A Parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford Mass/Liturgy Schedule: Saturday Vigil at 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses at 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend, NO 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass) Daily Mass at 8:30 a.m., Monday through Wednesday, and Friday. (Yearly) Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday from 4:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Baptisms and Baptismal Preparation: Please call the parish office at 860 658 1642 Sacrament of Holy Matrimony: Please call the parish office at 860 658 1642 at least 6 months in advance Choir Practices: Adult Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Youth Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. Contemporary Music Group Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. Bulletin Deadline: Monday at 10:00 a.m. Website News: email to: StCatherineWebMaster@Comcast.net 265 Stratton Brook Road, Box 184, West Simsbury, Connecticut 06092 Tel: 860 658 1642 /Fax: 888 297 3134 Email: stcathy@comcast.net Website: www.stcatherine.info WELCOME! We welcome all visitors who are celebrating with us today. As is our custom at St. Catherine of Siena, please remain in your pew for the singing of the first and last verses of the recessional hymn. Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. The St. Catherine Parish Legacy Fund is committed to ensuring the long-term stability of our parish and its ministries. Please consider a gift in lieu of flowers upon a love one's passing as a way to ensure our community will thrive well into the future. Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 21 June 2015 Pastor The Reverend Michael Whyte 860 658 1642 PARISH STAFF Administrative Assistant-Parish Office Mrs. Lisa Cerchia 860 658 1642 or stcathy@comcast.net Director of Religious Education Mrs. Kathi Bonner 860 658 4737 or kathidre@aol.com Director of Youth Ministry Mrs. Judy Pluta 860 408 9888 or judyplutaym@gmail.com Coordinator, Young Adult Group Mrs. Sandi Smith 860-392-9789 or sandismithyya@gmail.com Music Director Mrs. Susan Zybert 860 216 6519 or susanzybert@comcast.net Facilities Manager Mr. Michael Grappone 860 658 1642 Parish Council President Mr. Tom Tanski, 860 658 4430 Finance Council Chairman Mr. Scott Muryasz 860 693 4164, Parish Legacy Fund Chairman Mr. Peter Pabich, 860 408 1254 Parish Lay Trustees Mrs. Melissa Horbal, (860)651-7844 Mr. Joseph Capozzoli, (860)352-2390 Thanks for worshiping with us. If you would like to join our parish family, fill out a yellow membership form found in the vestibule or atrium and mail it to us, drop it in the collection basket or call us at 658 1642.
WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, June 20th @ 5:00 pm Mass for All Fathers, Sunday, June 21st @ 8:00 am Mass for All Fathers, Sunday, June 21st @ 11:00 am Mass for All Fathers; Monday, June 22nd @ 8:30 a.m. Mass for Ralph Hann; requested by Colby & Anita Thresher; Tuesday, June 23rd @ 8:30 am Mass for Dr. Ludwig Frank; Wednesday, June 24th @ 8:30 a.m. Mass for Bradford Miller; Friday, June 26th @ 8:30 am Mass for Tommy Tanski, 4th anniversary, requested by his family; Saturday, June 27th @ 5:00 pm Mass for Kathie Kowalczyk, requested by her husband; June 28th @ 8:00 am Mass for Tommy J. Herlihy, and, Sunday, June 28th @ 11:00 am Mass for Tommy Tanski, 4th anniversary, requested by his family. Offertory Collection Weekly Collection: $9,847.55 Loose Cash/Checks $1,067.55 Envelopes $8,780.00 Cathedraticum* -$ 541.59 School Tax* -$ 541.59 *Parish taxes (5.5%) paid to the Archdiocese for services to the parish. Repair & Refurbishment $ 4,379.00 The St Catherine s Welcome Ministry invites all newly registered parishioners (January- June) to attend the 11am Mass on Sunday, June 21 st, followed by a Welcome Reception at the Coffee & Donuts gathering in Russell Hall. We realize it is Father s Day, but hope that you will all join us for a formal welcome! Religious Education News RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION is on-going. RE-REGISTRATION can be done online or through email. NEW REGISTRATION (any child new to our RE Program, K-10 including siblings of current students) must be done in person using the blue forms found in the atrium and vestibule. New students cannot be accepted online. Watch for a Constant Contact email with directions as to how to register and pay online. For more information, contact Kathi Bonner, DRE @ Kathidre@aol.com or 658.4737. Please remember to re-register before the deadline on June 30th to avoid the dreaded $50.00 late fee! In keeping with the Archdiocesan Office for Safe Environment for Children, we are offering a Virtus Training for all adults over the age of 18 who have contact with children on Tuesday, June 30th from 7pm-9pm in Russell Hall. This training includes Catechists (Religious Education teachers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Lectors, Youth Ministry drivers/ helpers). Please contact Lisa Cerchia, 658.1642 or Kathi Bonner, 658.4737 to sign-up or for more information contact Kathi Bonner, site coordinator. YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS REGISTRATION is now underway for Jr. and Sr. High 2015-2016. Registration forms can be found in the atrium, vestibule and on our parish web site. Young Adult Office I will be working in the Youth and Young Adult Office every Tuesday and Wednesday from 2pm-7pm.I would love it if you would stop by to introduce yourself, to share your suggestions for the new Young Adult Group or just to chat! Sandi Smith All parishioners are invited to join us at Coffee & Donuts following the 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Masses this weekend. Virtus Training In keeping with the Archdiocesan Office for Safe Environment for Children, we are offering Virtus Training, the for all adults over the age of 18 who have contact with children, on Tuesday, June 30th from 7pm-9pm in Russell Hall. This training includes: Catechists Religious Education teachers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Lectors, Youth Ministry drivers/helpers. Please contact Lisa Cerchia, 658.1642 or Kathi Bonner, 658.4737 to sign-up or for more information contact Kathi Bonner, site coordinator.
