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., Closed Wednesdays & Fridays

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

August 12, 2018 – Nineteenth 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. Timothy J. Brady, 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.

Special Note: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Holy Day of Obligation. All Catholics are to attend Mass for the Assumption,

just as if it were a Sunday. Please refer to the next page for Mass times.

Dear Parishioners,

Elementary Education. Fictional 221B Baker Street is the home to Sherlock Holmes, greatest detective and solver-of-mysteries in the world (though I suspect

Columbo might give him a run for his money). One of the great qualities embodied in author Arthur Conan Doyle’s character, Sherlock Holmes, is the ability to make logical deductions (not the I.R.S. type, but rather the intellectual type). By looking at a crime scene, examining facts, and assessing character traits, Holmes was able to solve some of the thorniest

mysteries in literary history. He put the crew driving Scooby-Doo’s “Mystery Machine” van to shame. And when by deduction he solved the mystery and revealed the truth of the situation, his aide-de-camp Dr. Watson would look amazed and says “How did you figure it out?” And, Sherlock Holmes would look at his amazed

friend, and say, with explanation to follow, “Elementary, my dear Watson.”

Dogma Days of Summer. That power of deduction,

so seminal to the actions and work of Sherlock Holmes, are also applicable to Theology. By examining evidence revealed to us, we can rightly deduce some proper conclusions about God and salvation. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an observance of an event in the life of Mary and in

salvation history. This event, which is a declared dogma of the Church, was held nearly universally for centuries before its official declaration. Why? Because what it asserted made logical sense and could be deduced by facts made known to us by revelation.

Adam and Eve: The Sequel. Here is the basic premise: the wages of sin, results in death. Death

came into the world by Adam and Eve’s first transgression; the preternatural gifts that had been given to man were squander by their act of disobedience. Thus, man was cast out of paradise, the “gates of Heaven” closed. Later in salvation history, after covenants and second-chances offered by God

had been unsuccessful with mankind, comes the time of our redemption. Mary is the “new Eve” – she is conceived in the womb of St. Ann without the taint of original sin. Later in her life, she was asked to bear the

Son of the Most High – Jesus. She, with her heart open to God, said “Yes.” By the power of the Holy Spirit, Christ was conceived in her womb. He was to be the “new Adam” – the first born of the “new creation.” And he was. We know the rest of the story – he suffered, died, and rose that we might have new life and Heaven could await us.

Paradise Found. Mary, unlike us, was conceived without the taint of original sin, which is the cause of death as we know it. She lived a sinless life. Thus, she would, at the end of her earthly life, rightly be able dwell in paradise – in Heaven. Just as Eve before the fall dwelt in paradise, so too, Mary. Because of this

unique status of Mary, she was assumed – taken up into Heaven – body and soul. There was no need for her to wait for that final resurrection; she already

possessed all she needed to dwell with God. And so, she does: as Queen of All-Saints, our mother and our model for the life of faith.

And from a point of deductive reasoning, this makes

perfect sense: If original sin separated us from dwelling in Paradise, and Mary lacked the stain of original sin and remained sinless throughout her life, of course, she would be assumed into Heaven. Elementary, my dear Watson!

Here’s the Story of our Lovely Lady. So, what do we know from faith history about the Assumption of

Mary? Well, Sacred Tradition from the 4th century (and perhaps earlier) tell us about Mary's later life, her “death” or “dormition,” and her Assumption into

Heaven. While not explicitly found in Scripture, these events are nonetheless part of Divine Revelation, specifically that we call “Tradition.” Tradition – which,

like Scripture, has God as its source – is Divine Revelation passed down to us from the Apostles.

