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26 Dodgingtown Road, Bethel, CT 06801
Phone: (203)744‐5777 Fax: (203)744‐3740
www.stmarybethel.org
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PARISH OFFICE SUMMER HOURS:
9am –2:00 pm, Monday – Friday (Closed weekends and Holidays)
St. Mary Catholic Church 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday, 7/23 Monday, 7/24 Tuesday, 7/25 Wednesday, 7/26
7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am,
11:30am & 5:30pm Masses
6:30am Mass
8:35am Rosary
9:00am Mass
6:30am Mass
8:35am Rosary
9:00am Mass
Senior & Junior Youth Group Movie Night
6:30am Mass
8:35am Rosary
9:00am Mass
7:00pm Prayer Service
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♦ There is a new “way” for beatification and canonization: it concerns those Christians who, driven by charity, heroically offer their life to others. It is “the free offering of one’s life” which is added to the categories of “martyrdom” and “heroism of virtues” from which, up until today, the Church’s proceeded to declare a person Blessed. Pope Francis issued it in a motu proprio letter published today, July 11, 2017.
With the letter “Maiorem hac dilectionem” on the free offer of one’s life, the Pontiff paves the way for the beatification of those faithful who have donated themselves to someone by freely and voluntarily accepting a sure and soon‐to‐come death.
“Worthy of special consideration and honor ‐ reads the Papal document ‐ are those Christians who, following closer the footsteps and teachings of the Lord Jesus, voluntarily and freely offered their lives to others and persevered until death in this purpose. It is certain ‐ he explains ‐ that the heroic offering of life, suggested and supported by charity, expresses a true, full and exemplary imitation of Christ, and therefore deserves the admiration that the community of the faithful commonly reserves to those who voluntarily accepted the martyrdom of blood or practiced Christian virtues in a heroic way.”
It is a news that will change rules in place for centuries. There remains the need for these cases “the exercise, at least in ordinary degree, of the Christian virtues before the subject’s offering of his or her life”. And for beatification, the necessity of a miracle, one that occurred after the death of the Servant of God.
So far, the Catholic Church foresaw that a servant of God could be beatified through “martyrdom” or the way of “heroic virtues”. There is now a third, less known way, “Monsignor Marcello Bartolucci, secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, explains on L’Osservatore Romano,” which, however, leads to the same result as the other two. It is the way of the “casus excepti”, so called by the Code of Canon Law of 1917. Their recognition leads to the confirmation of an ancient worship, i.e. after the pontificate of Alexander III (1181) but before 1534, as established by Urban VIII (1623‐1644), the great legislator for the Causes of Saints. Confirmation of ancient worship is also referred to “equivalent beatification”.
The procedure of equivalence allows popes to approve, with a simple decree, a spontaneous and long‐lasting worship, without specific investigations and without waiting for a miracle to occur. It therefore distinguishes itself from formal canonization and beatification for which the Church demands a regular process and the existence of miracles, one for the Blessed and two for the Saints.
There is now another way to be declared Blessed, that of the free offer of one’s life. In fact, recently “the Congregation for the Causes of Saints wondered whether ‐ Bartolucci reports ‐ were worthy of beatification those Servants of God who, inspired by the example of Christ, freely and deliberately offered and sacrificed their lives for others in a supreme act of charity, which was directly cause of death, thus putting the Lord’s word in practice, “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
The reflection on this matter dates back to “Benedict XIV, the Magister,” who “did not exclude from the honors of the altars those who had given their lives in an extreme act of charity, such as, for example providing assistance to infected people who, unleashing the contagion, became a sure cause of death. This matter ‐ says the Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints – has been subject of explicit reflection” since 2014.
♦ You may have recently heard the news about the Vatican and gluten free host. There is nothing new, so don’t worry. If you have been receiving gluten free hosts here at St. Mary’s Parish, they are totally valid for consecration according to the Church, so please continue to come to Holy Communion. It is more Fake News that the media has grabbed on to.
