Saint Marianne Cope Parish

Rev. Stuart H. Pinette

St. Catherine of Siena 6 Windsorville Road

Broad Brook, CT 06016

Masses:

Sunday, 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.

Daily Mass: Mon. - Thurs., 8:00 a.m.

Parish Office: 6 Windsorville Road

Broad Brook, CT 06016

St. Philip the Apostle 150 South Main Street

East Windsor, CT 06088

Masses: Saturday Vigil, 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, 11:00 a.m.

Parish Rectory: 150 South Main Street

East Windsor, CT 06088

Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Phone: (860) 623-4636 (extension 101) Fax: (860) 292-8550

Website: smceastwindsor.org

Parish Office email: office@smceastwindsor.org

Fr. Stu’s email: frstu@smceastwindsor.org

Pastoral Assistant: Patty Woodward

Director of Music: Wendy Quinn

Faith Formation Office: (860) 623-4636 (extension 106)

Grades K-7 Coordinator: Robert Nadler

Grades 8-10 Coordinator: Kathy Hearn

Prayer Shawl Ministry: Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m.– St. Catherine Church Hall

Altar Rosary Society Women’s Group:

First Monday of the Month, 7:00 p.m.– St. Catherine Church Hall

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Reconciliation Saturday, 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. • St. Philip Church

Baptism 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month - Please call the Parish Office to make arrangements.

Pre-Baptism Class for parents and Godparents - 1st Monday of the month– 5:30 pm. at St. Catherine Church.

Matrimony Please call the Parish Office at least six months in advance to make arrangements (Archdiocesan Policy).

New Parishioners

Please call the Parish Office to register. Registration forms are available in the church foyers.

Church Envelopes

We suggest their use. Please call the Parish Office.

SAINT MARIANNE COPE PARISH EAST WINDSOR

PLEASE PRAY ESPECIALLY FOR– Leona Bard, Joyce

Benoit, Jeannie Bernier, Emery Berube, Larry Bielen, Joan

Boains, Maria Brenza, Brianna, Dolores Briggs, Linda Brown,

Inez Cabral, Helen Calsetta, Peter Clark, James Conlin, Donald

Daigle, Gabriel Desrocher, Robert Dobosz, Eileen, Donald

Fitzgerald, Laurie Gallipo, David Gieseke, Bill Green, Mae

Grigely, Concetta Kopp, Toni Kweder, Auralie LaChance, Bill

Mager, Paula McCloskey, Ethel Morin, Rosemary Murak,

Francine Nadeau, Rita Nadeau, Laura Palmer, Donald Quist,

Margaret & Patricia Raber, Florence Reed, Rob & Lilly, Bob &

Gen Roy, George St. Georges, Toni Theriault, Meghan Tully,

Mike Urano, Heidi Vasseur Vaughan, Mary Winn, Deborah

Wrann, James Wrann, Susan Dixon Wrann, Ellie Ziegler. Also,

pray for our men and women in the military.

PRAYER LINE- Please contact Nancy Pochron at

860-623-2752 with your requests.

NEW PARISHIONERS – Welcome! Please pick up a

Registration Form, located on the table at the front entrance of

the church. Fill out the information and drop it in the collection

basket, or return it to the parish office. You may also register

by phone by calling the office during business hours.

YOUNG FAMILIES – At St. Philip Church, the quiet room is

available for families with young children attending Mass. At

St. Catherine Church, the foyer is available if your child needs a

break/quiet time.

COMMUNION CALLS-Eucharistic Ministers from the parish

bring Communion to parishioners who cannot attend Mass due

to age and/or illness. If you know a parishioner who is

homebound and would like to receive the Eucharist, please call

the church office Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon.

PARISHIONERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - (1) The first

pew on both sides of the church is reserved for parishioners that

have any type of physical limitations. They may also receive

Holy Communion while staying in that pew if they choose. At

St. Philip, all those in the quiet room may proceed to the end of

the first pew and receive communion as well. (2) Parishioners

that have any type of allergies that prohibit them from receiving

the standard wheat host for Holy Communion should contact

the parish office or let Fr. Stu know before Mass.

PLEASE REMEMBER- The Sacrament of the Anointing of

the Sick, now replaces “Last Rites” for the ill or infirmed. As

soon as someone’s condition worsens, please call the parish

office to arrange for Fr. Stu to visit and celebrate the sacrament,

as it is not preferable to wait until the last moment before death.