Sacred Tradition’s revelation about the Assumption tells us that Christ appeared to our Mary, at her home

in Jerusalem, where she lived after His Ascension. Jesus revealed to her that she is soon to pass from this world. Word of this gets out, and the Apostles, who had travelled hither and yon to spread the Good News,

make their way back to Jerusalem for a fitting farewell to Mary. A fourth century text known as “The Dormition of Mary,” describes the Assumption in this way:

“Stretching out his hands, the Lord received her holy soul. And when her soul departed, the place was filled with a sweet smell and bright light. And a voice from

heaven proclaimed: 'Blessed are you among women.' Peter and John, Paul and Thomas, ran to embrace her feet and receive her holiness; and the twelve apostles laid her holy body on a bier and bore it forth… Instructed by Jesus, Peter and the other apostles took her body to be buried in a new tomb near Gethsemane

in the Kidron Valley, where miracles of healing accompanied her burial. Three days later, angels took her body to heaven.”

Dormition, Doctrine and Dogma. In the seventh century, the feast day called “the Dormition of Mary,” honoring Mary’s Assumption into heaven, was established firmly throughout the eastern Catholic

Church. When that feast made its way west, it was retitled as the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This holy day was observed with universal devotion for many centuries. Finally, in 1950 Pope Pius XII, speaking ex cathedra (i.e., expressing something infallibly using the “extraordinary Magisterium”) declared that the Assumption is to be held as part of

the Deposit of Faith (i.e., the static and unchangeable truth entrusted to the Church by God), and therefore must be believed by all the faithful. In the document he issued to declare this, Munificentissimus Deus, Pope

Pius XII wrote: “Mary, the immaculate perpetually Virgin Mother of God, after the completion of her

earthly life, was assumed body and soul into the glory of heaven.”

Elementary, my dear Watson!

Yours in Christ, Fr. James Lentini, Pastor

MASS INTENTIONS:

Sunday, August 12 8:30 Lynn Schepens 11:00 Rosida Soriano Misa en Español 1pm For the People

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday, August 14

5:30pm For the People 7pm Misa en Español For the People

Wednesday, August 15 9:00am For the People

Thursday, August 16 - No Misa Sunday, August 19 8:30 Larry Rash 11:00 Lynn Schepens Misa en Español 1pm For the People

COLLECTION TOTALS:

Offertory: $ 3643.00

Supplementary: $ 513.00

Second Collection Today: Supplementary

Your continued support of the work of your Church

is much needed, and appreciated.

2018 Mass book is now open.

To schedule a Mass, please contact the office

STEWARDSHIP OF TIME & TALENT

Collection Counters

Aug 12 Elisa & Tom Costello

Aug 19 Marilyn Dixon & Maurilio Gabriel

Aug 26 Ann Lawson & Assistant

Church Cleaning Crew

Agosto 17, 2018 Grupo #15

Juan Díaz Reynoso, Marlene García, Leonel Juárez,

Bernardo De Paz, Brendy Macario

Agosto 24, 2018 Grupo #2

Hortencia Bamaca, Luz Morales, Lilian Díaz Bamaca,

Rosemery Bamaca, Froilán Berduo, Sheila Berduo

Altar Servers

August 19

8:30am Mass – Anna Clancy & Averi Locke

11am Mass – Joanna & Sherlin Santizo

Spanish Misa 1pm – Yareli & Jose Ortiz

Lectors

August 19

8:30am Mass – Gerry Godfrey

11am Mass – Sherry Tucker

Spanish Misa 1pm – Olegario Cuin, Yorly Escalante

Eucharistic Ministers

August 19

8:30am Mass – Brenda Lawson, Sarah Bell

11am Mass – Paul Lardizzone, Joan Stewart

Spanish Misa 1pm – Alberto Morales, Carlos

Miguel, Flora Pérez, Miguel López, Antonio Pérez

Marriage & Family Life Corner

Marriage Moment –

Dare you share with your beloved a foolish

thing you've done during your life? More

importantly, share one way that you see

your beloved as wise (other than marrying

you).

Parenting Pointer –

Help your child unravel the mystery of how

mistakes and problems teach life lessons to

be used for future success.

