altar server schedule august 12 - 13, 2017 · rosina and angelo gangi and mario russo 5:00 p.m....
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MASS SCHEDULE WEEKEND Saturday: 5:00 p.m. (vigil) Sunday: 7:30, 9:00 (Family Mass), 10:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.
DAILY (in Chapel) Monday through Friday: 7:00 a.m. & 5:15 p.m. Saturday: 7:00 a.m.
HOLYDAY (in Church) Eve: 5:15 p.m. (vigil) Holyday: 7:00 a.m., 12:10 p.m., & 5:15 p.m.
MASSES FOR SPECIAL GROUPS (September to June - in the Chapel) French Mass - 2nd Sunday 11:00 a.m. Italian Mass - 3rd Sunday 11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass - 4th Sunday 11:00 a.m.
RECONCILIATION - Sacrament of Penance (Church Sacristy) Saturday: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM (Individual or during Mass) Please call the Rectory to arrange for Baptism. Pre-Baptism Session required – 3rd Saturday: 1:30 p.m. in the Rectory SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Please call the Rectory 9-12 months before proposed wedding date to arrange for marriage preparation. ST. CATHERINE’S PRAYER GROUP (Chapel) Tuesday: 8:00 p.m.
Please pray for the deceased members of our parish, especially for John deCsepel, Lawrence M Intrieri, Sr.,
Clara Comeau, Maria D. Quinones and Katherine Ellen Zolluccio
ALTAR SERVER SCHEDULE August 12 - 13, 2017
Sat. 5:00 p.m. Jack McShea Caroline McShea
Sun. 7:30 a.m. TBD
Sun. 9:00 a.m. TBD
Sun.10:30 a.m. Riona McKersie
Sun. 5:00 p.m. Kelly Janssen
Alyce Janssen
READINGS FOR SUNDAY LITURGY can be found at number 1048 in Worship.
Saturday, August 5 Lv 25:1, 8-17; Mt 14:1-12
7:00 a.m. Dorothy Mattes 5:00 p.m. Joan Smith
Sunday, August 6 Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9
7:30 a.m. Etalo Ceci 9:00 a.m. All the Members of this Parish
10:30 a.m. Rosina and Angelo Gangi and Mario Russo 5:00 p.m. Maria P. Cueva
Monday, August 7 Nm 11:4b-15; Mt 14:13-21
7:00 a.m. Daniel F. Amelio 5:15 p.m. Luigi and Rita Vitiello
Tuesday, August 8 Nm 12:1-13; Mt 14:22-36
7:00 a.m. Dorathea Carren 5:15 p.m. Fred Sowick
Wednesday, August 9 Nm 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26-29a, 34-35; Mt 15:21-28
7:00 a.m. Marcel D'Silva 5:15 p.m. Omar Adame
Thursday, August 10 2 Cor 9:6-10; Jn 12:24-26
7:00 a.m. All Souls 5:15 p.m. Onesta and Felice Singone
Friday, August 11 Dt 4:32-40; Mt 16:24-28
7:00 a.m. Angelina Piro 5:15 p.m. John, Kathleen and Sean Fanning
Saturday, August 12 Dt 6:4-13; Mt 17:14-20
7:00 a.m. Living and Deceased members of the Bartella and Condax Families
5:00 p.m. Mildred, Robert and Judy Siciliano Sunday, August 13
1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 7:30 a.m. Thomas Furlong 9:00 a.m. Daniel Ryan Castellana
10:30 a.m. All the Members of this Parish 5:00 p.m. Rosaria and Lorenzo Bria
NEXT WEEKEND CELEBRANT SCHEDULE
Saturday, August 12 Reconciliation Msgr. Alan F. Detscher 5:00 p.m. Msgr. Alan F. Detscher
Sunday, August 13 7:30 a.m. Fr. William F. Platt 9:00 a.m. Fr. Mark D’Silva 10:30 a.m. Msgr. Alan F. Detscher 5:00 p.m. Fr. William F. Platt
PARISH EVENTS AND NEWS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS July 24 – Aug 25 Faith Formation Office will be closed.
Sept 18/ Sept 19
Bible Study Begins “Women in the New Testament” More information to follow.
Oct 5 Walking With Purpose Begins 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Lucey Parish Hall
END OF SUMMER BEACH MASS
Sunday, August 27, 2017 9:00 a.m.
Tod’s Point
All of nature is a canvas painted by God” - Author Unknown
Come celebrate the beauty that God gives us and join us for our annual end of summer beach Mass. Bring your beach chairs and your family to rejoice in the Lord. We meet under the pavilion near the second concession stand.
THE FACE OF PRAYER PILGRIMAGE
Join Bishop Caggiano on September 23, 2017 for a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. for the dedication of an outdoor shrine. The shrine is dedicated to young people and continues our celebration of the 100th anniversary of Our Lady’s appearance to the children of Fatima. Details about the pilgrimage can be found at www.thefaceofprayer.com or by calling 203-416-1670.