Pastor’s Desk

Every year when I mark my anniversary of priestly ordina-tion on April 29 – the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena - I can’t help but think back on my journey of service over the years. That was the case last week on number 23 as I happily carry out my ministry in East Windsor as we continue to grow parish here at Saint Marianne Cope. Many blessings, lots of good work, and times of life-giving challenges come to mind, as the diversity and daily happenings of the priestly life continue to nourish me through the Lord’s Spirit. Not surprisingly, things are a bit different than they were in the mid-1990s, with less brother priests, the changes of pastoral planning, new parishes formed, and two new popes since then. Living out the gospel as God’s people is always a varied journey which makes it both difficult and exciting, as the Risen One leads us forth. My first pastorate in Hartford at St. Michael’s Church was unique. I had been ordained four years and always had a devotion to social justice from my days at St. Thomas Semi-nary when I worked weekends at the South Park Inn on Main Street. When the longtime pastor Fr. Albie Jaenicke retired – a dedicated, soft-spoken prophet for the poor – I asked to succeed him. It was a multicultural parish of Black, Latino, and Anglo Catholics situated in the heart of the Northend on Clark Street, with the effects of poverty, crime, and urban distress right around the corner. I’ll never forget my first weekend there. The second English language Mass was always well attended, primarily by our Black and Anglo members and families, with the Spanish lan-guage Mass to follow. One of the practices after communion was to make a few announcements, kind of like what I do here in our parish. But there was big difference: folks felt free to come up and share whatever news or activity was going on in the parish. It was a combination of personal witness and “what’s happening” which would go on sometimes for 10-15 minutes. Well on that first weekend, I never knew who was going to stand up next as the grip on my presider’s chair grew tighter! Gradually I got used to it as part of the shared worship, just like the exchange of peace which also took about 8-10 min-utes as everyone in the church shared peace with everyone else. I’d start in the first row and make my way through the congregation sharing hugs and handshakes with all. The daily Mass was a bit lower key but no less spirited, as I joined with four to five members sitting in a circle in the sanctuary for the Word and then standing together near the altar for Eucharist. We also did some pastoral planning before it was in vogue, with the three bi-lingual North Hartford parishes learning how to share gifts and activities together. By the time I fin-ished my two years there, celebrating the 100th anniversary year and being inspired by Black Catholic spirituality with devotion to “Father-God,” I had learned how to do a bit of a two-step as I processed down the center aisle with others dur-ing Mass! The church has now merged with St. Justin on Blue Hills Ave. but it’s still dedicated to ministering to the folks in the neighborhood. The Catholic Worker House is also doing good justice work there with families and the poor, carrying on the legacy of Dorothy Day by living, serving and growing with God’s little ones as a small community in Christ. Its urban min-istry to the core, where the shadows of the cross and the light of the resurrection fill the streets.

Scripture Readings for Seventh Sunday of Easter

Acts 1: 15-17, 20a, 20c-26 ~ 1 Jn 4:11-16 Jn 17:11b-19

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

ARCHBISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL

This month, after years of study, 2 men are scheduled to be

ordained to the priesthood. During the years of preparation

for their vocation, they were supported by family and friends

— and by everyone who made a gift to the Archbishop’s

Annual Appeal. When you make a gift to the Appeal, you

help meet the cost of priestly formation and education.

Please support our seminarians by making a gift to the

Appeal today.

Altar Rosary Society

Members will be attending the 9:00 am Mass to-

gether this Sunday, May 6th. Our next meeting

will be at 6:00 pm Monday, May 7th in the Church

hall. Please bring a friend and a food item for our

potluck dinner; a business meeting will follow.

Tickets for the annual banquet on June 4th will be

available that night also. All women of the parish

are welcome to attend. For more information, you

can call 860 289 0572.

Rest in Peace Lord, grant eternal rest to the soul of your loving servants

Anita Bussiere-Goodwin

and

Rita Flebeau.

Our parish community extends sincere sympathy to their

families and friends.

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Sixth Week of Easter

In this week of Easter we continue to let the joy of the Easter Season deepen in us. Perhaps we ask bigger ques-tions. Perhaps we let the good news of the gift of new life enter in to those places where we struggle. We are listening to the story of the early community's recognition of the presence of the Holy Spirit with Gen-tiles. And, we hear the rest of Jesus’ last words to his dis-ciples at his last supper with them. In the fifteenth chap-ter of John's gospel we read some of the deepest things Jesus says directly to us. We can hear him now, with the faith of the resurrection and gift of the Holy Spirit. This is a week when we can begin to long for and pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Easter's blessings come alive when we let them move deeper into our everyday lives and when it leads to a deeper desire for the gifts of the Holy Spirit within us and among us.

Creighton University Online Ministries, Easter 2018. All rights reserved.

POPE FRANCIS: A MAN OF HIS WORD,

IN THEATERS 5/18

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word, is intended to be a per-sonal journey with Pope Francis, rather than a biographi-cal documentary about him. The pope’s ideas and his message are central to this documentary, which sets out to present his work of reform and his answers to today’s global questions. From his deep concern for the poor and wealth inequality, to his involvement in environmental is-sues and social justice, Pope Francis engages the audi-ence face-to-face and calls for peace.

Creighton Univ. Online Ministries, Easter 2018. All rights reserved.

The Spirit,

the one that fell upon those

who heard as Peter

preached,

cries out

within the hungry,

calls out to

the lost and lonely,

whispers

inside

our souls.

Anne M. Osdieck. Prayer Path 2018. All rights reserved.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD

DRIVE

On Friday, May 18, 2018 the American

Red Cross will conduct a blood drive at St.

