July 28, 2019

St. Anthony of Padua Church ! Our Lady of Grace Church ! St. Thomas of Villanova Church ! Located at 49 South Street, ! Located at 715 Bantam Road, ! Located at 71 North Street, ! P.O. Box 97, Litchfield, CT 06759 ! P.O. Box 427, Bantam, CT 06750 ! P.O. Box 177, Goshen, CT 06756 ! 860 567 5209 ! 860 567 9522 ! 860 491 2756 ! [email protected] ! [email protected] ! [email protected] ! SɄ. AȾɄȸȿȾɉ ȿȶ PȱȴɅȱ ! ! LȹɄȳȸȶȹȵȼȴ, CT !

REV. ROBERT F. TUCKER, PASTOR ! ! RECTORY: 860 567 5209 ! ! ! CCD Office: 860 567 4188 ! Nicole Fritch, D.R.E. ! DAILY MASS: 8:00 A.M. ! ! ! VIGIL MASS: 5:00 P.M. ! ! SUNDAY MASS: 8:00 & 10:45 A.M. ! Lynn Whittaker, Music Director ! MUSIC DIRECTOR : 860 480 2137 !

Pray With Perseverance When we are desperate to obtain or achieve some- SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2019 ! thing we persist in prayer. Persistence/Perseverance ! 5:00 ! +Leo Moynihan ! in Prayer indicates the importance we place upon ! ! By Family ! ! whom or what we desire. Jesus prays persistently SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 ! in our Gospel of Luke, Chapter 11 this week. It is ! 8:00 ! +Sam Bertaccini ! the fact that Jesus has just finished praying that ! ! By Cary and Louise Beach ! leads the disciples to ask Him to teach them to pray. ! ! Jesus’ persistence in prayer has lead to a prayer we ! 10:45 ! +Irving Patterson ! persist in saying as Christians today NThe Our Fa- ! ! By Dan and Scott ! ! ther. In our first reading, Abraham bargains with God quite boldly . He is the petitioner in this read- MONDAY, JULY 29, 2019 ! ! 8:00 ! +Sharon Smithwire Koneazny ! ing and in our Gospel story, the petitioner bargains ! ! By Sue and Bob Ullram ! and pleads for innocent people. Both involve self- ! less petitions. In particular Abraham reveals that TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2019 ! God is always willing to show mercy, if we but ! 8:00 ! McKenna Family and Friends ! show forgiveness. And perseverance in a trust in ! ! By Harlow Family !
! God. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019 ! ! 8:00 ! Living and Deceased of Parish Family ! ! ! LITCHFIELD’S 300TH ANNIVERSARY ! ! THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019 + 3 MONTHS N MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH ! ! 8:00 ! +Tish Samponaro ! ! ! ! By Susan Pasquariello and Friends ! ! Talk on WWI and WWII N6:30 pm in the base- FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2019 ! ment of the church.
! 8:00 ! Happy Birthday Bob Doyle ! Ice Cream and Cookie, with a trip to the Green to ! the memorials for WWI and WWII.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2019 ! ! 5:00 ! +PJ Zguzenski ! Litchfield’s Revolutionary War Living History Day, ! ! By Mom, Dad, Leah and Andrew ! September 7, 2019 NOn Litchfield’s Historic Town ! Green. Free event, educational and entertaining.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2019 ! ! 8:00 ! +Oles and Bills Families ! ! ! ! EGYPT—October 14th-24th, 2019
! 10:45 ! +Ron Budny ! Immerse yourself in the history, culture and grandeur of ! ! By Dan and Scott ! ancient Egypt from Cairo to Aswan to Luxor. Experi- ence walking and exploring ancient pyramids, bustling cities, small meals with local people and three nights cruising the Nile River. More information and dates to follow, cost will be $3,999 pp, do. It will be part of ! Club Adventures tours with the AAA of America. ! Information at the Rectory N July 31th is the last day to register . Ticket payers will meet on Monday, 9/26 ! 6 pm for all travel documents. SEVENTEENTH SɅȾȴȱɉ ȹȾ ȿɂȴȹȾȱɂɉ ɄȹȽȵ ! JɅȼɉ 28, 2019 !