♦ Turin, Italy, Jul 14, 2017 / 02:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).‐ New research indicates that the Shroud of Turin shows signs of blood
St. Mary Catholic Church July 23, 2017
Thursday, 7/27 Friday, 7/28 Saturday, 7/29 Sunday, 7/30
6:30am Mass
8:35am Rosary
9:00am Mass
6:30am Mass
8:35am Rosary
9:00am Mass
8:00am Mass
4:00pm Confessions
5:30pm Mass
7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am,
11:30am and 5:30pm Masses
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from a torture victim, and undermines arguments that the reputed burial shroud of Jesus Christ was painted. Very small particles attached to the linen fibers of the shroud “have recorded a scenario of great suffering, whose victim was wrapped up in the funeral cloth,” said Elvio Carlino, a researcher at the Institute of Crystallography. These particles, called “nanoparticles,” had a “peculiar structure, size and distribution,” said University of Padua professor Giulio Fanti.
And the nanoparticles are not typical of the blood of a healthy person. Rather, they show high levels of substances called creatinine and ferritin, found in patients who suffer forceful multiple traumas like torture. “Hence, the presence of these biological nanoparticles found during our experiments point to a violent death for the man wrapped in the Turin Shroud,” Fanti said.
The shroud’s latest researchers published their findings and measurements in the U.S. open‐access peer‐reviewed journal PlosOne, in an article titled “New Biological Evidence from Atomic Resolution Studies on the Turin Shroud,” the Turin‐based newspaper La Stampa’s Vatican Insider reports. The findings contradict claims that the shroud is a painted object – claims which are common among those who suggest it is a medieval forgery. The characteristics of these particles “cannot be artifacts made over the centuries on the fabric of the Shroud,” Fanti said.
Among the most well‐known relics believed to be connected with Jesus Christ’s Passion, the Shroud of Turin has been venerated for centuries by Christians as the burial shroud of Jesus. It has been subject to intense scientific study to ascertain its authenticity, and the origins of the image. Appearing on the 14‐foot long, three‐and‐a‐half foot wide cloth a faintly stained postmortem image of a man – front and back – who has been brutally tortured and crucified. The image becomes clear in a haunting photo negative.
The study of particles took place on the nanoscale – ranging from one to 100 nanometers. A nanometer is one billionth the length of a meter. “These findings could only be revealed by the methods recently developed in the field of electron microscopy,” said Carlino. He said the research marked the first study of “the nanoscale properties of a pristine fiber taken from the Turin Shroud.” Researchers drew on experimental evidence of atomic resolution studies and recent medical studies on patients who suffered multiple acts of trauma and torture. The research was carried out by the Instituo Officia dei Materiali in Trieste and the Institute of Crystallography in Bari, both under Italy’s National Research Council, as well as the University of Padua’s Department of Industrial Engineering.
Vatican Insider said the research confirms the hypotheses of previous investigations, like that of biochemist Alan Adler in the 1990s. The Catholic Church has not taken an official position on the relic’s authenticity. The shroud is presently housed at Turin’s St. John the Baptist Cathedral. During his June 21, 2015 visit to the cathedral, Pope Francis prayed before it. “The Shroud attracts (us) toward the martyred face and body of Jesus,” he said in a noontime Angelus address at a Turin plaza. “At the same time, it pushes (us) toward the face of every suffering and unjustly persecuted person. It pushes us in the same direction as the gift of Jesus’ love.”
♦ Nathaniel Hawthorne added the “w” to his last name because one of his ancestors was John Hathorne, a Salem witch trial judge, and he wanted to distance himself from that legacy. Raised in a Calvinist milieu, Hawthorne was not a regular churchgoer, but as anyone who read The Scarlet Letter in high school knows, he was conversant with religious themes of sin, judgement, forgiveness, and mercy.
A supporter of Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, he was rewarded with a diplomatic post – the consulship in Liverpool, England. The Democratic Party did not nominate Pierce to run for a second term, however, and the Hawthorne family toured Portugal, France and Italy in late 1850’s after leaving that post. Hawthorne’s wife, Sophia Peabody, had been raised a Unitarian and both Nathaniel and Sophia were influenced by the Transcendental Movement, being friends with Bronson Alcott,
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FATHER COREY’S EPISTLEFATHER COREY’S EPISTLE Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. They had three children, Una, Julian, and Rose. Nothing in the family background could have prepared them for the conversion of their youngest child to the Catholic Church – except perhaps those years in Europe where they encountered “the Roman Church” in art and architecture, music, culture and prayer.
