Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 522 Main Street • P.O. Box 399 • Marydel, Maryland 21649-0399

Phone: 410-482-7687 • Fax: 410-482-7253 www.iccmarydel.org

Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Fridays 9:30-Noon, Closed Wednesdays.

Because of the limited size of our staff, hours are subject to change. It’s best to call first.

October 22, 2017 – Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Eucharist of the Lord’s Day

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. (in Spanish)

Weekday Eucharist Thursday 7:00 p.m. (in Spanish)

Holydays of Obligation As announced in the bulletin

Reconciliation After the Sunday morning Masses,

Thursday evening 6:30pm And by appointment at any reasonable time

Pastoral Care and Liturgy Very Rev. James S. Lentini, V.F., Pastor Rev. Idongesit A. Etim, Parochial Vicar Rev. John T. Solomon, Parochial Vicar

Deacon James M. Tormey, Sr. Deacon Sherman Mitchell, III

Christian Formation Mrs. Alicia Poppiti, D.R.E. Hispanic Ministry Mrs. Arline Dosman

If you or someone you know is in need of financial assistance, please call

St Vincent DePaul (302) 670-6702

The Sacraments

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the process in which adults and children of catechetical age join the Catholic Church. Please contact Deacon Sherman Mitchell III, our R.C.I.A. Coordinator, for details at 302-492-0753.

Parents wishing to present their children for Infant Baptism must participate in an orientation session. Please call the parish office at 410-482-8939 for details.

Please contact Alicia Poppiti at 410-482-8939 about the preparation of young people for Confirmation, or about children’s first reception of the Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist.

Couples planning Matrimony meet with the Pastor or one of the Deacons at least one year in advance of the wedding date they are considering. Please call the parish office to arrange for this meeting.

Pastoral Care of the Sick: The Anointing of the Sick is appropriate for anyone faced with hospitalization or a serious challenge to health. When a hospital admission is planned, please arrange to receive the Anointing here beforehand, if at all possible. Our lay ministers to the sick bring Holy Communion to those unable to come to Mass for any length of time. Please call the parish office to arrange for these services.

Your Pastor, Deacons and parish staff members are always happy to speak in confidence with anyone who senses a call to ordained ministry or religious life.

Dear Parishioners, In 1978, the New Wave singer, Elvis Costello recorded a song written several years earlier entitled “What’s so Funny ‘bout Peace, Love and Understanding.” This song would find a wider audience in 1993, when it was rerecorded in by Jazz vocalist Carl Stiger, and included in the Whitney Houston flick, “The Bodyguard.” This song’s very reflective, and ponderous lyrics start out like this: “As I walk through / this wicked world / searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity. / I ask myself / Is all hope lost? / Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? / And each time I feel like this inside / There's one thing I wanna know: / What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding?” Peace, Love and Understanding? To look at the events in our world today, and saying that our world is seeking

peace, love and understanding, might indeed evoke a laugh at the funniness of the claim. But nonetheless, God is love, peace and understanding – or as we more commonly express it: Father (who is love), Son (who is the Prince of Peace) and the Holy Spirit (who bestows understanding). And we, as a people and as a world, seek God. So, it proper to say, that, however imperfectly we do it, we are seeking peace, love and understanding; whether we realize it or not, that is our goal in life. R-e-s-p-e-c-t. October is Respect Life Month: a month dedicated to the truth that mankind is God’s special creation, created to rule over the rest of creation, and whose very being – personhood – is a gift given freely by God, and to be protected, with reverence and care, by us. When mankind protects human life, in common cause, we are de facto preserving peace, love and

