OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE And The UConn Catholic Community

The Parish Family of December 30, 2018 OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE And The UConn Catholic Community http://stmary-stthomas.community ST. MARY Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m. Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m. Weekday Mass: Tuesday & Friday 9:00 a.m. Reconciliation: Saturday 3:00 p.m. or by appointment St. Mary Main Line 860-742-0681 Emergency Anointing call: 860-336-9179 ST. MARY 1600 Main Street, Coventry, CT. 06238-0250 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 46 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT. 06268 The Catholic Student Center of UConn "We are here for You" Center open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Saturday Vigil: 5:30 p.m. Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m, 7:00 p.m. Weekday Mass: 12:20 p.m. Monday through Friday Reconciliation: Sunday 8:00 a.m. or by appointment St. Thomas Main Line: 860-429-6436 Emergency Anointing call: 860-336-9179

Welcome to our Parish! Rev. John Antonelle is the Pastor and Campus Minister of St. Mary, St. Thomas Aquinas and the University of Connecticut. We welcome parishioners and students. Father is available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays from 3:00-3:30pm at St. Mary and Sunday at 8:00 a.m at St. Thomas, or by appointment. If someone is in need of Emergency Anointing please contact him at (860) 336-9179. Staff Directory Rev. John Antonelle, Pastor & Campus Minister 860-429-6436 ext. 204 (St. Thomas) frjohnantonellesta@gmail.com Deacon Kim Thompson, 860-429-6436/ 860-742-0681 deaconkimthompson@gmail.com Kathy Dochter, Office Manager, 860-429-6436 ext. 201 (St.Thomas) officemanagerstauconn@gmail.com Eileen Rivers, Parish Secretary, 860-742-0681 (St. Mary) secretarystmarycoventry@gmail.com Kathleen D Amelio, Director of Religious Education, 860-742-0681 (St.Mary) olqopreligioused@gmail.com Ernie Golnik Music Director, 860-429-6436 ext 209 (St. Thomas) musicdirectorstauconn@gmail.com Jennifer Kearney, Accounting Specialist 860-429-6436 ext. 203 (St. Thomas) financemanagersta@gmail.com Joyce Wiggins, Bulletin Editor, 860-429-6436 ext. 206 (St. Thomas) bulletineditorsta@gmail.com Emily Golec, T.L.C. Advisor, 860-429-6436 ext. 201 (St. Thomas) tlcadvisorsta@gmail.com Antonio Aguilera, Sexton (St. Thomas) St. Thomas: 860-429-6436/ Fax 860-429-2809 St. Mary: 860-742-0681/ Fax 860-742-1318 Office hours for both churches are: Monday Friday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Change in Mass schedule for Winter Break The Mass schedule will be as follows from December 17 th to January 20 th There will not be any daily Masses at St. Thomas Aquinas. Daily Masses will be held at 9 a.m. at St. Mary Church. The weekend Masses at St. Thomas Aquinas will be at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and 8:30 a.m. on Sunday There will NOT be a 7 p.m. Mass during Winter Break. Please make a note of these changes on your calendar. New Years Eve & Day Mass Schedule There will be a Mass on New Year's Eve at 4 p.m held at St. Thomas. There will be a Mass on New Year's Day at 10 a.m held at St. Mary. Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish Donations Numbers were not available at the time of the bulletin going to print because of the holiday. They will be posted in next weeks bulletin. PARISH MERGER-FINANCE While the canonical decree will change our name to Our Lady Queen of Peace effective Dec 3, 2018, the merger of the civil corporations (that affect finance and accounting) will not be completed by that date. Please continue to write any checks to "St. Mary Church" or "St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel" until we get further direction from the Diocese. Thank you!! Engaged Couples Couples are requested to contact the Parish office at least six months prior to your wedding. If You are a New Parent Please contact the office at St. Mary (860-742-0681) or the office at St. Thomas (860-429-6436) to register for baptism class. For Emergency Anointing Call 860-336-9179 Sunday Sunday Monday Weds. Thursday Friday Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration at St. Mary Please consider becoming an Adorer; we need your help! Adorers are Needed for: 1 a.m. 2 a.m. 5 a.m. 1 a.m. 1 p.m. 12 a.m. Friday Saturday. Saturday Saturday Saturday 1 a.m. 2 a.m. 3 a.m. 4 a.m. 1 p.m. In order to keep Perpetual Adoration Chapel open 24/7 contact Dan Digiulio if you are available to be an adorer. His phone # is 860-742-1403. Mary Attardo, Jose Barrientos, Lorrraine Bassett, Suzy Bender Andrew Cullen, Jerome Gaspar, Karen Hendel, Alan Koepke, Bill Moynihan, John Oshman, Jim Shea, Jerome Whalen, Lorraine Young, Homebound: Marilyn Turner, Lorraine Quinn. If you know someone who is sick and in need of prayer, please call the offices of St. Mary or St. Thomas Holiday Office Hours The offices of St. Mary and St. Thomas will be closed on January 1.