FROM FATHER MICHAEL... Parish Calendar Reminder for Ministry Heads Just a friendly reminder for all parish ministry heads and heads of parish clubs to please contact Lisa Cerchia in the parish office, 658 1642, and to have your events placed on the parish calendar as soon as possible. Our parish is very active and our limited space for meeting rooms fills up quickly. If you are planning ministry/club meetings, special events such as golf outings or bake sales or other events, NOW is the time to have them placed on the parish calendar. The early bird gets the date! Parish Council Ends 2015 Term, Welcomes New Members, Thanks Others The Parish Council came to a close on 15 June for the summer and accomplished much over the past year while setting the tone for the coming year as we plan to improve and expand our mission of promoting our faith in the Word of God and in our actions as His disciples. Our thanks go to Tom Tanski, Parish Council President, who has ended his term as president but will remain on the Council. I want to thank Tom for his dedication and hard work and for his great enthusiasm on many projects. Under Tom s leadership we have created a committee to implement the ideas of Rebuilt, a book on expanding and maintaining the life and identity of a Catholic parish community (the Committee will work over the summer on the agenda for the 2016 Parish Council); a great Volunteer Gala was held, a review of parish ministries and committees was begun, and the current parish photo directory was initiated, to name a few items. Tom s leadership and passion was evident in everything. We welcome our new Parish Council President, Jim Peters, who will transition from his current role as Vice President into the Presidency. We expect more great things of the PC under Jim s leadership, with his hallmark qualities of organization and consensus building. Some other changes in the membership of the Council are also noted: John Dillon has ended his term on the PC but not his enthusiasm and drive for success in our parish. John will remain on the Rebuilt Committee as well as be a driving force in many parish happenings. He is also a religious education teacher and a Eucharistic Minister of Holy Communion. John has been and is the energy behind much of our work. I thank him for his dedication and passion. We also welcome three (3) new members to the Parish Council John McManus, Anne Connolly, and Judy McDonald and we look forward to their ideas as well as their action to continue to make St. Catherine of Siena a Catholic leader in our community. The Parish Council, (PC) is a consultative body that advises the pastor on issues of concern to the parish and helps the pastor implement changes and growth in parish programs and life. In a sense, the PC is the eyes and ears of the parish. Feel free to contact Fr. Michael or any member of the PC with any concern or comment you might have (the PC posters in the atrium and vestibule will be updated with the new contact information shortly). The Parish Council is strongly recommended by the Archdiocese of Hartford for each parish to have one, and the Finance Council is commanded by Canon Law. We are blessed to have so many dedicated parishioners who are willing to share their expertise and love for our parish on these two vital Councils. Thanks to all involved. Father s Day Celebrations and More This year s Father s Day (and Mother s Day) celebrations take on deeper meaning in our modern American culture. Whether we are looking at Baltimore, Hartford or to the future Philadelphia s papal visit focusing on family life, the role of parenting in our modern culture is at a crossroads. The telltale signs of the abdication of parenting by some have led us to a confused world where the human family is in trouble. Perhaps this is not so much the case in the Simsbury s of the world but certainly where families are broken or parents are seeking to win popularity contests by being best friends rather than parents to their children, the new family structure is leading us into a culture of disrespect and heartache. How can one expect a young child to grow up with a healthy self-esteem even hope for the future when the home environment is nonexistent? No role models, no family life to imitate, no structure in which to be formed, and with little respect for the human person does not a healthy citizenry make. Look at the outcome: poverty now means that rules can be broken, cities can be burned, and life can be overruled. What about the poor who came before us the Irish, the Italian, the German, the Vietnamese, and many others of the huddled masses who also were poor, uneducated and without daily luxuries yet who not only didn t burn down their villages or riot-their-homes into piles of debris, but rather built their cities and communities with hope hope for a better future. They did this because of families and communities calling them to something greater not to be bitter, but to be better. Perhaps the breakdown of the human family hit hard by easy and multiple divorces, by children being born out of wedlock as a regular occurrence and readily accepted by all, with faith no longer regularly practiced in the home and community, and with the loss of positive role models needed to recognize each person as the image and likeness of God a father and a mother calling their children to a better life and from whom the children learned what it means to be fully human, needs to be center stage again. As we come together both as families and as a Church this Father s Day, let us remember that the day is much more than a Bar-B-Que in the backyard or gifts for Dad or some quiet time to watch a favorite sporting event, but rather it is about the rebuilding of the human family; it is about gratitude for our parents and their selflessness, and