The Church of the Incarnation 544 Prospect Street Wethersfield, CT 06109 Rev. James M. Moran Pastor Mrs. Noranne Wamester Pastoral Associate Mrs. Audrey Saharek Pastoral Assistant Mrs. Teri Aiudi Rectory Office Assistant Faith Formation Secretary Mrs. Gina Burby Middle School Coordinator Mrs. Theodora Niver Director of Music Robert & Diana Hamel Musicians Vanessa Crowley Lorissa Heath Rosanne Sweeney Andrew Russo Heather Picard Bonney Cantors Toni Munoz Sacristan Mass Schedule Confessions on Saturdays from 3:45-4:30p.m. Vigil Mass: Saturday at 5:00p.m. Sunday Masses: 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. Daily Mass: (Mon. - Fri.) 9:00 a.m. Recitation of the Rosary before 9:00 a.m. daily Mass Sacrament of Baptism By previous appointment Sundays at 1:00 p.m. in the Baptistry of the Chapel Weddings Please contact a priest 6-10 months prior. New Parishioners The Church of the Incarnation welcomes new parishioners. Please fill out the large white index card (registration form) found at the main entrance, and place in the collection baskets. Rectory Hours 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Rectory Church Fax Incarnation Church E-Mail Address Office of Faith Formation 860-529-2533 860-721-6595 cincarnation@sbcglobal.net 860-529-6765 gotellit@aol.com
Page Two Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.January 18, 2009 SATURDAY, JANUARY 17TH 5:00pm- Frank Mandile SUNDAY, JANUARY 18TH 8:00am- Domenico Anzellotti 9:30am- Deceased members of the Krupa Family 11:00am Tiberio Pace MONDAY, JANUARY 19TH 9:00 am Paul Routhier TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH 9:00 am For all our Parishioners WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21ST 9:00am Rose Mangiafico THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND 9:00 am Rosalind Sansabrino FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD 9:00 am Vincenza Bulanti SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH 5:00pm Lillian Vasquez SUNDAY, JANUARY 25TH 8:00 am Jennie Cusano 9:30 am Deceased members of the Karas Family 11:00 am Luke Orsini The Sanctuary Candle will burn from 1/19/09 1/25/09 in memory of Sebastiano & Concetta Boscarino & Sally & Sonny Vaughn. The Blessed Virgin Mary Candle will burn from 1/19/09-1/25/09 in memory of Joseph & Carmelina Sipala. In this difficult economy, Catholic High Schools remain a sound financial investment. 100% of Catholic High School students graduate, and 100% go on to pursue higher education. These young people will provide the foundation for the Church in years to come. A contribution to the future of our Church. Please be generous to our second collection this weekend which is the Diocesan High Schools collection. Thank you. Prayer for Healing will meet this Tuesday, January 20th after the 9am Mass in Fr. Crawford Hall. We invite you to come join us in prayer for healing for yourself or a loved one. The Men s Association will meet this Wednesday, January 21st at 7:00 pm in the rectory meeting room. Pizza and refreshments will be served. There will be a House of Bread collection next weekend. Coffee & sugar are needed. Thank you. There will be a Parish Council meeting next Sunday, January 25th at 7:00pm in the FR. CRAWFORD HALL. Please note the new meeting place. Thank you!
Page Three Second Sunday in Ordinary Time..January 18, 2009 Religious Education Tuesday: Grade 8 will meet. Wednesday: Grade 7 will meet. We received some lovely thank you notes from Birthright of Newington and from the Sisters at the House of Bread thanking our parishioners for their constant generosity. Fr. Moran would like to thank all parishioners for all of the support that is given to these most worthy charities. Grades 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 will meet at Emerson- Williams on Saturday at 9:00am. Saturday, January 24th..First Reconciliation for Grade 2 will take place at 9:45 am at The Church of the Incarnation. All children and parents are to meet in the church at 9:40am. Little Lambs, Our Kindergarten Program will not meet on January 24th. Children s Liturgy of the Word will be held next Sunday at the 9:30am Mass. The Grade 3 and Grade 4 retreats have been postponed until March. The information can be found in the January Family Newsletter at the entrances. If you have reserved a Mass for a loved one and would like to bring up the gifts, please notify the ushers in the Narthex that you will be doing so prior to Mass. Thank you! Corpus Christi School, a Pre K 8 school, is now registering students for the 2009-2010 school year. Open House for Kindergarten 8th grade will take place in the school library on Thursday, January 29th at 8:30am. A presentation for the Pre-K, 3 & 4 year old programs will take place in the school annex on Tuesday, January 27th at 12:15 pm. Parents may visit a Pre-K class in session on Wednesday, January 28th at 9:000 am. For more information call 529-5487.
