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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 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday, 7/30 Monday, 7/31 Tuesday, 8/1 Wednesday, 8/2
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
6:30am Mass
8:35am Rosary
9:00am Mass
7:00pm Prayer Service
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♦ In case this was unclear from his straightforward homilies imploring Christians not to be grumpy, the sign on his apartment door confirms it. Literally, it translates: “It is forbidden to complain,” according to Italian source La Stampa. It goes on to explain in Italian that “offenders are subjected to a syndrome of victimism that lowers the mood and the ability to solve problems.” And that “Sanction is doubled if the offense is committed in the presence of children.” “To become the best of yourself, you must focus on your own potential and not on your own limits, so stop complaining and act to change your life for the better,” the sign advises.
An elderly priest and friend of the Pope snapped a picture of the sign, which was a gift to Francis from a psychologist. Pope Francis originally wanted to place the sign on the door of his office, where he often receives visitors. Deciding that maybe set the wrong tone, the Pope decided to
hang it on his apartment door at Santa Marta. Despite technically being on vacation, the Pope is still at his Vatican residence, working on some curial appointments among other things.
Pope Francis has often implored Christians to be joyful witnesses rather than gloomy ones. In 2013, he compared sad Christians to “pickled peppers.” “Sometimes these melancholic Christians’ faces have more in common with pickled peppers than the joy of having a beautiful life,” he said. In 2014, he said that there’s no such thing as a “sad or gloomy‐faced saints.” In April of this year, the Pope told priests that the message of the Gospel “can never be gloomy or indifferent, for it expresses a joy that is completely personal.”
♦ Thank you to a member of our Parish for this prayer tool: FIVE FINGER PRAYER
When you fold your hands, the thumb is nearest you. So begin by praying for those closest to you, your loved ones.
The index finger is the pointer. Pray for those who teach ‐ Bible teachers and preachers, and those who teach children.
The next finger is the tallest. It reminds you to pray for those in authority over you ‐ national and local leaders and your supervisor at work.
The fourth finger is usually the weakest. Pray for those who are in trouble or who are suffering.
Then comes your little finger. It reminds you of your smallness in relation to God's greatness. Ask Him to supply your needs.
Amen.
♦ I know that this is going to ruffle some feathers but I need to ask that those who are reading the Mass Readings at Mass on your phones to please stop. The Readings at Mass are to be listened to. Now if you cannot understand the Readings when they are being read and you need to read along then please use one of the following: A Daily Missal, Magnificat, or read the Readings before Mass. We really do not want people looking at their phones during Mass. It would be a bad example for teenagers and young people. You may forget to shut your phone off and it could lead to people texting or using their phone at Mass. Please do not use your phone at Mass.
♦ Let’s have a fun night and learn about your faith at the same time. Catholic Trivia Night will be on Thursday, August 17 at 7pm with the doors opening at 6:30pm. Teams of 4 people can preregister before by calling the Rectory. Cash Prizes as well as other prizes will be available.
St. Mary Catholic Church July 30, 2017
Thursday, 8/3 Friday, 8/4 Saturday, 8/5 Sunday, 8/6
6:30am Mass
8:35am Rosary
9:00am Mass
6:30am Mass
8:35am Rosary
9:00am Mass
8:00am Mass
10:30am Bereavement Support Group
4:00pm Confessions
5:30pm Mass
7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am,
11:30am and 5:30pm Masses
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♦ Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jul 19, 2017 / 01:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News) ‐ Maximiliano Acuña is a garbage collector in Buenos Aires who earlier this year was injured in a serious accident that left him without legs. On Tuesday, he was surprised to receive an unexpected phone call from Pope Francis. The Pope offered words of encouragement, 33‐year‐old Acuña told the Argentine Morfi Television program.
On March 22, the father of five children had been collecting garbage in a Buenos Aires neighborhood when he was struck by a car going some 80 miles an hour. As a result of the accident, both of his legs had to be amputated. A Buenos Aires legislator, Gustavo Vera, decided to tell Pope Francis what happened in an e‐mail, in which he explained that the “doctors' prognosis was for the worst.” “In the best‐case scenario, he was expected to be in a vegetative state or to have serious neuronal damage, and in the worst case it was going to be the end for him,” Vera told the Holy Father. However, Acuña surprised doctors when he came out of the coma on the third day. Two days later, he was moved from intensive care to a regular hospital room. “In a few weeks, he was already home with his five children,” Vera related in his message to the Pope.