Rose Hawthorne’s conversion to Catholicism in 1891 shocked the family. Her father had died in 1864 and her mother moved the family to Dresden, Germany, where Rose met George Parsons Lathrop. Because of Franco‐Prussian War, Sophia moved again, back to England. There she died in 1871; Rose and George were married later that year in an Anglican Church over the objections of her brother and sister; they thought it was too soon after their mother’s death and that Rose was too young and vulnerable to marry.
They had a troubled marriage; he abused alcohol and their only child Francis died of diphtheria in 1881. George edited The Atlantic Monthly and Rose wrote poetry. They lived in New London, Connecticut and took instruction from a Paulist, Father Alfred Young, and were received into the Church. Like many new converts, they were filled with zeal and worked for the Church together on several projects, including the Catholic Summer School Movement and a history of the Visitation Convent in Georgetown.
In 1895, Rose and George took the extraordinary step of asking the Catholic Church for a permanent separation – not an annulment of their marriage – because of George’s instability and alcoholism which endangered Rose. Neither would be free to marry until the other died, so they demonstrated their belief in the indissolubility of marriage and in the Sacrament of Matrimony even as they separated. George died of cirrhosis of the liver three years later.
Rose had witnessed the decline and death of the poet, Emma Lazarus, who wrote the poem inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty, “The New Colossus.” Rose noted that although there had been no cure for Emma’s cancer, she had been comfortable and cared for during her illness. Rose began to think of those who suffered from the same disease without the same palliative care and studied nursing the New York Cancer Hospital. She went out to the poor in their tenements and opened Sister Rose's Free Home on the lower East Side with the assistance of Alice Huber.
At the same time that she was engaged in such practical nursing and care for the poor. Rose attended daily Mass, went to Confession frequently, prayed, wrote (publishing a collection of family letters as Memories of Hawthorne), and worked to raise funds. At the urging of Father Clement Thuente, O.P., Rose and Alice became Third Order Dominicans.
On December 8, 1900, with the approval of the Archbishop of New York, Michael A. Corrigan, Rose founded a new religious order, the Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer, and became its first Mother Superior with the name Mother Mary Alphonsa. She died on July 9, 1926 when she was 75 years old. Her parents had been married on July 9 in 1842.
The late Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York, approved the opening of her cause for canonization in 2003. She is now called a Servant of God. Her story, with its hints of literary romance and reality of separation and sorrow, demonstrates how strong the call to holiness can be. Out of her disappointment and grief from her failed marriage, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop as Mother Mary Alphonsa found a new vocation and a way to serve the poor and destitute in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, as her order is known today, offers this prayer for her canonization on their website:
Lord God, in your special love for the sick, the poor and the lonely, you raised up Rose Hawthorne (Mother Mary Alphonsa) to be the servant of those afflicted with incurable cancer with no one to care for them. In serving the outcast and the abandoned, she strove to see in them the face of your Son. In her eyes, those in need were always “Christ’s Poor.”
Grant that her example of selfless charity and her courage in the face of great obstacles will inspire us to be generous in our service of neighbor. We humbly ask that you glorify your servant, Rose Hawthorne, on earth according to the designs of your holy will. Through her intercession, grant the favor that I now present (here make your request). Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Mary School summer hours are Monday through Friday, 8am‐12pm.
REGISTRATION for students entering Pre‐school through Grade 8 is ongoing. Please call the school at 203‐744‐2922 or email our Director of Enrollment, Linda Garvey at [email protected] for information. You can also visit our website at www.stmarybethelct.org for school and registration information.
Religious Education Office is closed for the Summer
REGISTRATION has begun for the 2017-18 School Year. You can download the Religious Education Registration forms from our website stmarybethel.org and drop them off in the Parish Office.
PARISH OFFICE SUMMER HOURS 9AM—2PM, MONDAY — FRIDAY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 7PM PRAYER SERVICE Join us for quiet prayer at on Wednesdays in the Church for our own personal intentions and for the whole world.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP provides a prayerful experience of mutual support and comfort for those who are confronting the loss of a loved one. Our next meeting will be on Sat., Aug. 5 from 10:30‐noon in the Convent. If you will be attending for the first time, please call the Rectory at 744‐5777 to confirm.
ST. MARY BOOK CLUB: Our Summer Read will be “Who Am I to Judge” by Edward Sri. We will meet for that read on Wed., Sept. 27 at 7pm in the Children’s Room.
BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE FOR BETHEL CHILDREN IN NEED A few years ago our Parishioners came together to help our Bethel neighbors in need by purchasing new "Back to School Supplies" for our young people. Our St. Mary Parishioners responded generously! Jennifer Lawlor at Bethel Social Services has asked for our help again. Tags with what is needed are available in the vestibule of the Church. Please place all new items in the bins that will be at the entrance to the Church now through Sun., Aug. 13. Bethel Social Services will collect all on Mon., Aug. 14. For more info, contact our Parish Office. Thank you for your generosity!!
VACATIONERS If you are visiting other areas and would like information regarding Churches in that area, you may either call 1‐800‐Mass‐Times or visit the website www. Masstimes.org.
We are now beginning to fill our Parish calendar with dates and activities for the upcoming year (Sept. 2017 thru Aug. 2018). If you are a parish or school group/organization in need of meeting space, please fill out the FACILITY RESERVATION FORM (available in the parish office or on our website on the ‘forms’ page) and return to the parish office. As the demand is growing and to ensure that everyone gets the space needed, no space can be reserved until the form is received.
MARK YOU CALENDAR for our ADVENT PARISH MISSION from the weekend of December 9/10 through Wednesday, December 13 with Deacon Harold Burke‐Sivers. Deacon Harold, known worldwide as the "Dynamic
Deacon," is one of the most sought‐after speakers in the Church today. He is a powerful and passionate evangelist and preacher, whose no‐nonsense approach to living and proclaiming the Catholic faith is sure to challenge and inspire those who hear him. He will be speaking at all the Masses on Dec. 9/10 and at 7pm on Mon.—Wed. Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your faith during the Advent season!
ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEALANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL
The Annual Catholic Appeal is coming to an end. Our goal is $160,000 and we have raised $158,696 so far. If you have not yet made a gift, please pray about your decision and make a pledge or one-time gift. Donations to the 2017 Appeal helps sustain many who are unable to provide for their families or themselves. From counseling sessions, food and shelter programs, to our clergy and religious, your support is vital in continuing to meet the needs of our community and parishes. Please complete a pledge card today or go directly to www.2017ACAbridgeport.com. Together, we are Christ’s guiding light for the lives of thousands in our diocesan communities.
HELP OUR NEIGHBORS!HELP OUR NEIGHBORS!
We will be working with the Social Services Department of Bethel to help those who were affected by the fire downtown last week. Once we learn of the best way we can help as a Parish we will share that with you. In the meantime, you can make a monetary donation or supply a gift card for these families by stopping by the Social Service Office or mailing it to: The Community Council of Bethel, PO Box 667, Bethel, CT 06801.
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic men’s fraternal society dedicated to providing service to Church, community, family and youth. If you are at least 18 years of age and think you may be interested in joining our ranks, please contact Grand Knight Tony Iorfino at (203)744‐2714 or email [email protected].
Offertory for the weekend of July 15/16
Collection: $10,401.00 On‐Line Giving: $3,930.00
SENIOR/JUNIOR YOUTH GROUP — Our next activity is Tues., July 25 for an AMC Movie Night to see Spiderman! For more i n f o r m a t i o n , c o n t a c t [email protected] or call (203)744-5777
I I — Justin Thomas Behn & Tiffany Ashley Uliano
SUMMER SCHEDULE
July 25th – AMC Night Swinging into AMC this summer for his 6th featured appearance on the silver screen — Spiderman is having a
homecoming! Join us for the evening showing at AMC as we welcome back our friendly neighborhood superhero. (Time is TBD). (Senior and Junior Youth Group / Family Groups).
August 8th – Six Flags Family Day The Diocese of Springfield is hosting a Youth & Family Day at Six Flags New England with all day admission and all‐
you‐can‐eat buffet for an awesome price. The event would start for us around 10‐10:30am and we would plan to come back late afternoon/early evening. Email if you are interested in attending or (as a parent) chaperoning. Deadline for registration is July 26th. (you will have to have completed VIRTUS training to help/participate as a chaperone). (Senior Youth Group)
August 13th – Family Picnic Day Join us for the 11:30am Mass, and then head out to Bennett Park for an easy afternoon of fun and food. (Senior &
Junior Youth Group/Family Groups).