LITCHFIELD 300TH ANNIVERSARY Sonia P. Seherr Thoss' boards and foundations include Sonia Seherr-Thoss and How She Impacted Litchfield Connecticut Junior Republic, Greater Litchfield Preserva- Sonia “Sunny” (Phipps) Seherr Thoss, a Wickenburg win- tion Trust, Litchfield Community Center, Litchfield High ter resident, was born Nov. 29, 1919 in New York. She School Scholarship Association, Litchfield Historical So- died June 13 at her home after a brief illness. ! ciety, Oliver Wolcott Library, Phipps Houses, Sonia P. ! Seherr Thoss Charitable Trust, Sonia P. Seherr Thoss Sonia P. Seherr Thoss, whose husband was Hans Chris- Foundation, Visiting Nurse Association of Litchfield and toph Count was a philanthropist, author, and public service White Memorial Foundation and Conservation. ! activist. ! ! ! Sonia P. Seherr Thoss was a major benefactor in areas in- Sonia P. Seherr Thoss was the granddaughter of Henry cluding Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Congressional Phipps, a partner of steel industrialist Andrew Carnegie Church, Connecticut Junior Republic, Desert Caballeros and the daughter of Henry Carnegie Phipps and Gladys Western Museum, Greater Litchfield Preservation Trust, Livingston Mills Phipps. Sonia P. Seherr Thoss' mother Litchfield Community Center, Susan B. Anthony Project, and uncle Ogden Mills founded what would become Tapping Reeve Law School, Warner Theater and the Wheatly Stables, which under her mother's direction Wickenburg Community Hospital. ! ! would be on several occasions the leading racing stable in the United States. ! SUMMER EVENING ON THE HILL AT ! MONTFORT HOUSE ! The Phipps family fortune resulted from the boyhood Drinks and Hors d’oeuvres, Saturday, August 17th ; friendship in Pittsburgh between Andrew Carnegie, the 69 pm. Evening will feature cocktails and select son of a Scottish immigrant weaver, and Henry Phipps, the wine and select hors d’oeuvres from local products. ! son of Scottish immigrant cobbler. Price is $60 pp, reserve by 8/10  for details call 860  ! 567 1041. ! When the boys were in their 20s, Carnegie bought a piece CLASSIC CAR SHOW Sunday, August 25th N of the Kloman Steel Forge and gave Henry Phipps a sub-  N
stantial interest for $800 for his role as the manager and Cars arrive 8:00 10 am Car Show after Mass bookkeeper. Years later, the Carnegie Steel Company was sold to J.P. Morgan to become U.S. Steel, and Henry ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENT ! Phipps received $50 million. ! St. Anthony’s Council #56 hosted their annual me- ! morial scholarship golf tournament on June 21st at Henry Phipps put his fortune to work in philanthropy and Fairview Farm Golf Course. Fifty six men and found what is today Bessemer Securities, an investment  women golfers vied for many worthwhile prizes and company with long standing activities in venture capital enjoyed a hot lunch and a robust dinner. They also and buyouts, and Bessemer Trust that manages the assets of the Phipps family and those of other high net worth in- received a free raffle prize for various items and ser- dividuals and families. ! vices. No golfer went home with out a prize. ! Thanks to all who played, advertised, donat- Henry Phipps established Phipps Houses, which is one of ed money or a raffle prize, and for the work New York's largest providers of low income housing, and of our committee, we are able to add sub- Sonia Seherr Thoss served on the board for many years and provided financial support to Phipps Houses. ! ! Before his death, Henry Phipps gave away more than $10 Daughters of Isabella NNext meeting: Picnic million, supporting not only Phipps Houses but John Hop- on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 6:00 p.m . at Pat kins University, Penn University and the City of Pitts- Newbury’s home
burgh.

BOOK CLUB: The next meeting will be held on Sonia Seherr Thoss on her mother's side was descended THURSDAY, August 15th at 12:30 noon (after from two prominent New York families. Ogden Darius 12:00 mass NHoly Day NAscension) in the Rectory. Mills left New York prior to the California gold rush and The book is “ Lost Roses ” by Martha Hall Kelly
became an advisor and banker to those who had struck it rich. He went on to found and head the Bank of California St. Anthony of Padua Church ! and was an investor in the railroads and timber lands. WEEKLY COLLECTION:………...…....…$3.354.00
Moving back to New York, he met and married Ruth Liv- CANDLE:………………………..…………..$147.00
ingston, who was descended from Robert Livingston, a ! signer of the Declaration of Independence who adminis- Thank You For Your Continued Generosity tered the oath of office to George Washington.
SɄ. TȸȿȽȱɃ ȿȶ VȹȼȼȱȾȿɆȱ ! ! GȿɃȸȵȾ, CT ! DEACON JOHN MAFFEO (Summer time), CATE CORWIN (M & W 9:30-11:30 / T & Th 11:30-1:30) 860-491-2756; Email: [email protected] Sunday Mass at 9:15 am ! Luke 11:1 !13 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time ! Sharing the Gospel ! Do you know how to pray? All you need to do is talk to God. ! He is your loving Father. Tell him how you would like to make him happy. Ask him to give you the things you really need. Ask him to help you forgive other people, just like he forgives you. God loves you, so talk to him often. ! Prayer: ! Dear God, thank you for loving me and listening to me. Amen !

