15th and King Streets founded 1880

6th and West Streets founded 1816

6th and Pine Streets founded 1858

Saint Patrick Cathedral of Saint Peter Saint Mary

of the Immaculate Conception

Scheduled Masses

Saint Patrick

Sunday: *8 am, 9:30 am, *11 am, 5 pm Mondays & Wednesdays: *5:30 pm

Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:30 pm First Fridays: 5 pm Adoration; *6 pm

First Saturdays: *9 am

Cathedral of Saint Peter

Sunday: 9:30 am

Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays: 12:10pm

Saturday: 4 pm

* Mass offered in Latin

Saint Mary

Sunday: 8 am

The Sunday obligation has been restored, effective June 27, 2021.

Please invite your family and friends.

Confession Schedule

Saint Patrick

Monday–Thursday 4:30–5:15 pm

Cathedral of Saint Peter

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

Saint Michael Chapel

Other Sacraments

Please contact one of the priests through the parish offices to arrange

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

Downtown Catholic Offices open Mondays to Thursdays, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm

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

office@downtowncatholic.com www.cathedralofstpeter.com www.smspwilmington.com

Most Reverend William E. Koenig, Tenth Bishop of Wilmington Very Reverend Joseph W. McQuaide, iv, Rector–Pastor

Reverend Christopher M. Markellos, O.Praem., Parochial Vicar Deacon Anthony J. Gallo

XXVIII Sunday in Ordinary Time—XX after Pentecost October 10, 2021

Mass Intentions for the Week Date Celebrant Time Church Mass Intention

Oct. 9 Visiting Priest 4 pm Cathedral of St. Peter John F. Sarnecky

Oct. 10 Fr. Markellos 8 am St. Mary Gloria Renda

Fr. McQuaide *8 am St. Patrick Sophy Family

Fr. McQuaide 9:30 am Cathedral of St. Peter Michael Tidwell

Fr. Markellos 9:30 am St. Patrick Pro Populo

Fr. McQuaide *11 am St. Patrick James Conte

Fr. Markellos 5 pm St. Patrick Mr. & Mrs. Cordova Mustafa

Oct. 11 Fr. McQuaide 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Lena Moletteire

Fr. McQuaide *5:30 pm St. Patrick Patrick & Christina Rock

Oct. 12 Fr. McQuaide 5:30 pm St. Patrick M/M C. J. Erickson, Sr.

Oct. 13 Fr. Markellos 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Richard & Helen Menton

Fr. McQuaide *5:30 pm St. Patrick Dan McCuen

Oct. 14 Fr. Markellos 5:30 pm St. Patrick Annette Vosteen

Oct. 15 Fr. Markellos 12:10 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Anthony Mombro

Oct. 16 Fr. Markellos 4 pm Cathedral of St. Peter Richard Frawley

Oct. 17 Bishop Malooly 8 am St. Mary Pro Populo

Fr. Markellos *8 am St. Patrick John & Jeannie Lyon

Bishop Koenig 9:30 am Cathedral of St. Peter Deceased Members of SVdP

Fr. Markellos 9:30 am St. Patrick Monsignor Paul Lansfeld

Fr. Markellos *11 am St. Patrick Bishop William Koenig

Visiting Priest 5 pm St. Patrick Louise Restak

*indicates Mass is offered in the extraordinary form (Latin)

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

Cathedral of Saint Peter WEEKLY OFFERTORY

Received Budgeted/

Needed Difference

Oct. 2-3 $1,588 $2,115 ($527)

YTD $20,322 $29,615 ($9,293)

Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception

Received

Budgeted/Needed

Difference

Oct. 2-3 $385 $673 ($288)

YTD $9,190 $9,423 ($233)

Saint Patrick

Received

Budgeted/Needed

Difference

Oct. 2-3 $2,058 $3,442 ($1,384)

YTD $51,175 $48,192 $2,983

Listen to the Catholic Forum radio pro-gram/podcast each week. Next Saturday, October 16th, tune in to hear an inter-view with Dennis Turner, author of the book, “What Did You Do in the War, Sis-ter: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance.” Catholic Forum airs on Sat-

urday afternoons at 1:30 on Relevant Radio 640; Listen at cdow.org/CatholicForum, or search “Catholic Forum” on Apple, Spotify, or iHeartRadio podcasts. For photos, infor-mation regarding upcoming guests, links and more, like” Catholic Forum on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Catholicforum.

Lectors for Next Weekend, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 16th & 17th

Readings: Isaiah 53:10-11, Hebrews 4:14-16, Mark 10:35-45

Cathedral, 4 pm Sister Virginia Ann

St. Mary, 8 am Sean Reilly

Cathedral, 9:30 am Christa Klein

St. Patrick, 9:30 am Becky Yerak

St. Patrick, 5 pm Paul Lundmark

Saturday, October 16th is the feast of

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

A self-effacing nun in the Visitation Convent at Paray-le-Monial, France, was inspired by the Lord Jesus to establish the devotion of the Holy Hour. Her name was St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, and from the age of seven, when she received her first Holy Communion, she had always manifested an intense love of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Our Lord entrusted to her the mission of establishing the reign of the Sacred Heart. Criticism did not ham-per her zeal, and her charity toward her opponents won them over to the cause of the Master.

In the first revelation of the Sacred Heart, Our Lord made known His burning desire to be loved by all men and His design of manifesting to them His Sacred Heart with its treasures of mercy. Margaret Mary com-municated Our Lord’s wish that the faithful receive Holy Communion on the first Friday of each month and observe the Feast of the Sacred Heart on the Fri-day after the octave of Corpus Christi.

After 19 years in the convent, St. Margaret Mary died October 17, 1690. Through her apostolate of devotion to the Sacred Heart many sinners have repented and found grace with God.

Pray for the Sick of our Churches “I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will

let them enjoy abundant peace and security." ~ Jeremiah 33:6

Lisa Boyer, Father Jeffrey Cesarrone, Elaine & Joe

McQuaide, The Nichols Family, Jerry & Mickey Watson

Names may be submitted online at cathedralofstpeter.com/prayer-request or smspwilmington.com/prayer-request or by calling the offices. Names will remain on the prayer list for four weeks.

A Prayer to St. Joseph, Defender of Life Dearest St. Joseph, at the word of an angel, you lovingly took Mary into your home. As God’s humble servant, you guided the Holy Family on the road to Bethlehem, wel-comed Jesus as your own son in the shelter of a manger, and fled far from your homeland for the safety of both Mother and Child. We praise God that as their faithful protector, you never hesitated to sacrifice for those entrusted to you. May your example inspire us also to welcome, cherish, and safeguard God’s most precious gift of life. Help us to faithfully commit ourselves to the service and defense of human life—especially where it is vulnerable or threatened. Obtain for us the grace to do the will of God in all things. Amen.