sacred heart church italian national parish 37 schuyler avenue
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Sacred Heart Church Italian National Parish
37 Schuyler Avenue Stamford, Connecticut 06902
203-324-9544 / Fax 203-324-9202
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SACRED HEART CHURCH ITALIAN NATIONAL PARISH
37 SCHUYLER AVENUE STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT 06902
203-324-9544 / FAX 203-324-9202 REV. ALFONSO PICONE
PASTOR REV. MARTIN deMAYO
PAROCHIAL VICAR
HOLY MASS Saturday December 31, 2016 4:00PM Angelina Verrastro by Mom & Dad 9:00PM Mass (Spanish) 12:00AM Midnight Sunday January 1, 2017 8:30AM Fiorenzio & Eleanora Corbo by R. Iorfino & Family 10:00AM Alberico Faugno by Wife & Children 11:30AM John Golino by M/M D. Sileo 1:30PM Loren Green, Edgar Avillaneda, Raquel Perlazo & Evangelina Rostequi by Rosa Amaya The Lamp for the week of December 31 through January 7 is in Memory of John Golino
by Family Hosts for the week of December 31 through January 7 is in Memory of John Avalone by
Mary Golino & Family Wine for the week of December 31 through January 7 is for the Health of
Carmelita Catalan Reyes by Children
Monday January 2, 2017 7:00AM Daniel Sileo by the Colabella Family Tuesday January 3, 2017 7:00AM Giuseppina & Rosario Vartuli by Family Wednesday January 4,, 2017 7:00AM Antonio Socci, Bruno Vita, Angelina, Angelomario & Mario Buzzeo by Frances Socci & Family Thursday January 5, 2017 7:00AM Anthony O. Carlucci by Mafalda Gaudiano Friday January 6, 2017 7:00AM Leonard & Maria Cascia by Family Saturday January 7, 2017 8:00AM Al Zach by Zach Family 4:00PM Michael T & Margaret H.Powers by Children Sunday January 8, 2017 8:30AM Carmine & Clorinda Moccia by Tony & Family 10:00AM Antonio, Anna, Adriano & Pasquale Corrente by Maria Conte 11:30AM Frank Biggica by M/M S. Biggica & Austin L. Biggica 1:30PM Marta Castro by Maria Amaya SUNDAY COLLECTION – The Sunday Collection for the weekend of December 17 & 18 totaled $4561. The Second Collection totaled $$1,759. The Christmas and New Years collection will be posted in January, 2017. If you could please increase your giving each week by $5.00 or $10.00 or whatever you can do to help the Church meet its obligations, it would be very much appreciated if you are away from Church, please try to make up your envelopes. Thank you for your generosity
THE ILL OF THE PARISH - Please remember in your prayers Lynette Lyons, Donald Brandi,Ida Magnifico, Pat (Skippy) DeNicola, and our parishioners who are ill. Please keep the parish office (203-324-9544) informed of anyone who needs a priestly visit and the Sacrament of the Sick.
BAPTISM THERE ARE NEW GUIDELINES FOR BAPTISM AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2016 THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE FIRST SATURDAY CLASSES IN ENGLISH AND THEN THE CHILD WILL BE BAPTIZED ON THE SECOND SATURDAY AT 1:00PM. THE THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH CLASSES WILL BE HELD IN SPANISH AND THEN THE CHILD WILL BE BAPTIZED ON THE FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. THE NEXT CLASS IN ENGLISH WILL BE ON JANUARY 7 AND THE NEXT CLASS IN SPANISH IS FEBRUARY 18, 2017. FOR THE DECEASED: We ask the Lord to grant Eternal Rest to Alfredo Rojas Olarte and the deceased of our Parish. BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING The next screening will be held on the weekend of January 14 & 15 in the vestibule after the 4:00PM Mass on Saturday January 14 and after the 8:30AM Mass on Sunday.
Holy Name Society will meet on January 9, 2017 in the lower Church at 7:30PM all men of the parish are invited.
Rosary Society will meet on January 16, 2017 in the Lower Church at 7:30PM all women of the parish are invited. GENEROSITA: Cortesemente cercate di aumentare sia la vostra offerta settimanale sia quella mensile. Un aumento di $5, $10, $15 o piu` sara` molto apprezzato. Se andrete via per la vacanze o se vi e` impossibile partecipare alla messa nella Chiesa del Sacro Cuore, vi chiediamo di fare il meglio possibile per recuperare le settimane in cui siete mancati. Inziate a utilizzare le buste settimanali della canonica. Grazie per il vostro supporto.
MESSA IN MEMORIA SETTIMANALI Se qualcuno vuole donare l’ostia, il vino per la messa o la lampada del santuario in memoria di una persona cara o come una donazione si prega di contattare l’ufficio 203-324-9544. L’offerta e`di $25.00 per ciascuna.
INFERMI DELLA NOSTRA PARROCCHIA - Per favore ricordate nelle vostre preghiere i seguenti parrochiani che sono ammalati: Se avete in mente di mandare una cartolina o di telefonare ai familiari o direttamente a loro sarebbe un pensiero veramente apprezzato. Per favore informate l”ufficio parocchiale, se qualcuno ha bisogno della visita di un sacerdote e del sacramento degli infermi. Telefonate ufficio 203-324-9544.
