Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish The Member Churches of St. Bernard ~ Sharon St Bridget ~ Cornwall Bridge Sacred Heart ~ Kent Monsignor Vittorio Guerrera Pastor Parish Trustees Mr. Jerry Tobin ~ Mr. Marty Lindenmayer MASS SCHEDULE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday First Friday 9 AM SACRED HEART ~ KENT SATURDAY 4 PM SAINT BRIDGET CHURCH 7 River Road ~ Cornwall Bridge SUNDAY 8 AM SAINT BERNARD CHURCH 52 New Street ~ Sharon SUNDAY 10 AM SACRED HEART CHURCH 17 Bridge Street ~ Kent HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULE CONSULT THE BULLETIN SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Before Mass or by appointment. PARISH OFFICE Mrs. Sandy Papsin ~ Parish Secretary 860-927-3003 Mailing Address for Parish Office PO BOX 186 Kent, CT 06757 shcsec@hotmail.com COORDINATOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Deacon Nicholas Diorio BAPTISM & MARRIAGE Registered parishioners are asked to make arrangements by calling the Parish office ALL THREE CHURCH BUILDINGS
SUNDAY DECEMBER 10th 2017 SATURDAY VIGIL DECEMBER 9th SUNDAY DECEMBER 10th THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 4:00 PM (CORNWALL BRIDGE) Jim Faure and the Deceased members of the Ocif Family Requested by Andy Ocif 8:00 AM (SHARON) Members of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish Family 10:00 AM (KENT) Rev. Vincent Flynn Birthday Memorial MONDAY DECEMBER 11th ~ 9 AM ~ KENT Saint Damasus I, Pope George and Gert Krummenacher TUESDAY DECEMBER 12th ~ 9 AM ~ KENT Our Lady of Guadalupe John O Connell WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13th ~ 9 AM ~ KENT Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr Cynthia Johnson Requested by the Parish Council SATURDAY VIGIL DECEMBER 16th SUNDAY DECEMBER 17th THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT 4:00 PM (CORNWALL BRIDGE) Jack Riley 8:00 AM (SHARON) Patricia Ruth Zobel 10:00 AM (KENT) James Snyder Requested by the Pollitt Family PRAYERS FOR THE SICK One of the suggestions that was raised at one of the Open Forums is publishing the names of the sick in the bulletin. With respect for the privacy of the person who is ill and the HIPPA Laws, we will only accept requests from the ill person or their relatives with the permission of the ill person. To add a sick person s name please e-mail the Parish Office at shcsec@hotmail.com, including your name and telephone number. Names will be added/removed in the church bulletin for the upcoming weekend if submitted by MONDAY of that week. Names submitted after Monday will be added/removed for the following weekend. PLEASE NOTE: all names will be automatically removed from the sick list after three weeks unless the Office is notified. Interested is becoming an Altar Server? If you are, please speak with Monsignor Guerrera after Mass. Students who have made their First Communion are eligible to serve. Our Member Churches Offertory Collection for the 1st Sunday of Advent Totaled: $ 3,326.50. Our December Monthly Collection Totaled: $ 2,934.00. Thanks to all of our parishioners for your continued generous financial support! Thank you for remembering our sick, those who are hospitalized, homebound and elderly in your daily prayers. Your simple acts of kindness do not go unappreciated. We also thank all of our devoted Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist for bringing the Body of Christ to those unable to attend Mass regularly. ROSARY The Rosary is prayed every Tuesday following the 9 AM Mass at Sacred Heart Church. This week our intention is for the safety and well being of our troops serving proudly around the world, and for their families who sacrifice and persevere each day in the absence of those they love. A FAMILY PERSEPCTIVE Why is it so hard to forgive, yet so easy to get even? Listen to John the Baptist in today s gospel and repent of the anger and ugly feelings which block your ability to forgive. This Christmas give a gift which makes a difference. Give forgiveness MASS INTENTIONS Our Mass Intention Book for 2018 is now available. Mass intentions for the living and the deceased are available Masses may also be celebrated as a Special Intention, and Mass cards for all are always available. The offering for weekday Masses is $ 15, and $ 20 for weekends. It is a good and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins. [2 Maccabees 12:46] Please give Sandy a call at the parish office if you would like to schedule a Mass. SANCTUARY LAMP In every Catholic Church, the Sanctuary Lamp signifies the Eucharistic presence of the Lord Jesus in the Tabernacle and burns for seven days. You may have the Sanctuary Lamp memorialized for a sick person, a deceased family member or friend, or as a special intention. The weekly donation for this is $25. Sanctuary Lamps can be memorialized in each of the three churches of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. If you would like to reserve a week in any of our churches, please contact Sandy at the parish office. Our Second Collection this weekend is the Retirement Fund for Religious throughout our Archdiocese. The additional support you provide is very much appreciated by the retired brothers, sisters and priests who live on their own and continue to serve the people in their vocations.
THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Leonard P. Blair, S. T. D. t h e Archbishop of Hartford, who will celebrate the 10 AM Mass at Sacred Heart in Kent. Join us at Mass and in prayer as we welcome Archbishop Blair to the Parish of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. WELCOME ARCHBISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR We are honored and delighted to welcome our Shepherd of the Church, The Most Reverend ADVENT BREAKFAST All parishioners are cordially invited to St. Bernard Church for 8 AM Mass next Sunday, December 17th, which will be followed by an advent breakfast in the Church Hall. Dona Ferry will then lead a discussion on "Lessons we can learn from the wisdom of the Incarnation." Hope to see you there! MASS SCHEDULE FOR CHRISTMAS EVE & CHRISTMAS DAY CHRISTMAS EVE ~ SUNDAY DECEMBER 24th 4 PM ~ ST BRIDGET 6 PM ~ SACRED HEART CHRISTMAS DAY ~ MONDAY DECEMBER 25th 8 AM ~ ST BERNARD 10 AM ~ SACRED HEART SOLEMNITY OF MARY ~ HOLY MOTHER OF GOD MONDAY JANUARY 1st, 2018 10 AM ~ SACRED HEART WEEKLY ENVELOPE SUBSCRIBERS Even though our new parish weekly donation envelopes read SAINT KATERI PARISH, please continue to write your checks out to the CHURCH that you attend [St. Bernard, St. Bridget, Sacred Heart] until further notice. There are still several banking details that need to be resolved with our tax id numbers and the name of our new parish. Thank you for your donations, and especially for your patience and understanding Your cooperation is very much appreciated as we continue to move forward! PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY Every first and third Saturday at 10 AM in the Sacred Heart Church Hall. This delightful group works on their prayer shawls and lap robes at these sessions, and in between at home. When completed, they are just lovely! They are blessed by Monsignor Guerrera and then presented to those in need of some caring and loving warmth. If you know of someone who would enjoy a shawl, please call the Kent office and the group will be happy to comply with your request promptly. FROM THE OFFICE OF VOCATIONS... St. John the Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming the Lord. Who will proclaim him in this generation? If you feel the call to proclaim the word of the Lord as a priest, deacon, brother or sister, call Fr. Jeffrey Gubbiotti, Director of Vocations, Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary, Tel 860-242- 5573, or you may e-mail vocations@aohct.org or visit the vocation website at www.hartfordpriest.com. FREE ROSARY REPAIR SERVICE Betty and Dick Holden 7930 Estero Blvd. # 502, Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931 Betty and Dick Holden have lots of parts! Send your broken rosaries in a padded envelope to us at the above address. They will be repaired and returned to you within the week of receipt. Donations of old and broken rosaries are also accepted which will be repaired and sent on to the missions. Include a note indicating repair and return to me or this is a donation. Dick cell 239-463-3993, Betty 860-595-6370 or email holdenbnd@gmail.com 2017-18 Theme Retreat for Women: Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace, is a weekend women s retreat that will take place at Our Lady of Calvary Retreat, in Farmington. It begins Friday evening on January 12, 2018 at 7:00pm to Sunday, January 14 at 12:00 PM. The powerful and timely theme is taken from the well-loved Peace Prayer of St. Francis. The Retreat concludes with Mass at 11:00 am followed by brunch. Families and friends may join retreatants for Mass and brunch. Offering is $250. To register and view our other available Theme Retreat dates: contact OLC at 860-677-8519, o l c r e t r e a t @ s b c g l o b a l. n e t o r v i s i t www.ourladyofcalvary.net. MILITARY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS If you have a family member or friend in the Military from our local parish area that would like to receive a Christmas Greeting from the American Legion Auxiliary, Lamson-O Donnell Unit 45, please call either Suzette L. Barker 860-491-2422 or Jeanne Sage 860-309-7079. All requests will be filled.