You are not ashamed to keep on asking. !

Please add the following people to your prayers … ! " Cathy Nygren  Kit Kos  Carl Demore " Debbie Cappa ! " Lajla Layer  Walter Horvay  Barbara Harrington  Stella Grace Seeger  Lisa Hageman  Julie Mitchell  Marie Bate !

President, Dolores Marshall 860-482-6891 Ladies Guild Meeting Schedule: ! 


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All meetings at 7:00 pm in Donahue Hall at St Thomas Church

It’s Never to late to JOIN the Club! St. Thomas of Villanova Church ! WEEKLY COLLECTION: 
$ 1,448.00
DONATION:

$ 385.00
Thank You For Your continued Generosity. ! ! electric OɅɂ Lȱȴɉ ȿȶ Gɂȱȳȵ BȱȾɄȱȽ CT steel insulated doors door openers loading dock equipment True Value Hardware of Litchfield A Complete One Stop Store: the original since 1921 OVERHEAD DOOR CO. of TORRINGTON Paint - Power Tools - Housewares 860-489-4090 Lawn & Garden - Power Equipment - Rental Center Michael J. Kearns - CT License No. 544664 348 Bantam Rd., Litchfield 860-567-4608 LA CUPOLA In an Emergency Call Father Tucker at 860 567 5209 RISTORANTE & INN Rob Persechino “On "e River” ! Serving Torrington and Surrounding Towns Frank Rosa • (860) 567-3326 Saturday Vigil Mass at 4:00 pm (860) 309-8662 • (203) 528-4276 Lic. No. 0000924 • Fully Insured !"#$%&'(&)$*+,-$./(0134+-$56 www.heart oheartcare.com • contact@heart oheartcare.com 4&07894&:&((,'3($,$<<<,4&07894&=/>(9=&'(3&'+/'',09) FAHEY ASSOCIATES, ! REALTORS SATURDAY, July 27, 2019 On The Green !4:00 ! Wilhelmina & Stephen Lyons, Steve Jr. and Robert 1960-2010 ~ Our 50th 21 West St., P.O. Box 856 • Litchfield, CT 06759 Floyd by Mary ! Tel. (860) 567-9405 113 Albert Street, Torrington, CT 06790 www.FAHEYREALTORS.com (860) 482-6446 • Fax (860) 482-6356 SATURDAY, August 3, 2019 ! Open: Tue. Thurs. !4:00 ! M. Elie Parent by the Parent Family ! Friday : 9a-5p Wed. 11a -5p Sat. 9a -1p SATURDAY, August 10, 2019 ! Frames & 4:00 !! Intentions of Mark Young, for Strength & Healing ! Furnishings by his Mother ! 113 ToTorrington Road • Goshen, Conn 06756 SATURDAY, August 17, 2019 ! 860 491 2767 !4:00 ! the Parent Family by Richard Parent Family ! “Expert Picture Framing for 30 Years” Extensive Selection of Frames and Mats Featuring “Conservation Framing”

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ROBERT RUSSELL Office: 860-567-5406 Cell: 860-459-8646 contributions are made to the parish even when you [email protected] are unable to attend Mass or while on vacation. Why not Give Online Giving a try! ! 5XVVHOO(OHFWULF ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION and MAINTENANCE 140 BEACH STREET • LITCHFIELD, CT 06759 The Rosary E. J. MURPHY REALTY Please JOIN me at 3:30pm THIS SPACE IS Experience You Can Trust Since 1946! 39 West Street 61 Sharon Turnpike before the Saturday Litchfield, CT Goshen, CT (860) 567-0813 (860) 491-1090 4:00pm Vigil Mass. www.ejmurphyrealty.com Serving Litchfield County Since 1946

Telephone (860) 482-3155 CIESCO MEMORIALS Monuments • Markers • Cleanings Cemetery Lettering • Bronze Plaques John C. Ciesco 199 Main Street ! Cemetery Consultant Torrington, CT 06790 Our Lady of Grace Church Email: [email protected] www.ciescomemorials.com WEEKLY COLLECTION:

$ 1,213.00
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