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1 26 Dodgingtown Road, Bethel, CT Phone: (203) Fax: (203) Visit us on Facebook: StMaryChurchBethel PARISH OFFICE SUMMER HOURS: 9am 2:00 pm, Monday Friday (Closed weekends and Holidays)

2 St. Mary Catholic Church 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time FATHER COREY S EPISTLE I am sad to inform you that this year s Volunteer Party must be postponed. Our Offertory is down this year, especially this summer. I think that we can regroup and continue the tradition. We have had a great deal of expenses especially on the St. Mary property. So, I hope you understand and speaking for Fr. Wolfe and Fr. Philip, we would like to thank all of your support for the many activities and ministries of the Church this past year. Continuing on sharing the different religious orders, here are three others: Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb In France a very special female, traditional religious order exists. It provides women with Down Syndrome a safe haven and allows them to live a religious vocation. The Little Sisters are "not self evidently in a hypocritical world," said Veronque Labrion. A world which, although working on behalf of people living with Down syndrome, but at same time attempt with increasingly perfected meticulousness to detect their existence through prenatal and pre implantation diagnosis and kill them before birth. Founded in 1985, canonically erected in 1990, Les Petites Soeurs de l'agneau Disciples are a small community of Consecrated Life, which was founded in 1985 in Buxueil in France. In 1990, it was canonically erected by the Archbishop of Tours. Since 1995, the monastery is located in Le Blanc. In 1999 it was recognized by the Archbishop of Bourges as an order of contemplative life. The spiritual care of the woman of the Order is the responsibility of the abbot and the traditional monks of the Abbey of Fontgombault, near which the monastery is located. The emergence and formation of the young community was accompanied in its first steps by the famous French geneticist and servant of God, Jerome Lejeune ( ) whose beatification process was completed in 2012 at the diocesan level. The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb are the first contemplative orders, the women with Down syndrome has the opportunity to realize their religious vocation. The sisters with trisomy 21 form pursuant to statutes, the majority, they are supported by a minority of nurses without Down syndrome. The nuns, depending on inclination and aptitude, within the meaning of the Benedictine Ora et labora, make fabrics, tapestries, wood sculptures and other items to secure a livelihood by selling them. The Congregation wants "to allow those who in the world are in last place, to take the leading role as a bride of Christ in the Church, and through their God ordained witness of the Gospel of Life for those whose existence is so despised that their lives are threatened by the culture of death," said Mother Line, the prioress of the community. The Little Sisters follow the "Little Way" of St. Therese of Lisieux ( ), who was raised in 1997 by Pope John Paul II to a Doctor of the Church. Significantly also, there is the influence of the Rule of Benedict and the Benedictine charism. The nuns lead a modest life of prayer, work and sacrifice. They do gardening and handwork, Eucharistic adoration, maintain the Divine Office and the rosary, we live the Holy Mass every day, live in silence and prayer, and look at the Scriptures, each according to their possibilities and abilities, which is why the daily rhythm is something distinct from that of other contemplative religious, a basic rhythm, however, it offers all the sisters an important basis, says Mother Line. The Order came about by the encounter between two young women in the 1980s, of Line and Veronica. Line is now the prioress of the convent, Sister Veronica has Down Syndrome. The Little Sister Disciples of the Lamb take young women on who feel touched by the spirit of poverty and dedication and are willing to put their lives along with their sisters with trisomy 21 at the service of Christ. Such a young woman was Sr. Rose Claire Lyon ( ), who because of her cheerful and cordial nature was called "Sourire de Jesus" (the smile of Jesus). She was born in 1986 in the Alsace Lorraine town of Laxou and came from a family with many children. At the age of 19 she entered the convent of the Little Sisters in Le Blanc. Sr. Rose Claire saw her role model in the "Little Sunday, 8/13 Monday, 8/14 Tuesday, 8/15 Wednesday, 8/16 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am & 5:30pm Masses 12:30pm Youth Group Family Picnic Day 6:30am Mass 8:35am Rosary 9:00am Mass 5:30pm Mass 6:30am Mass 8:35am Rosary 9:00am Mass 9:30am Dedication of the Notre Dame Center 7:00pm Mass 6:30am Mass 8:35am Rosary 9:00am Mass 7:00pm Prayer Service

