St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Parish Roman Catholic Church

138 Candlewood Lake Road, Brookfield, CT 06804 ∙ (203) 775-5117 ∙ www.stmarguerite.org

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time — September 25, 2016

a ow that the fall season has arrived, all the parishes throughout our Diocese have started their “new

year,” so to speak. So it is with St. Marguerite! We have several items and activities to highlight: We have begun our new religious education program based on Family Formation; the first session took place on 11 September. Parents now come with their children one Sunday per month for a faith lesson. The other three weeks involve activities and lessons that parents and children work on together in their homes. Family Formation brings the religious education of children back to its proper instructors: the parents themselves. In fact, the Baptism ritual talks about how parents are the first educators in the ways of the Catholic faith in what they say and do. The Church prays that they may also be the best of teachers, and so do we at St. Marguerite. During the Faith Formation session, I spend time with the parents teaching a particular lesson and then Mary Ellen Tiernan explains the lessons that parents will work on at home with their children. Therefore, the faith will be brought into the home as the “domestic church,” which is a title the Church has always used for the home. Our desire is that the home will truly become a place of God’s presence and blessing through Family Formation. I thank our catechists who remain dedicated each year because of their love for our children and their desire to see these children grow spiritually. We welcome our new catechists, also, as we pray for another blessed year in religious formation. In January, Bishop Frank Caggiano will be joining us to present the lesson to the parents. We look forward to and welcome his visit. Our Tag Sale was a wonderful success! Priscilla Garamella and her faithful team (Joann Alfredo, Phyllis Babuini, Lileanne Blais, Grace Brennan, Brad Carlson, Melissa Carlson, Linda Corona, Trish Cratty, Diane Flood, Linda Frame, Fran Gozzi, Justin Gozzi, Johanna Grau, Jill Kessler, Denise Kurpiewski, Kathy Lathrop, Albert Mascia, Mary Ann Mascia, Jim and Josie McDermott, Linda Mora, Barbara Murphy, Greg Parsons, Barbara

Randall, Sandra Rourke, Erna Schoeneborn, Darlene Senete, and Cathy Wolk worked the week beforehand to make sure that everything was properly separated and tagged, as well as making sure that word got out for publicity. Many people walked away with their personal treasures! We look forward to Octoberfest’s Fruit of the Vine wine tasting on Saturday, 15 October. We encourage you to sign up for a wonderful evening learning about wine, enjoying delicious hors d’oeuvres, and spending time among friends. Priscilla has been working months on this, and we know that it will be a fun evening, so please sign up! The annual Golf Tournament was also a great success! This past Wednesday, many golfers spent the afternoon on the course and then returned to the hall for a delicious meal prepared by Diane Flood and her team. We thank Greg Dembowski, John Siclari, Trish Cratty, Jack Basso, and Diane for organizing the day over the course of many months and working to get our raffle prizes and cash donations. I also thank the many volunteers who worked the day of the Tournament to make everything run smoothly and who contacted the various foursomes to play. The Golf Tournament is the principal fundraiser for the parish, and we thank all who are involved to make it an annual success. Our religious education, Tag Sale, wine tasting, and Golf Tournament are just four examples of how our volunteers come together to make St. Marguerite events so successful. We encourage everyone to become involved in our many activities throughout the year. They are a perfect way to share time among friends and to make new friends along the way. Our parish is a family, and we want everyone to feel welcome to join our efforts to make St. Marguerite a true spiritual home. We thank Don Perley and Rejean Blais for making the necessary external improvements on the roof for safety and maintenance reasons. We are also in the midst of a thorough cleaning of the parish interior facility. Even though the new addition is only six years old, the facility was showing wear. Crystal Blue is a cleaning and maintenance company that our Diocese uses as well as the Archdiocese of New York. Crystal Blue is painting the classrooms,