COME JOIN US SATURDAY,

SEPTEMBER 8 from 9-4 in the Parish Hall

Ministry Open House & Certification

See the Flyer in Bulletin

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Sun, Aug 12 12 noon- VBS follow up mtg. comp center

Tues, Aug 14 Vigil Mass for Holy Day of Obligation

Wed, Aug 15 – Holy Day of Obligation

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Fri, Aug 17 7pm – Band Practice

Sat, Aug 18 Aniversario Jovenes- Salón

6:30pm Culto

Knights of Columbus Next meeting Tues, August

14th

6:30pm Rosary

7pm Meeting

in the Knights Hall

All members are encouraged

to attend. Membership is open

to men 18 years of age or older who are practicing

Catholics. For more info, contact Grand Knight, Bruce

Kelley (302) 502-6040 or kelley29@comcast.net.

Follow us on Facebook @ Knights of Columbus

Council 12509

As we witnessed recently, there are many issues facing the State of Delaware and Maryland that are of concern to Catholics. Life issues such as abortion and euthanasia, assistance for Catholic school families, aid to the poor and vulnerable are just a few issues that concern us. It is up to us to stay informed about these issues. One way is to join the Catholic Advocacy Network. It takes just 3 minutes to just 5 minutes to join Catholics in the Diocese of Wilmington as members. Marylanders are invited to join the Maryland Catholic Advocacy Network or the Maryland Catholic Conference. The actions of our government have an enormous impact on the lives of you and your family.

Join the Catholic Advocacy Network today.

Delaware:

www.cdow.org/join-the-delaware-catholic-advocacy-

network/

Maryland:

www.mdcathcon.org/657

FROM THE DRE’S DESK

Registration for Religious Education starting in September is still needed. Please stop in the office and register your children and reserve their spot now. Do not wait for September! Do it today.

We begin Classes on Sunday, September 23, 2018

REGISTRATIONS!! Registrations for 2018-2019 are needed in office of religious education now. Please get your registrations for school of Religious Education this weekend. Fees are as follows: $35 per child, not to exceed $150 per family. This is to defray all costs of books, materials, and supplies. LAS MATRICULAS: para nuestro programa de formación cristiana de niños en domingo están todavía disponibles en el despacho parroquial, en la entrada principal del templo, y en el internet. Favor de someterlas en lo más pronto posible, con la cobra de $35 por cada niño, y no más de $150 cada familia.

Hear the call? Share your talents, time & gifts with

our parish. Not sure where? Call Alicia Poppiti, we can

find a place for you here!! Training on site; knowledge

of the Catholic faith, and a willingness to share your

faith and your faith journey with the children and people

of our Parish. Salary: the satisfaction of doing the right

thing in this life! Benefits: a hundred fold happiness in

the next. Presently, a team for our littlest of Gods

children- PreK and Kindergarten is needed and helpers,

aides and substitutes are always appreciated. Thank you.

Attention 8th grade Students: A High School Placement Test (HSPT) Prep Course will be offered at STMA Aug. 20-23

9am – 11am English language arts 11am – noon lunch 12pm – 2pm Mathematics Cost: one session $80 or both sessions: $150 (save $10) Contact: jcoffield@saintmore.org for more information & to register. STMA will also be offering a Pre-HSPT (practice) that will be offered on Friday, Aug. 24 9am-12pm - $65

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Theme: Jesus the Living Bread

Question for Children: Name one way that your

faith nourishes you? How does it help your life?

Question for Youth: Bread nourishes us

physically, and Jesus as the living bread nourishes

spiritually. How can you be more open to Jesus and

the ways that he can feed you?

Question for Adults: What nourishes your life?

What does the phrase “living bread” mean for you?

19no domingo del tiempo ordinario Tema: Jesús, el pan vivo

Pregunta para los niños: Menciona una manera en

que la fe te nutre. ¿En qué te ayuda en tu vida?