Letter from Outreach to Haiti: Dear St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, Thank you for your generous donation of $1,599.51 to Outreach to Haiti for Notre Dame Des Palmes Parish in Haiti and for the other generous donantion of $7,000.00 for school tuition and teachers salaries at Les Plames. Our goal is to provide basic human services that provide a pathway out of poverty for the people we serve. Though your partnership with Diocese of Norwich Outreach to Haiti, you are helping to save and change the lives of the most vulnerable in Haiti. We thank you on their behalf for playing a very important role in meeting this daily challenge. With Gratitude, Dan O Sullivan Executive Director (OTH) Trip to Haiti For those looking for a new spiritual experience please join us on an immersion trip to Haiti on March 11-18, 2019. You will experience the love of Jesus and extend that love during your one week in Haiti. We extend this invitation to adult members of St. Mary and St. Thomas parishes. We will spend part of the time in Port au Prince and also visit Les Palmes, our twinned parish. If you need more information, call Denise at 860-315-7186 or Lou Friedrich at 860-872-4189. This is truly a life changing experience. St Jude Council Knights of Columbus Upcoming Activities and Events. Save the dates, mark your calendars! More details to come. Date Event 1/20/19 Pancake Breakfast 1/26/19 French Meat Pie Dinner 2/8/19 Priest Appreciation 2/17/19 Pancake Breakfast 2/23/19 Day of Reflection - Divine Mercy - 2nd Greatest Story Ever Told 3/2 & 3/3/19 Membership Drive 3/8/19 Simple Soup and Stations - Fridays during lent 3/16/19 Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner 3/31/19 Family Rosary 4/13/19 Easter Egg Hunt 4/27/19 The Spirit of Easter A Huge Thank You to Mike Rice, Scott Sheldon, Rob LaRose and Jeff Lazarri for the great job of cutting down the trees that were overhanging the Rectory roof. It was a big job but no job is too big for these men as part of our Building and Grounds committee. We re truly grateful for all you do. Pupdate: Always an angel; even more so at Christmas time. Eucharistic Holy Hour for Vocations On Thursday, January 17, 2019, come join in praying with Bishop Cote a Eucharistic Holy Hour for Vocations. This month the holy hour will be at St. Joseph, Willimantic, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Come pray for those who are called to priestly or consecrated religious life. Pray for our seminarians and those in the process of applyinjg to the Diocese. Join our Diocesan Prayer Team for Vocations by emailing the covation office for more information at: vocations@norwichdiocese.net and check out our website at god-calls.com.

Thank you From Father John, Barbara Sloan, and Cathy Kennelly Thank you to everyone who participated in this year s Our Lady Queen of Peace Christmas Giving Program. We are so grateful for the hundreds of gifts that were contributed by parishioners, and we estimate that about 1,000 items, plus wrapping paper, gift bags, tags and bows were distributed to Catholic Charities, Coventry and Mansfield Human Services, Holy Family Home and Shelter, St. Joseph Living Center and W.A.I.M. In addition, we had volunteers who sorted, counted, packed and transported gifts between the parishes and to the receiving agencies and made announcements after Masses. A big thank you to all who participated in any way you have made this Christmas season a happier one for many of our neighbors, and have kept the true spirit of CHRIST in Christmas! We look forward to continuing this tradition next year. Father John, Barbara Sloan, John Fortunato, and Cathy Kennelly Diocese of Norwich Catholic Family Services The monthly Diocesan Pro-Life Mass will take place at The Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich on Saturday, January 5 at 8:30 A.M. Please join our celebrant Rev. Ray Introvigne at Mass as we pray to end abortion and for the healing for those who have had an abortion. Following the Mass, the Rosary will be prayed both at the Cathedral and Planned Parenthood. Holy Family Retreat Center, West Hartford Fri.-Sun., January 4-6. In an age of division, tension and change, enjoy a weekend of peace and reflection exploring the theme No Ordinary Path: Holiness in Everyday Life. God has called all of us to lives of holiness. No Ordinary Path will explore ways that we can be attentive, intentional, and cooperative with God s grace in serving the world. Together we will take a journey, with the hope of discovering that who we are and what we do matters. We ll reflect on how living an ordinary life of holiness can lead to extraordinary happiness and peace. The retreat begins with a buffet dinner Friday evening and concludes with brunch on Sunday. Retreatants enjoy dynamic presentations, home-cooked meals, uplifting music, and free time. $325; more if you can, less if you can t there is assistance available for those who need it. Contact Cathy Kennelly at 860-670-9490 or at cakennelly@hotmail.com for more information. You can also go to www.holyfamilyretreat.org to register for the retreat and for detailed information on the many retreat opportunities the Retreat Center offers. Q. & A. What can I do to help our family practice our faith each day? Some families practice their religion together as just another event on their schedule: go to church, observe Lent, help at the parish picnic, go to a meeting, volunteer time, make your confession, use your envelope. The focus needs to be on who we are: God's people, in relationship with him, loved, forgiven and redeemed, and called to live and proclaim the Gospel. Our awareness of God's presence and our sense of mission are supported by the daily rituals, celebrations, and traditions that help us stay focused. Sharing our faith strengthens us and clarifies the beliefs and values of Christian living. Daily family practices include time for prayer-before meals, before bed, before important meetings and activities. Attend Sunday Mass together and discuss the homily afterward. Create family celebrations for holy days and holidays. Make religion a regular part of your discussions. Include others, especially the elderly and the less fortunate in your activities and charitable efforts. By applying the virtues of faith, hope, and love to each day, faith becomes part of who your family is. It influences how you act towards others, what you value, and how mindful of God you are. Faith is the leaven of life that helps all of us rise to our calling and dignity as God's people. Diocese of Norwich Catholic Family Services Is your marriage tearing you apart? Is there little or no meaningful communication? Are you considering separation or divorce? For serious marriage building and repair: Retrouvaille is a lifeline. At a Retrouvaille weekend, couples are given tools to re-establish communication, work on their issues, gain new insights and heal. The weekend is presented by three marriage couples and a priest. A series of 6 post sessions follow the weekend phase. For more information or to sign up for the January 18-20, 2019 weekend in the Hartford area, call 413-525-1634 or 203-710- 6207, or visit the website at: www.retrouvaille.org The Blessing of the Manger at Christmas Eve Mass at St. Mary.

