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October 12, 2014
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint Mary Church
626 Willard Avenue
Newington, CT 06111
Reverend Joseph F. Keough, Pastor
Reverend Nicholas J. Cesaro
(in residence)
Rectory Office
626 Willard Avenue
Newington, CT 06111
(860) 666-1591
Fax: (860) 666-5720
Amy Lasek, Secretary
Office hours: M-Th - 9–4 p.m.
Fri. 9-2:30 p.m.
Our website & e-mail are:
www.stmarysnewington.net
newingtonstmary@aol.com
Saint Mary’s School
652 Willard Avenue
(860) 666-3844
Mrs. Margaret McDonald,
Principal
www.stmarynewington.com
Permanent Deacons
James Tanguay
Michael O’Toole
Bruce Thompson
Religious Education Office
(860) 666-6347
Joan Guerrera, Director
Cathy Bowen, Asst. Director
Director of Music/Organist
(860) 666-1591 x306
Elizabeth Trainer
Church of Saint Mary’s Mass Schedule
Saturday Evening Vigil: 4:00 p.m.
Sunday Mass: 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
(During Daylight Savings Time: 7:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.)
Daily Mass: Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. in the Chapel
Holy Day: 8:30 a.m., 12:10 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Eucharistic Adoration: First Friday from 9-10 a.m. in the Chapel
Mass Intentions can be requested on the 1st business day of the current month
through the same month of the next year by calling the Rectory, 860-666-1591.
Sacraments
Baptism: 2nd Sunday of each month at 1:00 p.m. Contact the Rectory Office to make arrangements.
Reconciliation: Prior to Saturday Vigil Mass – 3:15-3:45 p.m. & anytime by appointment.
Communion: For parishioners, who are homebound or hospitalized, contact the Rectory Office.
Marriage: Contact the Rectory Office at least 6 months in advance to begin preparation.
Anointing of the Sick: Contact the Rectory or hospital Chaplain.
St. Mary Prayer Line is here to assist you. Call Margaret Pelletier (666-3287), Julie Carta (667-9714) or email
requests to newingtonstmary@aol.com and give the first name of the person to be prayed for and the intention.
Each month we revise our prayer list and ask that you contact us if you wish a name to remain on the list.
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~Mass Intentions~
Saturday, October 11, 2014
4:00 Lee Cyr
By the family
(10th Anniversary)
Sunday, October 12, 2014
7:30 Donna Labowski
By Mark Lacic & family
10:00 Tony Iannone
By wife, Gail
(4th Anniversary)
11:30 Elaine & Stanley
Kraszewski
By Sophie & Kaz
Monday, October 13, 2014
8:30 Emma Carlone
By her husband, Cosmo
(1st Anniversary)
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
8:30 St. Mary Parishioners
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
8:30 Rocco & Angelina Calabrese
By Seymour Family
Thursday, October 16, 2014
8:30 Mass of Thanksgiving
By the Barys Family
Friday, October 17, 2014
8:30 Gerard Laflamme
By Chris & Marge Banach
Saturday, October 18, 2014
4:00 Lisa Liscomb
By Tom & Sandy Rogers
Sunday, October 19, 2014
7:30 Pauline Pelkey
By the Sadil Family
10:00 Margaret & Geroge
Ciganik
By the family
11:30 John Ricciuti
By wife & daughter
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Mass Intentions can be requested
on the 1st business day of the
current month through the same
month of the next year.
Please contact the Rectory
Office at 860-666-1591 to
schedule your Mass Intention.
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From the Desk of the Pastor
“What is the “Synod of Families” and why should I
care? Pope Francis has called for a Synod (church word for a conference)
on “The Family”. This is the second phase of the Pope’s examination on
family life. Last year, he asked members of the Church throughout the world
to respond to a survey dealing with issues facing families in the world. This
survey, sadly, was not distributed in the Archdiocese of Hartford due to the
retirement of Archbishop Mansell. The information gleened from the world
study is being used for the framework of the Synod.
The two-week meeting of bishops and cardinals from around the world
aimed at making the church’s teaching on family life – marriage, sex,
contraception, divorce and homosexuality – relevant to today’s Catholic
families and how the Church can respond to meet the needs of
“Families” everywhere. The pre-synod debate has been dominated by
mudslinging between liberals and conservatives over divorce and
remarriage, but there are many more issues up for discussion.
