St. Martin de Porres Parish - August 16, 2026 - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Parish bulletin for St. Martin de Porres dated August 16, 2026, marking the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Includes messages to parishioners about Labor Day approaching, blessing college-bound students at the 11:30 Mass, and reflection on the Gospel encounter with the Canaanite woman and the call to pray with patience, persistence, and humility. Also provides parish contact and staff information, Mass schedule, sacraments and reconciliation times, school and religious education contacts, pastoral care guidance, cemetery notice, and upcoming event listings.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

FormatPDF

Pages8

Reading Time20 min

AccessFree to download

Parish Staff

Mass Schedule

Sacrament of Reconciliation

School

Religious Education

Parish Cemetery

Baptism, Marriages, Pastoral Care of the Sick, New Parishioners

Rectory Office Hours

Letter to Parishioners

Upcoming Events

118 Cedar Valley Road 845-473-4222 S t. Martin de Porres Par i h 422 Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 [smdpnorman@gmail.com](smdpnorman@gmail.com) [www.stmartindeporres.org](www.stmartindeporres.org)~find us on Facebook smdplucas@gmail com ~~Au~~~~u t 16 2026 ~~~~~ T enti t h S nd ~~~~ i Or ar~~~~ T ~~e [tindeporres.org](tindeporres.org) find us on Faceboo smdplucas@gm .c s , w e u a n d i n i m PARISH STAFF Rev. Matthew J. Furey, Pastor Rev. David Kazzahchiyang Didam Deacons: Victor Salamone, James Fiorio, Michael Correale, Kevin McGuirk Msgr. James P. Sullivan, Pastor Emeritus s William Kennedy, Parish Finance Director Patti Norman, Administrative Assistant Marie Lucas, Administrative Assistant Jackie Hourani, Music Coordinator John Blejwas, Trustee Sophia Sciacca, Trustee MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY VIGIL: 5:00 PM SUNDAY: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 AM, 5:00 PM WEEKDAYS: 6:45 AM & 12:15 PM SATURDAY: 8:00 AM Holy Days & Federal Holidays: Consult Bulletin SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION N Saturday: 3:45-4:45 PM and by appointment, please call the Rectory 845-473-4222 SCHOOL L Mrs. Kim Papineau, Principal 845-452-4428 [www.smdpschool.net](www.smdpschool.net) RELIGIOUS EDUCATION N Deacon Kevin McGuirk, Director Office Hours Monday-Thursday, 9:30 AM-1:30 PM 845-471-8728 PARISH CEMETERY ( Y ( Calvary y 845-473-4222 2 BAPTISM: Celebrated on Sundays at 1:00 PM. Please contact the Rectory well in advance of the Sacrament. Baptismal preparation class is held once a month at 6:00 PM in the Church. MARRIAGES: Couples should contact one of the priests or deacons at least 6 months prior to the wedding date. A marriage preparation program is required. PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK: Please call the Rectory if you wish to receive the Sacraments at home, in the hospital or Nursing Home. In case of emergency please call anytime day or night and a priest will come. Notify us of any hospitalization so that we may be of assistance. NEW PARISHIONERS: We welcome you and would like to meet you. Please introduce yourself to one of our priests, deacons or call the Rectory. Consult the bulletin for registration information. RECTORY OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Thurs. 9:30 AM-3:30 PM, Friday 9:30 AM-12:00 PM (summer) 845-473-4222 ~ August 16, 2026 ~ Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear Parishioners, Labor Day is only three weeks away as we savor these last weeks of summer. At this point in the summer we hold in our hearts in a very special way our young people who graduated from high school this past spring and are getting ready to begin college, some leaving home for the first time in their lives. What an exciting time this is for them, though not without some stress and anxiety. That is why we hope that as many of them as possible will join us at the 11:30 Mass this Sunday to receive a special blessing and be acknowledged by their fellow parishioners as we assure them of our love and our prayers as they begin this exciting new adventure in their lives. May they stay close to God always in whatever they do as the beautiful plan He has for their lives unfolds in the years ahead. We pray in the Responsorial Psalm this weekend:“O God let all the nations praise you!” God’s plan to draw all peoples to Himself began with His choice of the Jewish people, the people of Israel. God chose the people of Israel to be a people uniquely His own, not for their sake only, but to be a light to all people of every race and nation. For it was from the Jewish people that God would bring forth our Savior, Jesus Christ, to draw all peoples to Salvation through Faith in Him. As St. Paul said: “God wills that all people be saved and come to the knowledge of the Truth.” We see a foreshadowing of this Universal Salvific Will of God in that interesting encounter between Jesus and the Canaanite woman in the Gospel for this 20th Week in Ordinary Time. Jesus went with His disciples into gentile territory, t

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What guidance is given about prayer?

The bulletin teaches that God always hears and answers prayers, though not always according to human expectations. Patient, persistent, and humble prayer is presented as the fruit of strong and authentic faith.

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