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the hall, offices, and sacristy. They are cleaning and waxing the floors, improving the sacristy from years of wear, and they will be providing a complete actual cleaning. The overall purpose is to make our facility attractive to those who would like to rent the space. We should be taking advantage of the classrooms and especially our hall. However, no one will rent from a facility that looks worn. Therefore, with the improvements, we hope to generate steady income to the parish. Our phone system will be upgraded this week. The problems connected primarily with voicemail should be fixed appropriately. Two months ago, the parish was burglarized again in the main church overnight. Someone tried to steal money out of the votive candle boxes; they stole nothing because no money was in them (I empty them regularly). We filed a police report. Since this is the second time in a little over one year that this has happened, I installed the locks on all the doors in the main church. I now lock the main church at night. The Adoration Chapel, however, is still open 24 hours. For safety reasons, I thought it was best to lock the church in case someone tried to steal money again at night or in the early hours of the morning; this could possibly threaten the safety of someone in the Adoration Chapel.

Soon, we will be slightly changing the format of our bulletin. It will now be more streamlined. As always, all of the information in the bulletin can be found on the parish’s website. In October, I will be meeting with the Diocesan Building Committee together with our contractor to discuss the renovation of the rectory. The last phase of the parish’s capital improvements involves the rectory, which is in need of updating and repair. The parish Finance Council has been working on this project since Fr. George was still here, and we hope to bring it to completion by next year. Finally, next June, the parish will be hosting William Shakespeare’s comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor, on Saturday, 10 June, at 10 am. The cast has received their parts, and I will be playing Falstaff, one of the leads. Falstaff is a bit of a rogue because he wants the two (merry) wives to give him their money because he has run out it. The wives, however, realize his scheme and set about to humiliate him unknowingly in three hilarious situations. We invite the parish to come see our entire cast perform one of Shakespeare’s funniest plays—you will not be disappointed! May you have a most blessed and holy week! Fr. Shawn William Cutler

The Rich Man and Lazarus Our Choice: The readings today make it clear that the outcome of our afterlife rests on the choices we make in this life. The choice for the rich man could not have been clearer. That choice sat outside his door every day of his life. While he lived in luxury, at his very doorstep lay Lazarus, a poor sick man tended to only by dogs in the street. (The rich man has no name. Only Lazarus is named.) Yet this obvious opportunity for the rich man to choose the way of the Lord is lost to him in the distracting abundance of worldly riches. The choice is clear and the signs are obvious; we need only pull our attention away from the distractions of wealth, abundance, power, security, and safety to see what we must do. It is not easy to do, and for some, not possible in this world or the next. In the end both the rich man and Lazarus die. That is the fate of all mortal beings. It is our fate as well. The choices we make in this world shape the quality and outcome of our lives. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

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O f f i c e o f F a i t h F o r m a t i o n Welcome to 2016/17 Faith Formation Classes! Calendars for Classes are available at the parish website, www.stmarguerite.org, under Faith Formation. Confirmation Prep (Grades 7-8) classes begin

Sunday, September 25th at 9:15 a.m. 7/8th Grade Parent Meeting is on September 25th at 10 a.m. in the Hall. At least one parent is required to attend.

Next Family Formation (Grades 1-6) class is Sunday, October 2nd, at 9:15 a.m.

Next Immediate Prep (Grade 9/Confirmation) class is Sunday, October 16th at 4 p.m.

** All families of children enrolled in our Faith Formation programs are required to be registered and active parishioners of St. Marguerite’s. **

Contact Faith Formation Director Mary Ellen Tiernan at (203) 775-5117 or metiernan@stmarguerite.org for more information about any of our programs.

U p c o m i n g P a r i s h E v e n t s Loving Life: Advance Medical Directives. On Wednesday, October 19th at 7 p.m. in Room 1, Deacon Tom Davis, director of the Pope John Paul II Bioethics Center at Holy Apostles College, will present Catholic teaching on end of life medical issues and the role of Advance Medical Directives in health care planning. Sign up sheet will be in the narthex next week. Flu Shots will be available for parishioners on Sunday, October 16th, 1-3 p.m. in the Reception Room. Sign up in the narthex on the weekends of September 24/25, October 1/2, and October 8/9. If you have health insurance, please bring your card with you at sign up. Handy Dandy Handyman’s 17th Annual Community Volunteer Rake n’ Bake will be Saturday, November 12th, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m.! Registration is required before November 4th at www.hdhm.org. Join your community for a great day of service and fellowship!

