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MASSES: Monday - Saturday: 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 - Saturday: 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. PASTOR Reverend Frank J. Matera PAROCHIAL VICAR Reverend Ramon Garcia DEACON Mr. Arthur Miller 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 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 Rev. Ramon Garcia: x305 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 OCTOBER 31 8:00 AM Patrick Joseph O Neill By: Joe Carroll 5:00 PM Arthur J. O Grady Remembrance By: Kathy & Chris Rohrs Sunday NOVEMBER 1 All Saints Monday NOVEMBER 2 All Souls Tuesday NOVEMBER 3 8:00 AM Joseph Matera By: Father Matera Wednesday NOVEMBER 4 8:00 AM No Mass Thursday NOVEMBER 5 8:00 AM No Mass Friday NOVEMBER 6 9:00 AM School Mass Saturday NOVEMBER 7 8:00 AM Frank Barcelo By: His Family 5:00 PM James Carabillo By: His family Sunday NOVEMBER 8 8:00 AM People of St. Mary s Parish 9:30 AM Ryan Duff 10th Anniversary Remembrance By: His Family 11:00 AM Nancy Elliott Richard 2nd Anniversary Remembrance By: Charles & Linda Mullane ST. MARY S PARISH, SIMSBURY PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS School Mass: There will be a Mass for the students of St. Mary s School this Friday, Nov 6 th, the First Friday of the month at 9:00 AM. All are welcome to this Mass. Book of the Deceased: During the month of November you may inscribe the names of your beloved departed in our Book of the Deceased (on the pulpit side of the sanctuary) and we will remember them at Mass. Sacrament of the Sick: Are you or someone you know sick, either at home or in the hospital? Please notify the Parish Office (860) and one of the priests of the parish will administer the Sacrament of the Sick and bring Holy Communion. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Confessions will be heard this Monday, November 2, the first Monday of the month, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Thanksgiving Senior Luncheon: St. Mary's School invites senior citizens to a full Thanksgiving luncheon on Wednesday, November 18th at 12:00 PM in the Parish Center. Served by our 8th graders, it is a lovely luncheon complete with entertainment. Please contact the Simsbury Senior Center at (860) to reserve a spot. Seating is limited, reservations are required. St. Mary s Website: Our website contains important information about our parish, its activities, as well as links to other important sites. The Parish Web page is constantly changing and being updated with new information. If you haven t visited us lately, visit us at Bulletin: Announcements for the bulletin should be 50 words or less. All bulletin announcements should be sent to the Parish office by Monday at noon. Please parishoffice@stmarysimsbury.org. Prayer Shawl Ministry: Join us this Monday, November 2nd at 7:00 PM in the Lower Church. Beginners to experts welcome. We are able to supply yarn if you would like to make a shawl. For information, call Cheryl (860) or Rhoda (860) Music Group: Make a Joyful Noise with the 9:30 music group at St. Mary's. Please contact Patty Lepak at lepakfamily@gmail.com for more details information!

3 November A Time to Remember All Saint & All Souls Day (1) The month of November is a time when Catholics remember and pray for the faithful departed. And so throughout this month I will be writing a series of essays on death, eternal life, and the funeral liturgy that so beautifully expresses our Catholic belief in the resurrection of the dead. This month begins with two important feasts: (1) the Feast of All Saints that we celebrate this Sunday, and (2) the Feast of All Souls that we celebrate on Monday. In the Creed that we recite every Sunday, we profess that we believe in one, holy, Catholic Church. The holiness of the Church is not the result of our own effort or goodness but a gracious gift from God. God makes the Church holy by consecrating and sanctifying her through the blood of his Son, Jesus Christ. This is why St. Paul regularly addresses the recipients of his letters as the holy ones, or the saints. Every member of the Church is holy and is a saint because God has chosen and consecrated us to be members of the Church through the death and resurrection of his Son. To be sure, not all of us live as the saints and holy ones God has called us to be. But there have been, there are, and there will always be members of the Church who faithfully live their vocation to holiness. We celebrate the feast days of many of these saints throughout the year, for example, St. Francis, St. Dominic, St. Catherine, St. Margaret Mary, etc. These are the great saints we know about. But in addition to these great saints there is a vast company of other saints, faithful Christians who have responded to God s call to holiness. These are the people we celebrate today. I think of those mothers and fathers who have given so generously of themselves in raising a family. I think of the unmarried men and women who devoted their lives to others. There is no lack of saints because God has communicated the holiness of Jesus Christ to us, and many have and continue to respond to that grace. The feast of All Saints reminds us of what the Second Vatican Council calls the universal call to holiness. It reminds us that holiness is the vocation of every Christian without exception. Since God has already sanctified us in Christ, all of us are called to be saints. This is what we celebrate today. Tomorrow we celebrate the Feast of All Souls, a day on which we pray for the faithful departed who are still in the process of being purified before entering into the presence of the All Holy God. We pray for the souls in Purgatory. That there should be such a moment of purgation makes perfect sense. How else could we sinners that we are stand in the presence of God who is Holy? What the moment of purification is, we will not fully know until we experience it. But what we do know is that we can and should pray for the dead, not only to remember them but to assist them by our prayers in their final moment of purgation before they stand in the presence of the All Holy God with the vast chorus of saints we celebrate today. Today we remember the saints that have gone before us and our vocation to holiness. Tomorrow we pray for our loved ones and all the faithfully departed, assisting them by our prayers, so that they may join the vast company of saints. Father Matera