understanding. However, in our world today, much like a fizgig promising devotion and faithfulness, the culture of death allures us away from our commitment to life with false promises and misguided understandings of the preciousness of life. Back in the Day. The most egregious of man’s crimes against his fellow man, and indeed against peace, love and understanding, is the pernicious crime of abortion. Abortion is a blot on our modern world, like no other. Some folks will counter that abortion has always gone on and is not merely a product of the modern world; and that is true. However, in nearly every civilized society in the world, from mankind’s early history to the mid-20th Century, abortion was crime. Just like there has always been theft, rape, fraud, and murder, yes, there has always been a presence of abortion, but like theft, rape, fraud, and murder, abortion was not acceptable – and was a crime. As a matter of fact, societies that didn’t respect life, like the Aztecs (who killed crying babies so that their tears would induce the gods to provide rain) and the Spartans (who put to death children deemed too weak or imperfect), fizzled away like a waning Fourth of July sparkler in the rain. A Wrong Right. And so, it was, for centuries upon centuries, universally understood that the idea of taking the life of child in the womb was a crime against God and man. Then, in these United States (and in many parts of the western world), in the turbulent 60s, a movement came a foot to, at first, decriminalize abortion, and then legalize it. In 1973, the United States Supreme Court, in perhaps the worst decision in all of America’s jurisprudential history, not only legalized abortion, but took the exceptional leap of making it a constitutional right. A body blow to peace, love and understanding if ever there was one. More than Numbers. Since 1973, in the United States, some 60,000,000 abortions have been performed. To put this in context, that represents more than the population of more than half the states in our nation; more than Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota,

Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming, combined. Worldwide, the number stands at 1,472,000,000, since 1980. These numbers can sometimes be looked upon as mere statistical abstracts, but they are not. Each number is a human life that has gone unborn. Each number is a life snuffed out from a concern for finances, shames, fear or loss of freedom. False Premises, False Promises. During this Respect Life Month, let us recommit ourselves to respect the innate value of human life, from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. Let us turn back the darkness of the culture of death, and never, never, never, accept its false premises (to take a child’s life is your choice) and its false promises (you will be better off without this child). Words... St. Teresa of Calcutta said it well: “[I]f we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?” She added, “Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love one another, but to use any violence to get what they want… This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.” Scripture says it more succinctly, “You shall not kill.” … and Music. To finish as I started, I want to again reference the song, “What’s so Funny ‘bout Peace, Love and Understanding.” That song finishes with these word: “And as I walk on / through troubled times / my spirit gets so downhearted sometimes. / So where are the strong / and who are the trusted? / And where is the harmony? / Sweet harmony. / Because each time I feel it slipping away, just makes me want to cry: / ‘What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding?’” To answer that question: There is nothing funny about it at all; it is what is needed if we are to survive. Living our Catholic faith and turning hearts and minds around on the issue of abortion (as we have been doing for nearly a half century), as well as changing laws and society, will go a long way to bring peace, love and understanding in our lives and in our nation. Yours in Christ, Fr. James Lentini, Pastor

STEWARDSHIP OF TIME & TALENT

Collection Counters

Oct 22 Tom & Mary McGowan

Oct 29 Julia Moore & Paul McQuaide

Nov 5 Elisa & Tom Costello

Church Cleaning Crew

Octubre 27, 2017 Grupo #4

Olegario Cuin, Enma Rojas, Egidio Macario,

Brendi Macario, Idalinda Pérez, Bersy Pérez

Noviembre 3, 2017 Grupo #5

Santos Juárez, Arturo Ramírez, Eva Bravo,

Herminda Bravo, Paulina Morales, Silvia Ramírez

Altar Servers

October 29

8:30am Mass – Mike Dixon & Averi Locke

11:00am Mass – Joanne Santizo & Vince Haass

Spanish Misa 1pm – Itzel Roblero & Reynaldo Alvarez

Lectors

October 29

8:30am Mass – Theresa Thompson

11:00am Mass – Laura Schlaupitz

Spanish Misa 1pm – Ángela Córdova, Pavel Rivera

Eucharistic Ministers

October 29

8:30am Mass – Deacon Tormey, Marilyn Dixon, Julia

Moore

11:00am Mass – Deacon Mitchell, Judy Carrow, Bob

Vanvessan

Spanish Misa 1pm – Adelaida Velásquez, Epifanio

Morales, Guadalupe Morales, Adrián Miranda, Carlos

Miguel

Knights of Columbus

Our next meeting is Tuesday, Oct 24th in the Knights Hall

Officers Meeting @ 7pm All members are encouraged to

attend. Membership in The Knights of Columbus is open to men 18 years of

age or older who are practicing Catholics.