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time....January 18, 2009 Page Four A Family Perspective....In today s gospel Philip told Nathaniel Come and see. He didn t preach, he invited and Nathaniel became a disciple of Jesus. If our children SEE the excitement of our faith, that will be invitation enough. Words will not be necessary. Stewardship Message.In today s first reading, we hear Samuel respond eagerly, Here I am! each time the Lord calls him. May we, too, be listening for the call of God in our lives and be ready to say like the psalmist, Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will. Congratulations to The Incarnation Junior Varsity Boys, The Varsity Girls and The Junior Varsity Girls who all won their basketball games this past weekend! Keep up the hard work!! Fourth & Fifth grade boys & girls interested in becoming Altar Servers at Incarnation are invited to meet with Fr. Moran at 11am on Saturday, January 31st in the Church. The meeting will last one hour and will be the first of four consecutive sessions that will prepare those interested in serving at our Eucharistic celebrations. Open House and Registration: Saint James School, 73 Park St. Manchester..Saint James School and Pre-Kindergarten will be open from 8:30am-11:00am on Tuesday, January 27th. Come join us for an introduction to the school (presentations at 9:00am and 10:00am) with a tour to follow. Saint James School offers Pre-Kindergarten for 3-5 year old, full day and half-day Kindergarten, and grades 1-8. Snow date Wednesday, January 28th, same times.
Page Five Second Sunday of Ordinary Time.. January 18, 2009 Incarnation Men s Retreat, February 27 March 1st. Wives, Mothers, Sweethearts!!! Do you want your husband, son, or fiancé to be a better man in a matter of days? A weekend retreat will do it. Our parish men s retreat begins soon at Holy Family Retreat Center in West Hartford. Why other parishioners make the Retreat: Retreat is the only time that I can be reflective without interruptions. I leave with a greater appreciation of my blessings and the people in my life. Ken Mendoza. Recently there has been some damage to our church parking lot and railings. We ask all to use extreme caution when driving on church property, especially when Masses and church activities are in progress. We are trying to close out our 2008 Mass Book. If you have any Mass Offerings that you wish to make for 2008, please send them in a.s.a.p. Thank you so much! If you are receiving church envelopes from our envelope company in Buffalo, New York and are not using them, please notify Audrey at the rectory. Unused Church envelopes are an unnecessary expense for the Church. Thank you for your understanding! MARCH FOR LIFE...2009...January 22nd, in Washington, D.C., January 22nd marks the thirty sixth anniversary of the infamous Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion-on-demand throughout all three trimesters of pregnancy. Since that date close to 50 million pre-born babies have been killed in our country. As members of the Body of Christ, we should take advantage of this opportunity to stand up for the sanctity of all human life, which is under attack in the current Culture of Death. The CT Right to Life Corp. will again provide bus transportations this year. The bus will leave West Hartford on January 21st. Call the number below for times. The marchers will attend Mass, visit their legislator s offices, attend the rally at the Mall, march down Constitution Ave. and up Capitol Hill to the Supreme Court building. The cost is $45.00 for the round trip. The fare is $20.00 for students under 18, who must be accompanied by an adult, and seminarians. For information or to make reservations for the trip, please call Jean Sipper, coordinator, at (860) 379-1543. There will be a March for Life in Connecticut on January 22nd at the State Capitol at 11:30am. Prior to that there will be a 9:30am Mass at Holy Trinity Church, 53 Capitol Avenue, followed by one hour of Adoration.
Page Six Second Sunday of Ordinary Time.. January 18, 2009 Are you being called to the Priesthood or Religious? THE LAMB OF GOD Behold the Lamb of God! We hear this phrase every Sunday at Mass, but there s a good chance that many Roman Catholics would not know who in the Bible originally spoke this phrase. Some may be surprised that it appears in only one of the four Gospels, and after it is spoken two times, it never appears again. It is John the Baptist who twice utters this phrase in the Gospel of John. In today s Gospel reading, John proclaims Jesus as the Lamb of God, and two of John s own disciples then follow Christ. A little bit later Andrew, who heard John and then followed Jesus, brings his brother Simon to be re-named Cephas, or Peter. A careful look at these Bible verses shows us the mission of everyone baptized into the Body of Christ: We must always proclaim our faith in Christ, so that others will follow him. Even though we do not know how the will of God might work through those we bring to Christ (could Andrew have known the destiny of his brother?), that is not the point. The point is that our ongoing mission as a church one, holy, catholic, and apostolic is to bring others to Christ. We do not seek attention, glory, or followers for ourselves, but only for the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Heb 5:1-10; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20; Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: If you would like more information please call Fr. Michael Dolan at the Archdiocesan Vocation Office at St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield 286-7670 or on the web: www.vocationshartford.org. Heb 7:25 8:6; Mk 3:7-12, or any readings from the Mass For Peace and Justice, nos. 887-891 Friday: Heb 8:6-13; Mk 3:13-19 Saturday: Heb 9:2-3, 11-14; Mk 3:20-21 Sunday: Jon 3:1-5, 10; Ps 25; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20 or for the Conversion of St. Paul Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps 117; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 16:15-18 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES TODAY S READINGS First Reading Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening (1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19). Psalm Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will (Psalm 40). Second Reading Your bodies are members of Christ; glorify God in your body (1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20). Gospel The first disciples saw where Jesus was staying and they stayed with him (John 1:35-42). Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Saturday: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; St. Fabian; St. Sebastian; Inauguration Day St. Agnes St. Vincent; Day of Penance for Violations to the Dignity of the Human Person St. Francis de Sales