The Synod will lead to further discussions by the various “consistories”
or departments with the Vatican to make decisions regarding official Church
Teachings on Family Life, as well as, recommendations for pastoral care of
our entire Church Family. Generally these things take a long time to be
hashed out and implemented, but Pope Francis is determined to move along
with this and he does have the support of the media (mostly), so we could be
hearing about it sooner rather than later.
If you want to follow the development, visit Vatican.va or
CatholicNewsService.org or just BING search, “Synod on the Family”.
Fr. Joe Keough
Annual Memorial Mass – Sunday, November 2nd at 11:30 a.m.
This Mass will be celebrated on behalf of all those members of our
parish who have passed away since last October. All parish
members, especially the families and friends of the deceased are
invited and encouraged to attend. It allows another opportunity to
affirm your sympathy and to extend your support to those families
who have experienced the loss of a loved one. We also welcome
anyone who experienced a loss in the past year to join us for this
memorial.
Holy Spirit to Host Elisabeth Von Trapp
Holy Spirit Church announces a concert by Elisabeth von Trapp on Friday,
October 24th at 7:00 p.m. Elisabeth is the granddaughter of the legendary
Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose story inspired “The Sound of Music.”
All are invited to the concert at Holy Spirit Church, 183 Church St.,
Newington CT. A free will offering will take place during the concert. A
reception in Father O’Connor Center will follow with light refreshments.
If there are questions please call John Rocco 860-666-5061 or Marie
Michalman 860-666-9210.
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Knights of Columbus Sunday Breakfast
on Sunday, Oct. 19th from 8:00 am— Noon
at Holy Spirit Church in Newington.
The menu will be ham, eggs, their famous
home fries and all you can eat pancakes.
Coffee, Hot Chocolate, and Orange Juice will
also be served. The cost is $6 for adults and
$4 for children ages 5-14; under 5 years of
age there is no cost. The money raised goes
to charitable causes of the Knights of
Columbus, and many Catholic Charities. Plan
to stop by after Mass and enjoy a great
breakfast. Thank you for all your support.
Thank you to everyone who attended our
first Parish Meeting on Monday
evening! There was a good turn out and I
hope a good exchange of information. If you
haven't attended, please join us again this
SUNDAY, October 12th at 3:00 p.m. in the
Church.
Fr. J Keough - frjfk@aol.com
And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say
to you, whatever you did for one of these least
brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:40
For the month of October, the Intermediate and
Junior High Religion classes of Saint Mary School
will be sponsoring a canned food and toiletry
collection to help the Little Sisters of the Poor
serve those in need. Please consider a donation of
the items listed below and share the love of Christ
with those who are struggling.
St. Mary Women’s Club Events
St. Mary Women's Club will hold its October meeting
in the hall on Monday, October 13th at 7 p.m. At this
annual "outreach" meeting, our speaker this year,
David Applegate, from Xavier High School, will tell
us about an upcoming Student Service Trip to
Guatemala. Please join us on Monday to learn about
these young people, who are eager to accept the
challenge of Pope Francis to reach out to the poor
and needy. As always, we will also share dessert,
fellowship and ideas about our upcoming events.
St. Mary Women's Club will host its
annual Military Whist on Thursday,
October 16th in the school gym.
Coffee and dessert will be available at
6:30 p.m., and the Whist will begin promptly at
7 p.m. Admission is $5 and tickets will be available
at the door. Military Whist is great fun! No previous
knowledge of the game is necessary, it's that
easy! Come, bring a friend and play!
Note of thanks to the members of the St. Mary
Women’s Club for their generous donation to
our parish! May God continue to bless them for
their many good works!
October 5thCollections
For your convenience, a box marked “Food and
Toiletry Collection” will be placed in the foyer area
at each of the three entrances to Church. Please
contact Mrs. Oleasz at Saint Mary School with
questions. She may be reached at (860)666-3844.
With thanks and appreciation…God Bless you!
Weekly – $6,723.00
Heat & Light Collection – $3,269
September Online Collections - $3,281.00
Did you know that the average utility bills for our
parish (not including the school) each month are
$9,134? While we are making every effort to
conserve energy and dollars, it is necessary to
maintain the comfort and safety of all our members
and guests. Your donation to the Heat and Light
Collection, as well as, your weekly donation help us
to keep up with our bills. Thank you!!