This July 18, Acuña was getting ready to be honored at a ceremony at the Buenos Aires Legislature when he got a special call. “I'm Pope Francis. A friend (Vera) sent me a letter, and I was moved and struck by how much strength you have,” the voice said on the other end of the line. “Always go forward, because you're an example.” Acuña recounted these words with emotion at a ceremony in front of hundreds of other garbage collectors.
Now, Vera is working with the general secretary of the Truckers Union, Pablo Moyano, to propose that March 22 be declared “Waste Collectors' Day,” in tribute to this young collector. “God gave me my life back, because they removed both legs, but everything that is happening to me is beautiful,” Acuña said. “I always believed in God, I always went to church, praying every day asking him for work, and that he take care of me day by day.” “God exists,” Acuña continued. “I want to give everyone this message, that God exists and that he has given me a new opportunity.”
♦ For the next couple of bulletins, I shall share with you the history of various Religious Communities. Perhaps it will spark a vocation.
The congregation of the School Sisters of Notre Dame came to life when God’s call found an answer in the hearts of people strong in faith, farseeing in vision, and courageous in action. The congregation continues today in the mysterious interaction of divine call and human response. Here is their history in their own words:
Roots Our charism flows from our spiritual heritage, especially the gifts of St. Augustine, who formed a community to be of one heart and one soul in God, seeing in the Trinity the basis, source and goal of all community. It is in this spirit of Augustine that the first rules are framed.
Blessed Alix Le Clerc and St. Peter Fourier gave a new direction to religious life, insisting that the ministry of furthering the interests of education be integral to the community which they founded and named it the Congrégation Notre Dame ‐ Canonesses of St. Augustine. Alix and her companions pronounced their first religious vows on Christmas Day 1597 at Mattaincourt in Lorraine.
Though its roots lie deep in the past, the congregation traces its actual beginning to October 24, 1833, when Caroline Gerhardinger and two other women began a common religious life in Neunburg vorm Wald, Bavaria. Their action was inspired by an apostolic spirituality destined to shape their own lives and profoundly affect those of many others.
The Times Political and religious circumstances stemming from the Enlightenment and the French Revolution had created in 19th century Germany a desperate educational situation with far‐reaching effects on church and society. The rationalists’ insistence on the primacy of reason weakened appreciation for Christian education; the confiscation of church possessions by the state led to the suppression of many convent schools and made it virtually impossible for young girls to receive even a basic education.
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FATHER COREY’S EPISTLEFATHER COREY’S EPISTLE Response The closing of the convent school of Stadtamhof/Regensburg, conducted by the Canonesses of Notre Dame, opened Caroline Gerhardinger, then a pupil, to a growing awareness of the critical nature of the situation. Following the advice of Father Michael Wittmann of Regensburg, Caroline and two companions agreed to be prepared to be teachers in the school for girls in Stadtamhof which had been continued as a parish school. Under Wittmann’s spiritual guidance, Caroline gradually recognized God’s call to her. She shared Father Wittmann’s concern for a new beginning of religious life and his resolve to found a religious community which would help remedy the social situation through education. In their vision, the renewal of society depended on the Christian family in which the mother, the first educator, had a key role. Thus, they chose the Christian education of girls as the vital service her community would offer. Their first concern was for poor girls in small towns and villages.
When Bishop Wittmann died suddenly during the crucial time of foundation, Caroline, in unshaken trust in God’s providence, and supported by a friend of Wittmann, Francis Sebastian Job, dared to establish the congregation in 1833. Having taken the name of Mary Theresa of Jesus, she used as the basic rule of her congregation that of the Canonesses of Notre Dame. This order, begun by Blessed Alix Le Clerc and St. Peter Fourier in 1597, took as its inspiration the rule of St. Augustine. The life of Mother Theresa’s young congregation was decisively shaped by the Spirit of the Constitution of the Poor School Sisters of Notre Dame written by Francis Sebastian Job.
Mother Theresa’s spirituality deeply influenced the spirituality of her congregation. Her love for God, nourished and strengthened by her devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, enkindled the burning desire of her life: to know him and to do his will. Her longing to honor God and her concern for the kingdom were the ruling and pervading principles which dictated all her efforts. She grounded her community in poverty in order to reach the poor and dedicated it to Mary, in whom she found a model for herself, her sisters, and the young girls she served. In education, she insisted on the absolute necessity of the example of the educator and on the integration of instruction and character development.
