Saturday Vigil – 5:00 Brazilian Mass – 7:30

Sunday – 7:30, 9:00 Children’s Liturgy and 10:30 a.m. with Adult Choir and 12:00 N

Spanish Mass – 5:00 p.m. Brazilian Mass –

Monday through Saturday - 7:30 a.m. Monday through Friday -12:10

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Saturday - 3:30 to 4:30 and by

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Couples planning to be married must begin to make ar-rangements at least 8 months prior to wedding date by contacting the

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Attendance at pre-Baptism class is required before the Sacrament is celebrated. Classes are held on second Sunday of the month at 1:15 p.m. in the Rectory. Please pre-register by 203-743-2707. Baptisms will take place every Sunday at 1:15 p.m. except second Sunday of the

PASTORAL

Rev. Gregg D. Mecca, Pastor

Rev. Frank Eldridge, S.A. Parochial Vicar

Rev. David J. Riley, In Residence

PARISH 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. - MONDAY Y

104 Main

B Phone: 203-743-2707 and Fax: 203-794-1928

Email Address - ff Website - www

PARISH Dr. Glen Segger, Music Minister

gsegger@stpeterdanb.org Dr. Nancy Engel, Children’s Choir - 914-741-1670

LATINO COMMUNITY 203-743-2707

QUASI PARISH OF OUR LADY OF APARECIDA

Rev. Leonel S. Medeiros, Episcopal Vicar for Brazilians

203-730-9071

SAINT PETER SCHOOL Mary Lou Torre — Principal - 203-748-2895

School Fax: 203-748-5684

EDUCATION AND Barbara Siano—Director of Religious Education K - 8

203-743-1048 or spreligioused@stpeterdanb.org

YOUTH MINISTRY Michael Falbo—Youth Group Director

203-743-1048 or ygstpeter@gmail.com

of Parish Council – Fred Visconti – 203-744-2311 of Finance – Arthur Mannion - 203-733-0183

Homebound Sr. Mary Bernard Wiecezak, CSFN 203-743-2707, Ext.

“Land of the free and the

home of the brave”

ST. PETER P S C

Our weekly goal………………………………………...$10,500 SACRIFICIAL GIVING—June 27, 2021…………….$ 6,138 Online Giving—June 27, 2021…………………………$ 2,312 Shortfall…………………………………………………$ 2,051

Thank you for your support. Father Mecca

3 SAT 5:00 PM † Agatha and John Kinnally 7:30 PM Brazilian Mass 4 SUN 7:30 AM † Mary C. Caruso 9:00 AM † James Kovacs 10:30 AM Our Nation 12:00 N † Frank Pedicano 5:00 PM Spanish Mass 7:30 PM Brazilian Mass 5 MON St. Anthony Zaccaria, Priest St. Elizabeth of Portugal 7:30 AM † Helen Stegun 12:10 N † Elaine Jordano 6 TUE St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr 7:30 AM † Dorothy Balise 12:10 N † Mary C. Riley 7 WED 7:30 AM Msgr. Kevin Wallin 12:10 N † Carlos Espinal 8 THU 7:30 AM † James Wolf 12:10 N † Kenneth Cyr 9 FRI St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest and Companions, Martyrs 7:30 AM Lemoine Family 12:10 N † Souls in Purgatory 10 7:30 PM † Marybeth Garavel 5:00 PM † Antonette Scapeccia 7:30 PM Brazilian Mass 11 SUN 7:30 AM † Anne sullivan 9:00 AM † Ana Ramos 10:30 AM Our Parishioners 12:00 N † Donald Potter 5:00 PM Spanish Mass 7:30 PM Brazilian Mass

On the weekend, if the intention of the Mass is yours,

please see an usher about bringing up the gifts.

JULY Today is the 4th of July. When Inde-pendence Day falls on a weekday, the American Church celebrates with pray-

ers proper for the day. We cannot do that on a Sunday, but I placed the Collect from the Mass for Independence Day as the closing prayer of the General Intercessions. Today is a good day to remember our country in our prayers. We were founded upon lofty principals, and while we have not fully lived up to them throughout our history, we must keep striving toward them for, while born of the Enlightenment, liberty, freedom, unity, jus-tice, and equality are rooted in God. Let us ask God to help us eliminate the sins of society and the corruption of the human heart which deny these principals for all peo-ples. Andy DiVicino of Universal Building Controls gave some of us a lesson on Thursday on how to use the new control system for the church’s heating and cooling. This system is state of the art. I cannot summarize all it does, but it is very smart. We are able to access it and view, for instance, a diagram of the boiler room to see what zones are receiving heat. Another diagram demon-strates the temperature in each of the zones along with the outdoor temperature. The system monitors CO2 levels and opens the vent in the air handling room as needed (when CO2 reaches 800 parts to a million) to bring in air from outdoors. It records the day’s activity, too. Andy showed us the chart from last Sunday, and we could see the peaks and valleys. The highest peak occurred at 8 p.m. Clearly, the Brazilian Mass was most heavily popu-lated and required more oxygenated air from outside. The former system was supposed to do the same, but this aspect was part of its failure. The system will even send us an email when there is a problem of some sort. All in all, the building will be much better and more efficiently served by this system. One final note on the system, Andy was able to tie in the vestibule units. Installed in the 1975 work on the church, they had to be turned on manually for heat. Now they will respond to a thermo-stat. We were very fortunate to find Andy and to work with him. Maybe I should say fortunate that he agreed to take our project. As I told you, the former company was never able to respond to our satisfaction to the problems of the system that they installed. We did not want them back. Other companies that Rick Palanzo called did not return the call. Andy not only responded, he was eager to work for the good of a church, and he went the extra mile, submitting our project to Eversource for an energy efficiency grant. As I mentioned some weeks past, the grant totaled $6,000, nearly half the cost of the project. We are very grateful to Andy and look forward to a long-term working relationship. Have a relaxing 4th of July weekend. And, by the way, our offices are closed on Monday so that our employees and clergy can have the federal holilday.