Pregunta para los jóvenes: El pan alimenta

nuestro cuerpo y Jesús es el pan vivo que alimenta

nuestro espíritu. ¿Cómo puedes estar más abierto a

Jesús y a las maneras en que Él te puede alimentar?

Pregunta para los adultos: ¿Qué alimenta su vida?

¿Qué significa la frase “pan vivo” para usted?

Are you being called to the priesthood or religious life?

Find out more about the priesthood at

www.diocesanpriest.com Find out more about the

religious life: religiouslife.com Let us help you to discover God’s plan for

your life. E-mail: vocations@cdow.org or

Call us: (302) 573-3113 today!

VACATION

MASS GUIDE

Before you head to the beach or bay, check out ww.cdow.org/vmg/

Columna del párroco padre James

Lentini 12 de agosto, 2018. Nota especial: La Asunción de la Santísima Virgen María es un día santo

de obligación. Todos los católicos deben asistir a la Misa por la Asunción, como si

fuera un domingo. Consulte en otro lugar de este boletín los horarios de Misa de ese día (8/15) y de la noche

anterior (8/14).

Educación Elemental. Ficción 221B Baker

Street es el hogar de Sherlock Holmes, el mejor detective y solucionador de misterios del mundo (aunque sospecho que Columbo

podría intentarlo por su dinero). Una de las grandes cualidades incorporadas en el

personaje del autor Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, es que tiene la capacidad de hacer deducciones lógicas (no del tipo

I.R.S., sino más bien del tipo intelectual). Al observar la escena del crimen, examinar los

hechos y evaluar los rasgos del personaje, Holmes podía resolver algunos de los misterios más complicado de la historia

literaria. Avergonzó a la tripulación que conducía la furgoneta "Maquina Misteriosa"

de Scooby-Doo. Y cuando por deducción resolvió el misterio y reveló la verdad de la

situación, su ayudante de campo, el Dr. Watson, asombrado y le preguntó "¿Cómo lo resolviste?" Y Sherlock Holmes miraría a su

asombrado amigo, y dijo, con una explicación a seguir, "Elemental, mi querido

Watson".

Dogma de Verano. Ese poder de deducción, tan fundamental para las

acciones y el trabajo de Sherlock Holmes, también se aplica a la Teología. Al examinar

la evidencia que se nos reveló, podemos deducir correctamente algunas conclusiones correctas acerca de Dios y la salvación. La

Asunción de la Santísima Virgen María es una observancia de un evento en la vida de

María y en la historia de la salvación. Este evento, que es un dogma declarado de la Iglesia, se celebró casi universalmente

durante siglos antes de su declaración oficial. ¿Por qué? Porque lo que afirmaba tenía

sentido lógico y podía deducirse por hechos que conocemos por revelación.

Adán y Eva: La Secuela. Aquí está la premisa básica: el salario del pecado, resulta

en la muerte. La muerte vino al mundo por la primera transgresión de Adán y Eva; los

dones sobrenaturales que se le habían dado al hombre fueron derrochados por su acto de desobediencia. Por lo tanto, el hombre fue

expulsado del paraíso, las "puertas del Cielo" se cerraron. Más tarde en la historia de la

salvación, después de que los convenios y las segundas oportunidades ofrecidas por Dios no hubieran tenido éxito con la

humanidad, llega el momento de nuestra redención. María es la "nueva Eva": es

concebida en el vientre de Santa Ana sin la mancha del pecado original. Más adelante en su vida, se le pidió que llevara al Hijo del

Altísimo: Jesús. Ella, con su corazón abierto a Dios, dijo "Sí". Por el poder del Espíritu

Santo, Cristo fue concebido en su vientre. Él iba a ser el "nuevo Adán", el primogénito de

la "nueva creación". Y lo era. Conocemos el resto de la historia: sufrió, murió y resucitó para que tuviéramos una nueva vida y el

Cielo podría esperarnos.