Krista Brennan and Christopher Myhro
Jessica Sanchez and Christopher Angotto
Have Made a Promise of Marriage
NOTES ON MUSIC Youth Choir is performing throughout the summer and welcomes new members. Anyone interested in participating can contact Dr. Liya Petrides at [email protected].
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The First Congregational Church of Greenwich, located at 108 Sound Beach Avenue (opposite Binney Park), welcomes you for their Annual Summer Sing. Hospitality, refreshments, and fun are all included! No sign-up necessary, just come ready to sing from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Donation of $10 per person.
Wednesday, August 30 Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio
Jack A. Pott, conductor
Keep in touch with our parish by reading the Weekly Bulletin
online when you are away this summer!
www.stcath.org
PARISH DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS POSITION
The number one challenge identified by parish staff and ministry leaders was the ability to easily engage and communicate with our parishioners. To address this issue, the Parish Advisory Group has recommended that the parish explore the possibility of a part-time Director of Communications.
The job description can be found online at https://www.bridgeportdiocese.org/job/director-communications-st-catherine-sienna-parish-riverside-ct/
All interested and qualified candidates must submit a resume and cover letter with salary requirements directly to the St. Catherine’s Parish Advisory Group at [email protected].
PLEASE NOTE:
There are no language Masses during July and August.
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Financial Report
Sunday Offertory (for the last four weekends) June 24 & 25…………………………… $20,511** July 1 & 2………………………………. $ 9,699 July 8 & 9………………………………. $ 8,499 July 15 & 16……………………………. $ 7,676** **Includes Monthly (AEG) Offertory/Annual Donations ****************************************************************
Take the Simple Way to Support your Parish!
Leaving on a jet plane this summer? Paddling down a river? Shuttling the kids between tennis lessons, baseball camp, swimming lessons or planning a trip to grandma’s house for the weekend?
We all lead such busy lives, our days our filled with errands, chores, commitments and obligations - BUT whatever you have planned this summer, wherever you may go, you will have one less thing to remember, if you sign up for Automatic Electronic Giving to make your Offertory donation to your parish.
St. Catherine of Siena needs your support, depends on your support, Summer – Fall – Winter – Spring.
We are here all the time, all the seasons of the year.
It’s easy to enroll in Automatic Electronic Giving! You can use a credit card or have your donation debited from your checking account. Simply complete an enrollment form and return it to the Business Office. To obtain a form:
Contact the Business Office at 203- 637-3661 Ext. 326 and they will be happy to mail you one.
Take a blue envelope, located on the stands by all the church doors, and return it.
Visit our website www.stcath.org - click on Finance
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to phone our Business Office.
Thank you to our parishioners who already use electronic giving to support our parish!
GREENWICH AND STAMFORD HOSPITAL VISITS
If you, or someone you know from our parish, is going to be in the hospital and would like a visit from one of our priests or deacons, it is important that you let us know directly. Please contact the rectory at 203-637-3661 to let us know.
FAITH COMMUNITY NURSING MINISTRY
This resource may provide comfort to you or someone you love:
Greenwich Hospital Bereavement Group Tuesday September 5th- Tuesday October 24th
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Pre-registration is required by calling Andrea Raynor at 203-863-3982.
Sessions are free.
BECOME AN ALTAR SERVER!
What does an Altar Server do? The primary role of the altar server is to assist the priest in the celebration of the liturgy and to be an example to the congregation by actively participating in the liturgy. Servers carry the cross and the processional candles, hold the book for the priest celebrant when he is not at the alter, carry the incense and censor, help during the preparation of the gifts, wash the priest’s hands, and assist the priest celebrant and deacon as necessary.
We are especially in need of new altar servers at this time. As long as a child has received their first communion, they can be trained to serve.
If you or your family members are interested in joining this beautiful ministry of altar serving at St. Catherine’s, please email our altar server coordinator, Connie Murljacic, at [email protected] or Deacon Renato Berzolla at [email protected].
PARISHIONER UPDATES
As we try to maintain our records, please let us know if you have recently moved, changed your phone number, or changed or added an email address. If you have never formally registered, we can easily take care of that for you. Please contact Terri Marino at 203-637-3661 ext. 326 or [email protected].
“Loving Hearts, Faithful Friends”
PARISH EVENTS AND NEWS
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS AND READERS
Eucharistic Ministers and Readers are needed. The more volunteers we have, the easier the schedules are. If you can volunteer for one of these ministries, please contact our coordinators Terry Gill (Eucharistic Ministers) or Deacon Vince Heidenreich (Readers) so that they can schedule a time to train you.
Contact: Terry Gill - [email protected] Vince Heidenreich - [email protected].
Thank you for considering this important request.
SHRINE OF THE LITTLE FLOWER
24th Annual Feast Day Celebration August, 20, 2017
St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Harrisville, RI
Celebration begins at 10:00 a.m. Lunch and Concert at 12:00 p.m. Mass at 3:00 p.m.