3 St. Mary Catholic Church August 13, 2017 Therese", whom she referred to as "my big sister."" FATHER COREY S EPISTLE Her longing for heaven was so great that she left the world as she wished, quietly and tranquilly at the young age of only 26 on May 4, 2013," said mother Line. Dom Jean Peteau OSB, Abbot of Fontgombault, who celebrated the funeral Mass, said in his homily: "The message of Sister Rose Claire is contained in one word and that message is: Jesus". Sacramentine Sisters of Don Orione This Aug. 15 will mark 90 years since the Sacramentine Sisters of Don Orione were founded to offer something very particular for the salvation of the world: their blindness. They are a community of blind nuns consecrated to perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and wear a distinctive white habit, a red scapular, and a white Host embroidered on the chest. I intend to offer with this new branch of the religious family, as a flower before the throne of the Blessed Virgin, so that she herself, with her blessed hands, offer it to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, Saint Luigi Orione told them when he founded the order in Italy Aug. 15, This branch of the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity (LMSC) has as its mission, according to its constitutions, to offer to God the privation of sight for those who do not know the truth yet so that they may come to God, the light of the world. In addition they seek to support with Eucharistic Adoration and sacrifice the apostolic action of the LMSC and the Sons of Divine Providence, the two congregations founded by Saint Luigi Orione. The congregation is present in Italy, Spain, the Philippines, Kenya, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. They have been in Chile since 1943 and currently there are three sisters there: Sr. María Luz Ojeda, Sr. Elizabeth Sepúlveda, and Sr. María Pía Urbina, who is on mission in the Philippines at the moment. These sisters attend computer classes to be able to bring before the Blessed Sacrament the numerous petitions they receive from many faithful through their Facebook account, where they offer to pray for each intention they receive. Sr. María Luz Ojeda had an accident when she was a child which left her with severe vision problems which gradually increased until at 30 years of age she completely lost her sight. Sometimes I personally thank God, since because of this I was able to enter the congregation. Before the Blessed Sacrament I often tell the Lord: 'this is my means of helping you save souls,' and I'm happy, Sr. María Luz told CNA. The religious sister explained that every day in our prayer and Adoration we present to the Lord the poverty, sufferings, and sorrows of humanity. Perhaps what I am going to say may seem like I'm claiming too much but I am going to have this to present to the Lord on the day he calls me, that I helped him save souls, Sr. María Luz said. The sisters dedicate each day of the week for a special intention: Mondays for the sick, Tuesday for young people, Wednesdays for peace, Thursdays for vocations, Fridays for the elderly, Saturdays for children, and Sundays for families. The Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters was founded by Saint Arnold Janssen on December 8, 1896, in the village of Steyl, Holland with the assistance of Mother Mary Michael, its first Superior General. Saint Arnold Janssen was a German diocesan priest, who did not plan to be a founder. At first, he only felt called to work for missionary animation in his country. In the course of his work, he saw more and more the great need for Germany to have a society for missionaries. With great faith, he responded to this need by founding such a society himself, the Society of the Divine Word. Seeing the need not only for missionary priests and brothers but also for missionary women, Saint Arnold founded the Mission Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Spirit. He further saw the need for a third missionary Congregation, to support through prayer and sacrifice the work of his first two foundations. For this, he envisioned a strictly cloistered contemplative community with perpetual adoration and founded the Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration, more commonly known as the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters. He chose the first members of this foundation from among the members of the active missionary Thursday, 8/17 Friday, 8/18 Saturday, 8/19 Sunday, 8/20 6:30am Mass 8:35am Rosary 9:00am Mass 7:00pm Catholic Trivia Night 6:30am Mass 8:35am Rosary 9:00am Mass 8:00am Mass 9:00am Fan the Fire 4:00pm Confessions 5:30pm Mass 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am and 5:30pm Masses Recycling Truck Recycling Truck Recycling Truck