The structure of her congregation flowed from her perception of the needs of those she served as well as those of her sisters. By sending sisters in two’s and three’s to reach people in rural areas, she departed from the contemporary pattern of large, formal monasteries. In order to maintain a common spirit, direction, and goal among the sisters, among the branch houses, and later among the provinces, she insisted on a unifying central government in her congregation. In contrast to established precedents and the prevailing spirit of the times, she was convinced that a woman could better understand and, therefore, direct and motivate her sisters. When her views about the government of her congregation were misunderstood, her trust in God and her deep loyalty to the church sustained her in the suffering she endured.
The Paschal Mystery The paschal mystery marked Mother Theresa’s entire life. An especially intense experience of it was her struggle to obtain approbation of her congregation and her joy when Pope Pius IX approved the constitution of the Poor School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1865. The young congregation, too, knew death and resurrection as integral to its life. Extreme poverty characterized its early decades; in those years the sisters also experienced contempt and abuse from those who could not accept their values. In the 1860's sisters suffered from wars in Europe and America. Political pressures led to the expulsion of the sisters of Westphalia and Silesia
from their native lands in the 1870's. Mother Caroline Friess, appointed by Blessed Theresa to carry out the mission of the congregation in North America, perceptively read the signs of the times, risking innovative response to the needs of the new world. Through courageous leadership Mother Caroline adapted the congregation to the life on another continent.
At the same time, new life and growth came to the congregation. Appreciated and supported by hierarchy and laity, it spread from Bavaria to eleven countries of Europe and North America. At the time of Mother Theresa death in 1879, more than 2,500 School Sisters of Notre Dame were living religious life according to her spirit. They met the needs of their time by educating girls, principally in elementary schools but also in orphanages, day nurseries, and industrial schools. They trained future teachers and pioneered in the development of kindergartens. For girls who were factory workers, they established homes and provided night schools where these girls could receive basic education.
The Work of God In his eulogy at Mother Theresa’s funeral, Monsignor Adalbert Huhn described her attitude toward the growth of the congregation: When she spoke of her order, she called it, with emphasis and reverence, the work of God. . . . her love for souls impelled her to go from one end of Europe to the other – from one continent to another; the salvation of souls was the inspiration of all her endeavors. . . . It was not the greatness of the number of her sisters that delighted her, but their inward transformation to the image and likeness of the crucified Son of God. . . . In deep gratitude and with prophetic insight, he prayed: "Father in heaven, . . . we thank you that you have given to the family of the Poor School Sisters such a blessed beginning; may this beginning be the pledge of its growth to perfection." The Catholic church raised up the life and work of Mother Theresa as a model for all when she was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 17 November 1985.
DOROTHY DAY VOLUNTEERS Wed., Aug. 2 —Our turn
to Cook.
PARKING LOT LINE REPAINTING On Thurs., Aug. 3 (and possibly Fri., Aug. 4) we will be repainting the lines in the parking lot. You may be asked to move your car as the project progresses.
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!
FATHER COREY’S EPISTLEFATHER COREY’S EPISTLE Our Vocation team members look forward to talking with you!Write to us at [email protected]. Connect with the members of our North American Vocation Team. Our Vocation directors in Africa and Japan introduce themselves here. You also can connect with us with: SSND Facebook page, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.
Inquiry If you believe God is drawing you to take a closer look at religious life, contact us by phone, email or letter. A vocation director will offer you materials for prayer and reflection and visit with you about any questions you have. She may also invite you to “come and see” how we live.
Affiliation (1‐3 years) Being an affiliate gives you the opportunity to meet more sisters and become better acquainted with SSND life. A contact community in your local area will support you through prayer and companionship. The vocation director will companion you and provide opportunities for visits and prayer with sisters, participation in community gatherings, and live‐in and ministry experiences.
Postulancy (1‐2 years) As a postulant you will continue to grow personally and spiritually while living with SSND in community. You discern God’s call and the compatibility of your gifts with our life by sharing prayer, household tasks, some ministry experiences, and day‐to‐day community living.
Novitiate (2 years) During the novitiate you seek to deepen your relationship with Christ which will be the heart of your religious life. Through solitude, prayer, study, life in community, and some ministry experience, you will get to know more fully the various aspects of SSND life, including the vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience.
Temporary Profession (vows can be renewed up to 9 years) You will profess vows according to the SSND way of life, entering fully into our life and mission. Readiness for your permanent commitment is indicated by the integration of prayer, community and ministry; ongoing mutual discernment; your commitment to SSND mission and charism in our world today.
Perpetual Profession and Ongoing Personal Development in Community (forever) After completing the time of temporary vows, you will profess vows forever in community. This is a public, permanent commitment. The vows of consecrated celibacy, gospel poverty and apostolic obedience express the fullness of our commitment to God and to the members of our SSND International Congregation.
