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Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel
Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost St. John Cantius, C
Our Lady of the Rosary
15 Pepper Street Monroe CT 06468
(203) 261-8290 Emergencies: (203) 268-9200
www.rosarychapel.net
Fr. Adan Rodriguez (Pastor)
HOLY MASS
Sundays: 7:00 & 10:00 am Weekdays: 7:00 & 8:00 am
CONFESSIONS
Sundays 6:40—6:55 am 9:15—9:55 am
Weekdays 6:40—6:55am
And by appointment
HOLY ROSARY
Sundays: 9:40 am First Saturdays: 8:45 am
October 20, 2013 Volume 1, Issue 7
A Fatima Weekend
The sun shone down on
Stepney Green last Satur-
day for our annual Public
Square Rosary Rally. A
decent crowd gathered
at noon around the band-
stand, for what was one
of the 10,500 such rallies
held throughout the
country that day. And
despite a little gusty
breeze that was enough
to blow over our sign a
couple of times, the
weather cooperated and
a cloudless heaven smiled down as Fr. Rodriguez led the assembly in the
fifteen decades of Our Lady’s holy Rosary.
Inside Story Headline
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DATE FEAST TIME INTENTION
Sun Oct 20 22nd Sunday after Pentecost
St. John Cantius, C
G
7:00 am
10:00 am
Missa pro Populo
Mon Oct 21 St. Hilarion, Ab
St. Ursula & Companions, Mm
W
8:00 am Catholic Family Salvation Society
Tue Oct 22 Feria
G
7:00 am
8:00 am (Requiem Mass)
Catholic Family Salvation Society
Trevor Hall, RIP
Wed Oct 23 Feria
G
7:00 am
8:00 am
Catholic Family Salvation Society
Nicole McGovern
Thu Oct 24 St. Raphael Archangel
W
7:00 am
8:00 am
Maria & George Schmitt, RIP
Ray Heche
Fri Oct 25 Ss. Chrysanthus & Daria, Mm
R
8:00 am José Linero, RIP
Sat Oct 26 Anticipated Vigil of Ss. Simon &
Jude, App
St. Evaristus, PM
8:00 am Alejandro Linero
Sun Oct 27 Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
23rd Sunday after Pentecost
W
7:00 am
10:00 am
Missa pro Populo
CALENDAR
MASS TODAY
22nd Sunday after Pentecost (Mission Sunday)
2nd Collect: St. John Can-tius, C
3rd Collect: For the Propa-gation of the Faith
Preface: Trinity
MASS TODAY
18th Sunday after Pentecost
2nd Collect: St. Thomas of Villanova, BC
3rd Collect: St. Maurice & Companions, Mm
Preface: Trinity
MASS NEXT SUNDAY
Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
2nd Collect: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Preface: Christ the King
Proper Last Gospel: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Please submit your Mass requests to Father Rodri-
guez via e-mail or in person, specifying the intention,
whether the person is living or deceased, and if a
specific date is required.
To pray for the living and the dead is a spiritual work
of mercy. Remember your loved ones by having a
Mass said for their intentions.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Second Collection
There will be a second col-
lection taken today at both
Masses.
Apple Sauce
Evidently, word has spread
how good our homemade
apple sauce is, and our sec-
ond week of Apple Sauce
Sales raised even more
money than the first, bring-
ing in $55 for the school.
Thanks to a donation of yet
more apples, we are able to
provide more apple sauce
this week. Please note that
this is freshly made, and not
leftovers from last week!.
Hopefully your generosity in
supporting this school pro-
ject will mean there will be
no leftovers this week ei-
ther.
Mass Times This Week
Please note that there will
be no 7:00 am Mass on
Monday, Friday or Saturday.
A Fatima Weekend (continued)
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Our thanks to all who participated, and especially to Mrs. June Sheahan
who organized this event. It is important to remember, especially on this
Mission Sunday, that people need to witness the Catholic faith at work. In
our Rosary for the Church, our country, and the countless poor sinners
who stand in so much need of our prayers, we were able to give testimony
not only to our faith in the intercession of Our Blessed Lady, but to our
love for God and our neighbor.