4 FATHER COREY S EPISTLE Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Spirit who had volunteered for this branch. With God s blessing, the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters took root and began to flourish. It started modestly in 1896 in a separate wing of the missionary Sister s Sacred Heart Convent, then in 1904 also in a separate wing in their newly built Motherhouse. By 1914, through the efforts of Mother Mary Michael, the cloistered Sisters could have a separate Motherhouse of their own, Holy Spirit Convent, which still exists today in its original structure. By 1915, Mother Mary Michael was able to found our first convent after the Motherhouse, the Convent of Divine Love in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This foundation came about through an invitation from Archbishop Edmund Francis Prendergast, who desired to have an adoration convent in his archdiocese. A wealthy Catholic layman, Cornelius A. Lane, had bequeathed a generous sum to the archdiocese for the establishment of an adoration convent. Thus the archbishop was in a position to make a generous offer. He would purchase a suitable piece of property, build and furnish a chapel and convent for the Sisters, and could promise to contribute to their support. It was a very favorable offer, which the Congregation could gratefully accept. In 1915, nine Sisters were sent from Steyl for the first community. Some American women soon applied and were admitted. This necessitated the establishment of a novitiate in the new convent. Several years ago, the novitiate was moved to our convent in St. Louis (Mount Grace Convent), where candidates from all parts of the United States are admitted and trained. Since its earliest years, the Sisters have kept adoration day and night before the Blessed Sacrament, and the people of Philadelphia have very frequently made visits to the chapel, joining the Sisters in prayerful vigil. In the course of time, more and more adoration convents would be founded by Mother Mary Michael, and after her death by her successors. At present our international religious congregation has 22 Houses in 12 countries and about 420 members in all. You can find our Houses in Argentina, Brazil, Germany, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, Togo, Chile, and the United States of America. José Arturo Castellanos was a Catholic from El Salvador who during the Second World War was sent as a diplomat to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. But after his requests to his country to rescue Jews who began to face massive persecution at the hands of the Nazis were denied, he took matters in his own hands. Through courage and cunning, Castellanos helped save 40,000 Jewish people from the Holocaust. His actions resulted in his being posthumously granted in July 2010 the title of Righteous Among the Nations awarded to non Jews by Yad Vashem, an institution of the Israeli government constituted to honor the memory of the martyrs and heroes of the Holocaust. This title has been conferred on priests, religious and other lay persons who saved Jews at that time. In July 2016 Pope Francis had an encounter at the Auschwitz concentration camp located in Poland with the representatives of some Righteous Among the Nations who had already died. José Arturo Castellanos was born in 1893 in El Salvador to a Catholic and military family. In his youth he decided to join the army like his father and began to develop a brilliant career. In 1930 he traveled to Europe to complete his education. A biography of him published on the Yad Vashem website states that at the age of 44 Colonel Castellanos was sent as a diplomat to England and in 1938 assigned to Germany. There he witnessed the persecution of the Jews by the Nazi regime. In face of this he asked his superiors if he could grant them visas so they could escape the country, but this request was denied. However, Castellanos did not give up and in 1939 he sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador in which he described the situation of the Jews and asked for his help. This petition was also denied to him. The website of the documentary Castellanos Movie set up by his grandsons Alvaro and Boris Castellanos says that the colonel disobeyed the orders received from his country's government and began to extend visas and Salvadoran nationality to Jews to prevent them from being sent by the Nazis to the concentration camps, where they were made to do forced labor in inhumane conditions or were killed. In 1942 Castellanos was appointed El Salvador's consul in Geneva. There he named George Mandel Mantello, a Jewish refugee from Romania who was a friend of his, as first secretary of the consulate to implement the Salvadoran action. The colonel authorized Mandel Mantello to secretly deliver passports and certificates of Salvadoran citizenship to the Jews. The Yad Veshem institution explained that those that obtained these benefits were saved because El Salvador was considered a neutral country for not supporting any one of the sides that fought during the Second World War. Castellanos made the issuance of more than 13,000 Salvadoran documents to be done without any charge. These papers were sent through his contacts to Jews who resided in France, Hungary, Germany, Holland, Slovakia and Romania. According to the Castellanos Movie website, the issuance of just one document was enough to save a whole family. Like us on Facebook at StMaryChurchBethel and follow us on