For more info, contact Grand Knight, Bruce Kelley (302) 505-0647 or kelley29@comcast.net

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Knights of Columbus Council 12509

MASS INTENTIONS:

Sunday, Oct. 22 8:30: Lillie Herin 11:00: Carl Ergenzinger Misa en Español 1pm For the People Thu Oct 26 Misa 7pm For the People Sunday, Oct. 29 8:30: Harter & Thompson Families 11:00: Teresa Canino Misa en Español 1pm For the People

New Mass book will open on November 1.

COLLECTION TOTALS:

Regular Offertory: $ 2699.25

Supplementary: $ 443.25 Second Collection Today: Supplementary

Your continued support of the work of your Church is much needed, and appreciated

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Sun, Oct 22 9:40am SRE Classes in Classrooms

Sun, Oct 22 2pm RICA

Mon, Oct 23 & Wed, Oct 25 7pm ESL

Mon, Oct 23 7pm Play Practice

Tues, Oct 24 6:30pm 1st Reconciliation Prep

Wed, Oct 25 7pm Grupo de Oracion

Thu, Oct 26 7pm Play Practice Read

Fri, Oct 27 7pm Vigilia

Annual Silent Auction & Soup Sale is November 5th

Soup Sales from 9:30am until Sold Out!

Auction bidding closes at 12:30pm.

The Knights will be hosting breakfast that morning also.

Please plan to join us in the Church Hall.

Please Join the Fun!

Sunday, Oct 29 2:30 – 4:30pm

Church Parking Lot Decorate your Trunk

& Hand out Treats Or Come in Costume and Trick and Treat

FROM THE DRE’S DESK

School of Religious Education

September 24, 2017-May 6, 2018 9:40am-10:50am

Next 1st Reconciliation Prep: Tuesday, October

24, 6:30-7:30pm in the hall.

Priesthood Sunday - October 29th

It is a time to show appreciation to our parish priests for all that they do for us. Is there a better way to say “thank-you” than to

remember Father in prayer?

Go to www.cdow.org/DVG, download a Priesthood Sunday Spiritual Bouquet certificate, commit to praying for our pastor, associate pastor, bishop, or seminarian, and present the certificate to the recipient next Sunday.

The Pharisees time and time again are seen attempting to

trap Jesus, but each time He has a way of turning things

back at them. It is Christ’s trust and reliance of the truth

that allows this to occur. We too must trust in the truth.

As beings created in the image and likeness of God we

should be rendering ourselves to Him. Today our beliefs

and values are often questioned. We need to remind

ourselves that despite what the world says, the truth has

been revealed to us through Christ. Do you stand by this

truth despite living in a society that rejects it? Christ has

shown us that we do not need to compromise our values,

no matter the societal pressures. Turning to the Holy

Spirit for guidance is a great way to strengthen your

resolve. What other ways can you strengthen you

conviction and stand up for the truth?

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Theme: We thank God for faithfulness.

Question for Children: In your young life, who has

helped you know Jesus as a friend?

Question for Youth: We are supposed to give to God

the things that are God’s. What in your life is dedicated

to God? How to you keep those things sacred?

Question for Adults: If you were to write a thank you

note to someone or to a group who has helped you grow

in faith, to whom would you write and what would you

say?

29o domingo del tiempo ordinario Tema: Agradecemos a Dios por la fidelidad.

Pregunta para los niños: En tu vida, ¿quién te ha

ayudado a conocer a Jesús como un amigo?

Pregunta para los jóvenes: Como persona joven en la

iglesia y en la fe, ¿quién ha sido una fuente de sabiduría

y fidelidad para ti? ¿A quién agradecerías por tu fe?