The weather deteriorated later in the day, but the next morning, the sun
came up again in splendor to shine anew on our belated Rosary Proces-
sion. We had not been so lucky the week before, when it rained just
enough to cause the procession to be postponed until now. But while the
shining of the sun was not in itself miraculous, perhaps the fact that we
had unwittingly rescheduled the Rosary Procession to the anniversary day
of the Miracle of the Sun
at Fatima did have some-
thing of the hand of God
in it.
With the chanting of the
Fatima Ave, priest, choir,
honor guard, faithful,
made their way around
the church, the blue robes of the Children of Mary in striking contrast to
the reds, golds, and browns of the falling autumn leaves. It was a colorful
reminder how Our Blessed Mother will remain in the hearts of her chil-
dren at Rosary Chapel not only throughout the coming chill of winter, but
indeed in all their joys, their sorrows, and their glories.
Christ the King
Next week is the last Sun-
day of October and the
Feast of the Christ the King.
Our annual procession in his
honor will take place after
the 10:00 am High Mass.
Please check the sign-up
sheet downstairs, and make
sure you can resume the
role you had at last Sun-
day’s Rosary Procession.
Choir Practice
Choir practice is at 4:00 pm
on Friday afternoon to pre-
pare for the Feast of Christ
the King.
Christmas Crafts Tag Sale
Although it’s over a month
away, it’s not too early to
mention that we will be
holding our annual Christ-
mas Crafts Tag Sale on the
Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Please start thinking about
how you can contribute to
this important fundraiser,
especially by making or
providing items for sale.
Apart from being the 22nd Sunday after
Pentecost today, it is also the day desig-
nated by Pope Pius XI as Mission Sun-
day. On this day we pray for the ad-
vancement of the work of the Propaga-
tion of the Faith, or Propaganda Fide,
and some of you may have noticed that
the third Collect at Mass today was for
this very intention. The Church further
emphasizes the importance of its mis-
sionary work by granting a Plenary In-
dulgence on Mission Sunday to all the
faithful who approach the Sacrament
and pray for the conversion of unbeliev-
ers.
The Church’s missionary work falls un-
der the jurisdiction of the Sacred Con-
gregation for the Propagation of the
Faith, known for short as Propaganda
Fide, and which has its headquarters in
Rome next to the famous Spanish Steps.
The Palace is one of the few remaining
buildings in Rome outside Vatican City
which is still considered Vatican territo-
ry and not Italian.
In the sixteenth and early seventeenth
centuries, Rome saw clearly the ever-
greater need to provide an organized
Congregation that would oversee the
spread of Catholicism around the globe.
The faith had been severely eroded in
Europe thanks to the protestant revolt,
and now to make matters worse, two of
the countries who had left the faith,
England and Holland, were establishing
huge global empires and spreading
their errors across the world. Pope
Gregory XIII (1572-85) established a
commission of three cardinals whose
chief task was to promote the union of
the oriental churches with Rome. They
had some success with the return to
Rome of the nation of Ruthenia.
Although it had
already been func-
tioning in a semi-
informal manner, it
was Pope Gregory
XV (1621-23) who
officially founded
the Congregation as
the overseer of
missionary work on
behalf of the vari-
ous missionary in-
stitutions. Thirteen
cardinals and two
prelates were sum-
moned by Pope Gregory and given the
task of organizing and running the new
Congregation. Sadly, the Pope died
before the work had been completed.
However, his successor, Urban VIII
(1623-44), who as Cardinal Barberini
had been one of the thirteen founding
cardinals, was committed to the com-
pletion of his predecessor’s project.
Urban VIII was inspired by the success
of the various national colleges in Rome
which had been founded after the
Council of Trent to train priests who
had no seminaries in their own country.
The English College in Rome is one fa-
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ANNOUNCEMENTS (cont.) Mission Sunday and Propaganda Fide
Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, Rome
mous example, and after ordination, its priests would be
smuggled into the virulently anti-Catholic England of the
first Queen Elizabeth, often to meet their death on Ty-
burn Tree. Hoping to apply the success of these national
seminaries in a wider sphere, Pope Urban founded a
missionary seminary in Rome in 1627, which was named
the Collegium Urbanum after him, and which was placed
under the direction of the rapidly growing Propaganda
Fide.