THE POPE’S INTENTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST
Artists That artists of our time, through their ingenuity, may help everyone discover the beauty of creation.
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.
Our next SENIOR YOUTH GROUP activity is Tues., August 8 for a Six Flags Family Day. For more information, contact [email protected] or call (203)744-5777
SUMMER SCHEDULE
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).
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.
AROUND THE DIOCESEAROUND THE DIOCESE DEFENDING OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Those who say that the Catholic Church is discriminating against poor women by opposing the health care mandate are misinformed. The Catholic Church is against requirements contained in the mandate that would force them to pay for surgical procedures such as: sterilization, abortion‐inducing drugs, and contraception that go against its moral convictions, and therefore, impede religious freedom.
OFF THE STREETS Due to the generosity of our many donors, Off The Streets currently has an ample supply of furniture and household goods. Therefore, we are not accepting furniture or household good donations at the present time. 1st Saturday collections at the Bethel United Methodist Church are cancelled for August and September. For more information, visit our website at www.offthestreetsnow.com/danbury or call 203‐733‐5880.
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].
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].
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.
Offertory for the weekend of July 22/23
Collection: $10,835.00 On‐Line Giving: $2,805.00
I I I — Justin Thomas Behn & Tiffany Ashley Uliano
CONVOCATION From Sunday evening, October 15 through Wednesday, October 18 all the priests in the Diocese will be attending a Convocation in Rhode Island. Therefore, there will be NO 5:30pm Mass on Sun., Oct. 15 and no 6:30am and 9am Masses Mon., Oct 16 through Wed., Oct. 18. There will be a Communion Service at 9am Mon. through Wed.
4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES All of the 4th Sunday in Advent Masses (Dec. 24) will take place in the Gym with no 5:30pm Sunday Mass. The Masses for Christmas Eve (also on Dec. 24) will all be in the Church at 4pm, 6pm and 10pm. Christmas Day (Dec. 25) Masses will also be in the Church at 7am, 9am and 11am. The reason we are having the 4th Sunday in Advent masses in the Gym is that the Church needs to be decorated for Christmas and there would be no opportunity to do that if those Masses were in the Church.
READINGS FOR THE WEEKREADINGS FOR THE WEEK
Mon.: Ex 32:15‐24, 30‐34; Ps 106:19‐23; Mt 13:31‐35 Tues.: Ex 33:7‐11; 34:5b‐9, 28; Ps 103:6‐13; Mt 13:36‐43 Wed.: Ex 34:29‐35; Ps 99:5‐7, 9; Jn 11:19‐27 or Lk 10:38‐42 Thur.: Ex 40:16‐21, 34‐38; Ps 84:3‐6a, 8a, 11; Mt 13:47‐53 Fri.: Lv 23:1, 4‐11, 15‐16, 27, 34b‐37; Ps 81:3‐6, 10‐11ab; Mt 13:54‐58 Sat.: Lv 25:1, 8‐17; Ps 67:2‐3, 5, 7‐8; Mt 14:1‐12
Sun.: Dn 7:9‐10, 13‐14; Ps 97:1‐2, 5‐6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16‐19; Mt 17:1‐9
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 29
5:30 + Joseph Jerolimo—School Advisory Board
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
MON., JULY 31
6:30 + Michael Keegan — The Nelson Family
9:00 + George O’Keefe — Wife
TUES., AUGUST 1
6:30 + Edward Flynn — James & June Hennessy
9:00 + Jessica Byrnes — Gary & Peg Lewis
WED., AUGUST 2
6:30 + Joe & Deanie Loya — Joe & Lynn Loya
9:00 + Robert Martin — Wife, Carol
THU., AUGUST 3
6:30 The Summit Village
9:00 + Frank Spisinski — Sister, Carol
FRI., AUGUST 4
6:30 + Cathryn Z. Costello
9:00 Linda Tedesco (Blessings) — The Rosary Group
SAT., AUGUST 5
8:00 + Dunstan Pulle — Paul & Diana Szatkowski
5:30 + Dick Masselink — Family
SUN., AUGUST 6
7:00 + Doris Hachenberg — Art Hachenberg
8:30 + Sr. Alberta Sheridan, SSND —Srs. Anne, Mary & Donna
10:00 + Patricia O’Brien — Ann Kerrigan
11:30 + Richard Saputo — The Lawlor Family
5:30 + Cathleen Mead — The Maiale Family
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