5 FATHER COREY S EPISTLE Through this work carried out between the years 1942 and 1945, Castellanos succeeded in saving about 40,000 Jews. The Yad Vashem institution noted that after the 1944 elections, the new president of el Salvador, Salvador Castaneda Castro, unlike his predecessor, had his country get involved in the protection of the Jews in places like Hungary and provided support for Castellanos in his rescue mission. Currently thousands of these certificates which granted Salvadoran nationality to Jews in Europe are exhibited in the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Castellanos married Maria Schürmann of Switzerland, and the couple had three children. When the Second World War was over in 1945 he was sent to London and retired in 1972 at the age of 79. He returned to El Salvador where he led a quiet life until he died in 1977, without having been awarded any recognition for his work. After his death, several institutions began to hold tributes in memory of Colonel Castellanos. In 2010 when it was announced that he would be awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations, the El Salvador Minister of Foreign Relations, Hugo Martinez, said that the Salvadoran diplomat stood out for his humanism and for his work in aiding a people which in their time was persecuted and whose existence was threatened. The ambassador of Israel in the Central American country, Mattanya Cohen, said that Castellanos is the fourth Latin American to receive this tribute. In late June 2017, the embassies of Israel and El Salvador to the Holy See held an event in Rome to honor the memory and the work of José Arturo Castellanos. A video was also shown there of the testimony of a Jewish man who obtained Salvadoran citizenship and was able to escape with his family. In a press release announcing this event posted on the website of Diplomatic Missions of Israel in the World, noted that Catellanos in a time when many remained indifferent to human suffering, he was one of the few heroes who opposed an absolute evil in order to save the lives of thousands of Jews. Mon., Aug. 14: Tues., Aug. 15: TUESDAY, Aug. 15 is the ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, a Holy Day of Obligation. Masses are as follows: 5:30pm 6:30am, 9:00am, 7:00pm DEDICATION OF THE CONVENT Please join us as we dedicate the old convent as our new Notre Dame Center for Parish activities following the Assumption Mass at 9:00am on August 15 th. THE DOMINICAN SISTERS from West Hartford will be holding a BAKE SALE after all the masses the week end of August 12/13. All proceeds from the sale will be used to buy medical supplies for their mission to support lepers. They are greatly appreciative of your support for their ministry. WEDNESDAY NIGHT 7PM PRAYER SERVICE Join us for quiet prayer at on Wednesdays in the Church for our own personal intentions and for the whole world. We are now beginning to fill our Parish calendar with dates and activities for the upcoming year (Sept thru Aug. 2018). If you are a parish or school group/organization in need of meeting space, please fill out the FACILITY RESERVATION FORM (available in the parish office or on our website on the forms page) and return to the parish office. As the demand is growing and to ensure that everyone gets the space needed, no space can be reserved until the form is received. t h e ST. MARY BOOK CLUB: Our Summer Read will be Who Am I to Judge by Edward Sri. We will meet for that read on Wed., Sept. 27 at 7pm in Children s Room. MARK YOU CALENDAR for our ADVENT PARISH MISSION from the weekend of December 9/10 through Wednesday, December 13 with Deacon Harold Burke Sivers. Deacon Harold, known worldwide as the "Dynamic Deacon," is one of the most soughtafter speakers in the Church today. He is a powerful and passionate evangelist and preacher, whose no nonsense approach to living and proclaiming the Catholic faith is sure to challenge and inspire those who hear him. He will be speaking at all the Masses on Dec. 9/10 and at 7pm on Mon. Wed. Don t miss this opportunity to deepen your faith during the Advent season! VACATIONERS If you are visiting other areas and would like information regarding Churches in that area, you may either call Mass Times or visit the website www. Masstimes.org. BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE FOR BETHEL CHILDREN IN NEED A few years ago our Parishioners came together to help our Bethel neighbors in need by purchasing new "Back to School Supplies" for our young people. Our St. Mary Parishioners responded generously! Jennifer Lawlor at Bethel Social Services has asked for our help again. Tags with what is needed are available in the vestibule of the Church. Please place all new items in the bins that will be at the entrance to the Church now through Sun., Aug. 13. Bethel Social Services will collect all on Mon., Aug. 14. For more info, contact our Parish Office. Thank you for your generosity!!

