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MASSES: Monday - Thursday: 8:00 AM Sunday Vigil (Saturday Evening): 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 AM CONFESSIONS: Saturday 3:00-4:00 PM www.stmarysimsbury.

1 MASSES: Monday - Thursday: 8:00 AM Sunday Vigil (Saturday Evening): 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 AM CONFESSIONS: Saturday 3:00-4:00 PM BAPTISMS: First Sunday of the month (during the 11:00 am Mass) and third Sunday of the month by appointment. Required Baptism Preparation Program, please call the Parish Office. WEDDINGS: Couples please call for appointments at least six months in advance. SICK CALLS: Please notify the Parish Office if someone in your family is hospitalized and would like a visit. Under HIPAA Regulations, hospitals are not allowed to notify us. VISITORS: Thank you for worshipping with us. If you would like to join our parish, please give us a call or us at parishoffice@stmarysimsbury.org PASTOR Reverend Frank J. Matera DEACON Mr. Arthur Miller DIRECTORY Parish Office: 3 Massaco Street, PO Box Fax: Office Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8:30-4:00 PM Friday: 8:30-12:00 PM Rev. Frank Matera: x301 Deacon Arthur Miller: x113 Parish Office: x306 parishoffice@stmarysimsbury.org Business Manager: x303 businessmanager@stmarysimsbury.org Bookkeeper: x307 bookkeeper@stmarysimsbury.org Religious Education Grades 1-6: x304 RelED1-6@StMarySimsbury.org Religious Education Grades 7-10: x302 RelEd7-10@stmarysimsbury.org Youth Ministry: x302 youthministry@stmarysimsbury.org Stephen Ministry: x114 stephenministry@stmarysimsbury.org St. Mary s School: ( 860)

2 MASS INTENTIONS Saturday APRIL 2 5:00 PM Laurie Porter Campbell 12th Anniversary By: Her Family Sunday APRIL 3 8:00 AM People of St. Mary s Parish 9:30 AM Bruno Veronesi By: The Governor's House Friends 11:00 AM Elaine Montano Birthday Remembrance In Loving Memory By: Mom, Dad & Family Monday APRIL 4 8:00 AM Frank Ricci (Father of Bridget Bellantuno) By: Jim & Paula Gallagher & Family Tuesday APRIL 5 8:00 AM James I. Smith By: Barglowski Family Wednesday APRIL 6 8:00 AM Margaret R. Bozzard By: The Cummings Family Thursday APRIL 7 8:00 AM Gerald Kiernan In Memory of By: Vic & Mary Lou Daley Saturday APRIL 9 5:00 PM Margaret Donohue By: The Prayer Shawl Ministry 2:00 PM Wedding: Heather Berube and Stefan Drago Sunday APRIL 10 8:00 AM Bob Young Birthday Remembrance By: His Family 9:30 AM People of St. Mary s Parish 11:00 AM Rosie Voorvaart In Memory of By: Joe & Louise Carroll Second Collection: Next week, we will take up the Peter s Pence Collection, which provides Pope Francis with the funds he needs to carry out his charitable works around the world. Join our Holy Father as a witness of charity to those who are suffering. Is Medicare Right for Me? John Kuzia will present an educational seminar on this topic this Tuesday, April 5, at 7:00 PM in the Lower Church Hall. If you would like to learn more about Medicare, join us. PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS Archbishop s Annual Appeal: Thank you to the parish families who have made a gift or pledge commitment to the 2016 Archbishop s Annual Appeal. If you have not yet had the opportunity, please consider prayerfully supporting the many Good Works of the Archdiocese. Every gift will be gratefully received and sincerely appreciated. Monday Confessions: Confessions will be heard this Monday, 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Thank You! We are most grateful to the many people who ministered to us and made this year s Holy Week Liturgies possible: Music Directors and members of the choir, those who decorated the church, altar servers and those who trained them, Deacon Art, lectors and Eucharistic ministers and those who scheduled them, ushers and counters. To all, thank you! Easter Celebrations Continue at Governor's House: Join us in continuing the Easter season by celebrating Mass this Tuesday April 5th at 2:00 PM at Governor's House. By visiting and celebrating Mass with these residents you spread the Good News of the Risen Christ. This is an excellent way to practice the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy of visiting the sick and homebound. Everyone is invited to attend. If you wish to attend, or if you have questions, call or text Sandy Everett (860) We meet at the steps at Governor's House at 1:45 PM. This qualifies for Confirmation service hours. You do not need to know any of the residents to attend, just come and we will introduce you to some new friends. Prayer Shawl: Are you interested in knitting or crocheting? We come together the first Monday of the month at 7:00 PM in the Lower Church to make shawls, which can then be given by parishioners to those in need of comfort. Mercy Shelter: Desserts and fruit are needed to take to Mercy Shelter in Hartford on Sunday, April 3. All items should be dropped off in the Lower Church before 3:00 PM. Thanks for all the donations! Bereavement Group: If you have lost someone and would like support feel free to join our Bereavement Support Group after the 11:00 AM Mass on Sunday, April 3. We will meet in the lower church. We hope to see you there.