August 19th – Fan the Fire The traditional diocesan youth rally that we all know and love! This year the location has changed, but the spirit is the same. The event will be at St. Joseph High School in
Trumbull. Please respond ASAP as a youth or as an adult if you would like to attend or help out with the event. It is set to go from 9am – 9pm. (Senior Youth Group)
August 25th – Brownstone Park Family Day What better way to wrap up a hot summer than by
cooling off at a water park!? Come join us for a day of fun, food, and water as we end the summer with a splash! If you are interested in attending please contact [email protected] or call (203)744‐5777 by August 15th so we can ensure the group rate for admission. More information will follow as the date gets closer. (Senior & Junior Youth Group).
AROUND THE DIOCESEAROUND THE DIOCESE DEFENDING OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Critics who say the Catholic Church is against universal health care are misinformed. The Catholic Church is founded on the Corporal Works of Mercy and helping others. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has always advocated for health care. The Catholic Church is opposing the health care mandate, because it violates the First Amendment, which is supposed to safeguard freedom of religion.
W O R L D W I D E M A R R I A G E E N C O U N T E R “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever.” Let the Lord feed and support your marriage by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next WWME Weekends are Jul 7‐9, 2017 in Manchester, CT and Nov 3‐5, 2017 in Manchester, CT. For more information, call Dennis & Jane Lamondy at 860‐481‐3720 or visit us at https://wwmectw.org/.
PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN The Diocese requires the participation of all church and school volunteers in this program. If you have not attended a training session go to virtus.org, click on “first‐time registrant” and follow the steps to find a session in the Diocese of Bridgeport to register. If you are still in need of updating your certification, log in with your existing account and follow the instructions.
28TH ANNUAL IMMACULATE HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TOURNAMENT Please join us on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at Richter Park in Danbury. Enjoy 18 holes of golf, continental breakfast, lunch, dinner, beer and wine, hole‐in one contest. 9:00 a.m. registration; 11:30 a.m. shotgun start ‐ $1000 for a foursome, $250 for single golfer. For information on sponsorship opportunities and to register online, visit www.immaculatehs.org/golf, or contact Debbie Basile, Advancement D i rec to r 203 ‐744 ‐1510 , ex t . 159, [email protected].
Join our new Parish Ministry “Just Desserts”! When baked goods are needed for gatherings, meetings, and receptions we will send an email blast, or put a notice in the bulletin or on the television screens in Church that we are in need of the “Just Desserts” ministry. You only need to respond if you are interested in helping with a simple “yes” by email or phone call, bring your home‐baked dessert and put your name and telephone number if you want your container back. You decide what you want to bake and bring it at the appointed time. I know so many people love to bake as a hobby and are most proud of their creations. If you are interested in joining this ministry, please call the Rectory with your email and/or telephone number. This new ministry is created under the patronage of St. Elizabeth of Hungary who is the Patron Saint of Bakers. Please become a part of this ministry so you can help feed the soul and the stomach.
READINGS FOR THE WEEKREADINGS FOR THE WEEK
Mon.: Ex 14:5‐18; Ex 15:1bc‐6; Mt 12:38‐42 Tues.: 2 Cor 4:7‐15; Ps 126:1bc‐6; Mt 20:20‐28 Wed.: Ex 16:1‐5, 9‐15; Ps 78:18‐19, 23‐28; Jn 20:1‐2, 11‐18 Thur.: Ex 19:1‐2, 9‐11, 16‐20b; Dn 3:52‐56; Mt 13:10‐17 Fri.: Ex 20:1‐17; Ps 19:8‐11; Mt 13:18‐23 Sat.: Ex 24:3‐8; Ps 34:2‐11; Jn 11:19‐27
Sun.: 1 Kgs 3:5, 7‐12; Ps 119:57, 72, 76‐77, 127‐130; Rom 8:28‐30; Mt 13:44‐52
MASS SCHEDULE Monday – Friday: 6:30 & 9:00am
Saturday: 8:00am & 5:30pm (Vigil Mass) Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30am & 5:30pm
RECONCILIATION Saturday: 4:00 – 5:00pm
STAFF Father Corey V. Piccinino, Pastor Father Robert Wolfe, Parochial Vicar Father Philip Phan, Parochial Vicar Deacon John DeRoin Deacon Tony Caraluzzi Kate Fitzgerald, Parish Secretary & Bulletin Editor Peggy Gavin, Parish Secretary Julie Doerner, Business Manager Paul Orsino, Property Manager
ST. MARY SCHOOL (744‐2922) Greg Viceroy, Principal
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Mary Ferri, Director (743‐4557) Maggie Kent, Secretary
RCIA (203)744‐5777 : Call (203)744‐5777 if you are interested in becoming a Catholic or completing your initiation as a Catholic with Confirmation and/or Eucharist.