6 August 13th FAMILY PICNIC DAY Join us for the 11:30am Mass, and then head out to Bennett Park for an easy afternoon of fun and food. (Senior & Junior Youth Group/ Family Groups). CONVOCATION From Sunday evening, October 15 through Wednesday, October 18 all the priests in the Diocese will be attending a Convocation in Rhode Island. Therefore, there will be NO 5:30pm Mass on Sun., Oct. 15 and no 6:30am and 9am Masses Mon., Oct 16 through Wed., Oct. 18. There will be a Communion Service at 9am Mon. through Wed. 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES All of the 4th Sunday in Advent Masses (Dec. 24) will take place in the Gym with no 5:30pm Sunday Mass. The Masses for Christmas Eve (also on Dec. 24) will all be in the Church at 4pm, 6pm and 10pm. Christmas Day (Dec. 25) Masses will also be in the Church at 7am, 9am and 11am. The reason we are having the 4th Sunday in Advent masses in the Gym is that the Church needs to be decorated for Christmas and there would be no opportunity to do that if those Masses were in the Church. Welcome to those newly Baptized Ian Patrick Douglas Offertory for the weekend of August 5/6 Collection: $11, On Line Giving: $3, St. Mary School summer hours are Monday through Friday, 8am 12pm. REGISTRATION for students entering Preschool through Grade 8 is ongoing. Please call the school at or our Director of Enrollment, Linda Garvey at lgarvey@stmarybethelct.org for information. You can also visit our website at for school and registration information.

7 August 19th Fan the Fire The traditional diocesan youth rally that we all know and love! This year the location has changed, but the spirit is the same. The event will be at St. Joseph High School in Trumbull. Please respond ASAP as a youth or as an adult if you would like to attend or help out with the event. It is set to go from 9am 9pm. (Senior Youth Group) August 25th Brownstone Park Family Day What better way to wrap up a hot summer than by cooling off at a water park!? Come join us for a day of fun, food, and water as we end the summer with a splash! If you are interested in attending please contact st.marysbethelyouth@gmail.com or call (203) by August 15th so we can ensure the group rate for admission. More information will follow as the date gets closer. (Senior & Junior Youth Group). Religious Education Office is closed for the Summer REGISTRATION has begun for the School Year. You can download the Religious Education Registration forms from our website stmarybethel.org and drop them off in the Parish Office. RELIGIOUS ED HELP WANTED We are in need of some Religious Ed teachers for the new year. If you would like to share the love of your faith with the children of our parish please call Mary Ferri at (203) I I Daniel Proffitt & Lauren Aquino I I Kevin Jarrin & Jillian Gioia I Jose Ortiz & Lauren Pace HELP OUR NEIGHBORS! We will be working with the Social Services Department of Bethel to help those who were affected by the fire downtown last week. Once we learn of the best way we can help as a Parish we will share that with you. In the meantime, you can make a monetary donation or supply a gift card for these families by stopping by the Social Service Office or mailing it to: The Community Council of Bethel, PO Box 667, Bethel, CT The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic men s fraternal society dedicated to providing service to Church, community, family and youth. If you are at least 18 years of age and think you may be interested in joining our ranks, please contact Grand Knight Tony Iorfino at (203) or gkofpavia@gmail.com. AROUND THE DIOCESE DEFENDING OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY The Connecticut Catholic Conference notes that since 1919, the Catholic Church has been a longstanding advocate of universal, accessible and life affirming health care. However, the Affordable Health Care Act harshly penalizes those employers, such as the Church, who do not provide abortions and other contraception coverage for their employees. THE FACE OF PRAYER PILGRIMAGE Join Bishop Caggiano on September 23 for a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC 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 or by calling (203) or institute@diobpt.org. OFF THE STREETS needs many hands in this ministry to help homeless people transition to a place of their own. Please join us on Thurs., Aug. 17 at 6:30pm in the Congregational Church in Danbury. Park on the left side of the Church) across from City Hall) and upon entering the building behind the sanctuary, go to the Pilgrim Room. For more info, see Off The Streets website at