3 Easter 2016 Faith and Doubt Today s Gospel is about doubting Thomas, and it affords us an opportunity to reflect about faith and doubt. What does it mean to believe? What does it mean to doubt? Faith and doubt are a part of our everyday life. For example, we believe and trust in our friends or our spouse. We believe and trust in the promises that others make to us. Or, we doubt that they will do what they promise. Faith requires us to do something we find difficult to do. It requires us to trust in someone. Faith requires me to trust that another loves me and will be faithful to me. Faith requires me to accept the word or promise of another. Faith is a kind of leap into the dark. But once we have made the leap of faith we are free because we have committed ourselves to someone. Doubt, on the other hand, comes rather easily to us. It is easy to doubt because we can always think of so many reasons why we should not believe and commit ourselves to someone else. And so, instead of committing ourselves to someone in faith, we raise all kinds of doubts about those who invite us to believe in them. For, example, we say that the person cannot be trusted. We say that the person will not fulfill the promises he or she has made. The end result is that we are paralyzed because we do not commit ourselves to anyone or anything. The difference between doubt and faith can be stated in this way: Faith leads to freedom; doubt paralyzes us. For once I believe in another, I commit myself to that person. But when I doubt, I am paralyzed because I refuse to make a commitment to someone. Let s look at doubting Thomas once more. There were many reasons for Thomas to doubt. He could say to himself that he had not seen Jesus, that the dead do not rise, that the other apostles were deceived. After all, if Jesus had risen from the dead, why didn t he appear to him? Thomas could spend his whole life raising doubts about what the other apostles told him. Doubting paralyzed Thomas. Refusing to believe that God had raised Jesus from the dead, he could not commit himself to anyone or anything. Doubt is not wrong. It can even be healthy. And there are times when we must doubt so that we can test the evidence. But if our life is merely a life of doubt, then we are paralyzed. We will never be able to entrust ourselves to each other or to the Lord if our life is filled with doubt. Faith is a risk, a willingness to take a chance. It requires a profound trust in the one who seeks our faith. It requires us to trust that the other is trustworthy and worthy of our faith. On this Sunday, when we hear the Gospel of doubting Thomas, the Lord reminds us that those who believe in his resurrection, even though they have not seen him, are more blessed than those who have seen and believe. Faith requires trust and confidence in God: confidence that God will not deceive us, and trust in the utter reliability of God. Such faith frees us to give ourselves entirely to the Lord. Such faith enables us to be what God created us to be. Father Matera