K n i g h t s o f C o l u m b u s The Knights of Columbus have been at the forefront of raising public awareness on the situation of Middle Eastern Christians and in organizing relief efforts on their behalf. These Christians have lost everything for

their faith. It is entirely possible for one of the oldest forms of Christianity to disappear completely, with many churches dating back to St. Paul’s time in danger of being destroyed and disappearing forever. The situation is dire. The United Nations is not supporting these Christians. Fortunately, support is coming from private donations like those streaming in from the website christiansatrisk.org. God cares for His people through people. Become part of God’s people who care. Contact Grand Knight Vince Lupo to join local Council 11913: (203) 775-4848, twowolves12@sbcglobal.net. All parishioners of St. Marguerite’s who wish to volunteer at the parish must complete the Diocesan-mandated Safe Environments: Protecting God’s Children Awareness Training Program before volunteering. Visit www.virtus.org to register for an upcoming session.

M a s s I n t e n t i o n s Monday, Sept 26 8:30am: +John Bacich by Sandra Rourke Tuesday, Sept 27: St. Vincent de Paul 8:30am: +Edgardo A. Aberin by the Aberin family Wednesday, Sept 28 8:30am: +Scott Getzinger by the family Thursday, Sept 29: Sts. Michael, Gabriel, Raphael 8:30am: Intentions of Kevin Dwyer by the family Friday, Sept 30: St. Jerome 8:30am: +Robert Hau by Jim McDermott Saturday, Oct 1: St. Therese of the Child Jesus 8:30am: Intentions of Dr. Rocio Munoz Roquero, LMC by Laurie Dwyer, LMC 4:30pm: Intentions of Fr. Sebastian Vazhakala, MC by the Lay Missionaries of Charity Sunday, Oct 2: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8am: Intentions of Thomas Frank by his mom 10:30am: Living and Deceased Members of our Parish 12noon: Intentions of Jackie Goin by Shirley Burkart 4pm: +Allan Stein by the family 5pm: +Barbara Lindner by the family

For the intentions of a loved one, an anniversary celebration, or in memory of a loved one, the following may be offered: Weekday Masses: $10; Weekend Masses: $15; 2-Altar Candles (church or chapel): $20; 1-Sanctuary Candle (church or chapel) - $10; Hosts - $15; Sacramental Wine - $10. Week of September 25th…

Our Sacramental Wine is for the special intentions of Bob and Lucille Neidhardt requested by Marie Bocialetti.

Our Sanctuary Candle in the Chapel is in loving memory of

Mildred DeKoskie requested by the family.

W e e k l y O f f e r t o r y Thank you for your continued generosity!

Our weekly goal to meet operating expenses is $7,000 for Budget Year 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017.

Sept 17/18: $ 6,441.00 (includes Online Giving) Energy Needs: $ 766.00 (includes Online Giving)

We thank you for your generous contributions to the parish. We request all parishioners use their weekly envelopes or Online Giving to make their donations to the parish.

Online Giving can be used to easily set up recurring donations to the parish by debiting your checking/savings account or debit/credit card. The timing/amount of your gift can be changed at any time and there is never any cost to you! Sign up at stmarguerite.org and click on “Donate” for the Online Giving link. Questions? Contact Linda Diorio/Parish Office at (203) 775-5117 or ldiorio@stmarguerite.org.

S h a m e t h e D e v i l : G o t o C o n f e s s i o n !

Celebrate the Jubilee Year of Mercy!

Confessions are available every Tuesday at St. Joseph Parish (Brookfield), 7-8:30 p.m. and every Thursday at Sacred Heart Parish

(Danbury), 7-8:30 p.m.