OFRENDAS POR LA SEMANA: Dedique la vela del Santisimo, el Vino y el Pan a un ser querido por una semana. Cada ofrenda es $25.00.
GRUPO DE ORACION: Pongo en su conocimiento que el grupo de oración se realizara todos los Viernes. Nos reuniremos en la planta baja de la Iglesia de 7:00PM-9:00PM, Para lo cual quedan todos cordialmente invitados. Servidores de 6:30PM-9:30PM.
CLASES PRE-BAUSTISMALES: En Español se ofrecen el tercer sabado de cada mes, a la 1:00PM en la iglesia. Por favor llamar a la oficina para registrarse (203) 324-9544. Los Bautizos es Español se celebran el cuarto sabado del mes a la 1:00PM GRACIAS POR SU GENEROSIDAD: por favor trate de incrementar su ofrenda semanal o mensual, un aumento de $5.00, $10.00, $15.00 o más es apreciado. Gracias por su apoyo y participación en nuestra parroquia del Sagrado Corazón. Si se va de vacaciones o está enfermo no se olvide de enviar sus sobres. Nuevamente gracias por su generosidad.
REFLECTIONS BY SAL BUTTACI
Original sin, passed down from father to child, from generation to generation, is traced back to the offspring of our first parents, whom God banished from Eden because of their sin of disobedience. It is the saving waters of Baptism that washes away that sin and makes us children of God. Before God the Father created the world, before Adam and Eve sinned, He knew He would send the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity to be conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a human mother. Jesus would be born without Original Sin becaue he was not conceived by a human father. He would come to die for our sins. The Blessed Virgin Mary, chosen to be the mother of Jesus, was also conceived without Original Sin. She was the exception to the rule that all who were born of human fathers would inherit the stain of Original Sin. Joachim her father was a man. Under normal conditions he would have passed on that sin to Mary through her conception in the womb of her mother Anne. God had chosen Mary to be the mother of Jesus. For this reason God granted her the privilege of being born without Original Sin. When the angel Gabriel announced to her that she was to be the mother of God, he addressed her as “Mary, full of grace.” The grace to which he referred is the privilege granted her as mother of the Christ. She could have refused. She possessed, like all of us, free will, but God Who knows all things knew she would consent. Did God have to grant her this gift of a sinless birth? Of course not! Jesus being God and man would have been born sinless regardless of the long line of Adam’s descendents who were born in sin. Joachim and Anne were born of Original Sin, but Gabriel announced to Mary their daughter, “Blessed are you among women, and Blessed is the fruit of your womb” (Luke 1:42). God’s gift of her sinless birth was a divine act of Love. Let’s pray to the Mother of God to help us be better Christians realizing that we have a mission to bring God’s gift of Christ humanity.
LETTER FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK Dear Parishioners, Since we celebrate the Feast of Mary, the Mother of God on New Year’s Day, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy and Peaceful New Year. I pray that the Lord Jesus and His Mother Mary may enrich your lives during the New Year with an abundance of God’s blessings. Today’s Feast of Mary the Mother of God is a very appropriate way to begin a new year, reminding us to rely on the powerful intercession of our Heavenly Mother. The Church observes this day also as the World Day of Peace and invites us to pray especially for lasting peace in the world throughout the New Year. Today’s first reading gives us the beautiful Divine lesson from the book of Numbers for the New Year. In the second reading, Paul reminds the Galatians and us that God’s Son has become one of us through Mary and that it was through Him that we have become the children of God. Today’s Gospel describes how the shepherds spread to all their neighbors the Good News surrounding the birth of Jesus which the angel had revealed to them. The Gospel also tells us how Mary treasured “all these things” in her heart, and it reports that on the day of His Circumcision, the Child was given the name Jesus that had been chosen by God Himself. We honor Mary primarily because God honored her by choosing her to become the Mother of Jesus, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, when He took on human flesh and became man, as stated in the Bible. The angel said to Mary: ‘you are going to be the mother of a Son and you will call Him Jesus, and He will be called the Son of the Most High.” After the angel had appeared to her and told her that she was to be the Mother of Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary visited Elizabeth. At Mary’s greeting Elizabeth said, “Why should this great thing happen to me, that my Lord’s Mother comes to visit me?” (Luke 1:43). Hence, the Council of Ephesus affirmed in AD 431 that Mary was truly the Mother of God (Theotokos) and in AD 451, the Council of Chalcedon affirmed the Divine Motherhood of Mary as a dogma, an official doctrine of the Holy Catholic Church. Let us strive to be pure and holy like our Heavenly Mother. All mothers want their children to inherit or acquire their good qualities. Hence, let us honor Mary, our Heavenly Mother, by practicing her virtues of Faith, obedience, purity and humble service. Let us make the New Year meaningful by having every day some noble thing to dream, something good to do, and someone to love, the first person being Jesus. Let us sanctify every day of the New Year: by offering all the activities of the day for God’s glory every morning, thus transforming them into prayers; by asking for the anointing and strengthening of the Holy Spirit to do good to others and to avoid evil; by remaining faithful to our family prayer and Bible reading at night. God Bless You!! Father Alfonso Picone
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