4 November 1, 2015 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ADULT ENRICHMENT Grade Level Mass: On Sunday, November 8 th Grades 4-6 will be featured at the 9:30 Mass. MEMORIAL MASS Memorial Mass for the Deceased: Our annual Memorial Mass for those who have died this past year will be held on Thursday, November 12 th, at 7:00 PM. If you have lost a loved one during the past year, please join us at this Mass. INTERFAITH SERVICE Simsbury Interfaith Thanksgiving Service: Please join your neighbors in giving thanks at this year s Simsbury Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, which will be held on Sunday evening, November 22, at 7:00 PM, at St. Mary s Church. Our annual Interfaith Service is sponsored by the churches, synagogues, and houses of worship in Simsbury. The Reverend Woody Eddins, Pastor of the Simsbury United Methodist Church will deliver this year s message. Choirs from area worship communities will participate. There will be fellowship gathering in the Parish Center after the service. OTHER NEWS Eucharistic Adoration: Come spend quit time in the presence of Jesus at the Church of St. Timothy, West Hartford. Place yourself before the Eucharistic displayed in the monstrance on the altar. Drop-ins are welcome but if you are able to sign up please call Barbara Carpenter at (860) Northwest Catholic Fundraiser: The tickets are now on sale for Northwest Catholic High School s 2 nd annual $10K Raffle fundraiser, to benefit the Northwest Catholic Fund. The NWC Fund annually supports the school's operating budget and the educational programs and significant aid program which distinguish Northwest Catholic. Tickets are $20 each and only 3,000 tickets will be sold. The grand prize is $10,000, with a second prize of $3,500 and a third prize of $1,500. Visit for information or contact Advancement@NWCath.org. Sunday Morning Adult Enrichment Program: Please join us before or after the 9:30 a.m. Mass for coffee (usually Starbucks and Duncan Donuts are served!) baked goods, and a relaxed time talking with friends. And for the daring challenge yourself to meet a parishioner you don t know. Tuesday Evening Bible Study: Come join us on Tuesday, November 3rd at 6:45 PM. Prayers for healing and special intentions will now begin at 6:45 PM in the Parish Center immediately followed by Bible Study with Deacon Art Miller at 7 PM. Please bring your Bible and a friend. All are welcome! Book Study: Join us Thursday, November 5th at 9:30 AM as we continue to study "The Joy of the Gospel". For more information contact Joanne Russell at (joanne.russell@comcast.net) St. Mary Contemplative Prayer Group: Will meet Sunday, November 1. We meet from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM in the Lower Church on the first and third Sunday of each month. A newcomer orientation will start at 6:30 p.m. For more information please contact Mike Smoolca (msmoolca@hotmail.com) at (860) , Ellen Graham (ejgraham08@gmail.com) or visit the St Mary's website. ST. MARY S SCHOOL A Day of Honor: SMS will be having a Veteran's Day Prayer Service at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, November 11, All veterans are welcome to attend. Please contact Mrs. Gore via at VGore@stmarysimsbury.eduk12.net. Music to Our Ears: Congratulations to our students who participated in the FMI Regional Band Concert this October. These students are now eligible to audition for All State Band which will perform outside of Lincoln Center in the spring of 2016.

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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