about respect given and offered more importantly it is about being cooperators with God in His plan for recreation and salvation in and through the family. Perhaps this will give us a new perspective on these two days of celebration (Mother s and Father s Day) and on God s plan for everyone. The Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In today s second reading from Paul to the Corinthians the Saint makes two statements: (1) that Jesus died for all, and (2) Christ no longer is seen in the flesh. In the first statement, the life of Christ is summed up in all lives of His disciples and we are called to be Christ in today s world; in the second statement we are now called to see the life of Christ lived 2000 years ago with eyes of faith and that Christ is now alive in His Church and by God s Holy Spirit dwelling within the Church and in each of us. continued on next page
Get involved: you don t have to do everything... Fr. Michael continued So as we read this letter, perhaps thinking that St. Paul was only speaking to the Corinthians, let us recognize that St. Paul speaks to us today and let us all hear the question St. Paul is asking each of us: Who is Jesus Christ for me, and what difference does my answer to this question mean for how I treat others? Think too how our answer applies to the celebration of our parents on Mother s Day and Father s Day and to the responsibility our individual roles have in the human family. Ministers of the Mass A reminder that I am looking for additional Eucharistic Ministers of Holy Communion, lectors, ushers and altar servers to help serve the celebration of the Mass. We will train and assist you with scheduling yourself for our liturgies and Masses. Sign-up sheets are in the atrium during the entire month of June. Please prayerfully consider serving God in one of these ministries. The parish will then schedule a training session for each of the ministries. Eucharistic Ministers must attend a Archdiocesan training session, lectors, ushers and altar servers are trained here in the parish by our liturgy committee members. I thank you for your consideration! Any questions, call 658 1642, or stop me after the Masses but everyone should do something! Upcoming Meetings/Events JUNE -Sat, 20th Pantry Partners, Vestibule, 9 a.m. -Sun, 21st Reception for New Parishioners/RH, 12 noon, sponsored by the Welcome Committee -Mon, 22nd Lifetouch/RH, 12 Noon-9 p.m. -Tues, 23rd Lifetouch/RH, 12 Noon 9 p.m. -Tues, 23rd Cantor rehearsal, MR, 7:30 p.m. -Sun, 28th Fortnight for Freedom Prayer Service, Mary Garden, 12 noon. -Sun, 28th St. Elizabeth House, 3:45 p.m. -Mon, 29th Confession, Church, 6 p.m. -Tues, 30th VIRTUS Training, RH, 7 p.m. Social Outreach Pantry Partners Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped distribute 27 Family Blessings Boxes and Garden Bags to our Simsbury neighbors. Your assistance in the escorting of and social interaction with the families who come out once a month is deeply appreciated. Thank you to the drivers who rise early and go to Marandino's to pick up and deliver the food to St. Catherine. Lastly, thank you to those in the St. Catherine parish community who continue to support this ministry financially. Blessings! Please join-n and come to a meeting of your choice. St. Elizabeth House We will be serving dinner to the residents on Sunday, June 28th. We need volunteers both to prepare the meal ahead of time and to serve the meal. Please see the sign-up sheets in the atrium. Food must be in the parish kitchen by 3:45 PM on Sunday 6/28. If you are serving food, please arrive by 3:45 PM as we leave by 4:00 PM. We return to church by 6:15 PM. Any questions? Please contact Leila Bruno at 860-392-8585. Thank you! NEW PARISH DIRECTORY INITIATIVE TIME IS RUNNING OUT If you have not yet made an appointment, please go on line to our Parish Web Site at: http://stcatherine.info. Click on the link to the Portrait Appointment site. Remaining Photography Appointment Dates: Thursday, June 22nd & Friday, June 23rd If you are unable to sit for an individual or family portrait but still wish to be included in the parish directory you may provide your own family photograph up until the 30 th of June. You may submit your private photo under the following conditions: the photo must be appropriate and shot from the waist-up, include with the photo the names of all pictured in the photo and list the names in order of the persons seated/standing from right to left. Please submit your private photos to the parish office, open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. or you may also contact Jim Peters at 860 651 3143 or at his email jpetersjjr.gmail.com. The Parish Directory will include a section in which the family portrait of your choosing will appear. In addition, there will be an All Parish Family Listing which will include names and contact information for each family. The new Parish Directory will be a wonderful resource for our Parish. It will allow you to put names together with faces as you participate in Parish activities. It will also facilitate your ability to get in touch with other parishioners as the need may arise. While we encourage all families to join in this effort, participation in the Parish Directory is entirely voluntary. Should you not wish your family s information to appear in the All Family Directory Listing, you may opt out by contacting the Parish Office and indicating your wishes. If you have questions about the Parish Directory Initiative or problems with your appointments, contact Jim Peters (860) 651-3143 or email at: jpetersjjr@gmail.com.
End of Bulletin Information on this page is not printed Church: City: St. Catherine of Siena West Simsbury, Connecticut Account # 04-0523 Run # Routing Code: O Phone: 860.658.1642 Fax: 888.297.3134 Contact: Lisa Cerchia