At first, the work of the Congregation was extended to
almost all countries that were non-Catholic. Thus the
United States and Canada, Great Britain, the protestant
kingdoms, principalities and duchies of what is now Ger-
many, Luxembourg and Switzerland, Scandinavia, Hol-
land and so on, were all territories under the charge of
Propaganda Fide. Eventually in 1908, Pope St. Pius X
removed countries that had their own Catholic hierarchy
established, and so the USA, Canada, Britain and Holland
left the list of nations under the care of the Congrega-
tion. This might explain why Father Hall could not get
directions to the English College in Rome when he
knocked on the door of the Palace of the Propaganda
Fide last year. The guard was very pleasant and was able
to give good directions to some of the better local res-
taurants. But even when he called inside the palace on
his cell phone to ask around, alas, the location of one of
the greatest of the national missionary colleges was now
unknown to the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda
Fide.
Inside the Palace today, the Congregation possesses an
important cabinet of medals and many ethnological curi-
osities sent as gifts by missionaries in far distant lands.
Scattered through the Palace of Propaganda are many
valuable paintings of the old masters. Propaganda also
conducted, until the early twentieth century, the famous
Polyglot printing press whence, for some centuries, is-
sued liturgical and catechetical books, printed in a multi-
tude of alphabets. Among its most noteworthy curios is a
Japanese alphabet in wooden blocks, one of the first
seen in Europe.
The Catholic Encyclopedia notes the following notewor-
thy customs of the Propaganda Fide, although it is un-
clear if these traditions have survived to the present day:
“One of the customs of Propaganda, worthy of special
mention, is the gift of a fan to all employees at the begin-
ning of the summer. This custom appears to have arisen
in the early days, when fans were sent from China by the
missionaries. It is customary for the Urban College to
hold, at Epiphany, a solemn "Accademia Polyglotta", to
symbolize the world-wide unity of the Catholic Church.
At this accademia the Propaganda students recite poems
in their respective mother tongues. Invited guests always
find it very interesting to listen to this medley of the
strangest languages and dialects. Another custom of the
Urban College is that every graduate student (alumno),
wherever he may be in the pursuit of his ministry, is
bound to write every year a letter to the cardinal prefect,
to let him know how the writer's work is progressing and
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Mission Sunday and Propaganda Fide (continued)
Pope Urban VIII (1623-44)
ALTAR SERVERS
Saturday, October 26
Michael Mendes
Sunday, October 27
10:00 High Mass
Celebrant: Fr. Rodriguez
MC: David Bouton
Th: James Morris
Ac1: Paul Richardson
Ac2: Sam Richardson
Cr: Giovanni Linero
Mission Sunday and Propaganda Fide (continued)
how he fares himself. The cardinal answers immediately, in a letter of paternal en-
couragement and counsel. By this means there is maintained a bond of affection
and of mutual goodwill between the "great mother" — as the "Propagandists", or
the alumni of Propaganda, designate the congregation — and her most distant
sons.”
In 1982 John Paul II renamed Propaganda Fide, and it is known today as the Congre-
gation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Although it claims to maintain its original
mission unbroken, the emphasis these days appears to be directed away from the
conversion of protestants and other non-Catholics, and more towards the spread of
the faith among the far-flung pagan tribes of the various third world countries. Of
course other more trendy notions have crept in to the work of Propaganda, and
social issues such as the spread of democracy and women’s rights appear to be
gaining prominence. We shall leave history to resolve this mounting problem.
Here at Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel we remain very much concerned with the
conversion of non-Catholics, and observe the Chair of Unity Octave in January with
prayers for this intention. But our most pressing concern these days is with the
spread of modernism within the Church, and with this in mind we
ask you this week following Mission Sunday to pray for the conver-
sion of modernists everywhere, and especially those within the cler-
gy and hierarchy of the Church. There is urgent work remaining for
Propaganda Fide, and unfortunately they no longer need to look far
beyond the Spanish Steps to find it.
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Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel operates a thriving parish,
complete with full-time Catholic school for grades K through
12. Two Masses are offered daily, and various devotions
and other ceremonies are provided during the course of the
liturgical year. Our parish guilds offer wonderful opportuni-
ties to become more involved as your time and interests
permit. We are always looking for volunteers to serve
Mass, sing in the choir, or work in the church and on the
property and grounds. The enthusiastic participation of our
parishioners is one of the hallmarks of Our Lady of the Ro-
sary Chapel, and we welcome your support and talents.