Philip Church from 1:30 pm to 6:00 pm. Give the gift of life!

“Every Christian community must be a welcoming home for those searching for God,

for those searching for a brother or sister to listen to them.”

- Pope Francis

Food Drive Outreach

The 26th Annual Letter Carrier’s Food Drive will be held here in our town on Saturday, May 12, 2018 to provide assistance to those in need in our area. Just place non-perishable items in a bag or box near your mailbox on that date and a truck will stop by to pick-it up and deliver it to the local Five Corners Food Pantry. For more details contact parishioner Ernie Teixeira at 860-331-4294.

MAY 6, 2018

Ascension Thursday Thoughts

Graduated college students find ways to cope with their new

lives apart from each other, and besides, who wants to stay in

school forever? But what sort of lives were Jesus’ followers to

find after the very center of their lives had given way?

Well, you say, there was the resurrection. Correct. But Jesus’

new presence did not last so very long, did it? There came this

event called the Ascension. It emptied the school yards and

hallways for good. It was joyous, I suppose, but why did he have

to go away so thoroughly? Here is one way to look at it: he had

graduated from life into Life.

Having tunneled through the narrow passageway of death—as

you and I will do one day—he had given everything he possessed

and everything he was to the Father out of sheer love. Instead of

there being nothing left, there was humanity transformed: a

divine/human person most thoroughly divine and human, now

marked obviously with the totality of love. He was on his way

back to the dynamic, swirling, trinitarian circle of love from

which his humanity had issued in the first place. After the

Resurrection he had lingered in order to tell us about it, to

comfort us, to ease the loss. But what then?

“Stay in Jerusalem until my Spirit comes to fill your heart,”

Jesus said to his followers (First Ascension Reading). They were

going to be filled “with all humility and gentleness, bearing with

one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the

Spirit through the bond of peace: one body and one

Spirit” (Second Ascension Reading).

The immense act of modest love that was the resurrection

was going to be poured into us and it would be called the Holy

Spirit. Jesus would continue to be alive within the world after all,

but in a different form: that of our own human bodies and those

of our neighbors. Loss and absence would be turned into real

presence.

In the Eucharistic Prayer and communion we consent to have

his body and blood mingle with our own body and blood. The

Spirit comes to live in us, inviting us to accept his whole life,

death, and resurrection, as these settle into us and into others

around us.

This real presence now knocks on our doors, urging us,

gently nudging us to say yes.

John Foley, SJ, in The Sunday Website, May 13, 2018, All rights reserved.

The Feast of the Ascension

Next Thursday, May 10 is the Solemn Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholic Christians. We will gather to worship at the following times here in our parish:

Vigil Mass (May 9) – St. Philip Church at 6:00pm Morning Mass (May 10) – St. Catherine Church at

8:00am

Mark your calendar to set aside some time to join together and rejoice over the Lord’s ascension to God’s right hand in Heaven.

May 6, 2018

Mass Intentions

Saturday, May 5

4:00PM

Sunday, May 6

7:00AM +4th Anniversary Memorial for Alcide and Lucille

Saucier requested. by family

9:00AM + Memorial for Dorothy Dzikot

requested by family

11:00AM +Birthday Memorial for John Peter Balch

requested by family

Monday, May 7

8:00AM +Memorial for Anne Marino

requested by Nona

Tuesday, May 8

8:00AM

Wednesday, May 9

8:00AM

6:00 PM St. Philip - Vigil mass

Thursday, May 10

8:00AM

Saturday, May 12

4:00PM

Sunday, May 13

7:00AM +

9:00AM + Birthday Memorial William P. Green, Sr.

requested by family

11:00AM +4th Anniversary Memorial for

Alcide & Lucille Saucier, requested by family

“Developments in travel and communications technology are bringing us closer together and making us more connected, even as globalization makes us increasingly interdependent. May the image of the Good Samaritan who tended to the wounds of the injured man by pouring oil and wine over them be our inspiration. Let our communication be a balm which relieves pain and a fine wine which gladdens hearts. May the light we bring to others not be the result of cosmetics or special effects, but rather of our being loving and merciful “neighbours” to those wounded and left on the side of the road. Let us boldly become citizens of the digital world. The Church needs to be concerned for, and present in, the world of communication, in order to dialogue with people today and to help them encounter Christ. She needs to be a Church at the side of others, capa-ble of accompanying everyone along the way. The revolution taking place in communications media and in information technologies represents a great and thrilling challenge; may we respond to that challenge with fresh energy and imagination as we seek to share with others the beauty of God.”

Pope Francis-June 2014

Parish Sharing & Support - April 28 & 29

Weekly Offertory - $3,736 Weekly Online - $ 508

Thank you for sharing your gift of treasure with our parish.

Jesus’ commandment is that his disciples love one another, even to the point of laying down their lives if necessary. What gifts of ours - skills and talents, time and resources - will best demonstrate our love for God’s people?