Suggested items (both regular & sugar free):
Canned goods
Beverages: (coffee,
Cereals
juices, tea)
Peanut butter & jelly
Baked Beans
Crackers
Cookies
Dry goods
Pasta
Baking/desserts
Paper products
Honey/Syrup
(Seasonal also)
Dry beans
JELLO
Pudding
Personal care items
St. Mary Book Club will meet on the 3rd
Friday of November. Please call the rectory
for time and location if you are interested in
joining us. The book for October is Raise The
Titanic by Clive Cussler. In November we are
reading, Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes.
Congratulations to the winner of our Book
Club Basket raffled at the Parish Picnic last
month.
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Attention all the witches, ghosts & goblins!
Trunk or Treat
is right around the corner
Sunday, October 26th
Time & location to be announced in next
Sunday’s bulletin.
October is Pro-Life Month
You are invited to join the members of Holy Spirit Parish for a 24 hour
Eucharistic Adoration/Prayer Vigil for Life on Tuesday, October 21st at 6
p.m. until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22nd at Holy Spirit Parish. This is
part of the Annual 40 Days for Life, a National Campaign of Prayer for a
respect for the dignity of all human life, particularly an end to abortion.
Concurrent with this Eucharistic period of prayer and devotion volunteers
will keep a 12 hour prayerful, peaceful and respectful vigil of protest at the
Hartford Hospital GYN Center, 1 Main Street, Hartford, where abortions are
performed. Last year 66 babies were saved in Hartford during the 40 Days
of Life. If you would like more information, please call Eleanore Marchand,
860-667-7660 or Al and/or Patricia Cala, 860-594-8661.
CCD News: 860-666-6347 or jegstmary@cox.net
No weekday CCD classes will meet this week.
Sunday Monthly Class Schedule 11-12:30 p.m.:
October 12th: No Sunday Classes
October 19th:
Grade 2: Mrs. Keltonic (Lower Rectory)
Grade 9: Mrs. LaRosa (Hall) Note: location change October only.
October 26th: Children’s Mass
Grade 1: First Class (School Gym)
Grade 3: Mrs. Zoll (Hall)
Grade 4: Mrs. Astorino (School) Note: location change for October only.
Grade 7: Mrs. Plavcan (School) Note: Location change.
Grade 8: Mrs. Costa (Lower Rectory)
Grade 9: Mrs. LaRosa (Rm 203), Mr/Mrs. Calla (Rm 205),
Mrs. Blais/Perreira (Rm201), Mrs. Allo (Rm204)
all meet at St. Mary School.
Next weekend is
"JOIN THE CHOIR!" WEEKEND
On Sunday October 19th, sing with the
"All Are Welcome" Choir at the 10:00 a.m. Mass.
Arrive at 9:30 to warm up, meet new friends, and learn some music.
ANYONE is welcome to try out the choir for a day, to see
if you would be interested in joining us!
After the 10:00 a.m. Mass, the Adult Choir will host
"Coffee And…" in the Baptistry.
Meet the members of the choir and learn about our parish's many
musical opportunities!
If you have any questions, feel free to contact
Elizabeth Trainer (860) 666-1591 ext. 306
or email: ElizabethTStMary@aol.com
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Mindful of those who are sick,
please pray for the
following people, and those
who care for them.
CherieLee Bell
Claire Bialaski
Edmund Bialaski
Kyle Bloom
Dale Crocker
Geraldine Cyr
Helen Cyr
Pauline Daloe
Joey DeVito
Chuck Donnelli
Deborah Durity
Helen Esberg
Cynthia Espinosa
Russell Fancher
James Fink
Larry Finlay
Kasey Grimaldi
Elaine Grossi
Richard Grossi
Dennis Horrigan
Michael Jarnutowski
Donna Kagan
Roland L.
Patricia Lamb
Mark
Bill Moore
Gavin Thomas Morris
Nancy Nazzone
Helen Parker
Chylene Pender
Darlene Rood
Ryan Rood
Marj Sasiela
Madeline Scanlon
Sr. Rosemary Spodnik
Edward Satkowski
Irene Satkowski
Wes Webster
Jim Yoerkie
Paul Zocco
Chip Zocco
Please call the rectory each
month to add or keep a name
on the bulletin prayer list.
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