8 MASS SCHEDULE Monday Friday: 6:30 & 9:00am Saturday: 8:00am & 5:30pm (Vigil Mass) Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30am & 5:30pm RECONCILIATION Saturday: 4:00 5:00pm MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK SAT., AUGUST 12 5:30 + Richard Barton The Craig Family SUN., AUGUST 13 7:00 + Thomas Hauser Stephanie McNamara 8:30 + John Maher The Olive Family 10:00 + Regina McGuire Loreto Crisorio 11:30 + Shirley Bylo Rosa & John Rooney 5:30 Special Intention The Banasik Family MON., AUGUST 14 6:30 + Steven Randall The Ferri Family 9:00 + Robert Walsh Mary & Bob Sawitsky 5:30 Father s Day Card Mass Intentions TUES., AUGUST 15 6:30 Blessed Mother s Intentions 9:00 School Sister s of Notre Dame 7:00 + Alex Cowie The Brosnahan Family WED., AUGUST 16 6:30 + Cathryn Z. Costello 9:00 + Mary Ruffles Mary English THU., AUGUST 17 6:30 + Souls in Purgatory Marie 9:00 Heavenly Stock Intentions FRI., AUGUST 18 6:30 + Anna Hafner Asta Smith 9:00 + Edward Helgert Family SAT., AUGUST 19 8:00 + Alycia Donovan Steve & Debbie Mitchell & Family 5:30 + John M. Miley Family SUN., AUGUST 20 7:00 + Richard Shannon Family 8:30 + Rita Barra The Barra Family 10:00 + Phyllis Ruhl Pat & Ed Ruhl 11:30 + Alfonso Arboleda Family 5:30 + Philip Gorden Helen Hentschel READINGS FOR THE WEEK Mon.: Dt 10:12 22; Ps 147:12 15, 19 20; Mt 17:22 27 Tues.: Rv 11:19a; 12:1 6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10 12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20 27; Lk 1:39 56 Wed.: Dt 34:1 2; Ps 66:1 3a, 5, 8, 16 17; Mt 18:15 20 Thur.: Jos 3:7 10a, 11, 13 17; Ps 114:1 6; Mt 18:21 19:1 Fri.: Jos 24:1 13; Ps 136:1 3, 16 18, 21 22, 24; Mt 19:3 12 Sat.: Jos 24:14 29; Ps 16:1 2a, 5, 7 8, 11; Mt 19:13 15 Sun.: Is 56:1, 6 7; Ps 67:2 3, 5, 6, 8; Rom 11:13 15, 29 32; Mt 15:21 28 STAFF Father Corey V. Piccinino, Pastor Father Robert Wolfe, Parochial Vicar Father Philip Phan, Parochial Vicar Deacon John DeRoin Deacon Tony Caraluzzi Kate Fitzgerald, Parish Secretary & Bulletin Editor Peggy Gavin, Parish Secretary Julie Doerner, Business Manager Paul Orsino, Property Manager ST. MARY SCHOOL ( ) Greg Viceroy, Principal RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Mary Ferri, Director ( ) Maggie Kent, Secretary RCIA (203) : Call (203) if you are interested in becoming a Catholic or completing your initiation as a Catholic with Confirmation and/or Eucharist. YOUTH MINISTRY (203) MUSIC MINISTRY Michael Ferrari, Music Director Elizabeth Barnes, Choir Director Karen Mattera, Children s Choir FINANCE COMMITTEE ( ): Bob Kozlowski, Chairman BAPTISMS: Most Sundays at 12:45pm. Please call the Rectory at least six weeks in advance to schedule your Baptism and to sign up for the New Baptism Class that is required for both parents and Godparents. These classes are offered on the first Sunday of each month. Anyone requesting a Sponsorship form must be a currently registered and practicing Catholic, and they must attend one of the New Baptism Classes to receive it. There is a 3 month waiting period for a sponsorship form for the newly registered. The Catholic requirements for a Godparent/Sponsor are: you must be at least 16 years old; received the Sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion and Confirmation in the Catholic Church; attend Mass regularly on Sundays and on Holy Days of Obligation; receive the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion regularly; sincerely try to follow the moral teaching of the Catholic Church; and if married, was married in the Catholic Church. ARRANGEMENTS FOR MARRIAGE: All couples must meet with a parish clergyman at least six (6) months before the marriage is to be celebrated. PASTORAL CARE AT DANBURY HOSPITAL: Prior to Your Hospitalization: You or a family member should notify the Rectory. HOLY COMMUNION FOR THE SICK: To any of those who are homebound or hospitalized and interested in having a visit by a priest, please contact the parish office. Anyone interested in serving in this ministry, please call Father Philip at PRAYER LINE: If you or someone you know is in need of prayer, please call our Prayer Line. Our team leaders are Maggie Kent ( ) and Deana Chamberlin ( ).

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