Your Parish Office Is Open: Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Friday: 8:30 a.m.-12 noon Phone: (203) 775-5117

Fax: (203) 775-9254 www.stmarguerite.org

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Pastor: Rev. Shawn William Cutler Deacon: Anthony J. Detje Weekend Assistant: Rev. Guido G. Montanaro Mass Schedule Public Morning Prayer: 8:20 a.m. Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. - Chapel Saturday: 8:30 a.m. - Chapel 4:30 p.m. Vigil Mass Sunday: 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12 noon, 5 p.m. Latin Low Mass: 1st Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. Confessions Daily in the Chapel Sacristy before 8:20 a.m. prayer; Saturdays 3:30-4:15 p.m.; or by appointment. Music Director: Jack Basso jjbasso@snet.net Choir Director: Tory Gozzi (203) 241-5362, torygozzi@gmail.com Faith Formation Director: Mary Ellen Tiernan metiernan@stmarguerite.org Office Administrator: Linda Diorio ldiorio@stmarguerite.org Bulletin Editor: Jean Piccorelli jpiccorelli@stmarguerite.org Finance Chairman: Greg Dembowski (203) 740-1948, gregdembowski@yahoo.com

to our parish! We are glad you came to worship with us today and invite you

to introduce yourself to Fr. Shawn, Fr. Guido, or Deacon Tony. To register as a parishioner, please complete a Registration Form which can be found on our website and on the tables at the entrances to the church or come into the Parish Office to pick up a Form. Parish Membership: To be considered an active member of St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Parish, each family and single adult must be properly registered AND regularly use the weekly donation envelopes for our parish or be donating through Online Giving. This is the ONLY way the parish can issue documents attesting to parish membership and Catholic practice (i.e. a letter to be a godparent for baptism or sponsor for confirmation).

Join us for Octoberfest’s Fruit of the Vine Tasting on Saturday, October 15th, 6-8 p.m. A selection of wines sponsored by Spirits 'N' Such located on South Street in Danbury will be presented and hors d’oeuvres by area restaurants will be served. Tickets are $30/each or $50/couple and are being sold after weekend Masses or may be reserved by calling Priscilla Garamella at (203) 313-0819. Vendor Applications are now being accepted for St. Marguerite’s 24th Annual Holiday Craft Fair & Bazaar on Saturday, November 12th, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., in the Hall. We encourage parishioners to participate as vendors in this parish fundraising event. To download an application, visit www.stmarguerite.org. For further information, call Pat Spitzfaden at (203) 775-9236. Our 4th Annual Memorial Mass of the Guardian Angels will be Monday, October 3rd at 7 p.m. Our speaker at the Mass will be Linda Weatherseed from the Family Center in Greenwich for Grieving Children. Visit familycenters.org/The-Den-for-Grieving-Kids for information about the Center. You may bring a photo of your deceased child to display on the table in the narthex on the night of the Mass. Everyone is invited to join us for refreshments in the narthex after Mass. There will be a Living Rosary and Pot Luck Dinner on Friday, October 7th in celebration of Our Lady of the Rosary. We will line up in the church beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Rosary will be said at 6 p.m. followed by a Pot Luck Supper at 6:30 p.m. Sign up in the narthex! Our Outside Rosary Rally, Now More Than Ever America Needs Fatima, will be Saturday, October 15th at 12 noon. All are welcome to gather with us to say the Rosary at the Blessed Mother Statue in the circle in front of the church. Pilgrimage to Shrine of Divine Mercy in Stockbridge: Oct. 20th! Call Mary Ellen at (203) 775-5117 to register.

T h i s W e e k i n Y o u r P a r i s h Traditional Latin Mass Class. We will be offering a general class on the Traditional Latin Mass: its symbolism, postures (when to stand, sit, kneel), and spirituality! Missals will be provided. Classes will be on Monday, 26 September at 7 p.m. AND REPEATED on Thursday, 29 September at 9:30 a.m. Both classes will be held in the church. This class is open to anyone interested in the TLM. The Traditional Latin Mass will next be said here at St. Marguerite’s on Sunday, October 2nd at 4 p.m. Our Parish is blessed to have 24/7 Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in our Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Next weekend, adorers will speak at our Masses about how their adoration hour has changed their lives. There is always a need for additional adorers and substitutes. Contact Katherine at (203) 775-6968 for information. Prayer Shawl Ministry: Sept. 20 at 10am in Rm 9. Legion of Mary: Sept. 29 at 10am in Rm 9. Blood Pressure Screenings: Oct. 2 after the 10:30 Mass in the Reception Room.

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