The day will include a continuous showing of St. Theresa’s life, food, refreshments, and canopy covered benches at the outdoor altar. For more information: 401-568-0575 or www.SaintTheresaShrine.com
ThankYou
Thank you to all of our bulletin sponsors. Please show your support by patronizing their business.
BIBLE STUDY
This study of New Testament women shows their variety of connections to Jesus and the apostles.
Participants will encounter the strengths and needs of these women, but also how being a woman during the time of Jesus and the apostles shaped many of the challenges they faced. Participants will enter into discussion and prayer about expectant faith, what it means to be touched by Jesus, and the meaning of discipleship through the lives of the women who lived in the first generation of Christianity.
Registration forms can be found in the rectory or at www.stcath.org.
WALKING WITH PURPOSE
2017-18 Registration
Walking with Purpose is a women’s Catholic Bible study that aims to bring women to a deeper personal relationship with Jesus Christ by offering personal study and small group discussion that link our everyday challenges and struggles with the solutions given to us through the teachings of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church.
The Walking with Purpose parish program at St. Catherine of Siena is introducing a new 22-week session for 2017-18. Two courses will be offered. “Opening Your Heart”, the foundational course, is designed for women who are new to WWP. We welcome past participants and invite new women to join us! “Discovering Our Dignity” will also be offered, a study of women in the bible, which will draw us into a deeper relationship with Jesus and show how much Christ loves us.
For more information and to register, please visit the parish website stcath.org and find Walking with Purpose
under the Faith Formation tab. For questions please contact [email protected].
“Women in the New Testament”
This session runs from September 18 - November 7 Monday evenings: 7:30 – 9:00 Tuesday mornings: 10:00 – 11:30
All meetings are in Room 101-102.
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PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING A CATECHIST!
Jesus called people to action. Jesus asked people to commit, to decide and "Come follow me." Teach the Lord’s Word to our children. The Lord will stand with you and show you the way. Catechists are needed in all grades 1-8.
Sunday 10:00 – 11:30a.m. grades 1 – 5
Tuesday 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. grades 1-5 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. grades 6-7-8
Wednesday 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. grades 1-5 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. and 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. grades 6-7-8
Please think and pray about sharing your faith with our children and teach religious education to grades 1 -8 for the upcoming year 2017-2018. Call 203-637-3661 x330 or email [email protected].
************************ KEYS TO HOLINESS Holiness will help us to get to Heaven and comes when we surrender to God's will and put all of our trust in him.
Courage: During the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5), Jesus said, “blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are they who mourn”, and promised that when we turn to God in times of trial, we will be cared for and comforted. Trusting God in difficult times takes courage. Discipline: Jesus makes it clear that we must apply the correct principles to our habits and use God’s laws as our standards. When he talked about ′’the meek”, “the merciful”, “those who hunger and thirst for righteousness”, he was giving us a ruler. We are to measure our behavior against these standards to see if we are on the right path to holiness.
Endurance: Only a true follower of Christ can put the Sermon on the Mount fully into practice. It takes endurance to combine holy inner attitudes with these outward actions and keep it up for life. © Copyright 2013 Success Publishing & Media, LLC
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK “Every day is a gift from God. That is why today is called
the present.”
"This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased;
listen to him." Gospel Reflection – Mt 9: 2-10 In this reading, Jesus takes his apostles Peter, James, and John up a high mountain. There, he is transfigured before them. He shows them the glory that is his as the only-begotten Son of God. With Jesus are the Old Testament prophets, Moses and Elijah.
Peter can hardly believe his eyes. He wants to do something to commemorate this wonderful event. He suggests that they build three tents there! He wanted to mark this spot as holy. Then, from heaven, the voice of the Father was heard: "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him." Suddenly, all was still. They looked up, and there was Jesus, alone with them. Then he prepared them for his death and resurrection.
It is important to remember that this event happened just before the passion and death of Jesus. This was a special gift to the apostles, so that they would remember that Jesus, their teacher and friend, was also their Lord, their Savior, and the Son of God.
Long after this event, Peter wrote about it in his first letter. How did he suggest we commemorate this event? Not by building tents on holy ground, but by paying attention to the message of Christ, by listening to the Son of God. Question of the Week: What and how would you have reacted if you were with Jesus at the Transfiguration? Family Discussion Questions for the Gospel Peter's impulse to mark this spot of encounter with Jesus was not wrong. It is a very human instinct. Our churches and shrines are "holy ground" for us. When we make a prayer corner at home or at school, we are setting aside "holy ground." Does this holy ground help you to be aware of God's presence? Does this holy ground help you to listen to Christ? How?
Why didn't Jesus and the apostles stay on the mountain? Why did they come down? What do you think?
If you have thoughts or questions about todays Gospel, any questions about your faith, or simply to let me know you’re reading these discussions, please feel free to email me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
Please note that the Faith Formation Office will be closed
Monday, July 24 – Friday, August 25
The office will re-open on
Monday, August 28.
Visit www.stcath.org for the full class calendar.
What’s Happening in Faith Formation Grades 1 – 12
The Religious Education Office is closed for the month of August.