4 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Grade Level Mass: Grades 4-6 will be featured at the 9:30 Mass next Sunday, April 10th. ADULT ENRICHMENT Sunday Adult Enrichment: Bring on Spring Potluck Social. Bring a dish to share with your fellow parishioners in the Parish Center before or after the 9:30 a.m. mass. Paper plates, utensils and coffee and tea are provided. Next Week: Join in the St. Mary s spirit and help brainstorm and plan for a Parental Service Project. Adult Service Project: Would you like to take part in a service project and meet other parishioners? Here is your opportunity! On Sunday, April 10 th in the Parish Center before and after the 9:30 Mass there will be meetings to plan an adult service project. On Sunday, April 24 th those involved will return to execute their project. If you will be away because of Spring Break on 4/10 but would like to participate please Judy Eagen at RelED1-6@stmarysimsbury.org indicating you are interested in participating and also if you have any ideas for a project. In this Year of Mercy this is a wonderful way to come together and help those in need. Bible Study with Deacon Miller: Tuesday Evening Bible Study is scheduled for the following Tuesday evenings April 12 & 19; May 3, 17, & 31; June 14 & 28 in the Parish Center beginning at 7:00 PM. Prior to Bible Study join us at 6:10 PM for Lectio Divina in the portable classrooms and/or 6:45 PM in the Parish Center for prayers for healing and special intentions. Please bring your Bible and a friend. GRANNY S ATTIC Collection dates: Friday, April 15th at 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Saturday, April 16th and Sunday, April 17th 9:00 AM-4:00 PM. Granny s will be held at the Wagner s Showroom in Simsbury, 1285 Hopmeadow Street, thanks to the generosity of Rick, Carole and Lina Wagner. Please contact Jane Stevenson (860) stevenje@comcast.net or Stephanie McIntyre (860) smcintyre190@gmail for any questions. Please go to our website for more details: April 3, 2016 ST. MARY S SCHOOL New Principal: We are pleased to announce that Margaret R. Williamson will be the new principal of St. Mary s School. Mrs. Williamson is a veteran educator in the Archdiocese of Hartford, having served for 38 years in Waterbury and West Hartford. For the last 29 years she has been an administrator at Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford. During that time the school has seen growth in the Fine and Performing Arts program, the Advanced Placement program and, most recently, the technology program with a 1:1 ipad initiative. In 2011, Mrs. Williamson was recognized by the Archdiocese as its Educator of the Year and by the National Catholic Educational Association Secondary Schools Department for significant contributions to American Catholic Secondary Education. Mrs. Williamson holds a Sixth Year degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Connecticut and earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in French from the College of New Rochelle and the Catholic University of America, respectively. In addition to serving on committees in the Archdiocese, Mrs. Williamson serves on several committees for the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAC), including the Board of Control. Open House: April Open House for Prospective Families on Wednesday, May 20, from 8:30-11:30 AM. Please contact Toni Chagnon for more information at tchagnon@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net or (860) Book Fair: Spring Scholastic Book Fair is Coming Soon! April 4th to April 8th is our Spring BOGO Book Fair! Stock up on summer reading essentials and check out newly released favorites! Golf Tournament: Spring has Sprung! Time to mark your calendar, our annual "Fairway to Heaven" Golf Tournament is fast approaching. The Tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, May 24th at the Hop Meadow Country Club in Simsbury. Exciting new addition this year, Morning Tennis Round Robin Mixer! PARISH COUNCIL Parish Council Nominations: Nominations for (3) At Large Members of the Parish Council are currently being accepted. Nominations can be submitted using the ballots found in the pews, or via the parish website at All nominations must be submitted by Sunday, April 10.

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PASTOR Reverend Frank J. Matera. DEACON Mr. Arthur Miller. MASSES: CONFESSIONS: Saturday 3:00-4:00 PM

PASTOR Reverend Frank J. Matera. DEACON Mr. Arthur Miller. MASSES: CONFESSIONS: Saturday 3:00-4:00 PM MASSES: Monday - Thursday: 8:00 AM Sunday Vigil (Saturday Evening): 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 AM CONFESSIONS: Saturday 3:00-4:00 PM www.stmarysimsbury.org BAPTISMS: First Sunday of the month