Christmas Pageant The Christmas Pageant was held at St. Mary Church on Christmas Eve, We would like to thank Kathleen D'Amelio our new DRE and Kathleen Breitenwishcher who directed the play with Jennifer and John Vertucci, Jennifer Kearney, and Tracie Johnson who assisted and of course all of the students who did a great job of putting on the Pageant. The church was filled almost to capacity and the choir and Ernie Golnik did a great job with the music. It was really a blessing to celebrate Christmas with the Mass and Pageant.

Mass Intentions The Week Ahead Saturday December 29 4:00 p.m. Maura Kyc r/b Ken and Jean Soder 5:30 p.m. Special Intention Sunday December 30 8:30 a.m. Frances Mazurkiewicz 10:30 a.m Marie Brandenstein r/b Family Monday December 31 New Years Eve 4 p.m. at St. Thomas for Pope Francis Tuesday January 1 New Years Day 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary for peace in the New Year Wednesday January 2 9:00 a.m. Special Intention Thursday January 3 9:00 a.m. Elise Glinsky r/b Rick Parr Friday January 4 9:00 a.m. Birthday Blessings for Bob Felix r/b Laurie Felix Saturday January 5 4:00 p.m Joyce Rodriguez r/b her family 5:30 p.m. People of the Parish Sunday January 6 8:30 a.m. Stanley & Alexandra Wojcik r/b Ed and Natalie Marek 10:30 a.m. Special Intention St. Mary Events Saturday December 29 Sunday December 30 Monday December 31 New Years Eve Tuesday January 1 New Years Day 10 a.m. New Years Day Mass Wednesday January 2 7 p.m. Legion of Mary Thursday January 3 St. Thomas Events Saturday December 29 Sunday December 30 12 p.m. AA 7:30 p.m. RCIA Monday December 31 New Years Eve 4 p.m. New Years Eve Mass Tuesday January 1 New Years Day Wednesday January 2 5:30 p.m. AA 8 p.m. Holy Hour for Life Thursday January 3 Readings for the Week Sunday: 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28/Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10 [cf. 5a]/1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24/Lk 2:41-52 Monday: 1 Jn 2:18-21/Ps 96: 1-2, 11-12, 13 [11a]/Jn 1:1-18 Tuesday: Nm 6:22-27/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [2a]/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:22-28/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [3cd]/Jn 1:19-28 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:29 3:6/Ps 98:1, 3cd-4, 5-6 [3cd]/Jn 1:29-34 Friday: 1 Jn 3:7-10/Ps 98:1, 7-8, 9 [3cd]/Jn 1:35-42 Saturday: 1 Jn 3:11-21/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5 [2a]/Jn 1:43-51 Next Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 [cf. 11]/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12 Thank you to the Thrift and Gift shop for the $1,000.00 gift to St. Mary. They are located on 1364 Main street lower level in Coventry, CT. Come visit the shop!. Friday January 4 Saturday January 5 7 p.m. First Friday Devotion Sunday January 6 December 30 December 31 January 1 January 2 January 3 January 4 January 5 Apostolate of Prayer for Priests Rev. Tomasz Albrecht Rev. Benjamin Soosimanicka Rev. Victor Chaker Rev. Christopher Zumda Our Holy Father Rev. George Villamthanam Rev. Joseph Tito Rev. Martin Noe Rev. Thomas Griffin Rev. William McCarthy Rev. Walter Nagle Rev. Joseph Castaldi Rev. Dennis Mercieri Friday January 4 7 p.m. First Friday Devotion Saturday January 5 Sunday January 6 12 p.m. AA 7:30 p.m. RCIA