SAINT LUCY, VIRGIN & MARTYR Every little girl named Lucy must bite her tongue in disappointment when she first tries to find out what there is to know about her patron saint. The older books will have a lengthy paragraph detailing a small number of traditions. Newer books will have a lengthy paragraph showing that there is little basis in history for these traditions. The single fact survives that a disappointed suitor accused Lucy of being a Christian and she was executed in Syracuse (Sicily) in the year 304. But it is also true that her name is mentioned in the First Eucharistic Prayer, geographical places are named after her, a popular song has her name as its title, and down through the centuries many thousands of little girls have been proud of the name Lucy. One can easily imagine what a young Christian woman had to contend with in pagan Sicily in the year 300. If you have trouble imagining, just glance at today s pleasure-at-all-costs world and the barriers it presents against leading a good Christian life. Her friends must have wondered aloud about this hero of Lucy s, an obscure itinerant preacher in a far-off captive nation that had been destroyed more than 200 years before. Once a carpenter, he had been crucified by the Roman soldiers after his own people turned him over to the Roman authorities. Lucy believed with her whole soul that this man had risen from the dead. Heaven had put a stamp on all he said and did. To give witness to her faith she had made a vow of virginity. What a hubbub this caused among her pagan friends! The kindlier ones just thought her a little strange. To be pure before marriage was an ancient Roman ideal, rarely found but not to be condemned. To exclude marriage altogether, however, was too much. She must have something sinister to hide, the tongues wagged. Lucy knew of the heroism of earlier virgin martyrs. She remained faithful to their example and to the example of the carpenter, whom she knew to be the Son of God. She is the patroness of eyesight. If you are named Lucy, you need not bite your tongue in disappointment. Your patron is a genuine, authentic heroine, first class, an abiding inspiration for you and for all Christians. The moral courage of the young Sicilian martyr shines forth as a guiding light, just as bright for today s youth as it was in A.D. 304. We celebrate her feast this week on December 13th. CRECHES OF THE WORLD PEACE ON EARTH This exhibit at The Knights of Columbus Museum located at 1 State Street in New Haven, is open until February 19th, 2018. The museum offers both free admission and free parking. The beautiful crèches from around the world will delight young and old alike, and are a wonder to behold. Each one is unique in design and in craftsmanship. The museum is open everyday from 10 AM until 5 PM. This is great for the whole family to experience!
ST BERNARD CHURCH: CCD Class is held the 1st Sunday of each month in the Church Hall at 9:30 AM. Next Class 1/7. ST BRIDGET CHURCH: CCD Class is held the 1st Sunday of each month in the Church Hall beginning at 9:30 AM. Next class is 1/7. CONFIRMATION: Confirmation for high school students in all of our Member Churches will be held on Sunday, January 7th, at 8:30 AM in the Dickinson Auditorium at Kent School. GIFT PROGRAM ~ First Sunday of the month beginning with 10 AM Mass at Sacred Heart. Next session Sunday Feb. 4th FIRST COMMUNION: The next class for students preparing to receive the Sacrament in the Spring of 2018 will be held this Wednesday. December 13th from 3:30 4:30 PM at Sacred Heart. THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT On this Second Sunday of Advent, our lives are busy with shopping lists, and details to which we must attend. The gospel, and especially its opening, seems to lend itself to our frenetic pace. Still there is the proclamation that something, someone, is coming. His is mightier than John the Baptist, mightier than our concerns for the season, mightier than our lists of things to get done. He will baptize with THURSDAY MORNING PRAYERS Join fellow Saint Kateri Parish Family Members in prayer each Thursday morning at 9 AM at Saint Bernard Church. All are welcome to join in this informal group prayer time. Our GIVING TREE Program is underway in each worship site. Each church has a tree...various organizations will benefit in each community. If you would like to participate, kindly select a tag, fulfill the request and return the item(s) under the tree by next weekend the latest. At St. Bernard s Church, Sharon Social Services has made the tag requests. Any questions, please speak with Dorothy McWilliams. At St. Bridget s Church, Cornwall Social Services has made the tag requests. Any questions, please speak with Diane Coe. At Sacred Heart Church, The Kent Food Pantry has made the requests. Any questions, please speak with Sandy Papsin. Christmas is the season of giving. Our Giving Trees benefit children, adults and families at this most wonderful time of the year. Thank you for sharing your blessings with those in need. ALL ITEMS ARE DUE NEXT WEEKEND...THANKS!
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