Pregunta para los adultos: Si fueran a escribir una nota

de agradecimiento a alguien o a un grupo que los ha

ayudado a crecer en la fe ¿a quién le escribirían y qué le

dirían?

Marriage & Family Life Corner

Marriage Moment –

Ways to Turn Your Beloved Off #3 - Let

Noise Surround You. Some noises are happy and express life. But sometime noise is just

a distraction or an irritation. Is there enough quiet space in your relationship to simply be present to each other's graceful being?

Parenting Pointer –

All families have stories that they tell over and over. One genre is the vacation-disaster

story. These stories are important because they say this family can not only survive

adversity but can laugh at it and keep on loving each other. Tell a story.

Saint Thomas More Open House

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 12-3 p.m.

Saint Thomas More Academy 133 Thomas More Drive Magnolia, Delaware 19962 www.saintmore.org

The best gift that you can give your child is the gift of

a Catholic education.

Columna del párroco padre James Lentini 22 de octubre, 2017.

Estimados feligreses,

En 1978, el cantante del grupo New Wave, (en inglés, Nueva Ola) Elvis Costello, grabó una canción escrita varios años antes titulada “What’s so Funny ‘bout Peace, Love and Understanding.” "Qué es tan divertido ‘cerca de la paz, el amor y la comprensión". Esta canción encontraría un público más amplio en 1993, cuando fue re-grabada por el vocalista de jazz Carl Stiger e incluido en la película de Whitney Houston, "El Guardaespaldas -The Bodyguard". Las letras muy reflexivas y pesadas de esta canción comienzan así: "Mientras camino por este mundo malvado / en búsqueda de luz en la oscuridad de la locura. / Me pregunto / ¿Se ha perdido toda esperanza? / ¿Hay solo dolor, odio y miseria? / Y cada vez que me siento así dentro / una cosa que quiero saber: / ¿Qué es tan gracioso acerca de paz, amor y comprensión? "

¿Paz, Amor y Comprensión? Al mirar los acontecimientos de hoy en nuestro mundo, y decir que nuestro mundo está buscando la paz, el amor y la comprensión, podría de hecho evocar una risa ante la ridiculez del reclamo. Pero, sin embargo, Dios es amor, paz y comprensión, o como lo expresamos más comúnmente: Padre (quien es todo amor), Hijo (quien es el Príncipe de la Paz) y el Espíritu Santo (quien otorga comprensión). Y nosotros, como pueblo y como mundo, buscamos a Dios. Por lo tanto, es apropiado decir que, por imperfectamente que lo hagamos, estamos buscando la paz, el amor y la comprensión; Si nos damos cuenta o no, esa es nuestra meta en la vida.

El R-e-s-p-e-t-o. Octubre es el Mes de Respeto a la Vida: Un mes dedicado a la verdad de que la humanidad es la creación especial de Dios, creada para gobernar sobre el resto de la creación, y cuyo ser –su persona- es un regalo que Dios libremente nos ha dado y para ser protegido con reverencia y cuidado, por nosotros. Cuando la humanidad protege la vida humana, en causa común, preservamos por de facto la paz, el amor y la comprensión. Sin embargo, en nuestro mundo actual, al igual que una devoción y fidelidad prometedora, la cultura de la muerte nos aleja de nuestro compromiso con la vida con falsas promesas y entendimientos equivocados de la preciosidad de la vida.

En Tiempos Atrás . El más atroz de los crímenes del hombre contra su prójimo, y en realidad contra la paz, el amor y la comprensión, es el crimen pernicioso del aborto. El aborto es una mancha en nuestro mundo moderno, como ningún otro. Algunas personas van a

contrarrestar que el aborto siempre ha seguido y no es meramente un producto del mundo moderno; y eso es verdad Sin embargo, en casi todas las sociedades civilizadas del mundo, desde la temprana historia de la humanidad hasta mediados del siglo XX, el aborto era un delito. Al igual que siempre han habido robos, violaciones, fraudes y asesinatos, sí, siempre ha habido una presencia de aborto, pero como el robo, la violación, el fraude y el asesinato, el aborto no era aceptable, y era un delito. De hecho, las sociedades que no respetaban la vida, como los aztecas (que mataron a los bebés llorando para que sus lágrimas inducirían a los dioses a proporcionar la lluvia) y los espartanos (que mataban a niños considerados demasiado débiles o imperfectos) se desvaneció como un destello del cuarto de julio en la lluvia.