—-Fr. Mecca

The Sanctuary Lamp Burns

In Memory Of

Nettie Scapeccia

KINDLY REMEMBER THE SICK OF THE PARISH

Antonia Rodrigues Alves Daniel Alvarez Dorothy Bennett Richard Botelho Nubia Dekker Jerry Dejulia Kristin Harrison

Elizabeth Ianelli Gloria McKee Frank Luciani Teddy Marchione Christopher McLaughlin Samantha Miller Anthony Pelle, Jr. Joseph Pepin Sr. Mary Bernard Wiecezak

We offer our condolences to the families of

Stephen Gallagher

Jean Gantert

Doris Henderson

who passed away last week.

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE: You can now come to the office during the week to make payments for reli-gious education classes. Please call before coming to make sure we are in the office. The number is 203-743-1048. We are not taking any new registrations but will add new applications to a waitlist. NEW EMAIL ADDRESS Please use our new email ad-dress for all emails : spreligioused@stpeterdanb.org

—-Barbara Siano, Director of Religious Education

***SAINT PETER SCHOOL NEWS***

For information about registering your child at St. Peter School, please contact

mcorea@spsdanbury.org or mtorre@spsdanbury.org or call the school office - 203 - 748 - 2895. We continue to accept registrations for students at St. Peter School throughout the summer. If you know anyone who is look-ing for a school that is family oriented, faith-based, and academically focused, please invite them to call the school office for more details.

Thank you to all who participated in the Stop and Shop A+ School Rewards Program this year. An unexpected check for $300 arrived at the school this past week. They did indicate in the letter accompanying this check, that they will no longer be offering the program and are instead fo-cusing their efforts on the Stop and Shop Food Pantry Pro-gram to help fight hunger in local communities.

"Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being

just what God wants us to be." —St. Therese of Lisieux

—-Mary Lou Torre, Principal

Annual Catholic Appeal

Number of Donors 153

Total Amount $71,195

Our $58,000 goal—Thank you.

Morning of Reflection: After this long and difficult time of restrictions and isolation, SPIRITUAL REALIGNMENT seems like a good topic for our first meeting of 2021. Join Yvette Lessard on Thursday, July 22 from 10-11:45 in the Parish Hall.

COMUNIDAD HISPANA SAN PEDRO

En el mes de julio recordamos la Presiosa Sangre de Jesús, derramada por nuestra salvación. He aquí la letania. Señor, ten piedad de nosotros. Cristo, ten piedad de nosotros. Señor, ten piedad de nosotros. Cristo óyenos. Cristo escúchanos. Dios Padre celestial, ten misericordia de nosotros. Dios Hijo, Redentor del mundo, ten misericordia de no-sotros. Dios Espiritu Santo, ten misericordia de nosotros. Santa Trinidad, un solo Dios, ten misericordia de nosotros. Sangre de Cristo, hijo único del Padre Eterno, sálvanos Sanfre de Cristo, Verno encarnado, Sangre de Cristo, Nuevo y Antiguo Testamento, Sangre de Cristo, derramada sobre la tierra durante su agonía, Sangre de Cristo, vertida en la flagelación. Sangre de Cristo, que emanó de la corona de espinas, Sangre de Cristo, derramada sobre la Cruz, Sangre de Cristo, precio de nuestra salvación, Sangre de Cristo, sin la cual no puede haber remisión, Sangre de Cristo, alimento eucarístico y purificación de las almas, Sangre de Cristo, manantial de misericordia, Sangre de Cristo, victoria sobre los demonios, Sangre de Cristo, fuerza de los mártires, Sangre de Cristo, virtud de los confesores, Sangre de Cristo, fuente de virginidad, Sangre de Cristo sostén de los que están en peligro. Sangre de Cristo, alivio de los que sufren,

Sangre de Cristo, consolación en las penas, Sangre de Cristo, espíritu de los penitentes, Sangre de Cristo, auxilio de los moribundos, Sangre de Cristo, paz y dulzura de los cora-zones, Sangre de Cristo, prenda de la vida eterna, Sangre de Cristo que libera a las almas del Purgatorio, Sangre de Cristo, digna de todo honor y de toda gloria, Cordero de Dios que quitas los pecados del mundo, perdónanos Señor. Cordero de Dios que quitas los pecados del mundo, escúchanos Señor. Cordero de Dios que quitas los pecados del mundo, ten pie-

dad de nosotros. V.- Nos rescataste, Señor, por tu Sangre. R.- E hiciste nuestro el reino de los cielos.

Oremos: Dios Eterno y Todopoderoso que constituíste a tu hijo único Redentor del mundo, y que quisiste ser apacigua-do por su sangre, haz que venerando el precio de nuestra salvación y estando protegidos por él sobre la tierra contra los males de esta vida, recojamos la recompensa eterna en el Cielo. Por Jescucristo Nuestro Señor. AménA cada invocación, se responde “Sálvanos” (Compilado por José Gálvez Krüger)

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