Newcomers are particularly welcome, and we invite you to
introduce yourself to one of our priests. He will be able to
answer your questions concerning the traditional Latin Mass
and the crisis in the Catholic Church since Vatican II, and
guide you towards a fuller understanding of what your own
role should be in these difficult times in which we live.
Our aim is to preserve the truth and beauty of our Catholic
heritage. We invite all of you to participate in this our apos-
tolate, and in particular by becoming shining examples of
our true Faith by your everyday life, both spiritual and mor-
al. God calls us all to perfection, and our role is to answer
that call with all our love and enthusiasm. Come and be a
part of this work, which was founded not so much by good
Father Fenton in 1972, but by Our Lord Jesus Christ himself,
when he gave the keys of his kingdom to St. Peter. This is
none other than the Roman Catholic Church, and at Our
Lady of the Rosary Chapel we are proud to be an instrument
for its continuation, and the preservation of its Faith and
Liturgy.
Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel
St. John Cantius, also known as John of Kanty (1390-1473) is the patron saint of Poland and Lithuania. He was born near Krakow, where he attended the famous Jagellonian Academy, graduating with a doctorate. He then spent three years preparing for the priesthood, at the end of which he was ordained. Upon his ordination, he was offered a professorship at another university, which he accepted. While there, he was offered a professorship of Sacred Scripture back at the Jagellonian. He accepted, and held the professorship until his death in 1473. In physics, he helped develop Jean Buridan's theory of "impetus," which anticipated the work of Galileo and Newton. John Cantius was noted throughout his life for his good humor and humility. He subsisted only on what was strictly necessary to sustain his life, giving alms regularly to the poor. He made one pilgrimage to Jeru-salem with the desire of becoming a martyr among the Turks, and four pilgrimages to Rome, all on foot. He died while living in retirement at his alma mater on Christmas Eve 1473, aged 83. His remains were in-
terred in the Church of St. Anne, Krakow, where his tomb became and remains a popular pilgrimage site. About sixty years after his beatification, he was named patron of Poland and Lithuania by Pope Clement XII in the year 1737, and another thirty years later in 1767, was canonized by Pope Clement XIII. St. John Cantius is a popular saint in Poland. A number of churches and schools founded by Polish diaspora communities throughout North America are named in his honor, in cities as far-ranging as Cleveland, Winni-peg, Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Milwaukee, Philadel-phia, Erie; Buffalo, and New York City. Unique in the Roman Breviary, today's saint is the only Confessor not a Bishop who has three proper hymns allocated to him. These are sung at Vespers, Matins and Lauds.
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St. John Cantius, Patron Saint of Poland
Tomb of St. John Cantius, St. Anne’s Church, Krakow
Today is Mission Sunday so
please take advantage of the
Plenary Indulgence granted by
the Church to all those who re-
ceive Holy Communion today and
pray for the conversion of un-
believers. We ask that your
prayers be directed especially
towards those afflicted with
the heresy of modernism, alas
so prevalent amongst both
faithful and clergy since Vati-
can II. Your prayers can help
restore the Church to her for-
mer beauty of holiness, so be
persistent in your petitions to
the merciful God of truth. God
bless you.
VISIT US ON THE WEB
For up-to-date information,
such as last-minute changes
to the Mass schedule, spe-
cial prayer requests, and
other breaking news, please
refer to our website at:
www.rosarychapel.net
You will also find a wealth
of information about Our
Lady of the Rosary Chapel,
including our history, mis-
sion statement, guild activi-
ties, and school curriculum.
We hope you will find our
site a valuable resource,
and will help us by sending
your stories and photos of
life at our chapel.
A Message from the Pastor
Fr. Adan Rodriguez
NOTICE TO NEWCOMERS Founded in 1973 in the wake of the disastrous Second Vatican Council, the mission of Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel is to
maintain and restore as far as possible the traditional faith, values and liturgical practice of the Roman Catholic Church,
and to provide a haven of sanctity
where men and women of good
will may grow in love for God and
their neighbor.
Please don’t hesitate to introduce
yourself and ask questions. After
Mass come to the Social Hall, and
join us for coffee and refresh-
ments.
We welcome Spanish-speakers,
and confessions are heard in Span-
ish and English every Sunday and by appointment with the pastor.
We hope your visit with us is a pleasant one, and we look forward to seeing you again and welcoming you as a member of
Our Lady of the Rosary.