Una Derecho Equivocado Y así, durante siglos y siglos, fue universalmente entendido que la idea de tomar la vida de un niño en el vientre era un crimen contra Dios y el hombre. Luego, en estos Estados Unidos (y en muchas partes del mundo occidental), en los turbulentos años de los 60, un movimiento se puso en pie para, al principio, despenalizar el aborto y luego legalizarlo. En 1973, la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, tal vez la peor decisión en toda la historia jurisprudencial de los Estados Unidos, no solo legalizó el aborto, sino que dio el salto excepcional de convertirlo en un derecho constitucional. Un golpe de cuerpo a la paz, el amor y la comprensión si alguna vez hubo uno.

Más Que Números. Desde 1973, en los Estados Unidos, se han realizado alrededor de 60, 000,000 abortos. Para poner esto en contexto, esto representa más que la población de más de la mitad de los estados en nuestra nación; más que Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawái, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Luisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Nuevo México, Dakota del Norte, Oklahoma, Oregón, Rhode Island, Dakota del Sur, Utah, Vermont, Virginia Occidental y Wyoming, juntos. A nivel mundial, el número se sitúa en 1,472,000,000, desde 1980. Estos números a veces se pueden considerar como meros resúmenes estadísticos, pero no lo son. Cada número es una vida humana que no ha nacido. Cada número es una vida eliminada de una preocupación por las finanzas, las vergüenzas, el miedo o la pérdida de la libertad.

Falsas Nociones, Falsas Promesas. Durante este Mes de Respeto a la Vida, vamos a comprometemos nuevamente a respetar el valor innato de la vida humana, desde el momento de la concepción hasta el momento de la muerte natural. Eliminemos la cultura de la muerte, y nunca, nunca, nunca, aceptemos sus

premisas falsas de que (tomar la vida de un niño es tu elección) y sus falsas promesas de que (estarás mejor sin este niño).

Palabras ... Santa Teresa de Calcuta lo dijo bien: "[Si] aceptamos que una madre pueda matar a su propio hijo, ¿cómo podremos decir a otros que no se maten? ¿Cómo persuadir a una mujer de que no practique un aborto? Como siempre, hay que hacerlo con amor y recordar que amar significa dar hasta que duela”. Agregó: "Cualquier país que acepta el aborto no está enseñando a su pueblo a amarse unos a otros, sino a usar cualquier tipo de violencia para obtener lo que quieren... Es por eso que el mayor destructor del amor y la paz es el aborto”. La Escritura dice más sucintamente:" No matarás”.

… y Música. Para terminar como comencé, quiero volver a hacer referencia a la canción, ". "Qué es tan divertido ‘cerca de la paz, el amor y la comprensión".

Esta canción termina con estas palabras:" Y a medida que camino / por tiempos difíciles, a veces, mi espíritu se desanima. / Entonces, ¿dónde están los fuertes / y quiénes son los confiables? / ¿Y dónde está la armonía? / Dulce armonía. / Porque cada vez que siento que se me escapa, simplemente me dan ganas de llorar: / '¿Qué es tan divertido' acerca del amor y la comprensión y de la paz?” Para responder a esa pregunta: No hay nada, absolutamente nada divertido. Es lo que se necesita para sobrevivir. Vivir nuestra fe católica y cambiar y convertir los corazones y las mentes en cuanto al tema del aborto (como lo hemos estado haciendo durante casi medio siglo), así como cambiar las leyes y la sociedad, contribuirá en gran medida a traer paz, amor y comprensión en nuestras vidas y en nuestra nación.

Tuyo en Cristo,

Fr. James Lentini, Párroco