YOUTH MINISTRY (203)744‐5777
MUSIC MINISTRY Michael Ferrari, Music Director
Elizabeth Barnes, Choir Director
Karen Mattera, Children’s Choir
FINANCE COMMITTEE (794‐8512): Bob Kozlowski, Chairman
BAPTISMS: Most Sundays at 12:45pm. Please call the Rectory at least six weeks in advance to schedule your Baptism and to sign up for the New Baptism Class that is required for both parents and Godparents. These classes are offered on the first Sunday of each month. Anyone requesting a Sponsorship form must be a currently registered and practicing Catholic, and they must attend one of the New Baptism Classes to receive it. There is a 3‐month waiting period for a sponsorship form for the newly registered. The Catholic requirements for a Godparent/Sponsor are: you must be at least 16 years old; received the Sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion and Confirmation in the Catholic Church; attend Mass regularly on Sundays and on Holy Days of Obligation; receive the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion regularly; sincerely try to follow the moral teaching of the Catholic Church; and if married, was married in the Catholic Church.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR MARRIAGE: All couples must meet with a parish clergyman at least six (6) months before the marriage is to be celebrated.
PASTORAL CARE AT DANBURY HOSPITAL: Prior to Your Hospitalization: You or a family member should notify the Rectory.
HOLY COMMUNION FOR THE SICK: To any of those who are homebound or hospitalized and interested in having a visit by a priest, please contact the parish office. Anyone interested in serving in this ministry, please call Father Philip at 744‐5777.
PRAYER LINE: If you or someone you know is in need of prayer, please call our Prayer Line. Our team leaders are Maggie Kent (203‐731‐4738) and Deana Chamberlin (203‐482‐7149).
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEKMASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
SAT., JULY 22
5:30 + Mark Washburn Kunkel — Julie & Will Doerner
SUN., JULY 23
7:00 + Robin Stutzman — Rita Harrison
8:30 + Mary Gurry — Pat & Marie Kerrigan
10:00 + Kathleen Reynolds — Pat & Richard Kuhn
11:30 Special Intentions — Ann & Patrick Kerrigan
5:30 + Erna Belle Rogers — The Keogler Family
MON., JULY 24
6:30 + Souls in Purgatory — Marie
9:00 + Henrietta & Lawrence Tirella — Eleanor Roche
TUES., JULY 25
6:30 + Souls in Purgatory
9:00 + Helen Boyle — Agnes & Jim Bishop
WED., JULY 26
6:30 Parishioners of St. Mary
9:00 + Matilda Barsi — Sue & Art Paulsen
THU., JULY 27
6:30 Heavenly Stock Intentions
9:00 + Henry A. Danz — Susan & David Polaski
FRI., JULY 28
6:30 + Cathryn Z. Costello
9:00 Thomas Kelly (Blessings) — Mom & Dad
SAT., JULY 29
8:00 + Dean Robertson — Pat & Richard Kuhn
5:30 + Joseph Jerolimo—Joseph Jerolimo
SUN., JULY 30
7:00 + Robin Stutzman — Janice Davis
8:30 Special Intentions
10:00 + John McNulty — Audrey & Tom Barnett
11:30 + John Dee — Kitty & Charlies Grant
5:30 + Charles Cundari — The Cuneo Family
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CT Licensed & Insured E1-191338
203.797.1448Phone/Fax
203-775-0221 • Fax 775-1003172 Candlewood Lake Rd.
Brookfield, CT 06084No Contract Needed
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748-4503
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269 Greenwood Ave.
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COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL& ESTATE PLANNING
David C. Whitmore, Jr. MSFS, CFP, CLU
DR. ALLAN S. PHILLIPSPractice Limited to Orthodontics
7 Pickett District Rd., New Milford • 354-3989 304 Federal Rd., Brookfield • 775-94635 School St., Bethel • 748-1600 8 Prospect St., Ridgefield • 438-6922
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please call the Parish Office.
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