Paraíso Encontrado. María, a diferencia de

nosotros, fue concebida sin la mancha del pecado original, que es la causa de la muerte tal como la conocemos. Ella vivió una vida

sin pecado. Por lo tanto, ella podría, al final de su vida terrenal, vivir en el paraíso, en el

Cielo. Así como Eva antes de la caída habitó en el paraíso, también María. Debido a este estado único de María, ella fue asunta,

llevada al Cielo, en cuerpo y alma. No había necesidad de que esperara la resurrección

final; ella ya poseía todo lo que necesitaba para vivir con Dios. Y así lo hace: como Reina de Todos los Santos, nuestra madre y

nuestro modelo para la vida de fe.

Y desde un punto de razonamiento

deductivo, esto tiene perfecto sentido: si el pecado original nos separó de nuestra morada en el Paraíso, y María careció de la

mancha del pecado original y permaneció sin pecado durante toda su vida, por supuesto,

sería asunta al Cielo. ¡Elemental mi querido Watson!

Aquí está la historia de Nuestra Amada

Señora . Entonces, ¿qué sabemos de la historia de fe sobre la Asunción de María?

Bueno, la Sagrada Tradición del siglo IV (y

tal vez antes) nos cuenta acerca de la vida posterior de María, su "muerte" o

"dormición" y su Asunción al Cielo. Aunque no se encuentran explícitamente en las

Escrituras, estos eventos son, sin embargo, parte de la Revelación divina, específicamente lo que llamamos "Tradición".

La Tradición, que como las Escrituras tiene a Dios como su fuente, es la Revelación divina

que los Apóstoles nos transmitieron.

La revelación de la Sagrada Tradición sobre la Asunción nos dice que Cristo se apareció a

nuestra María, en su casa en Jerusalén, donde vivió después de Su Ascensión. Jesús

le reveló que ella pronto pasará de este mundo. Se corre la voz de esto, y los Apóstoles, que habían viajado de aquí para

allá para difundir las Buenas Nuevas, regresan a Jerusalén para despedirse de

María. Un texto del siglo IV conocido como "La Dormición de María", describe la

Asunción de esta manera:

"Extendiendo sus manos, el Señor recibió su alma santa. Y cuando su

alma partió, el lugar se llenó de un olor dulce y una luz brillante. Y una

voz del cielo proclamó: "Bendita tú entre las mujeres". Pedro y Juan, Pablo y Tomás, corrieron a abrazar sus

pies y recibir su santidad; y los doce apóstoles colocaron su cuerpo sagrado

en un féretro y lo llevaron adelante... Instruido por Jesús, Pedro y los otros apóstoles llevaron su cuerpo para

enterrarlo en una nueva tumba cerca de Getsemaní en el valle de Cedrón,

donde milagros de curación acompañaron su entierro. Tres días después, los ángeles llevaron su

cuerpo al cielo”.

Dormición, Doctrina y Dogma. En el siglo

VII, el día de fiesta llamado "La Dormición de María", honrando la Asunción de María al cielo, se estableció firmemente en toda la

Iglesia Católica del este. Cuando esa fiesta se dirigió al oeste, fue retitulada como la

Asunción de la Santísima Virgen María. Este día santo se observó con devoción universal durante muchos siglos. Finalmente, en 1950,

el Papa Pío XII, hablando ex cathedra (es decir, expresando algo infaliblemente usando

el "Magisterio extraordinario") declaró que la

Asunción debe realizarse como parte del Depósito de la Fe (es decir, la verdad

estática e inmutable confiada a la Iglesia por Dios), y por lo tanto debe ser creído por

todos los fieles. En el documento que emitió para declarar esto, Munificentissimus Deus, el Papa Pío XII escribió: "María, la

inmaculada perpetuamente Virgen Madre de Dios, después de la consumación de su vida

terrenal, fue asunta en cuerpo y alma en la gloria del cielo".

¡Elemental mi querido Watson!

Tuyo en Cristo,

P. James Lentini

Pastor