Windows: In celebra!on of our
Parish Jubilee, a brochure with photos of all the
stained glass windows in our church was prepared,
with a brief explana!on of the scene depicted, as
well as the benefactor that sponsored the window
for installa!on. This brochure is available electronically on our
website, stedmond.org. Go to the Home page and click on “Who
We Are” then “Parish History” then “Stained Glass Windows”.
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Par!cipate in Catholic Chari!es semi-annual “Stock the
Pantry” project throughout the month of June! Hunger
doesn’t take a summer vaca!on! In a single month,
Catholic Chari!es distributes approximately 10,000
pounds of food.
You can support our most vulnerable neighbors by
making a dona#on of non-perishable food items. Drop
off canned meats, soups, fruits, and vegetables; boxes of
pasta, cereal, baking mixes; jars of peanut bu%er and
jelly; coffee, tea, powdered milk to baskets at the
entrances of church.
These dona!ons will be sent directly to Casa San Francisco
in Milton. Take A Student Home to Dinner: Would you like the
opportunity to enhance the cultural experience of our
summer foreign student workers? If so, please consider
invi!ng a student (perhaps with a friend or two) to dinner
at your home. It doesn't have to be extravagant, just a
meal with a student far from home. Please go to the
j1rehoboth.com website and
sign up as a resident under the
"Take a Student Home to
Dinner" tab. We will match you
with a student and send you
both an email so you can make arrangements that are
convenient to both.
Byzan#ne Liturgy at St. Jude The Apostle Church:
Rev. Volodymyr Klanichka, pastor of St.
Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, will
celebrate Divine Liturgy of St. John
Chrysostom at St. Jude The Apostle Roman
Catholic Church, at 4:30 pm., on Sundays:
June 24, July 29 and August 26. (Last
Sunday of the month during June, July, and
August.).
This liturgy is enjoyed by many Catholics of Eastern
European background and is specifically prac!ced by many
of our visi!ng interna!onal students. This Byzan!ne Rite is
under the Pope and is in communion with us. This Mass is
in English, does fulfill your Sunday Obliga!on, and all are
welcome.
Knights of Columbus
Every Friday morning, following Daily Mass,
we pray the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.
All are welcome—
please join us for this very special prayer!
The Father V. R. Capodanno Assembly
#2413, Knights of Columbus, will conduct
its monthly mee!ng on Monday, June 18,
commencing at 7:00 p.m. at St. Jude the
Apostle Church in Lewes in the Religious
Educa!on Building. If there are ques!ons regarding
membership or the forthcoming mee!ng, please contact
Faithful Navigator Jack McGinley at 945-0698.
Read, Pray, Share
Readings for the Week of June 10, 2018
Sunday: Gn 3:9-15/Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [7bc]/
2 Cor 4:13--5:1/Mk 3:20-35
Monday: Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3/
Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6 [cf. 2b]/Mt 5:1-12
Tuesday: 1 Kgs 17:7-16/Ps 4:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 [7a]/Mt 5:13-16
Wednesday: 1 Kgs 18:20-39/Ps 16:1b-2ab, 4, 5ab and 8, 11 [1b]/
Mt 5:17-19
Thursday: 1 Kgs 18:41-46/Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13 [2a]/Mt 5:20-26
Friday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16/Ps 27:7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14 [8b]/
Mt 5:27-32
Saturday: 1 Kgs 19:19-21/Ps 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10 [cf. 5a]/\
Mt 5:33-37
Next Sunday: Ez 17:22-24/Ps 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16 [cf. 2a]/
2 Cor 5:6-10/Mk 4:26-34
Interna#onal Student Outreach Dinner
Adora#on and Benedic#on
will take place at 7:30-8:15 a.m.
on First Fridays.
Please join us on July 6.
June is Stock the Pantry Month
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ST EDMOND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Diocese of Wilmington PAGE 6 June 10, 2018
Moving? Please inform the parish office if you are moving
or your address has changed.
Family Changes? If you have any changes to your
registra#on file (new children, recently married, etc.),
please inform the parish so we may update your record.
Online and Up to Date!
St. Edmond has a Facebook page: It is updated
every couple days with thought-provoking
items– as well as some fun entries.
Just search for St. Edmond Church, Rehoboth
on your Facebook page and then “LIKE” us to
see all the latest news!
Our Electronic Sign
In front of our church, we have an
electronic sign that can be changed
remotely via our office computer. This sign
announces all upcoming events, Mass
!mes for Sunday and Holy Days, and other
interes!ng facts of the parish!
Catholic School News
Behind our parish office, there is a small parking lot, with just
NINE parking spaces. This parking lot is for the exclusive use of
parish staff weekdays (Monday through Friday). On the
weekend, this parking lot is reserved for the exclusive use of
those who are serving at Mass (deacons, Eucharis!c ministers,
lectors, altar servers, ushers, musicians, etc.). It is important to
keep these spaces free for those who are in liturgical ministry so
that they may find a convenient place to park as they arrive to
prepare for their vital ministry at each Mass. While finding a
parking spot on the street is o#en daun!ng, you will find that, if
you !me your arrival for when the previous Mass is le@ng out,
there are usually many nearby spots on King Charles Avenue,
Hickman Street, or Laurel Street.
Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School News
On Friday, June 15, our school community will
conclude the 2017-2018 school year in grateful
praise and worship at a concluding Liturgy that will
be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. at St. John Neumann
Church. What a wonderful year this has been! As we
look back over the past ten months, we swell in joy for the many
blessings that our Lord has bestowed upon our students, our
staff, and our families. Thank you to all for your support! We
wish everyone a safe and enjoyable summer. Beginning on June
18, the school office will observe summer hours. In doing so,
our school office will be open each day from 8:30 a.m. through
2:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The school office will be
closed on Fridays.
MBS is now accep!ng applica!ons for the
2018-2019 academic year. For more
informa!on or to schedule a tour, please
contact Lisa Edmunds, Director of
Admissions at 410-208-1600 or email at
[email protected] .
WECONNECT PARISH MOBLE APP: Developed for iPhone,
iPad, and Android. With the EVENTS CALENDAR, stay up to
date with events at our church. With PARISH
NOTIFICATIONS, receive notifications about parish news and
ministries. With PRAYERS, find more than three dozen
frequently sought prayers. With DAILY READINGS, follow
the daily readings from home or during Mass.
TO DOWNLOAD:
iPhone Users Text: ParishApp1 to 555888
Android Users Text: ParishApp2 to 555888
After the App is downloaded, click in the Search
box, enter St. Edmond, Select it, and click Select
Parish.
Important Informa#on
PARKING METERS: From the Friday before Memorial
Weekend through mid-September, Rehoboth Beach has
parking meters in place, including the area around our
church. When you are a%ending Mass, you DO NOT have to
pay the meters. Rehoboth Beach has agreed to not !cket
during Mass !mes, as long as you are within a two or three
block radius of church. This includes the Sunday morning
Masses as well as the 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Saturday
Masses and the 4:30 p.m. Sunday Mass. However, once the
final Mass is completed, they will be around to !cket, so be
aware.
Please be aware—St Edmond is no longer
accep#ng nor collec#ng gently used athle#c
shoes.
Due to circumstances beyond our control,
there is no longer a place for these to be repurposed in our
parish.
We suggest you donate these items to the local thri+ store.
The Nike Store in the Tanger Outlet at Bayside also has a
collec#on bin available. Thank you for your considera#on.
